From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rupert Swarbrick Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: first copy & paste not working Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 18:18:48 +0100 Organization: albasani.net Message-ID: References: <87ej8lzdwv.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> <874p9g5yut.fsf@DEBLAP1.BeNet> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1210009292 32270 80.91.229.12 (5 May 2008 17:41:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:41:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 05 19:42:08 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 1Jt4hD-0007Bd-7S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 May 2008 19:41:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39645 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jt4gV-0005XH-JB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 May 2008 13:41:07 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.albasani.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Trace: news.albasani.net ycP77jYkVfKhMZiIkrvmCz5VhOe6uvqAB8EwFZrRlELjUaqxfW1zkAb4RMnU8X+3ZkWD0gPzPGOC2/wKP9I53ZnnqduT2ZWPpHWiD1xuax4/dCH1ZlmDkuBEatb4nFBu Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@albasani.net Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:18:47 +0000 (UTC) X-User-ID: vFFyA2sfS8+Wmx+u2PDGFxlyeMVPYvIPeYloKBeiaYg= Cancel-Lock: sha1:L6GDwDkN4s1d8+Gax/+0cxS/NGw= User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) X-NNTP-Posting-Host: kP43WVPbiDr10b1WLVUpwPbXNhPVWmtqCbj3IMZPfS4= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158410 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:53778 Archived-At: jadamson@partners.org (Joel J. Adamson) writes: >>> A friend of mine advised me, after I found the latest Emacs in Debian >>> was 21.4, that adding the unstable repositories, and/or Ubuntu >>> repositories is a must for using up-to-date software on Debian. Any >>> Debian users like to comment? >>> >> >> Hmm, well I use it on my laptop because it's fun playing with the new >> versions. However, something breaks horribly about once every three or >> four months, so I recommend building from source. > > Are you talking about Debian or Emacs? What is it that breaks, and what > do you build from source? > Sorry I didn't realise how ambiguous that was. I use debian unstable repositories but (for reasons unconnected with emacs) this occasionally does dramatic things to the computer, such as stopping X working. My recommendation is/was to do this if you enjoy fixing things, but otherwise to compile emacs from CVS and use that - as others have said, it's not a difficult process. Rupert