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Mark Borges writes:

>>> On Wed, 12 Feb 1997 11:41:45 +0100,
>>> Heiko Muenkel(HM) wrote:
>>>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Miller <jmiller@bay1.bayserve.net> writes:
Jeff> Steve,

Jeff> about a month ago, I sent in a patch to compress the .el files
Jeff> during a "make install".  Is there any merit in it?  I keep
Jeff> bumping into about 90% full here at home, so I definitely like
Jeff> it. :) Just wondering whether I should keep pursuing it.

HM> This should be an optional feature, because it slows down the loading
HM> of packages.

> I don't understand -- how could it? The .elc files remain
> uncompressed, and Jeff's patch apparently left .el files without a
> .elc conterpart uncompressed.

It shouldn't affect loading time at all, though I would like to see
compression of .elcs at some point which will affect loading time.

I backed away from the info compression patch, and deferred the .el
compression patch because of coding system problems with compressed
files (see the recent messages about jka-compr).  If the info files
are compressed you cannot read the Japanese documentation and that is
a Bad Thing.

What I'd like to see instead is some kind of compact script optionally
run after installation to do the equivalent of what the installation
patches did.  Would you consider this to be an acceptable solution?
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