From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Burdick <bill.burdick@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Emacs+org on Windows 7 pro Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:38:05 +0000 Message-ID: <CAP6X8DiPaRcFT3HTy-GMQKC+-a+-aHcPKOBBAPVAfzHQXH21GA@mail.gmail.com> References: <87inushmz2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <624522332984433fa3e4d5e9d325db31@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87r39fvqnd.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> <CAFgFV9PFQN9aUE_cR4KeWdH=sKS7xBb=SAN5hszxoO1CqguMAQ@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11411d522e2436053abac363 Return-path: <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <bill.burdick@gmail.com>) id 1bc963-0004ml-MI for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:38:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <bill.burdick@gmail.com>) id 1bc962-0002My-8q for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:38:19 -0400 Received: from mail-lf0-x229.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::229]:34720) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from <bill.burdick@gmail.com>) id 1bc961-0002MY-S8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 06:38:18 -0400 Received: by mail-lf0-x229.google.com with SMTP id l89so97662322lfi.1 for <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:38:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <CAFgFV9PFQN9aUE_cR4KeWdH=sKS7xBb=SAN5hszxoO1CqguMAQ@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." <emacs-orgmode.gnu.org> List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/options/emacs-orgmode>, <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/> List-Post: <mailto:emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> List-Help: <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=help> List-Subscribe: <https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode>, <mailto:emacs-orgmode-request@gnu.org?subject=subscribe> Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" <emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org> To: fabrice.popineau@centralesupelec.fr, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>, Grant Rettke <gcr@wisdomandwonder.com>, Emacs Org mode mailing list <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org> --001a11411d522e2436053abac363 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I switched from Cygwin to Msys2 a year or two ago and it's been very good. The pacman-based package management is very good. The only thing to watch out for is that there are actually 2 gcc suites and if you want to build automake projects (like many open source projects), you'll want to be using the Mingw gcc and NOT the Msys gcc. ConEmu is a great terminal program to use in conjunction with Msys2 I also recommend opinionated Emacs distros. I used to use Prelude but I've been using Spacemacs (in Emacs mode) for quite a while, now. I like Spacemacs because your loaded packages are explicitly in your .spacemacs file and it's easy to reconstruct which packages you have loaded from that. -- Bill On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:25 PM Fabrice Popineau < fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr> wrote: > 2016-08-23 10:24 GMT+02:00 Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>: > >> 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 > > --001a11411d522e2436053abac363 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I switched from Cygwin to Msys2 a year or two ago and it&#= 39;s been very good.=C2=A0 The pacman-based package management is very good= .=C2=A0 The only thing to watch out for is that there are actually 2 gcc su= ites and if you want to build automake projects (like many open source proj= ects), you'll want to be using the Mingw gcc and NOT the Msys gcc.=C2= =A0 ConEmu is a great terminal program to use in conjunction with Msys2<div= ><br></div><div>=C2=A0I also recommend opinionated Emacs distros.=C2=A0 I u= sed to use Prelude but I've been using Spacemacs (in Emacs mode) for qu= ite a while, now.=C2=A0 I like Spacemacs because your loaded packages are e= xplicitly in your .spacemacs file and it's easy to reconstruct which pa= ckages you have loaded from that.</div><div><br><div><br></div><div>-- Bill= </div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Tue, A= ug 23, 2016 at 12:25 PM Fabrice Popineau <<a href=3D"mailto:fabrice.popi= neau@supelec.fr">fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr</a>> wrote:<br></div><block= quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc= solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div c= lass=3D"gmail_quote">2016-08-23 10:24 GMT+02:00 Eric S Fraga <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk" target=3D"_blank">e.fraga@ucl.= ac.uk</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:= 0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span>On Tuesday, 2= 3 Aug 2016 at 01:34, Grant Rettke wrote:<br> > I found Cygwin to make things more difficult for Emacs so I installed<= br> > the plain old Windows Emacs and did the following:<br> ><br> > <a href=3D"https://github.com/grettke/help/blob/master/help.md#windows= " rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/grettke/help/blob= /master/help.md#windows</a><br> <br> </span>Thanks.=C2=A0 I'll check this out.<br> <br> If I ever have to use a Windows system at all, I want bash & emacs and<= br> cygwin makes it very easy (for me).</blockquote><div>=C2=A0</div></div></di= v></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quo= te"><div>I always found Cygwin to be a PIA when working under =C2=A0Windows= .</div><div>I vastly prefer to use msys2+mingw64. Emacs 25 compiles out of = the box</div><div>as a native w64 app and you get bash + all the tools you = may want.</div><div>My $0.02</div></div></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div c= lass=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><br></div><div>Fabrice= </div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> --001a11411d522e2436053abac363--