Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Jones, Brian]

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Hello, I am trying to upgrade my current version of emacs from 21.3 to
22.1.  I was able to obtain emacs 21.3. using the directions written by
Professor Arthur Lee. Here is the website:
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/math/ALee/emacs/emacs.html

 

Is there another website similar to the one written by professor Lee,
that would provide me with step by step directions for downloading and
installing emacs 22.1. Once again I was able to download and install
21.3 with ease. Professor Lee's instructions were excellent. But I would
love to get the chance to obtain the latest version of emacs. I simply
would like to be up to date on new stuff.

 

 

Brian Jones

Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc. (ARTI)

Marketing Analysis

Direct Dial:  (703) 682-4792

Cell: (703) 346-7242

Fax:  (703) 682-4820

E-mail:  brian.jones@team-arti.com <mailto:brian.jones@team-arti.com> 

"Teaming for Success"

An Employee Owned Company

 


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Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Pete Axon]

Try this guide

http://derekslager.com/blog/posts/2006/12/emacs-hack-1-installing-emacs-on-windows.ashx

Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Pete Axon wrote:
> Try this guide
> 
> http://derekslager.com/blog/posts/2006/12/emacs-hack-1-installing-emacs-on-windows.ashx


But everything there is not valid for Emacs 22.

Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Pete Axon]

> Pete Axon wrote:
>> Try this guide
>>
>> http://derekslager.com/blog/posts/2006/12/emacs-hack-1-installing-emacs-on-windows.ashx
>
>
> But everything there is not valid for Emacs 22.

I used it to set up GNU Emacs 22 on my system and it worked fine. I
downloaded the windows port from the gnu site.

RE: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Lee, Art]

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Brian,

I have not done it myself, but my quick look into it suggests that
you need to go to http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/ and
download this one

    emacs-22.1-bin-i386.zip         03-Jun-2007 15:21   36M  

instead of the one my instructions suggests, namely this one:

    emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz      10-Mar-2004 18:40   13M  

The rest of my instructions should be the same.

That is what I would say, but I would have to try it to know for sure.

Good luck,
                - Art



-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Brian [mailto:brian.jones@team-arti.com]
Sent: Mon 3/10/2008 7:50 AM
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Cc: Lee, Art
Subject: FW: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1
 
I forgot to mention I use Windows XP

 

From: Jones, Brian 
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:43 AM
To: 'help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org'
Cc: 'alee@cmc.edu'
Subject: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

 

Hello, I am trying to upgrade my current version of emacs from 21.3 to
22.1.  I was able to obtain emacs 21.3. using the directions written by
Professor Arthur Lee. Here is the website:
http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/math/ALee/emacs/emacs.html

 

Is there another website similar to the one written by professor Lee,
that would provide me with step by step directions for downloading and
installing emacs 22.1. Once again I was able to download and install
21.3 with ease. Professor Lee's instructions were excellent. But I would
love to get the chance to obtain the latest version of emacs. I simply
would like to be up to date on new stuff.

 

 

Brian Jones

Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc. (ARTI)

Marketing Analysis

Direct Dial:  (703) 682-4792

Cell: (703) 346-7242

Fax:  (703) 682-4820

E-mail:  brian.jones@team-arti.com

"Teaming for Success"

An Employee Owned Company

 




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Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Hi Art,

The handling of HOME has changed on Windows in Emacs 22, see

    (info "(emacs) Windows HOME")

Best wishes,
L


Lee, Art wrote:
> Brian,
> 
> I have not done it myself, but my quick look into it suggests that
> you need to go to http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/ and
> download this one
> 
>     emacs-22.1-bin-i386.zip         03-Jun-2007 15:21   36M 
> 
> instead of the one my instructions suggests, namely this one:
> 
>     emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz      10-Mar-2004 18:40   13M 
> 
> The rest of my instructions should be the same.
> 
> That is what I would say, but I would have to try it to know for sure.
> 
> Good luck,
>                 - Art
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones, Brian [mailto:brian.jones@team-arti.com]
> Sent: Mon 3/10/2008 7:50 AM
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Cc: Lee, Art
> Subject: FW: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1
> 
> I forgot to mention I use Windows XP
> 
> 
> 
> From: Jones, Brian
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:43 AM
> To: 'help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org'
> Cc: 'alee@cmc.edu'
> Subject: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1
> 
> 
> 
> Hello, I am trying to upgrade my current version of emacs from 21.3 to
> 22.1.  I was able to obtain emacs 21.3. using the directions written by
> Professor Arthur Lee. Here is the website:
> http://www.claremontmckenna.edu/math/ALee/emacs/emacs.html
> 
> 
> 
> Is there another website similar to the one written by professor Lee,
> that would provide me with step by step directions for downloading and
> installing emacs 22.1. Once again I was able to download and install
> 21.3 with ease. Professor Lee's instructions were excellent. But I would
> love to get the chance to obtain the latest version of emacs. I simply
> would like to be up to date on new stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Brian Jones
> 
> Advanced Resource Technologies, Inc. (ARTI)
> 
> Marketing Analysis
> 
> Direct Dial:  (703) 682-4792
> 
> Cell: (703) 346-7242
> 
> Fax:  (703) 682-4820
> 
> E-mail:  brian.jones@team-arti.com
> 
> "Teaming for Success"
> 
> An Employee Owned Company
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Jason Rumney]

On 11 Mar, 16:07, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)"
<lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Art,
>
> The handling of HOME has changed on Windows in Emacs 22, see
>
>     (info "(emacs) Windows HOME")

Since the linked instructions advise to set a HOME environment
variable, the changes are irrelevant. The changes are only to the
default value of HOME if the environment variable is not set, and even
then have been done in a way that is backwards compatible for people
who installed a previous version of Emacs or are following
installation instructions for a previous version.

Re: Need help upgrading from emacs 21.3 to 22.1

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Jason Rumney wrote:
> On 11 Mar, 16:07, "Lennart Borgman (gmail)"
> <lennart.borg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Art,
>>
>> The handling of HOME has changed on Windows in Emacs 22, see
>>
>>     (info "(emacs) Windows HOME")
> 
> Since the linked instructions advise to set a HOME environment
> variable, the changes are irrelevant. The changes are only to the
> default value of HOME if the environment variable is not set, and even
> then have been done in a way that is backwards compatible for people
> who installed a previous version of Emacs or are following
> installation instructions for a previous version.

Thanks Jason, sorry if I gave another impression, I did not think about 
that possibility. I just thought that Art might have given different 
instructions if he had written them for Emacs 22 from the beginning.