From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Ekstrand Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:57 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87zlm2ks8m.fsf@jehiel.elehack.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1221975699 30494 80.91.229.12 (21 Sep 2008 05:41:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 05:41:39 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 21 07:42:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KhHiM-0004z6-GM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:42:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35817 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KhHhK-00017u-Jk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2008 01:41:30 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news.k-dsl.de!aioe.org!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 33 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: N8w1zDuSd4zhmZ454raJDg.user.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:5YZ7qdHw+SJW6jNZpccvWwK8nW4= User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:162526 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:57870 Archived-At: ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes: >> Look up update-alternatives > > Yup, did that already. It shows: > > Selection Alternative > ----------------------------------------------- > 1 /usr/bin/vim.tiny > 2 /bin/ed > 3 /bin/nano > * 4 /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot > 5 /usr/bin/vim.basic > 6 /usr/bin/vim.gtk > + 7 /usr/bin/vim.gnome > 8 /usr/bin/emacs22 > > > So, I think the asterisk means that emacs-snapshot is the default. But > it's not what I get when I run 'emacs'. Run update-alternatives --config emacs. That will let you choose your emacs, then you can be sure. I do not know the exact meaning of * and +. Also, though, this looks like the alternatives list for editor rather than emacs -- `vim.basic' doesn't look like an alternative for `emacs'. - Michale -- mouse, n: A device for pointing at the xterm in which you want to type. Confused by the strange files? I cryptographically sign my messages. For more information see .