On 2009-08-31 06:46 (-0700), Steve Lamb wrote: > Teemu Likonen wrote: >> If I start the same Emacs and Vim executables in a text terminal mode >> the numbers are 27 MB for Emacs and 30 MB for Vim. So it would seem >> that Emacs is a bit lighter than full-featured Vim. Both editors can >> be compiled with smaller set of features which may make them even >> lighter. > > Uhhhh, I dunno what you have in your vim but that is not the > standard text mode vim, I can assure you... > > grey 9287 0.8 0.2 5464 2560 pts/0 S+ 06:43 0:00 vim > > 2.5Mb. You're off by over a factor.
Memory usage can be measured different ways. What we see here is the difference between usage of VSZ and RSS memory. Neither gives the ultimate answer, only a certain point of view. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org