From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fabrice Popineau Subject: Re: Emacs+org on Windows 7 pro Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:21:52 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87inushmz2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <624522332984433fa3e4d5e9d325db31@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87r39fvqnd.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Reply-To: fabrice.popineau@centralesupelec.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c033e82b6736053ab9b3fe Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57427) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7uj-0003Tg-8N for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:22:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7ud-0007qs-7C for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:22:32 -0400 Received: from smtp2.supelec.fr ([160.228.120.31]:33791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bc7uc-0007my-T4 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 05:22:27 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp2.supelec.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 673948014F for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:22:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp2.supelec.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp2.supelec.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id NsE077QcmK3l for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:22:14 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-oi0-f50.google.com (mail-oi0-f50.google.com [209.85.218.50]) by smtp2.supelec.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F1CC980027 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:22:13 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-oi0-f50.google.com with SMTP id l203so188289898oib.1 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 02:22:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87r39fvqnd.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.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 , Grant Rettke , Emacs Org mode mailing list --001a11c033e82b6736053ab9b3fe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 2016-08-23 10:24 GMT+02:00 Eric S Fraga : > On Tuesday, 23 Aug 2016 at 01:34, Grant Rettke wrote: > > 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 > > Thanks. I'll check this out. > > If I ever have to use a Windows system at all, I want bash & emacs and > cygwin makes it very easy (for me). I always found Cygwin to be a PIA when working under Windows. I vastly prefer to use msys2+mingw64. Emacs 25 compiles out of the box as a native w64 app and you get bash + all the tools you may want. My $0.02 Fabrice --001a11c033e82b6736053ab9b3fe Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


2016-08-23 10:24 GMT+02:00 Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>:
On Tuesday, 23 Au= g 2016 at 01:34, Grant Rettke wrote:
> I found Cygwin to make things more difficult for Emacs so I installed<= br> > the plain old Windows Emacs and did the following:
>
> https://github.com/grettke/help= /blob/master/help.md#windows

Thanks.=C2=A0 I'll check this out.

If I ever have to use a Windows system at all, I want bash & emacs and<= br> cygwin makes it very easy (for me).
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I alw= ays found Cygwin to be a PIA when working under =C2=A0Windows.
I = vastly prefer to use msys2+mingw64. Emacs 25 compiles out of the box
<= div>as a native w64 app and you get bash + all the tools you may want.
My $0.02

Fabrice

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