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Re: emacs-"distribution" for windows?
From: |
Robert Thorpe |
Subject: |
Re: emacs-"distribution" for windows? |
Date: |
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 01:43:18 +0100 |
emacs-list-18@pgxml.net writes:
> Hi,
>
> i need a bit input from emacs users on the windows platform.
>
> What "distribution" do you use? Is the windows emacs from gnu suitable
> for day to day work, or are there more windows-optimized emacs-dists
> out there?
>
> Just tell me a bit about your setup, and what the main tasks you with
> emacs are.
I don't use any distribution. I use the standard files from gnu.org.
I do install other libraries and ports of GNU utility programs like
aspell, man, grep, find, gzip and tar. I also install Info-zip, bzip2,
xz and lzip.
I get the extra libraries (for images, etc) from the ezwinports page. I
get many of the utility programs from MinGW. I use ezwinports for the
utility programs if MinGW is out-of-date, which it often is. I usually
install compilers like Gcc while I'm at it.
I'm thinking about changing this procedure, because it can be time
consuming. There's now MinGW-w64 which is being maintained (unlike the
original MinGW). I might try using that.
I keep a list of my procedure for installing Emacs on a Windows PC.
BR,
Robert Thorpe