From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Visher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs-"distribution" for windows? Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:46:35 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87va9451k9.fsf@radagast.pgxml.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1532432744 27267 195.159.176.226 (24 Jul 2018 11:45:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 11:45:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs To: emacs-list-18@pgxml.net Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 24 13:45:40 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1fhvl5-0006yn-Du for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:45:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39691 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhvnC-00039u-2u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:47:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48887) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhvmc-00039Z-4S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:47:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhvmb-0005IK-62 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:47:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ua0-x229.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c08::229]:45715) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fhvma-0005I8-W1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:47:13 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ua0-x229.google.com with SMTP id k8-v6so2523928uaq.12 for ; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:47:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=uD9J57vPrWTqgI91VSEw1uMAZo8TsADxET+yRJYm2ns=; b=F5cvVXFtTTq0n878B4CPQfciJVx3eiUJkeRKkUt/e/cQLJnKmtkUHLT9LXi3ioKNja lgt0MPFxYmeWo0xkFhtJynJH68KuXyGgrfLEJw+vai+am3GYa9Hddraqu2xVp471vJU/ Ki5qJAvI42f2TfvM5icyhWrcAiHjUlhy4wi3Rpo9t5Fua6adyyr8vELpryRZ9/oPkQp9 BXAdyK/yyv1NfEGlfznfgBHiCDHXQZBUXxAQoYbXyNut2G5qXfNWhUs9S2wmKHgwqmZ/ YZaWU2goWKs/nHZ4HlpyXPCgIJQ63Q8psZUSnib7L4qQn2GUlPsn83Xdo72NyBbQTP5a 0QUA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=uD9J57vPrWTqgI91VSEw1uMAZo8TsADxET+yRJYm2ns=; b=s2IX+gHGSg7kNaPLJ2mhvUpOagbUUxz7QDNGCvjmYlnM160Rsboog1pF6ZH3kdY0ip s+wu8aDP+tM/LmqBchpfI8xRwbSrlyUkzScHxkBxmbi2ggMsLARTNzk12+Y9xBhGPZ4W afrERjV6k6QQfx+Fmi4gAEpo5VVIfW0RrtgP6pXIee99KVNBSCMirkXXXCerFRrw7fcl lJsSyDRhqiXqEYK65yzYXsrB2ND5BoSVbHyGjB0yzolepfCGJ2xtYqbQiMroPxPRWpwj qMdG7OevzC2eNY80x1bc7Feus85vInrPj+VwNcOOffLZCnOO3+1rjezrJQhCUY4bT9hq kAog== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlGAl2cVL+Cfi5xNghcENu5ql+NrlBUyc+LUW2+tLsKFB1wdijkE /il8llpO65ERbkpVUqA0aKMl5hubfC31q2LdCLEzSc/Z X-Google-Smtp-Source: AAOMgpeaSfRBy0LLY0u7r8xo/qGPI97LYz5J/u+cQFYOLYnWOO7Sr+gKSweBwFN+RLLjKdKPuI4ePmqPhF959Qgm63M= X-Received: by 2002:a9f:2f17:: with SMTP id x23-v6mr11199463uaj.54.1532432831773; Tue, 24 Jul 2018 04:47:11 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87va9451k9.fsf@radagast.pgxml.net> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c08::229 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:117579 Archived-At: On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 7:14 AM 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. :)