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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps, comp.text.tex, gnu.emacs.help
From: Ajanta <aja...@no.spam>
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2002 07:53:28 GMT
Local: Sat, Dec 7 2002 2:53 am
Subject: Re: Emacs 21.3.50 on Mac OSX 10.2.2
Stefan Monnier <f...@acm.com> wrote: I am not familar with inodes. However, I do remember that the dir size > >>>>> "Ajanta" == Ajanta <aja...@no.spam> writes: > > 1. There seem to be *three* executables of identical size (my disk is > > not full, but why waste 16MB if one doesn't have to?): > > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs* > > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/bin/emacs* > > /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/Resources/bin/emacs-21.3.50* > Check their inodes: they should be hardlinks and thus wasting even less decreases by 16MB when I moved the files out. I played around like that and the disk space seemed real. Anyway, why do we need three executables two of which seem to do nothing? > What kind of machine are you running this on ? Powerbook, 10.2.2, a few weeks old. > I ask because my machine is about 6 years old by now and yet 50MB of I don't have a space crunch yet. I just want to get in to the habit of > disk space is not a big concern. This is not just rhetorical: the > version 21.3.50 you're using is significantly larger than 21.2 and > this was the result of a conscious decision, so I'd be interested to hear > of how serious a problem it might be. not accumulating things that aren't needed. In the release 21.3.50, Emacs.app is approx 120MB. > > 3. When running emacs, "preference" panel in toolbar is broken. It is "unhighlighted" in the mac style. You can't open the panel. > It is generally safe to assume that "broken" is a hopelessly useless > > 4. The window is normal video (black text on white background). Don't know how to give the -rv option when I am clicking on an icon in > > I would prefer reverse video (white text on black background) ... > Maybe the -rv option ? Otherwise, M-x customize-face RET default RET > and change the foreground/background colors. the dock, which is how I'd mostly run this program. In most mac-style apps I would expect to set such things in a Preferences panel. Anyway, I'll try the customize-face way that you suggested. A You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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