From: pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Make a "general" Emacs configuration
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:23:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ocda1iwv.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: f063ec39-dd57-4a2b-8f0c-e9dbf891cd50@g6g2000pro.googlegroups.com
rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:
> On Aug 10, 9:11 pm, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
> wrote:
>> You could just rely on the work done by your linux distribution. For
>> example, gentoo automatically updates the site-start.el file (actually
>> site-gentoo.el, loaded from site-start.el), when you install, update
>> or remove packages from the app-emacs category.
>
> Just wondering how much other linux-emacs-ers share this view?
> My general impression (from hanging about this list) is that linux
> distros nowadays screw up emacs so bad it turns out simpler and less
> work to compile it from source.
>
> But maybe its just ubuntu/debian that are screwing up...
>
> Personally Ive been using a my-compiled linux for some time but this
> causes its own issues because apt thinks I dont have emacs...
I'm happy with gentoo's treatment of emacs (and even of most of Common
Lisp stuff, if you don't install clc, the Common Lisp Controller).
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-08-10 17:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2010-08-10 16:11 ` Make a "general" Emacs configuration Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-08-10 16:53 ` rustom
2010-08-10 17:23 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon [this message]
2010-08-10 14:31 Andrea Crotti
2010-08-10 16:53 ` Joel James Adamson
2010-08-10 17:26 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-10 18:50 ` Gabriele Lanaro
2010-08-10 19:13 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-10 23:00 ` Bernardo
2010-08-11 8:52 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-11 14:45 ` Tim Visher
2010-08-11 15:09 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-11 19:10 ` Glauber Alex Dias Prado
2010-08-12 8:39 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-12 13:57 ` Andrea Crotti
2010-08-12 16:33 ` Tim Visher
2010-08-12 18:08 ` Glauber Alex Dias Prado
2010-08-13 13:34 ` Tim Visher
2010-08-13 18:39 ` Glauber Alex Dias Prado
2010-08-13 8:55 ` Andrea Crotti
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