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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: Henri-Paul Indiogine <hindiogine@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Compiling Emacs from source
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 10:52:17 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <6849142B-5A20-45C9-AFBE-7F6F5579F145@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87pr2qo31h.fsf@belvoir.org>


Am 27.03.2010 um 04:29 schrieb Henri-Paul Indiogine:

>
> I understand that compiling Emacs is much more than compiling just a
> major mode package.

It's less, because no package manager is involved, it's only you who  
knows about this extra software.

>
> I tried to Google for any instructions on how to compile Emacs, but
> could not find any.

Since you've fetched the sources of GNU Emacs 24.0.50 with bzr you can  
read the README and INSTALL files...

>
> I am also concerned about additional packages that come with the  
> Ubuntu
> distribution of Emacs.  Would I have to go and find all of them and
> compile them afterward as I now do for org-mode?

No. Modern Emacsen understand the byte-code of their ancestors.  
There's of course always a chance that some changes in ELisp are  
incompatible.

>
> Is it worth it?

Of course! The chance to find a bug...

> Should I stay with version 23?

There aren't noticeable differences. New configure options are  
introduced: --with-mmdf, --with-mail-unlink, --with-mailhost.  
Customize buffers now have a "Choose" button to pick a colour via list- 
colors-display. A new completion style, "substring," has been added  
and animated GIFs can be played – I could not try these yet.


Since your Linux PC is controlled be a package manager you should  
create a package from GNU Emacs 24.0.50 and install that.

--
Greetings

   Pete

                   Sorry my terrible English, my native language Lisp





  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-27  9:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-27  3:29 Compiling Emacs from source Henri-Paul Indiogine
2010-03-27  5:05 ` Óscar Fuentes
2010-03-27  9:52 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2017-11-05 22:06 Compiling Emacs from Source Robert Thorpe
2017-11-05 22:43 ` Jean-Christophe Helary
2017-11-07  5:43   ` Kendall Shaw
2017-11-07 23:58 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-11-08  1:01   ` John Mastro
2017-11-08  1:27     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-11-08  4:26     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-11-11 20:45     ` Robert Thorpe
2017-11-08 16:32 ` Dan Mack
2017-11-08 19:21   ` Emanuel Berg

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