From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian Barton Subject: Re: Which Emacs on Ubuntu Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:14:00 +0000 Message-ID: <4B765F48.70807@manor-farm.org> References: <2c75873c1002121225q545e0d52sde7f625fe4eef134@mail.gmail.com> <4B75BE7A.5070200@manor-farm.org> <2c75873c1002130001p4fa751b6k6f70900df32c8299@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NgD8m-0007Sk-G1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:14:12 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=38640 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NgD8k-0007SQ-5E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:14:11 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NgD8j-00040S-Dd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:14:10 -0500 Received: from mail.ian-barton.com ([109.74.196.44]:39527 helo=li40-130.members.linode.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NgD8j-00040M-7d for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:14:09 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2c75873c1002130001p4fa751b6k6f70900df32c8299@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Graham Smith Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Graham Smith wrote: > Ian, > >> I use the emacs-snapshot ppa from >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa. I had some problems with >> the Ubuntu Emacs 23 package (menu drawing, etc). However, these have >> probably been fixed by now. >> >> The snapshot is a bleeding edge version of Emacs, so you can expect bug >> fixes and new bugs - best of both worlds! Having said that I haven't >> encountered any bugs that affected me. > > Given my limited experience with Ubuntu I am always a bit nervous with > bleeding edge but equally there is some confusion in Synaptic with > versions. However, this confusion is well and truly a Ubuntu issues > and well off topic. > As I said the emacs-snapshot package has been entirely stable for me. The nice thing about Debian based systems is that it's easy to uninstall stuff if it doesn't work for you. The only thin I would caution against is mixing Emacs 22 and 23 on the same system. Usually this is OK. However Emacs 23 has lots of things built in e.g. epa for encryption, which require extra packages in Emacs 22. Installing the Emacs 22 package for something that is built into Emacs 23 can sometimes cause problems with Emacs loading the wrong package. Ian.