From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mathias Dahl Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Windows FAQ Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 08:08:49 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83hbhes23v.fsf@gnu.org> <83r5g2odjr.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286431766 11035 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2010 06:09:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 06:09:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Uday S Reddy , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 07 08:09:25 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P3jfO-0000Pp-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 08:09:23 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48889 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3jfN-0000d8-UP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:09:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=37813 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P3jfF-0000cb-Bx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:09:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3jfD-0001oV-9a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:09:12 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-iw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:60362) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P3jfD-0001o7-5z; Thu, 07 Oct 2010 02:09:11 -0400 Original-Received: by iwn2 with SMTP id 2so767411iwn.0 for ; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:09:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=0l9eLum98BtdaPF6foU6IH8Llua7KjPlRudPoFXY59I=; b=dJmS/RtzUxmookPgxDUgfU2n8e6f+DKvPTeoL1h29Y0mOVE1cm5ngHKERqXlb6V1l8 ASeBSoCLGJPf698Aw9AqP6o+gYymikAo99Fn4RAGkGSxj5azoauQqfgLsu3G2fU/dYqE qkAIQtaU3Q6lFMHeOK0DpoJKMqhlRo1Diy6W8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=oyXTB5YT9ZvJE/J8x2eqK+j4pJJ9uPwqXhMhf8QRVyc5oAGOmz8SBQZvtURr5GFumS iPiKvlhwGFtdUfJvfL/7Z+MzjBa0f4hdzxID6IY5GwmjYpPukJxgNsXBA/9Mv0WBgWB8 tyfZWoaagnE81OsyV3DLexbzcc0HExX4hwQU8= Original-Received: by 10.231.149.3 with SMTP id r3mr336216ibv.109.1286431750083; Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:09:10 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.231.170.133 with HTTP; Wed, 6 Oct 2010 23:08:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83r5g2odjr.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:131413 Archived-At: > What was the issue, and why wouldn't it be more useful if it were > described in the Emacs FAQ instead? I haven't looked at that FAQ recently but I know it was a gold mine back when I started using Emacs under Windows back in the late 1990's. However, I agree with Eli because since then, Emacs on Windows has really catched up (for example, there is now a working Emacs server and client so no need for Gnuserv anymore) and maybe now the special tricks and tips needed could be moved to the manual or the general Emacs FAQ. Today, most of the things that does not work as well as under GNU/Linux have to do with external programs not being in place by default (grep, find, diff etc). /Mathias