Re: Compiling Emacs from source

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 27.03.2010 um 04:29 schrieb Henri-Paul Indiogine:

>
> I understand that compiling Emacs is much more than compiling just a
> major mode package.

It's less, because no package manager is involved, it's only you who  
knows about this extra software.

>
> I tried to Google for any instructions on how to compile Emacs, but
> could not find any.

Since you've fetched the sources of GNU Emacs 24.0.50 with bzr you can  
read the README and INSTALL files...

>
> I am also concerned about additional packages that come with the  
> Ubuntu
> distribution of Emacs.  Would I have to go and find all of them and
> compile them afterward as I now do for org-mode?

No. Modern Emacsen understand the byte-code of their ancestors.  
There's of course always a chance that some changes in ELisp are  
incompatible.

>
> Is it worth it?

Of course! The chance to find a bug...

> Should I stay with version 23?

There aren't noticeable differences. New configure options are  
introduced: --with-mmdf, --with-mail-unlink, --with-mailhost.  
Customize buffers now have a "Choose" button to pick a colour via list- 
colors-display. A new completion style, "substring," has been added  
and animated GIFs can be played – I could not try these yet.


Since your Linux PC is controlled be a package manager you should  
create a package from GNU Emacs 24.0.50 and install that.

--
Greetings

   Pete

                   Sorry my terrible English, my native language Lisp