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Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs


From: W. Greenhouse
Subject: Re: best gnu/linux distro for emacs
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:00:42 +0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (gnu/linux)

Xue Fuqiao <xfq.free@gmail.com> writes:

> On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:51:59 +0000
> wgreenhouse@riseup.net (W. Greenhouse) wrote:
>
>> "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> > For now, what is the "best" distribution of GNU/Linux for running
>> > emacs?
>
>> The vital thing is less a question of distros and more a question of
>> window manager/desktop environment, I think: avoid those which clobber
>> important Emacs keybindings (e.g. M-TAB) and make it hard to
>> reconfigure.
>
> Right, many WM/DE block some keyboard inputs like `M-<TAB>', `M-<SPC>',
> `C-M-d' and `C-M-l'.  And I think a lightweight WM/DE is preferred.
> Because Emacs can do everything, it can take the place of most features
> in a DE.
>
> It's also a question of web browser.  For this question, I prefer
> Conkeror, because it is mainly patterned after Emacs.
>
> It's also a question of X toolkit.  For this question, I prefer
> Gtk+, because it is the best toolkit supported by Emacs.
>
> Maybe it's also a question of secure communications library, but I'm no
> expert on GnuTLS and its integration.

Big +1 to Conkeror.  However, I am not a big fan of the Gtk+ build of
Emacs, because this choice of X toolkit for building Emacs introduces a
big problem with respect to Emacs daemon reliability (loss of connection
to the X server will now crash the daemon).  See the long-standing bug
against Gtk+, https://bugs.launchpad.net/gtk/+bug/543611/comments/22.

If you like the Emacs GUI under X and you like using emacsclient/emacs
--daemon, I recommend ./configure --with-x-toolkit=lucid or ./configure
--with-x-toolkit=no as alternatives to using a Gtk+ build of Emacs.  X
integration, including graphics and the ability to use Xft fonts, will
not be affected; only the UI "widgets" such as scroll bars and toolbar
buttons will change.  But you will be free from the threat of your
daemon going down if there is some problem with X.

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