From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xavier Maillard Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: GNU Emacs on Windows system, viable ? Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 23:04:02 +0100 Message-ID: References: <838t2dj2yc.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1541019764 20039 195.159.176.226 (31 Oct 2018 21:02:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:02:44 +0000 (UTC) To: Eli Zaretskii , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 31 22:02:40 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 1gHxdP-00056E-Tp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:02:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33511 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHxfW-0005zJ-Bp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:04:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46377) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHxer-0005z2-ID for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:04:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHxeq-0001iD-Q5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from relay8-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.201]:39231) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gHxem-0001fv-Vb; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:04:05 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 77.136.83.71 Original-Received: from [IPv6:::ffff:192.168.43.150] (71.83.136.77.rev.sfr.net [77.136.83.71]) (Authenticated sender: xavier@maillard.im) by relay8-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D03E51BF203; Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:04:02 +0000 (UTC) Importance: normal X-Priority: 3 In-Reply-To: <838t2dj2yc.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.201 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:118543 Archived-At: Hello, >> From: Xavier Maillard >> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:50:07 +0100 >>=20 >> The sole question I have is=C2=A0: is using GNU Emacs on Microsoft OS is= Something easy=C2=A0; I mean, is RMAIL >> functionning on MS=C2=A0? >I'm writing this in Rmail on Windows. Good=C2=A0! Do you use a specific GNU Emacs flavour (ie. Cygwin or choco or= Something else=C2=A0? )=C2=A0? >> Optionnal question=C2=A0: will a RMAIL file coming from my old (dead) co= mputer running GNU/linux be working as is directly on my MS box=C2=A0? >Yes. I tried it with a small file and it seems it works perfectly=C2=A0! That=E2= =80=99s nice=C2=A0!