From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Grant Rettke Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs for Windows Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 13:34:20 -0500 Message-ID: References: <874mvcc1jh.fsf@gmail.com> <83d2a0bfwu.fsf@gnu.org> <83y4so9jjy.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1412966081 19520 80.91.229.3 (10 Oct 2014 18:34:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 18:34:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help , Stefan Monnier To: Glenn Morris Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 10 20:34:35 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 1Xcf1O-00034j-IX for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 20:34:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:50334 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xcf1O-0004tT-4G for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:34:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40230) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xcf1E-0004tM-0P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:34:24 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xcf1D-0007p3-1M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:34:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x22d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22d]:46480) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xcf1B-0007oo-Iy; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 14:34:21 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-f45.google.com with SMTP id i138so7644801oig.4 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:34:20 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=smDDJWfWKTorYhAJfml/T+FuSQmuPKlHG7N1Xhy9hi0=; b=NDCGehCJXhTQrlgKS3selV4/aaIpzHNbFlWvcYSEdDNvFVnVYrDYSo8RGdVlLmpgg4 Bfd2O46Y/euEi9Fyle9ijNyZiHcCxouusCEiPxHV7+M4t+FJ6EE4coXKIdQWmsLFwVaF ytRtBkII+BjvzXfRyJpC/e0zzBayAcNAJoerXc3MqP2XAIm0IQZX8oOOD4Og5QPzA5Du NtVSVk+LxCf2o9FXoVvoWjAxRTMJRkjdt2NZsYGxKZscbr36G3X4x4H64kgUP5kre3lD apvHLslHtE/HhE5e5qZ0Uqz3h3AX5b5s6LxUmuArw4Na0SIqEy4xKpT1R+NN4y8aNGCl PnOQ== X-Received: by 10.202.76.213 with SMTP id z204mr3457538oia.76.1412966060693; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:34:20 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.182.162.105 with HTTP; Fri, 10 Oct 2014 11:34:20 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: 4CmKl-EDOY2HteuTbPSMh6pZ__U X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22d 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:100390 Archived-At: Some may be quite shocked to know that there are Emacs users on Windows who do not come from a UNI* or OSS background. On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Glenn Morris wrote: > Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> I definitely don't mean one that's present out of the box. But one that >> people can easily install once and then use it to >> install/uninstall/update Emacs and whatever other Free Software >> she wants. > > The standard answer is Cygwin; but some people are apparently against it. > --=20 Grant Rettke gcr@wisdomandwonder.com | http://www.wisdomandwonder.com/ =E2=80=9CWisdom begins in wonder.=E2=80=9D --Socrates ((=CE=BB (x) (x x)) (=CE=BB (x) (x x))) =E2=80=9CLife has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to st= op taking it seriously.=E2=80=9D --Thompson