From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: David Wardle Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggested amendment to www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#windows Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 18:09:02 +1300 Message-ID: References: <83lgip4v95.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1512796190 21795 195.159.176.226 (9 Dec 2017 05:09:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 05:09:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 09 06:09:45 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eNXOQ-0005NV-OY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2017 06:09:42 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNXOU-00036c-NS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:09:46 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39264) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNXNq-00036X-5t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:09:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNXNp-0003ei-5e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:09:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ua0-x236.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::236]:43574) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eNXNn-0003ds-NF; Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:09:03 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-ua0-x236.google.com with SMTP id e10so8770716uah.10; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:09:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=7LQN0rm/TRUg9VMqdmlZWBEMUfu+JJNwM9MmGXMmgHc=; b=IGWRSTKNevaiuIsKDESu4fewag1O6xNCy/kIBvy2gZsfksDHUIhX3hFNgCgmpdR+Z2 B3qvzIW4/RS6sC5SMt8bqbiWvt9H5rqajGyU50kQ/Q4qFR8BLJ2vwJ3ufy7JptO4aDmY gJQpXSw9FeF1EzTNRmnEmxEx4Ewel40bJb7cJhWwiBlpCYuYel+BF9o0wLliETvS9G0X 10wMGmq1ndxXKTFpRJNaSZtmGhuo4ahMSzro9arMtZ85OYDv64NmwAvb4kPoGK7ey4BH NgDCK3WixjnVcRgw8qBcukmj36qQ8vN7sBAiV+/tuv3cvs09Vqt6q8jA9d6WsuJiiUP1 eE3g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=7LQN0rm/TRUg9VMqdmlZWBEMUfu+JJNwM9MmGXMmgHc=; b=SPigXZyTfwLxwU/ldZh93dsdgP2i1s6wwJqpOyp4Ew6oOeR0m5GBVrozZyZczTLmpv 4lmMmrrjasWlQnuhuSJIVJFPokGjxH4i1BMNcZbmE6qrKmt04m62XqdmeJg+ANYaOaTv B68OOVkrFEoOiapEvidXgbIngGUwKuI/iPyEKluKFeoDAHgoa8N3vsiB/KmCnEc5sS6G P/aKKPBFYwrSjKNAJ8YMVom2cRCotNTTmOtYQa3+kxTHIvozN2VSAxyPocCgW/hC6Ccs rln+kSROWEgL8iVPsRjUcH5T9C2sZ561eY/78lsFuEX+DawV7oFoGCx7I/pCShGuMrf7 0/5A== X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mL8zOQTEOZ4xs0O0vtUbb0IjPTQe8dIjPru//jLDS0PbFBI/YyY imvLlvW+yw6zXqnFwEnWT/uI3pgZYHOyjJZLBPI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMYD7rRw4Oep4DyWUiU+TqFGDXezXOMoTFogLcMj3YcXfzFD+/1zU/3KTqvZ3+CIaRDV20dCzj1anZZfovRTiQo= X-Received: by 10.176.27.74 with SMTP id n10mr20595168uai.170.1512796142698; Fri, 08 Dec 2017 21:09:02 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.103.130.78 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Dec 2017 21:09:02 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <83lgip4v95.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c08::236 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:220807 Archived-At: Hi everyone. I have edited the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_comparison_tools ... to give readers some warning that, although Ediff can be used with Windows, it's currently not easy to install unless you have knowledge of using GNU software in a Windows environment. I don't like doing this because it will obviously deter prospective Ediff (and hence Emacs users) (and, after I did finally manage to get Ediff working, I did find it useful). However, I feel that it's only fair to give readers such a warning or they, like me, might end up wasting a lot of their time. A better solution would be to make Ediff easier to install but I leave it with you. Sincerely, David Wardle. On 11/29/17, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: David Wardle >> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 10:24:27 +1300 >> Cc: Eli Zaretskii >> >> I have a suggested amendment to: >> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#windows >> >> I've put the suggested amendment and the reason I suggest it below (in >> separate sections). > > My opinion on this is that this suggestion is too much for us. I > could support adding some short text saying that additional tools > ported from Unix are needed to support various Emacs features, with a > list of suggested packages, but that's as far as I would go. YMMV. > > Thanks. >