From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Xue Fuqiao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 06:59:28 +0800 Message-ID: <20130325065928.6369b35eccb250f87c1d9ab2@gmail.com> References: <878v5cpzhc.fsf@riseup.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364165989 32428 80.91.229.3 (24 Mar 2013 22:59:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:59:49 +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 Mar 25 00:00:16 2013 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 1UJttd-0004xf-QI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35630 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJttF-0007Wg-GG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:49 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57659) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJtt0-0007WO-Ug for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJtsz-0005y3-LR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pb0-f50.google.com ([209.85.160.50]:40636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UJtsz-0005xz-FK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:59:33 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pb0-f50.google.com with SMTP id up1so3792176pbc.23 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:59:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OA5HfbE6yEaJP9rpkutry/JqXd8Fzqd9XmNCdKbkQ24=; b=Yb6JZtf4JCpWvlvJnrpKKM8MvwH8h5QbQ3mvxhL3Y/Md/QXDUinLgO07EUALUR/yBt VoEfOgXo5+gIiY+LpkhAt9DWyVIjlYLFxTVmMTPMpXD1U0tEZ+/dkg9I5LnA/0/5xRMv BsI6k5lZiljnqrUhdr8YRzYZX29wkJdzPepTrnv6STZA/5KnoFEXwHT24A7ZOXVXbqa9 gQ+nvQlCcar6/CbAU/iz+EHL6803mUFlvhNemkZn5KDuvsDDp3KZe/QjjWPiFW6/FdYk dHuupoeYJafG/2kwFCPr6OJML0m1gPR7oSxsyzG8Lm2jIc5k9fJuiqpIqpOjRnY81HXp OMiA== X-Received: by 10.68.11.169 with SMTP id r9mr14195209pbb.221.1364165972058; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:59:32 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from debian.emacs ([61.149.227.208]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ri1sm10931643pbc.16.2013.03.24.15.59.29 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:59:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <878v5cpzhc.fsf@riseup.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.3.0 (GTK+ 2.24.10; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.160.50 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:89726 Archived-At: On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:51:59 +0000 wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) wrote: > "Alan E. Davis" writes: > > For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running > > emacs? > The vital thing is less a question of distros and more a question of > window manager/desktop environment, I think: avoid those which clobber > important Emacs keybindings (e.g. M-TAB) and make it hard to > reconfigure. Right, many WM/DE block some keyboard inputs like `M-', `M-', `C-M-d' and `C-M-l'. And I think a lightweight WM/DE is preferred. Because Emacs can do everything, it can take the place of most features in a DE. It's also a question of web browser. For this question, I prefer Conkeror, because it is mainly patterned after Emacs. It's also a question of X toolkit. For this question, I prefer Gtk+, because it is the best toolkit supported by Emacs. Maybe it's also a question of secure communications library, but I'm no expert on GnuTLS and its integration. -- Xue Fuqiao http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/