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Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file


From: Perry E. Metzger
Subject: Re: Skipping unexec via a big .elc file
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 18:46:28 -0400

On Mon, 24 Oct 2016 16:35:08 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I think some users will run away screaming if Emacs takes a whole
> > second to start up.  
> 
> It depends.  If those users, like me, have hundreds of buffers in
> their sessions, and use desktop.el to recreate their sessions, they
> already wait a few seconds for that.

Just FYI, I find the fact that emacs starts up instantaneously a big
win. If it starts taking a substantial period to start up again like
it did 30 years ago, I'm going to be unhappy. I get that this
simplifies maintenance but the startup time is a big lose.

Perry
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Perry E. Metzger                address@hidden



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