Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] [OT] emacs in debian

[Ralf Angeli]

* Tyler Smith (2007-06-10) writes:

> This is a bit off-topic, my apologies. I was contemplating installing
> emacs22 from source, but again since I'm so close to submitting my
> thesis it seemed unwise to do so until I had some time to fix any
> problems I created.

I'd definitely not change anything on your setup until you submitted
your thesis.

> What is the best approach to running the most
> recent emacs on Debian? I assume that you developers are working with
> emacs22, if not early versions of 23. If any of you are also running
> Debian, do you use the Debian version of emacs, install your own,

I'm running a self-compiled version of the CVS trunk of Emacs.  But
that's just because I do some debugging and minor changes in Emacs'
codebase now and then.  And this has helped shortening the waiting time
for Emacs 22.

> or
> can you have both installed without them running into each other?

That should be possible.  But you have to know what you are doing.  And
the Debian Emacs setup can get in your way since the packaged version
might pick up libraries from e.g. /usr/local which it definitely should
not but which the Debian maintainers think is a good idea.  This was the
case some months ago.  I haven't checked if they changed it.

> I
> know about the snapshot package, but that is no longer maintained, and
> the old maintainer has suggested that it ought to be removed from
> circulation.

AFAIK he had been providing them in a separate repository.  I'm not sure
what happens now with them, after the release of Emacs 22.

> I'm currently working with Emacs21 on Lenny, with Auctex and ESS being
> what I do 90% of my serious work with. I don't *need* to be running
> 22, but if there's a straightforward way to give it a spin without
> breaking the packages I need for my daily work I'd be interested in
> suggestions.

If you can take something like that into account then you really have
too much time for your thesis. (c;

-- 
Ralf