emacs-gtk3 it's huge. emacs-gtk2 it's lighter. Ideally I'd recompile Emacs against Motif widgets by editing the port dependencies. UTF-8 rendering inside the ed

emacs-gtk3 it's huge. emacs-gtk2 it's lighter. Ideally I'd recompile Emacs against Motif widgets by editing the port dependencies. UTF-8 rendering inside the editing pane would work as usual. On Scheme, Chicken Scheme can compile code and run it relatively faster. Also, Geiser would work with Chicken too, there's a package from ELPA I think.