4 ms·

Compile times for me are 0.2 seconds. And there is a text file available, it's called config.h.

• nine_k 10y ago
  This sort of rules out binary distributions, or changing settings on a remote machine where you don't have the build dependencies installed. The latter may be irrelevant for a terminal emulator, but not for the general case.
  • fpoling 10y ago
    In my experience if one can edit config files on a system, one has room to install a minimal C compiler. And one can distribute things in a binary form even if the config requires compilation. Consider distributing an application as a library or object files when the target machine needs to compile and link only the config file.
  • ori_b 10y ago
    > This sort of rules out binary distributions You can install software without a package manager.