emacs installation / ubuntu

emacs installation / ubuntu

[Lefterov, Iliya]

Good evening,

I am really, rally new Linux/Ubuntu "user" - just 2 days... so, I think it is reasonable to get stuck with Gnu Emacs installation... I thought it was going to be as easy as Aquamacs (lots of experience) on Mac machines.... The end message that I get is "accusing" me of ignoring X-option.

I will appreciate your help very much ( I hope I dont have to go back and install something else and forget about Ubuntu...)

ciao, and have a nice weekend,

Iliya
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Iliya Lefterov, MD, PhD
iliyal@pitt.edu

Re: emacs installation / ubuntu

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: "Lefterov, Iliya" <ILIYAL@pitt.edu>
> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:44:18 -0400
> 
> I am really, rally new Linux/Ubuntu "user" - just 2 days... so, I think it is reasonable to get stuck with Gnu Emacs installation... I thought it was going to be as easy as Aquamacs (lots of experience) on Mac machines.... The end message that I get is "accusing" me of ignoring X-option.

Please tell more.  What commands did you type to install Emacs, and
what error messages did you see.  Please paste into the email message
the exact text of the messages; it's hard to guess what could be wrong
without seeing at least that.

Re: emacs installation / ubuntu

[Henri-Paul Indiogine]

"Lefterov, Iliya" <ILIYAL@pitt.edu> writes:
> I am really, rally new Linux/Ubuntu "user" - just 2 days... so, I think it is reasonable to get stuck with Gnu Emacs installation... I thought it was going to be as easy as Aquamacs (lots of experience) on Mac machines.... The end message that I get is "accusing" me of ignoring X-option.


I switched from OSX to Ubuntu Karmic a couple of months ago and I do not
regret it.  Yes, it took more time to make Gnu Emacs behave is somewhat
similar fashion to Aquamacs.  Yes, I think that Aquamacs is the nicest
Emacs ever produced.  However, you can get close to it with Ubuntu's
emacs23 package and some .emacs adjustments.

I have never encountered this X-option message.  Does it appear during
installation or when you try to run Emacs?




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