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Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks
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Michael Ekstrand |
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Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks |
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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:00:57 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
ross@rosslaird.info (Ross A. Laird) writes:
>> Look up update-alternatives
>
> Yup, did that already. It shows:
>
> Selection Alternative
> -----------------------------------------------
> 1 /usr/bin/vim.tiny
> 2 /bin/ed
> 3 /bin/nano
> * 4 /usr/bin/emacs-snapshot
> 5 /usr/bin/vim.basic
> 6 /usr/bin/vim.gtk
> + 7 /usr/bin/vim.gnome
> 8 /usr/bin/emacs22
>
>
> So, I think the asterisk means that emacs-snapshot is the default. But
> it's not what I get when I run 'emacs'.
Run update-alternatives --config emacs. That will let you choose your
emacs, then you can be sure. I do not know the exact meaning of * and
+.
Also, though, this looks like the alternatives list for editor rather
than emacs -- `vim.basic' doesn't look like an alternative for `emacs'.
- Michale
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- Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, Ross A. Laird, 2008/09/20
- Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, rustom, 2008/09/20
- Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, Ross A. Laird, 2008/09/20
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- Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, rustom, 2008/09/21
- Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, Ross A. Laird, 2008/09/21
- Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, Ross A. Laird, 2008/09/21
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Re: Emacs22, Emacs23, and symlinks, Tim X, 2008/09/21