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Re: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?
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Phillip Lord |
Subject: |
Re: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on? |
Date: |
26 Nov 2003 17:36:02 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2.93 |
>>>>> "seki" == seki <sebastien.kirche.no@spam.free.fr> writes:
seki> Ola Nilsson wrote:
>>
>> (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt) (require 'cygwin-mount) )
>>
seki> I try to have one .emacs between Mac OSX, Linux and NT, here
seki> what i defined :
seki> ;windows
seki> (if (eq system-type 'windows-nt)
seki> (progn
seki> ...
seki> ))
seki> ;linux
seki> (if (eq system-type 'linux)
seki> (progn
seki> ...
seki> ))
seki> ;mac
seki> (if (eq system-type 'darwin)
seki> (progn
seki> ...
seki> ))
seki> for macintosh, i use darwin, as it works both for console and
seki> windowed system. If you want also to check between console
seki> and graphical : test if window-system is not nil (for example
seki> to define a default-frame-alist)
One important question to ask though, is why are you doing this? In
general its better to ask Emacs for its capabilities rather than its
platform.
Checking between console and windowing environment seems a good way to
do things.
This way if Emacs on different systems gains new functionality, it
should all just work.
Of course there are times when you might just not be bothered to do
this, or when its too much effort (checking whether external programs
like diff are available for instance).
Cheers
Phil
Re: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?, Eli Zaretskii, 2003/11/24
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Message not availableRe: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?], Alan Mackenzie, 2003/11/29
Re: apropos apropos [was: how do i find out the platform emacs runs on?], Eli Zaretskii, 2003/11/30