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GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Re: GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Post by alexott »

mih wrote: post #17

Any idea when the precompiled Windows version will be released? Currently there seems to be no build http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/

usually it takes not so much time (2-3 days) to release windows version

Re: GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Post by eschulte »

barik wrote: post #19

This means that I can finally try out Emacs Prelude [1]. Fantastic! I've been wanting to check it out for a while, but I haven't been brave enough to run a non-stable release of GNU Emacs. http://batsov.com/prelude/

Same for the Literate Emacs24 Starter Kit (shameless plug by the maintainer). https://github.com/eschulte/emacs24-starter-kit

Re: GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Post by chc »

st3fan wrote: post #23

So what is your favorite new feature?

Having ELPA built in is really nice. If I'd had a package manager back when I was first learning Emacs, I think I would have resented it a lot less. And even now, having it available without fiddling with anything will be such a nicety.

Re: GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Post by rcthompson »

barik wrote: post #19

This means that I can finally try out Emacs Prelude [1]. Fantastic! I've been wanting to check it out for a while, but I haven't been brave enough to run a non-stable release of GNU Emacs. http://batsov.com/prelude/

Non-stable is a relative term. Emacs daily development snapshots are more stable than the stable releases of most other software.

Re: GNU Emacs 24.1 released

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Post by mdaniel »

mih wrote: post #17

Any idea when the precompiled Windows version will be released? Currently there seems to be no build http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/windows/

This might not be appropriate for your situation, but I have found it surprisingly easy to build emacs from git by using MinGW/MSYS. If you need the exact command line, send me email or reply here and I'll post it when I get back to the office on Monday.

The only non-trivial steps I had to take were to track down the "dev" msys packages for jpeg, png and xpm libraries. I do not link my nightly builds against gnutls, just to set expectations [my experience with non-native security stuff on windows leads me to avoid that headache; YMMV].

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