From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phillip Lord Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs 28 pretest MS Windows snapshots Date: Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:26:10 +0100 Message-ID: <87wo3jchu5.fsf@russet.org.uk> References: <525489ee-b53c-49f4-bcc1-512f48175e08@default> <87wo3lhmj7.fsf@russet.org.uk> <7d020925-f9c3-479c-9b84-7f9c3c1231ac@default> <87d05bfsy8.fsf@russet.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8343"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 04 19:26:55 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jrlwE-00025H-Lm for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 04 Jul 2020 19:26:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55898 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jrlwD-0006Nu-KH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59658) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jrlva-0005xl-2D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:26:14 -0400 Original-Received: from cloud103.planethippo.com ([78.129.138.110]:54964) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jrlvY-0006JX-Iy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Jul 2020 13:26:13 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=russet.org.uk; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID: In-Reply-To:Date:References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=N4JWL1QH9tYPMVvvshHywMEVm9hnsW6z5ztGecSeMGA=; b=EePXkdTuNHELqA7v9u86wopBx VjIHl8mL0u0ulIP5JCJoEEnTPo8rR26Q4wh3r2txvtMXF1WLZawUgu5B+IuwjDl16ke0PxoiY7t0y bot8bVWQ3wWLQQZwUUWlMuePWguCBEazdDpSz+D/1KFg2ITXS5fNM4GrSH0HNcg8SMiIyNx9G6z5/ eEP9Fbb5a25y9Hnp3+GBiYoD1nHM/eQj5lKyg4Eqn1/ZJDc1lrG02VRbPZYy8lyY78EiNHYXpVRLL 2Fvdqm7oEo4MAlGf1H/hMfJyNHN+SUqUAsZpDAO/oO8sS//h1gz6XbJhIT/4bSFadI6Yz1kfTlIMr 7ybeSsNKA==; Original-Received: from cpc142652-benw12-2-0-cust953.16-2.cable.virginm.net ([82.21.43.186]:37058 helo=russet.org.uk) by cloud103.planethippo.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jrlvX-0006jA-1z; Sat, 04 Jul 2020 18:26:11 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 4 Jul 2020 09:31:10 -0700 (PDT)") X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cloud103.planethippo.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - russet.org.uk X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cloud103.planethippo.com: authenticated_id: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk X-Authenticated-Sender: cloud103.planethippo.com: phillip.lord@russet.org.uk Received-SPF: none client-ip=78.129.138.110; envelope-from=phillip.lord@russet.org.uk; helo=cloud103.planethippo.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/07/04 13:21:11 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_NONE=0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001 autolearn=_AUTOLEARN X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:252674 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: >> > I don't want to "install" Emacs, if that means doing something >> > more than just putting it into a folder. I want to have >> > multiple Emacs versions, in different folders. I just use the >> > executables that are in their bin folders. >> >> The installer does indeed just put stuff into a folder. It does add a >> shortcut to the start menu IIRC, although you can switch that >> off. Different versions will work, although I can't remember how it >> would handle multiple copies of the same declared version >> (i.e. snapshots). > > FWIW - > > I don't want a shortcut in the Start menu, for sure. I create my own > shortcuts to runemacs commands with specific options, and more than > one per snapshot or release. > > And I do have multiple snapshots for the same declared version. Well, none of these are the default options, but you can tell it to extract emacs where ever you want. I'm just keen because I think many people will use the installer, but not many people are testing it! Phil