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Article #9520Re: GNU emacs apropos is NOT too slow (was Re: version 19 (was BOF summary))
From: Steven L. Baur
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 10:38
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 1990 10:38
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In article <47290@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom) writes: >P.P.S. One particular complaint about GNU Emacs 18.55 (and all previous > versions that I've used): the apropos command is nearly useless. It > takes far to long to operate even on the fastest machines. When I > use apropos in jove the first screen full of information is out almost > immediately after I type the return. Grumble, grumble ... (If you > decide to follow this point up you should probably change the subject > to something like ``GNU emacs apropos is too slow.'') I disagree with this. GNU emacs apropos is acceptible on my UNIXPC and SUN 3/50. It is slower than JOVE, but there are a lot more commands too. I'll take the loss in speed for the gain in flexibility. -- steve baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM A computer which cannot run GNU emacs is not worth using.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!trwind!venice!baur From: baur@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM (Steven L. Baur) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: GNU emacs apropos is NOT too slow (was Re: version 19 (was BOF summary)) Message-ID: <292@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> Date: 5 Feb 90 10:38:36 GMT References: <16553@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Organization: TRW Systems Engineering & Development Division, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 20