On 08.07.2021 23:52, Ludovic Courtès wrote: > Hi! > > Commit da40d07066096a3b5a852041ea01fbb32240deda updates Zile, but this > new version seems to have little in common with previous ones. In > particular, it has more dependencies and a larger footprint: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > $ guix size zile | tail -1 # before > total: 85.7 MiB > $ ./pre-inst-env guix size zile | tail -1 # after > total: 126.2 MiB > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > Should we provide another Emacs clone in the installation image and in > ‘%base-packages’? > > ‘zile-on-guile’ is tempting but currently unmaintained. ‘mg’ could work too. > > Thoughts? > > Ludo’. >
I like mg. It's basically my vi/nano when I do sysadmin-ish work. One of the first things I install on a server I'll be working on. Starts up instantly, supports multiple buffers, regexp search, multiple panes (C-x 2), and a few other nifty Emacs things, even a tiny Dired-like mode. Yet it's absolutely tiny at 200K with a single binary. Obviously no comparison to the real beast that is Emacs. :-) Never used Zile so can't say how it compares. -- Taylan
