EMACS rpm is 11 megabytes????

[Alma J Wetzker]

Ric Moore wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 12:01 +0000, ded wrote:
>> On Sat, Dec 09, 2006 at 09:50:44PM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>>> What the hell could be in a text based system for 11 megs??
>> Bascially, another o/s. Text editor, web browser, chat client, news
>> reader, mail client, games, etc. :)
>>
>> I use emacs on one of my computers, mostly just for email though as
>> I really do like gnus. I've tried using w3m, zen (think it's zen for
>> chat) and they're ok...just not for me though.
>>
>>> It would just be a small step to fire the Devil up, a seemingly
>>> insignificant decision.
>> Much easier to start it than it is to configure .emacs and .gnus :)
>> There is a lot of documentation on the web about emacs though, so
>> it's not *so* bad...IMHO it is a lot of work to become good with it.
>> I'd second the suggestion of nano. I use vim most of the time, but
>> every now and then it's nice to see a pico clone.
>>
>>> My question is would I start shooting Heroin next?
>> No. You'd probably try to install vrms (virtual richard m.
>> stallman, a Debian program that tells you if you have any evil
>> non-gpl'd programs on your system). :)
> 
> Will it enhance my sex life? <eg> Ric

Doesn't that depend on what you are starting with?  (twice nothing...)

<<GRINS>>

    -- Alma