From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Rettke Subject: Re: Emacs+org on Windows 7 pro Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:34:10 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87inushmz2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35862) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc0bU-0000Oh-M7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:34:13 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc0bT-0002Px-Ey for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:34:12 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22c]:36269) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc0bT-0002Pr-AF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 21:34:11 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id e63so121208051ith.1 for ; Mon, 22 Aug 2016 18:34:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87inushmz2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: Eric S Fraga , Emacs Org mode mailing list I found Cygwin to make things more difficult for Emacs so I installed the plain old Windows Emacs and did the following: https://github.com/grettke/help/blob/master/help.md#windows https://www.wisdomandwonder.com/article/5647/enabling-png-jpg-and-gif-in-emacs-on-windows I got Org from Git did the setup as described https://github.com/grettke/help/blob/master/help.md#help-enables-literate-programming And then everything else "just worked". Sincerely, Grant Rettke On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Eric S Fraga wrote: > Hello all, > > I am asking a n00b question here: what the is best way to get org (+ > emacs obviously) on an MS Windows 7 pro system for use by more than one > user on the system (multiple accounts with users not having > Administrator accounts)? I don't need bleeding edge versions of either > org or emacs but hopefully something relatively up to date. > > The few times I have had to use a Windows system (luckily very seldom > ;-), I have simply installed cygwin and gone from there. This is not a > viable solution in this case due to the users concerned. > > Thanks, > eric > > -- > : Eric S Fraga (0xFFFCF67D), Emacs 25.0.94.1, Org release_8.3.5-1070-g190476 >