Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 01:09:19 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: ro11@crux2.cit.cornell.edu Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Emacs pkg_add problem -- please help. Message-ID: <199605220109.BAA21661@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <9605211757.AA25445@crux2.cit.cornell.edu> (message from Rohan Oberoi on Tue, 21 May 96 13:57:46 -0400)
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> Thanks, Jim, I'll try that. It seems a little strange that one > should have to install the X server in order to run emacs, rather > than being able to run emacs from the console. Is this really the > way the package is designed ? I believe so. The idea of packages is to provide something that'll get everyone started as quickly as possible, rather than forcing people to fiddle around with Makefile and config files before they can use any applications. Most people seem to want to use X, so the emacs package is built with X support. If you want to build a text-only emacs, you have to install the ports distribution, do 'make extract' in /usr/ports/editors/emacs and read the INSTALL instructions in the emacs source distribution on how to configure it that way. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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