[OT] xemacs on windows vista

[Wensui Liu]

Hi, dear all,
I just switch to vista (ultimate) and have heard there is some problem
for the installation of xemacs on vista. Is there any insight or
experience that you could share? I really appreciate any input.
thank you so much!

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[Vincent Goulet]

Le lun. 12 mai à 15:15, Wensui Liu a écrit :

> Hi, dear all,
> I just switch to vista (ultimate) and have heard there is some problem
> for the installation of xemacs on vista. Is there any insight or
> experience that you could share?

Yes: go with GNU Emacs. There doesn't seem to be any compelling reason  
to prefer XEmacs nowadays. And if you use my distribution

        http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs

you get a wizard based installation with up-to-date AUCTeX and ESS  
built-in.

Otherwise, I have never heard of special issues on Vista.

HTH

Vincent


> I really appreciate any input.
> thank you so much!
>
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[Esmail Bonakdarian-4]

Wensui Liu wrote:
> Hi, dear all,
> I just switch to vista (ultimate) and have heard there is some problem
> for the installation of xemacs on vista. Is there any insight or
> experience that you could share? I really appreciate any input.
> thank you so much!

Hi,

I don't know about XEmacs, but I am using a specially bundled
version of GNU Emacs by Vincet Goulet which is great. I was
using a plain-vanilla version of GNU Emacs before, but this one
has ESS  and spell check support built in :-)

I am using it under XP .. I believe this also works under Vista

Check out:

    http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/ressources/emacs/

HTH,

Esmail

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[David Scott-6]

Just in case you think Vincent is pushing his distribution as opposed to
some other approach, let me endorse his suggestion as someone who has
recently made the change to GNU Emacs.

Vincent's distribution is truly very nice. I have installed it on Vista
without any problems and for anyone who uses TeX and R it is an excellent
option.

I haven't checked John Fox's advice concerning XEmacs lately but in the
past it has been the best source of information about XEmacs and R if you
do still want to stick with XEmacs.

David Scott


On Mon, 12 May 2008, Vincent Goulet wrote:

> Le lun. 12 mai à 15:15, Wensui Liu a écrit :
>
>> Hi, dear all,
>> I just switch to vista (ultimate) and have heard there is some problem
>> for the installation of xemacs on vista. Is there any insight or
>> experience that you could share?
>
> Yes: go with GNU Emacs. There doesn't seem to be any compelling reason to
> prefer XEmacs nowadays. And if you use my distribution
>
> http://vgoulet.act.ulaval.ca/en/emacs
>
> you get a wizard based installation with up-to-date AUCTeX and ESS built-in.
>
> Otherwise, I have never heard of special issues on Vista.
>
> HTH
>
> Vincent
>
>
>> I really appreciate any input.
>> thank you so much!
>>
>> ______________________________________________
>> R-help@... mailing list
>> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>> PLEASE do read the posting guide
>> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
> ______________________________________________
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> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.

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