Ian Eure <ian@digg.com> writes:

> While it is 2008, the emacs version which comes with Debian Etch is
> 21.4, which is quite old. Emacs 21 was first released in 2001, and the
> first version of Emacs 22 was in 2007.
>
> I don't use Linux anymore, but I'd expect that recent Emacs packages
> support AA fine.
>
> Long story short, this is a Debian problem, not an Emacs problem.

... as a long-time debian user, I feel I should just cut in with a
knee-jerk defence: The debian developers are currently in the process of
refining and polishing a new release, Lenny.

I personally use debian unstable, which currently looks something like
how Lenny will and "apt-cache show emacs" gives the output below. Emacs
will shortly be 22.2+2-3 (!) in Debian.

Rupert