Re:Emacs 27.1 Windows Binaries -- testing wanted

[范凯 <m_pupil@163.com>]

I downloaded the 64bit installer, and it works for me without any problem.<br/><br/>(version)<br/>"GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-w64-mingw32)<br/> of 2020-08-12"<br/><br/>Thanks,<br/>Kai
At 2020-08-16 01:49:03, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk wrote:
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>Just to follow up on this, I have put windows binaries for Emacs 27.1 
>onto alpha. I am hoping for someone to install and try them before I 
>promote to the main release site. I don't use windows myself and can do 
>no more than cursory "does it launch" testing.
>
>If anyone has used them, can you respond to this message!
>
>Phil
>
>
>
>On 2020-08-12 13:01, phillip.lord@russet.org.uk wrote:
>> Binaries for Windows have been placed on alpha.
>> 
>> https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/pretest/windows/emacs-27/
>> 
>> Once a few people have confirmed that they are working okay, I will
>> promote them to main.
>> 
>> Phil
>> 
>> 
>> On 2020-08-11 00:00, Nicolas Petton wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> Version 27.1 of the Emacs text editor is now available.
>>> 
>>> For more information on Emacs, see:
>>>   https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs
>>> 
>>> You can retrieve the source from your nearest GNU mirror by using one
>>> of the following links:
>>>   https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.xz
>>>   https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.gz
>>> 
>>> You can get the PGP signatures at
>>>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.xz.sig
>>>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-27.1.tar.gz.sig
>>> 
>>> The tarball is signed with the following GPG key, which can be found 
>>> on
>>> public PGP key servers:
>>> 
>>>   D405AA2C862C54F17EEE6BE0E8BCD7866AFCF978
>>> 
>>> To retrieve the key from a PGP key server, evaluate
>>> 
>>>   gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys
>>> D405AA2C862C54F17EEE6BE0E8BCD7866AFCF978
>>> 
>>> You can choose a mirror explicitly from the list at:
>>>   https://www.gnu.org/prep/ftp.html
>>> 
>>> Mirrors may take some time to update; the main GNU ftp server is at:
>>>   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/
>>> 
>>> Emacs 27.1 has a wide variety of new features, including:
>>> 
>>>   - Built-in support for arbitrary-size integers
>>>   - Text shaping with HarfBuzz
>>>   - Native support for JSON parsing
>>>   - Better support for Cairo drawing
>>>   - Portable dumping used instead of unexec
>>>   - Support for XDG conventions for init files
>>>   - Additional early-init initialization file
>>>   - Lexical-binding is used by default
>>>   - Built-in support for tab bar and tab-line
>>>   - Support for resizing and rotating of images without ImageMagick
>>> 
>>> There are many more changes; for a summary see the etc/NEWS file, 
>>> which
>>> you can view from Emacs with `C-h n'.
>>> 
>>> For the complete list of changes and the people who made them, see the
>>> various ChangeLog files in the source distribution.  For a summary of
>>> all the people who have contributed to Emacs, see the etc/AUTHORS 
>>> file.
>>> 
>>> The online manuals and website will be updated shortly.
>>> 
>>> Printed copies of the Emacs manual are available for purchase from the
>>> Free Software Foundation's online store at:
>>> https://shop.fsf.org/product/emacs-manual/
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Nico