From: wgreenhouse-sGOZH3hwPm2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org (W. Greenhouse)
To: help-gnu-emacs-mXXj517/zsQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:51:59 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <878v5cpzhc.fsf@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAF-1L2RNyYEfVS81QnQNGiLkxbuJmfLQUNQrs7Co1zGtrmfNFQ@mail.gmail.com
"Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> writes:
> Many distros do not provide emacs out of the box. Something of a
> slap in the face, and unexpected. And annoying. Various distros
> handle emacs differently.
>
> I like the way Gentoo handles emacs, and I may reinstall gentoo in
> the future. Arch worked farily well. I would prefer to just leave
> it alone, pretty much, and tolerate compiling it oneself.
>
> For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running
> emacs?
>
> Alan D
The vital thing is less a question of distros and more a question of
window manager/desktop environment, I think: avoid those which clobber
important Emacs keybindings (e.g. M-TAB) and make it hard to
reconfigure.
Best,
Will
--
BOFH excuse #135:
You put the disk in upside down.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-03-24 15:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-03-23 10:09 best gnu/linux distro for emacs Alan E. Davis
2013-03-23 13:31 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-23 15:24 ` Jude DaShiell
[not found] ` <mailman.22700.1364045502.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-03-23 16:07 ` Jay Belanger
2013-03-23 16:38 ` Alan Mackenzie
2013-03-24 4:04 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.22739.1364097866.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-03-24 10:52 ` Alan Mackenzie
2013-03-24 20:37 ` Bob Proulx
[not found] ` <mailman.22764.1364157438.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-03-25 12:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2013-03-25 20:18 ` W. Greenhouse
2013-03-27 21:29 ` Oleksandr Gavenko
2013-03-30 22:56 ` Bob Proulx
2013-03-31 10:38 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
2013-03-23 17:10 ` Peter Münster
2013-03-24 15:51 ` W. Greenhouse [this message]
2013-03-24 22:59 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-25 1:00 ` W. Greenhouse
2013-03-25 14:42 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-25 18:14 ` Óscar Fuentes
2013-03-25 19:04 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-03-26 13:29 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-03-25 10:29 ` Bastian Ballmann
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