Date: Tue, 10 Sep 1996 08:43:34 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Emacs and DJGPP.ENV
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On Tue, 10 Sep 1996, Leath Muller wrote:

> A question on emacs: Is there a lite version?

Try this URL:

	ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/alpha/emacs.README

Read that file and get the largest part of the distribution that you can
afford (you can get away with as little as 5MB, but most of the optional
packages won't work).  The minimal fully functional installation will rob
you of 20MB of disk space. 

> I downloaded 19.34 and it
> seems there is a LOT of crap for stuff like LISP... (who uses this
> anyway... ;)  which I don't need or want.

Emacs uses Lisp as its extension language, and all of the packages (like 
directory-edit, compilation mode, and the built-in Info reader) load that
Lisp ``crap'' at run time.  Since many packages require other packages, 
you will never know which ones do you *really* need until you try using 
them and get an error message, sometimes a very cryptic one.

If you do try the above distribution, I'd appreciate any feedback, 
because it will be a part of the tools the next DJGPP release will 
offer.  Thanks.