Re: Make a "general" Emacs configuration

[pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)]

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).

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