Hi there,
I'm a big fan of Emacs and I like to build Emacs from source. So whether FC7 is gonna have Emacs 22 does not concern me much. However I think it is important to have this modernized powerful tool available to our current and prospective Fedora users.
As we know RMS is extremely strict on fixing bugs, Emacs 22 has long passed the production quality while still in development. A few days ago, Emacs's developers have decided to enter pretest¹. As it is in the early stage of FC7 cycle, I'd propose we upgrade to Emacs 22. The News is just too big for this mailing list, but you can read it here: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/emacs/etc/NEWS?root=emacs
A few highlights: - much improved Unicode support - Gtk2 menu, toolbar and scrollbar - Gnome style icons - Tons of add-on packages (calc 2.05, Gnus 5.11, ido etc)
Footnotes: ¹ http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel/61249
Leo sdl.web@gmail.com writes:
I'm a big fan of Emacs and I like to build Emacs from source. So whether FC7 is gonna have Emacs 22 does not concern me much. However I think it is important to have this modernized powerful tool available to our current and prospective Fedora users.
I'd like to second this.
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Frank Schmitt wrote:
Leo sdl.web@gmail.com writes:
I'm a big fan of Emacs and I like to build Emacs from source. So whether FC7 is gonna have Emacs 22 does not concern me much. However I think it is important to have this modernized powerful tool available to our current and prospective Fedora users.
I'd like to second this.
+1
On 10/29/06, Leo sdl.web@gmail.com wrote:
Hi there,
As we know RMS is extremely strict on fixing bugs, Emacs 22 has long passed the production quality while still in development. A few days ago, Emacs's developers have decided to enter pretest¹. As it is in the early stage of FC7 cycle, I'd propose we upgrade to Emacs 22. The News is just too big for this mailing list, but you can read it here: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/emacs/etc/NEWS?root=emacs
+1
FWIW, even Emacs 23 (the unicode-2 branch) is stable enough for daily use. Emacs 22 should be even more ready, at least for Rawhide.
On 02/11/06, Michel Salim michel.salim@gmail.com wrote:
FWIW, even Emacs 23 (the unicode-2 branch) is stable enough for daily use. Emacs 22 should be even more ready, at least for Rawhide.
Just to add another +1, I've been using emacs22 checked out from CVS periodically over the past 6 months, and it's already a lot more stable than a lot of release versions of other software (think Gaim). I am sure emacs22, even at this point, is ready for inclusion.
Jonathan.
On Thu, 02/11/06, Michel Salim wrote:
On 10/29/06, Leo sdl.web@gmail.com wrote:
Hi there,
As we know RMS is extremely strict on fixing bugs, Emacs 22 has long passed the production quality while still in development. A few days ago, Emacs's developers have decided to enter pretest¹. As it is in the early stage of FC7 cycle, I'd propose we upgrade to Emacs 22. The News is just too big for this mailing list, but you can read it here: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/*checkout*/emacs/etc/NEWS?root=emacs
+1
FWIW, even Emacs 23 (the unicode-2 branch) is stable enough for daily use. Emacs 22 should be even more ready, at least for Rawhide.
Same here. I can't live without unicode support.
Leo sdl.web@gmail.com writes:
FWIW, even Emacs 23 (the unicode-2 branch) is stable enough for daily use. Emacs 22 should be even more ready, at least for Rawhide.
Same here. I can't live without unicode support.
(Which is acceptable to poor in 21, but good in 22. Emacs 23 has a loooong way to go)