From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Precompiled Emacs Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:24:26 +0000 Message-ID: <8738n9u8th.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> References: <87wqkpxnrm.fsf@gmail.com> <5276C383.4020009@gmx.net> <52781270.7000002@gmx.net> <83eh6v8qei.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1383733486 31022 80.91.229.3 (6 Nov 2013 10:24:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:24:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 06 11:24:50 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 1Ve0I6-00040a-7u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 11:24:50 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60657 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve0I5-00027P-Pb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:24:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53737) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve0Ho-000278-O2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:24:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve0Hj-0004ye-RD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: from cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk ([128.240.234.22]:50076) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve0Hj-0004yP-Lf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 05:24:27 -0500 Original-Received: from smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk ([10.8.233.129]) by cheviot22.ncl.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Ve0Hi-0002lx-Fp; Wed, 06 Nov 2013 10:24:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost (jangai.ncl.ac.uk [10.66.67.223]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpauth-vm.ncl.ac.uk (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id rA6AOQ5D022591 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Wed, 6 Nov 2013 10:24:26 GMT In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:39:03 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 128.240.234.22 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:94363 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> That code is Windows-specific, it isn't compiled on other platforms. > > If someone can try and make it work across platforms, patch welcome. Of course, even if there is a patch it won't solve the existing problem which involves installing existing Emacs versions. A portable Emacs (as in movable) would be nice though. Phil