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Re: [h-e-w] Gnu Emacs
From: |
Vijay Lakshminarayanan |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] Gnu Emacs |
Date: |
Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:40:24 +0530 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (windows-nt) |
Carson Chittom <address@hidden> writes:
> John DeRuntz <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> So I would like to install emacs on a new Dell XPS laptop with a
>> Windows 7 OS. Looking at the available files on your website I have no
>> idea as to what I should download for my new machine. Also, will I
>> need a unix emulator or will I be able to use emacs directly with MS
>> Windows?
>
> You have (at least) three options, all of which have pros and cons:
>
> 1. Use a Windows-native Emacs[1]. This is likely your best bet,
> since it's officially supported by the Emacs people. Be aware
> though that a few things don't work quite right (for example,
> interfacing with OpenSSL and/or GnuTLS to read email through Gnus
> or VM (or whatever)), and the Emacs defaults don't always accord
> with the Windows ones (for example, a user's home directory for
> Win7 is C:\Users\username; but ~ for Emacs is
> C:\Users\username\AppData)
I use emacs-nt on Windows Vista and use Gnus with gnutls on cygwin. I
haven't had any issues.
> [1] http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows
> [2] http://www.cygwin.com
> [3] http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=2391
> [4] http://www.suacommunity.com
>
--
Cheers
~vijay
Gnus should be more complicated.