From: Tim Visher <tim.visher@gmail.com>
To: emacs-list-18@pgxml.net
Cc: emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: emacs-"distribution" for windows?
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:46:35 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAHa53uy5Mb9mbhZp1vV40tZeVX58Ya_5yhz4hPxkY-qPdqdNBw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87va9451k9.fsf@radagast.pgxml.net>
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 7:14 AM <emacs-list-18@pgxml.net> wrote:
> i need a bit input from emacs users on the windows platform.
>
> What "distribution" do you use? Is the windows emacs from gnu suitable
> for day to day work, or are there more windows-optimized emacs-dists
> out there?
>
> Just tell me a bit about your setup, and what the main tasks you with
> emacs are.
>
It's been a few years since I had to use Windows but at the time I found
the GNU package to be more than adequate. Installing the GNU coreutils for
windows helps a bit but it's not strictly necessary.
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm
You might do better by asking specific questions after trying it. Just take
a day and switch over and see what happens. :)
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-07-24 11:13 emacs-"distribution" for windows? emacs-list-18
2018-07-24 11:46 ` Tim Visher [this message]
2018-07-25 0:43 ` Robert Thorpe
2018-07-25 14:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2018-07-25 6:28 ` Anssi Saari
2018-07-27 17:14 ` Robert Girault
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