Carson Chittom <carson.chit...@mspb.ms.gov> writes: > John DeRuntz <deru...@pcisys.net> writes: > >> So I would like to install emacs on a new Dell XPS laptop with a >> Windows 7 OS. Looking at the available files on your website I have no >> idea as to what I should download for my new machine. Also, will I >> need a unix emulator or will I be able to use emacs directly with MS >> Windows? > > You have (at least) three options, all of which have pros and cons: > > 1. Use a Windows-native Emacs[1]. This is likely your best bet, > since it's officially supported by the Emacs people. Be aware > though that a few things don't work quite right (for example, > interfacing with OpenSSL and/or GnuTLS to read email through Gnus > or VM (or whatever)), and the Emacs defaults don't always accord > with the Windows ones (for example, a user's home directory for > Win7 is C:\Users\username; but ~ for Emacs is > C:\Users\username\AppData)
I use emacs-nt on Windows Vista and use Gnus with gnutls on cygwin. I haven't had any issues. > [1] http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows > [2] http://www.cygwin.com > [3] http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=2391 > [4] http://www.suacommunity.com > -- Cheers ~vijay Gnus should be more complicated.
