From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric S Fraga Subject: Re: Which Emacs on Ubuntu Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:30:17 +0000 Message-ID: <87ocju19k6.wl%ucecesf@ucl.ac.uk> References: <2c75873c1002121225q545e0d52sde7f625fe4eef134@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Eric S Fraga Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ng29f-0002hC-Lx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:30:23 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43194 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ng29e-0002gM-Vp for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:30:23 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng29e-0001lc-Ck for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:30:23 -0500 Received: from vscane-b.ucl.ac.uk ([144.82.108.141]:43610) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Ng29e-0001lO-8E for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:30:22 -0500 In-Reply-To: <2c75873c1002121225q545e0d52sde7f625fe4eef134@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 On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:25:03 +0000, Graham Smith wrote: > > I have had to do a fresh install of Ubuntu 9.10, and on going to > re-install Emacs, I see lots of choices. > > As I primarily use Emacs to run Orgmode and I find the list of Emacs > options rather confusing, can anyone here suggest which is the best > option to install. > > The key choices seem to be Emacs 22 or 23 with or without GTK. > > But there is also just an "emacs" option which is described as an > Emacs 23 meta package. > > I realise this may well be an Ubuntu or Emacs question, but as I said > my main use for Emacs is Orgmode, so I think some advice from here may > be useful. > > So any help would be appreciated. > > Many thanks, > > Graham Emacs 23 without a doubt! I cannot see any reason for using version 22 unless you have to. My own preference is without GTK but, then again, I don't use any typical window manager (I use ratpoison) as I don't like using the mouse at all. HTH, eric