From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Burdick Subject: Re: Emacs+org on Windows 7 pro Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:38:05 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87inushmz2.fsf@ucl.ac.uk> <624522332984433fa3e4d5e9d325db31@HE1PR01MB1898.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> <87r39fvqnd.fsf@delle7240.chemeng.ucl.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11411d522e2436053abac363 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45045) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:38:17 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: fabrice.popineau@centralesupelec.fr, Eric S Fraga , Grant Rettke , Emacs Org mode mailing list --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 : > >> 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
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
=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.


-- Bill=

On Tue, A= ug 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, 2= 3 Aug 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).
=C2=A0
I always 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
as a native w64 app and you get bash + all the tools you = may want.
My $0.02

Fabrice=

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