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@@ -1,34 +1,18 @@ # FAQ **Q:** -What is the difference between *textadept* and *textadeptjit*? Which one should -I use? - -**A:** -*textadept* uses Lua 5.3 while *textadeptjit* uses [LuaJIT][], which is based on -Lua 5.1. Other than access to the [FFI Library][], *textadeptjit* does not -provide any noteworthy benefits. It used to be the case that *textadeptjit* was -slightly faster when loading large files, but Textadept 6.1 was the last version -that had a noticible difference between the two. *textadept* is recommended. - -[LuaJIT]: http://luajit.org -[FFI library]: http://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html - -- - - - -**Q:** If Textadept is so minimalist, why are the downloads around 10MB in size and the unzipped folders 10s of MBs in size? **A:** -Each download contains 4 executables: 2 GUI versions and 2 terminal versions -(each version uses either Lua or LuaJIT). Furthermore, the Windows and OSX -packages bundle in GTK+ runtimes, accounting for some 3/4 of the total -application size. (GTK+ is the cross-platform GUI toolkit Textadept uses.) -Then, starting in version 10, in order to be able to run on older Linux systems -whose libstdc++ does not support newer C++11 symbols, the Linux executables -statically link in a newer version of libstdc++. Finally, nightly builds are -compiled with debug symbols enabled in order to aid debugging of various issues. +Each download contains 2 executables: a GUI version and a terminal version. +Furthermore, the Windows and OSX packages bundle in GTK+ runtimes, accounting +for some 3/4 of the total application size. (GTK+ is the cross-platform GUI +toolkit Textadept uses.) Then, starting in version 10, in order to be able to +run on older Linux systems whose libstdc++ does not support newer C++11 symbols, +the Linux executables statically link in a newer version of libstdc++. Finally, +nightly builds are compiled with debug symbols enabled in order to aid debugging +of various issues. - - - @@ -58,8 +42,8 @@ is this a false-positive? **A:** Textadept does not contain any viruses and it certainly is a false positive. -The likely culprits are the `textadept-curses.exe` and `textadeptjit-curses.exe` -executables, which run in the Windows command prompt. +The likely culprit is the `textadept-curses.exe` executable, which runs in the +Windows command prompt. - - - |