Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!porthos.rutgers.edu!gaynor From: gaynor@porthos.rutgers.edu (Silver) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Portability problem with gnu-emacs [dump-emacs] Message-ID:Date: 18 Sep 88 10:37:24 GMT References: <441@myab.se> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 16 > Why is gnu-emacs implemented with the self dump feature? I know > that it speeds up the start-up, but it is extremly unportable. Well, it's also user-useful. For example, if I'm hacking away at vapor-mode.el, and need to leave but want to come back to my session in exactly the same state... After all, the dumped executables are relatively small, like Wisconsin. > Let temacs write the compiled lisp code into a file 'code.c' in the > following format: ... Your startup suggestion isn't a bad thought at all. Hmm, complaining about portability, with a negative char in your sample data? Hee hee, I like it. Regards, [Ag]