From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: E Sabof Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for Windows Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:49:59 +0100 Message-ID: <8738awbpuw.fsf@gmail.com> References: <874mvcc1jh.fsf@gmail.com> <87a954ivfb.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412909416 6024 80.91.229.3 (10 Oct 2014 02:50:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 02:50:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 04:50:10 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1XcQHS-00031R-5A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:50:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45919 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcQHR-0006qX-8R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58629) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcQHB-0006qR-8A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:49:57 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcQH6-0007Xl-Fg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:49:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-x22b.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::22b]:37032) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XcQH6-0007Xf-8Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 22:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id m15so2772547wgh.26 for ; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:49:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=R+QYr7ySY1ZXUpbyr2PHute4PSChrexhNt22H9JGcTY=; b=qEVCxFEgstIMlsEbcrsR/naFATLwvakpjma2xOQ6l2lpY3ai9u+d5C/fMfvzjmFPXC rQT/leLvMmleZ3IOZo93GabkdwmFcv/qucgPOu9TGp1mcZg9JUNOqgBNa6UL7j6sgJG8 bKbhdhQKjbOWKN7t8/BdK3VYz/jBz0PzOkEldSR1NkShLv0fSTh7TUq/nfxappm3XLu8 yf54rYPPczk7DYBxc2hED90A0cprP4edeG+4vLuAWCddPLvDRja4MPj6rV5/dtT2MHDb woeybXU6ScPsfk0OUcV++0KRB2DMMT2FWW2iz5ZpC3HBA/IpWx0rXEO0i1mfgP0OJ/pY F/Jw== X-Received: by 10.194.250.103 with SMTP id zb7mr1517995wjc.52.1412909387416; Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:49:47 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from ubuntu (249.109.189.80.dyn.plus.net. [80.189.109.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id hu3sm5448820wjb.17.2014.10.09.19.49.45 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 09 Oct 2014 19:49:46 -0700 (PDT) User-agent: mu4e 0.9.9.6pre2; emacs 24.3.90.1 In-reply-to: <87a954ivfb.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c00::22b X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100364 Archived-At: Last time I checked (+1 year ago),it came with an outdated Emacs version, and it's utilities had interoperability issues with GNU binaries. Too much time has passed for me to remember the specifics. Evgeni Pascal J. Bourguignon writes: > E Sabof writes: > >> Last time I've tried using Emacs on Windows, finding adequate >> replacements for Unix utilities and libraries was a problem. There >> should be demand for a well-researched, batteries-included >> distribution. > > There is. It is called cygwin. > > http://cygwin.com/setup.exe