Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks

[rustom <rustompmody@gmail.com>]

On Sep 21, 2:45 am, r...@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) wrote:
> I am using Ubuntu Gutsy, and I have (somewhat unintentionally) installed
> both emacs22 and emacs23 (as emacs-snapshot-gtk) on my system. The
> command 'emacs' (usr/bin/emacs) points to:
>
> /etc/alternatives/emacs22
>
> In turn, the above points back (to /usr/bin) to:
>
> /usr/bin/emacs22
>
> So, when I run 'emacs' from the command prompt or alt-f2, I get emacs22
> instead of emacs-snapshot-gtk. (And, 22 complains about fonts in
> .Xresources.)
>
> I know that I can change these symlinks (to point to emacs-snapshot);
> but before doing so, I wanted to check that I wouldn't be doing any
> unintended harm by way of this change. I suppose I could uninstall
> emacs22 as well (since I use 23), and I only ended up with 22 because of
> an associated lisp install from apt; but again, before doing so, I
> thought I would check.
>
> Any cautions or suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ross
>
> --
> Ross A. Laird, PhDwww.rosslaird.info

Look up update-alternatives