Re: Installing Tramp under XP

[Michael Albinus]

Brett Kelly <inkedmn@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello all,

Hi,

> I'm using emacs 21.3 under windows XP, and I need to be able to edit
> source files on a remote linux machine.  I was told that Tramp will
> accomplish this, and I'm trying to get it set up.
>
> Under INSTALL, it says this:
>
> On MS Windows, given Emacs is installed at `C:/Program Files/Emacs',
> you should apply
>
>       ./configure --with-lispdir='C:/Program Files/Emacs/site-lisp' \
>                   --infodir='C:/Program Files/Emacs/info'
>
> Now, I'm sure I'm missing something, but the configure script isn't
> ready out-of-the-box to run under win32, right?

The INSTALL is a little bit taciturn on it. "./configure" is a shell
script which needs a suitable environment, like MinGW or Cygwin.

> I also tried byte-compiling the tramp emacs lisp files w/ dired, but
> that barfed on me, too.

Yep. It needs the file trampver.el, which is generated during the
configure step.

> Has anybody ever set this up before?  I could use a little assistance :)
>
> Thanks!

Best regards, Michael.