EMACS rpm is 11 megabytes????

[Ric Moore]

On Mon, 2006-12-11 at 11:42 -0600, Alma J Wetzker wrote:
> 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...)
Aztec math. Zero has a value even if it is nothing. <grins> Ric