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Macros in GNU Emacs and mg: Speed Comparison

Joseph Mingrone

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Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Tools and practiceSystems programmingVim, Emacs and editorsPerformance and optimization

Joseph Mingrone compares the execution speed of keyboard macros in GNU Emacs versus the lightweight mg editor on FreeBSD.

This is a contrived test to compare macro speeds in GNU Emacs and mg. GNU Emacs version: 25.0.5 mg version: 20150323 Both were installed on FreeBSD 10 from the ports tree.

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What people say. Shared to compare the performance of macro execution between GNU Emacs and the lightweight mg clone.

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Macros in GNU Emacs and mg: Speed Comparison Discussion on Reddit on how to make Emacs a bit faster (though nowhere near mg): https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/3vp583/macros_in_gnu_emacs_and_mg_speed_comparison/
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