From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Random832 Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: First draft of the Emacs website Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:42:31 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87io4lem98.fsf@petton.fr> <87bnadegt8.fsf@petton.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448775800 27379 80.91.229.3 (29 Nov 2015 05:43:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 05:43:20 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 29 06:43:06 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ulN-0001BK-Fe for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:43:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34990 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ulQ-00016k-Vk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:43:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59762) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ulE-00016f-1j for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:42:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ulA-0007pR-RF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:42:55 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:55728) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ulA-0007pJ-Kx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 00:42:52 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a2ul3-0000Ql-Mh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:42:45 +0100 Original-Received: from c-68-39-146-59.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([68.39.146.59]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:42:45 +0100 Original-Received: from random832 by c-68-39-146-59.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 29 Nov 2015 06:42:45 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 30 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-68-39-146-59.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Cancel-Lock: sha1:0qLLS5SHfwFwEu6rRnU0fyDRLoc= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:195514 Archived-At: Jean-Christophe Helary writes: >> On Nov 29, 2015, at 11:19, Alex Dunn wrote: >> Is Aquamacs still popular? The Emacs subreddit links to >> http://emacsformacosx.com, which I had never heard of before. Homebrew >> also provides a decent experience on OS X, though I’m biased since I’m a >> maintainer. > > Aquamacs is popular but it seems to me that linking to homebrew would > be closer to the expectations of Emacs users on OSX. > > Jean-Christophe Helary The advantage [to the extent that it is an advantage] of the version at emacsformacosx.com is that it is a self-contained binary distribution not requiring one to open a terminal and paste magic shell scripts, but a more or less standard build (vs Aquamacs which is a fairly extensive patch set). One disadvantage (well, technically I haven't examined whether any of the others do anything about this) is that it doesn't do anything to ensure that "emacs" from the terminal won't run the ancient bundled Emacs (still 22, I think the last time this came up the theory was that Apple balked at the GPLv3). It might be best to have the OSX button to go to a landing page that outlines all of these options. An off-site link with no explanation isn't going to inspire confidence at any rate; even if there's no discussion of options a landing page with "OSX builds are not provided directly by the FSF, but Emacs is available through [link]Homebrew[/]" would be a better transition.