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Re: Why "EMACS=24.4.91.2 (term:0.96)" in term-exec-1?
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Oleh Krehel |
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Re: Why "EMACS=24.4.91.2 (term:0.96)" in term-exec-1? |
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Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:21:55 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4.91 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: Oleh Krehel <address@hidden>
>> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:15:48 +0200
>>
>> ;; We are going to get rid of the binding for EMACS,
>> ;; probably in Emacs 23, because it breaks
>> ;; `./configure' of some packages that expect it to
>> ;; say where to find EMACS.
>> (format "EMACS=%s (term:%s)" emacs-version term-protocol-version)
>>
>> So I have two questions: what was the reason for setting this variable,
>> and can we remove it?
>
> I think these discussions will answer your first question:
>
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-08/msg00255.html
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00897.html
Thanks, Eli. Is it time to get rid of the binding for EMACS, just like
the comment says?
My current solution is to use "emacs" instead of "EMACS" as a variable
in all Makefiles. I'd prefer to use the caps.