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| ==== Linux installation ==== | ==== Linux installation ==== | ||
| - | Install the ''emacs'' package, if it is not already available | + | * Check **if ''emacs'' is already installed** on the Linux computer or servers you are using, e.g with the ''[[other:newppl:starting#which_program_am_i_using|which]]'' command. There is a good chance that ''emacs'' is already available on shared servers! |
| + | * <code>$ which \emacs | ||
| + | /usr/bin/emacs</code> | ||
| - | <code>$ sudo apt install emacs | + | * **If ''emacs'' is not available**: |
| + | * On shared server: ask your local system administrators | ||
| + | * On your Linux desktop/laptop: install the ''emacs'' package the following way | ||
| + | * <code>$ sudo apt install emacs | ||
| [sudo] password for your_login: | [sudo] password for your_login: | ||
| Reading package lists... Done | Reading package lists... Done | ||
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| * Download this ''emacs_jyp_yyyy-mm-dd.txt'' file to the [[other:emacs_doc#location_of_the_configuration_file|appropriate configuration directory (for your system)]] | * Download this ''emacs_jyp_yyyy-mm-dd.txt'' file to the [[other:emacs_doc#location_of_the_configuration_file|appropriate configuration directory (for your system)]] | ||
| * Rename the file to ''.emacs'' | * Rename the file to ''.emacs'' | ||
| - | * Edit the file (with ''emacs'' or another editor) and search //Microsoft// to (un)comment MS Windows specific sections of the configuration file | + | * You can possibly edit the ''.emacs'' file (with ''emacs'' or another editor) to make some changes, but it should theoretically work //as is// |
| + | * MS Windows specific section should automatically be executed only on Windows computer, and you don't have to comment them out by hand. You can find them by looking for the following strings: ''Microsoft'', ''MS'', ''w32'' | ||
| * (re)start ''emacs'' to take this configuration file into account | * (re)start ''emacs'' to take this configuration file into account | ||
| - | * If ''emacs'' displays the following error message, just create the ''server'' directory (''c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/server'') by hand and restart ''emacs''\\ <code>Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs’: | + | * On MS Windows: if ''emacs'' displays the following error message, just create the ''server'' directory (''c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/server'') by hand and restart ''emacs''\\ <code>Warning (initialization): An error occurred while loading ‘c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs’: |
| File is missing: Opening output file, No such file or directory, c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/server/server</code> | File is missing: Opening output file, No such file or directory, c:/Users/your_login/AppData/Roaming/.emacs.d/server/server</code> | ||
other/emacs_doc.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/22 08:48 by jypeter
