tune Emacs' RAM usage (down to approx 10MB now). Hide menu bar,

to save screen space.

emacs/Makefile

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=emacs
 PKG_VERSION:=23.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pub/gnu/emacs/ \
 	@GNU/emacs/
@@ -86,9 +86,25 @@ $(call Package/emacs/Default/description)
  C-h f in case provided documentation of an Emacs function is insufficient.
 endef
 
-HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-x
-CONFIGURE_ARGS += --without-x 
-MAKE_FLAGS += "LD=$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc -nostdlib"
+EMACS_STRIPTEASE_ARGS = \
+	--without-x \
+	--without-xpm \
+	--without-jpeg \
+	--without-gif \
+	--without-png \
+	--without-rsvg \
+	--without-xft \
+	--without-libotf \
+	--without-dbus \
+	--without-gconf 
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += $(EMACS_STRIPTEASE_ARGS)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += $(EMACS_STRIPTEASE_ARGS)
+MAKE_FLAGS += "LD=$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc -nostdlib" 
+
+## Don't try that: lowering PURESIZE makes Emacs' RAM usage explode!  Maybe
+## something about Elisp garbage collection!?
+#TARGET_CPPFLAGS += -DPURESIZE=16
 
 define Build/Prepare
 	$(call Build/Prepare/Default)
@@ -128,7 +144,7 @@ define Build/Compile
 endef
 
 define Build/Install
-	$(call Build/Install/Default,install-arch-indep install-arch-dep install-leim "MFLAGS=-o test-distrib")
+	$(call Build/Install/Default,install-arch-indep install-arch-dep install-leim INSTALL_STRIP=-s "MFLAGS=-o test-distrib")
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) ./files/site-start.el $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/emacs/$(PKG_VERSION)/site-lisp
 endef
 
@@ -174,5 +190,5 @@ $(eval $(call BuildPackage,emacs-el))
 
 # The following comments configure the Emacs editor.  Just ignore them.
 # Local Variables:
-# compile-command: "make -C ~/h/src/qi/openwrt-xburst package/emacs-ja-dic-m/compile -j2 V=99"
+# compile-command: "make -C ~/h/src/qi/openwrt-xburst package/emacs/compile -j2 V=99"
 # End:

emacs/files/site-start.el

@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
 
 ;; Allow us to output international characters to the terminal
 (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
+
+;; Do not show the menu bar.  What use is it without a mouse?
+;; (Note that you can still use the menu via <Esc> x menu-bar-open
+;; or tmm-menubar
+(menu-bar-mode 0)

emacs/patches/001-tune-loadup.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Index: emacs23.2-openwrt/lisp/loadup.el
+===================================================================
+--- emacs23.2-openwrt/lisp/loadup.el	(revision 360)
++++ emacs23.2-openwrt/lisp/loadup.el	(working copy)
+@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
+ 
+ ;;; Code:
+ 
++;; This reduces memory usage by a few MB.  So far no negative consequences
++;; have been witnessed.
++(setq inhibit-load-charset-map t)
++
++;; Not sure whether required.  Playing safe.
++(setq purify-flag nil)
++
+ ;; Add subdirectories to the load-path for files that might get
+ ;; autoloaded when bootstrapping.
+ (if (or (equal (nth 3 command-line-args) "bootstrap")
+@@ -326,9 +333,13 @@
+ ;; We don't use this fns-*.el file.  Instead we keep the data in PURE space.
+ ;; Make sure that the spine of the list is not in pure space because it can
+ ;; be destructively mutated in lread.c:build_load_history.
+-(setq load-history (mapcar 'purecopy load-history))
+-(setq symbol-file-load-history-loaded t)
+ 
++;; The code below makes no sense with a CANNOT_DUMP emacs build.  Commented
++;; out.
++
++;; (setq load-history (mapcar 'purecopy load-history))
++;; (setq symbol-file-load-history-loaded t)
++
+ (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
+ 
+ ;; reset the load-path.  See lread.c:init_lread why.