From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: d@teklibre.org (Dave =?utf-8?Q?T=C3=A4ht?=) Subject: Re: Emacs 21.4.1 support Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:59:53 -0600 Message-ID: <87r5u9fj2u.fsf@mahal.sjds.teklibre.org> References: <4AAE814C.500@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnGnC-0002ES-5k for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:50 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MnGn6-0002Dh-5b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:48 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=59334 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MnGn5-0002Dd-Vf for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:44 -0400 Received: from toutatis.isc.org ([149.20.54.64]:56112 helo=mainmail.teklibre.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MnGn5-0000Ro-DW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:00:43 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mainmail.teklibre.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEAD612B790 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mainmail.teklibre.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (toutatis.sql1.isc.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MMaEIXQbJKcl for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:01:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.teklibre.org (mahal.sjds.teklibre.org [IPv6:2001:470:b9d7::31]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail3.teklibre.org", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (verified OK)) by mainmail.teklibre.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 965C012B793 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:01:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4AAE814C.500@gmail.com> (Jing Su's message of "Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:45:48 -0400") 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: "Jing Su @ Gmail" Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org "Jing Su @ Gmail" writes: > Hi guys, > > I was wondering how to install org-mode for Emacs 21.4.1, which is the > latest version provided by RHEL 5 and RHEL 4. I even cannot find > previous releases for Emacs 21 at all, nor on the FAQ. It looks that > Emacs 21 is no longer supported. > > I fully understand that Emacs 21 is way out of date. However, since > RHEL is one of the mainstream commercial distros, and is common on > servers, it would be great if org-mode can be consistent with such > industrial standard'' (which is always way out of date :S ). System > administrators will take risk to install unofficial org-mode, but most > of them won't risk the whole server, i.e., risk their necks, for a > newer but unofficial (according to RH) Emacs version. > No, to heck with that. Most serious users of emacs end up compiling their own release, at least until recently, because the official releases were so out of date. I would suggest pulling current rpms from fedora (maybe they have the equivalent of emacs-snapshot?) And tying those on rhel. You are talking about going back to the pre-xft fonts and for that matter, almost-pre-gtk days of emacs here. If your primary usage is on servers, that's less of an issue, but things like tramp mode work quite a bit better on more current emacsen. If there is such a thing as a non-serious user of emacs, no one in their right mind would want to cope with 21.x. > Thanks a lot and best regards :) > > Jing -- Dave Taht http://the-edge.blogspot.com