2017-11-10 21:46 GMT+01:00 Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:

> > They _will_ want to add it to PATH if they want to install packages
> > from the likes of ELPA, which frequently come with Makefiles that
> > invoke Emacs to compile the Lisp files.
>
> For lack of familiarity with the Windows world, I don't know if typical
> Windows users will want to add it to PATH (as a GNU/Linux user, of
> course I'd do that), but I think the "frequently" above is incorrect.
>

Makefiles ? But the average Windows user does not have a make.exe program
on his machine
and does not even know what it is used for.

(Admittedly, an Emacs user is probably not an average Windows user).

Fabrice