From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: "Best" way to run on Windows XP Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:01:17 +0300 Message-ID: References: <1122221022.525785.237790@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <85ackc40cw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1122231858 21431 80.91.229.2 (24 Jul 2005 19:04:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 19:04:18 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 24 21:04:15 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DwllW-0004Ub-Fr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 21:03:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dwlnm-0005Nk-2c for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:06:18 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DwlnT-0005My-Fd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:05:59 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DwlnR-0005Ls-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:05:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DwlnQ-0005Lp-U3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:05:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.24] (helo=legolas.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Dwlu1-00056J-Nj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 15:12:45 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-83-130-253-83.inter.net.il [83.130.253.83]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id EYX96975 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:01:16 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: <85ackc40cw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:47:43 +0200) 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:28132 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:28132 > From: David Kastrup > Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 18:47:43 +0200 > > I think native build plus MSYS > is a pretty good combination, but I have not actively tried it myself, > not being a Windows user. AFAIK, MSYS is not a full suite of ports, its purpose is to provide an environment for running configure scripts. Also, it has some Cygwin-style maladies which could be a pain on Windows (for example, Diff uses binary I/O, and thus compares files different when they only differ in their end-of-line format, Newline vs CRLF).