I have used jove and microemacs, but so far my favorite small emacs is Jed. It is smallish about 1 megs between the editor binary and supporting libraries, but the best is that it allows for scripting using S-Lang. So, for those that still want a small editor with scripting capabilities, Jed is a very good choice.
I am not surprised that it can be used for artist that collaborate each other. I think it is a good idea being that it keeps everything organized and provide the ability to back track in case that something goes horribly wrong.
Version control is not the only technology that can be used for other thing. For example, I keep track of my house chores and projects using Mantis (www.mantisbt.org). It is better than Hi and Lois' chore jar. :)
At home I have a cvs repository for personal work. The reason why I use cvs is just familiarity with it.
I have used jove and microemacs, but so far my favorite small emacs is Jed. It is smallish about 1 megs between the editor binary and supporting libraries, but the best is that it allows for scripting using S-Lang. So, for those that still want a small editor with scripting capabilities, Jed is a very good choice.