Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 17:41:21 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm-dated-1017013281.62d8fd@mired.org> To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing xemacs21 w/ minimum packages Message-ID: <15511.52385.69171.26215@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20020319232018.GA42346@moo.holy.cow> References: <20020319080130.GA16769@moo.holy.cow> <443cywsggu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <15511.45595.35330.648363@guru.mired.org> <20020319232018.GA42346@moo.holy.cow>
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In <20020319232018.GA42346@moo.holy.cow>, parv <parv_@yahoo.com> typed: > in message <15511.45595.35330.648363@guru.mired.org>, > wrote Mike Meyer thusly... > > In <443cywsggu.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>, Lowell Gilbert > > <lowell@world.std.com> typed: > > > parv <parv_@yahoo.com> writes: > > > > i want to install xemacs w/o all other junk listed in > > > > xemacs-packages/Makefile as all i want is an editor. what can > > > > i do away w/? > > > As a very heavy emacs user, though, I have to ask: if all you > > > want is basic editing functions, are you sure that you want > > > emacs? > > Actually, the one that comes to my mind is, if that's what you > > want, why xemacs? Why not stock emacs? Or any of a number of small > > emacs-like editors? I prefer mg, but I'm the author of that > > particular version of microemacs. > why xemacs? well, from my experience w/ (x)emacs during stay at > university, emacs had too big default font (like large print book > editions), and xemacs used to have smaller font (like stock listings > or classifieds in newspaper). in addition, i wasn just plain > unaware of any other emacs-like editors. I'm pretty sure that stock emacs will let you change the font. > > BTW, it looks like what's really going on is that it's testing for > > enriched-text to see if xemacs-packages has been loaded or not, as the > > only things that list it in their plist appear to be emacs fof various > > versions. If someone tries building it without those, I'd be > > interested in the results. > i had installed plain xemacs21, twice, w/o any problems w/o > RUN_DEPENDS. is that what you wanted to know, mike, or something > else? Yup, that's it. So I can just touch that file, and not worry about forgetting it when I upgrade. Thanx, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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