The following message is a courtesy copy of an article
that has been posted to comp.emacs,comp.emacs.xemacs as well.
>>>> "bingalls" == bingalls <Ingalls>
writes:
bingalls> those who know me have no need of my name wrote:
> in comp.emacs i read: ...
> wget is the fastest (for me) for this sort of one-shot retrieval:
> wget 0.00user 0.00system 0:00.17elapsed 0%CPU
> w3m 0.07user 0.01system 0:00.27elapsed 29%CPU
> lynx 0.08user 0.06system 0:00.94elapsed 14%CPU
> curl 0.00user 0.01system 0:01.18elapsed 0%CPU
bingalls> ...
> ange-ftp and efs only use ftp, which you already ruled out so i
bingalls> ...
> there may come a day when find-file will recognize url syntax,
using
> ... the only problem: it's horribly slow.
bingalls> Which is why I
ruled them out.
bingalls> ...
>> Can elisp open network connections?
bingalls>
...
> (defun emacro-latest-revision ()
> "obtain revision number of the most recent emacro available
bingalls> ...
bingalls> The benchmarks above beg the question, how the elisp compares with the
bingalls> external processes. I'll also have to see how 'links'
compares with
bingalls> 'lynx'
bingalls> All that's left, is to my beta testing team, to see how
bingalls> this code works on various platforms, such as Classic
bingalls> Mac OS.
bingalls> Wow. Big thanks. (who was that masked man? ;)
bingalls> I haven't heard a peep from the XEmacs newsgroup. I
Hi bingalls (b for bruce?)!
I don't know of a newgroup called comp.xemacs. That may explain the
silence:-)
Use comp.emacs.xemacs for discussions about released XEmacs versions
only (currently 21.1.x)
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org or xemacs-design(a)xemacs.org would be better
suited for this particular topic.
Hope this helps,
Adrian
bingalls> thought they might have an opinion, considering that
bingalls> they embed versions into their packaging system.
bingalls> Your elisp code might actually work, to extract the
bingalls> version from their home page. I should try it with the
bingalls> Emacs savannah site, too.
bingalls> The worst-case scenario, is that a wrongful splash
bingalls> screen pops up. -- EMacro remakes Emacs
bingalls>
http://emacro.sf.net/ NY Harbor 2001-9-11
bingalls>
http://www.fit-zones.com/911/
--
Adrian Aichner
mailto:adrianï¼ xemacs.org
http://www.xemacs.org/