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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:252672 Archived-At: > > I don't want to "install" Emacs, if that means doing something > > more than just putting it into a folder. I want to have > > multiple Emacs versions, in different folders. I just use the > > executables that are in their bin folders. >=20 > The installer does indeed just put stuff into a folder. It does add a > shortcut to the start menu IIRC, although you can switch that > off. Different versions will work, although I can't remember how it > would handle multiple copies of the same declared version > (i.e. snapshots). FWIW - I don't want a shortcut in the Start menu, for sure. I create my own shortc= uts to runemacs commands with specific options, and more than one per snaps= hot or release. And I do have multiple snapshots for the same declared version.