Please have emacs-nox alternative
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emacs-snapshot (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: emacs-snapshot
It's good that one can install a non-X version of Emacs, as it starts up faster than the gtk version. Hence, it would be good to be able to always start "emacs-nox" regardless of which version one has installed. Could an emacs-nox alternative be arranged, like the emacs alternative? Obviously, only -nox versions would qualify (whereas a -nox version of emacs is a perfectly good emacs alternative).
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 20 12:32:38 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: emacs-snapshot 1:20080228-1ubuntu1
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: emacs-snapshot
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-19-generic i686
The -nox variant exists to avoid having to install tons of unwanted
dependencies on servers and other minimal environments, not because
it starts up faster. If you really want Emacs to start up fast,
just run a server in the background and create a new tty frame with
emacsclient -t, it's instantaneous.