On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 22:30:06 -0800 (PST), Ryan Bowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But emacs doesn't need to be installed - just unzip > and run it. What's wrong with that? Who needs > installers? I don't think I really like them.
What he means is: Just find a gzip binary and a tar binary that work, then gunzip (oh yeah, you have to copy gzip.exe to gunzip.exe to use it... or maybe look at the man-page and figure out what option does that for you)... then untar, then... ugh meta-shift-whody-howdy-wickus BALETED! On a serious note I don't much like installers myself. But average joe needs them. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
