Re:Emacs-ng: Emacs with Deno runtime and TypeScript
by anthk on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:43PM
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In the days of the 486 being nothing more than "junk" compared to a Pentium 2, running Emacs with SICP on Texinfo format was the light approach compared to open a full browser to read HTML pages.
Ditto with Groff+Mom occuping a few MB (totally doable in 1997) vs a GB LaTex install lasting several minutes to render a PostScript, and then running X (if even) just to display the resulting file and nothing more.
Nowadays even QT5 software looks lightweight enough compared to some Electron monsters...
Ditto with Groff+Mom occuping a few MB (totally doable in 1997) vs a GB LaTex install lasting several minutes to render a PostScript, and then running X (if even) just to display the resulting file and nothing more.
Nowadays even QT5 software looks lightweight enough compared to some Electron monsters...