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Just here to plug an up-and-coming editor called Howl: https://howl.io

I did some of these tests with Howl, here are the better numbers:

- Memory (hello.c): 22748 (RSS)

- Rehighlight test: about 3s

- Time used to load test.xml, jump to end of file and exit: 2.1s



Thanks for posting this!

I find Lua much more pleasant than Lisp. It is also performs significantly better. This could result in a very nice editor if enough people embrace it.

Github page for the lazy: https://github.com/howl-editor/howl


Yes I find Howl so much better than the elisp and emacs archaic API.


Is there a terminal frontend for howl? It looks like LuaJIT emacs (or I guess more like ymacs) which is potentially interesting.


There is no terminal frontend. Yes 'LuaJIT emacs' with a nice API is probably a good description. It does have a vi editing mode as well.




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