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cmrdporcupine
on Feb 16, 2024
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The Emacsen family, the design of an Emacs and the...
To be fair, that's not emacs. I'm a huge emacs fan, but its startup is awful compared to vim & friends.
Yes, you can use emacsclient, but that's a bit of a different thing and has its own disadvantages.
dleslie
on Feb 16, 2024
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My Emacs is full of extra bits and pieces, and it cold starts on a Pinebook Pro in 6 seconds. That said, I still run an Emacs daemon and use Emacs clients, which start up in milliseconds.
cmrdporcupine
on Feb 17, 2024
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I mean, mine's about the same startup, but that's ... like a hundred times worse than a Vim startup.
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Yes, you can use emacsclient, but that's a bit of a different thing and has its own disadvantages.