From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Just curiosity re: compiling emacs? Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:42:15 +0200 Organization: disorganized Message-ID: <87ejwhqi08.fsf@robotron.kosmorama> References: <1153342408.26742.5.camel@CASE> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153353244 19074 80.91.229.2 (19 Jul 2006 23:54:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:54:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 20 01:54:03 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3LrX-0006mL-BS for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:53:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3LrW-0004aU-Sn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:53:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G3LrM-0004ZX-BS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G3LrI-0004XG-Tn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G3LrI-0004XD-Ok for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:53:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G3LrM-0001sB-Mz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:53:44 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G3Lr6-0006hJ-Hv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:53:28 +0200 Original-Received: from e178037104.adsl.alicedsl.de ([85.178.37.104]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:53:28 +0200 Original-Received: from david.hansen by e178037104.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:53:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 12 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: e178037104.adsl.alicedsl.de Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:bmt8+oYICj/jCe2Oq6VXtvXNTEI= 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:36107 Archived-At: On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:53:28 -0400 William Case wrote: > I have been using emacs for two years now and have got quite comfortable > with it. As I watch this list there are several questions regarding > compiling versions of emacs. With all the excellent packaging that is > being done these days; Why would people still be compiling emacs on > their own? Just curious. As with other software. Tweak some compile time options (usually disable useless "features"). David