Re: Emacs's popularity

[Lennart Borgman]

On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:01 AM, Richard Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> wrote:
>> course if you know about Emacs client/server that is not a problem in
>> most cases (though someone gave an example with su that would not work
>> in this case).
>
> A strange set up IMO. I'm still not sure why emacs can not be configured
> to check for a daemon/server. Having to use emacsclient to connect seems
> rather long winded but I'm sure there is a good reason for it.

Emacs client starts very quickly.

> Sounds nice. Which model? I'm looking for one too. But it'll be a Linux
> one for sure.

We are not supposed to mention specific brands here. (Ask me privately
if you want to.)I am however going to buy one of those with a large
keyboard. Currently the largest keyboards on netbooks are about 90% of
the full keyboard.