--- Andrew Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> 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!
Actually, WinZip handles gzip and tar format just
great, and anyway the precompiled emacs I use from
nqmacs is a plain old zip file.
But yes, finding gzip and tar for windows is a pain -
unless you use MSys (www.mingw.org).
Ryan
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