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--- other:emacs_doc [2024/07/30 16:51] – [Windows installation] Mention Emacs installation directory jypeter
+++ other:emacs_doc [2025/03/17 10:32] (current) – [Windows] Added note about upgrade possibly working with emacs>=30.1 jypeter
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   * IF the automated installation with ''winget'' does not work, download the most recent Windows installer from a gnu //ftp// mirror
     * Go to a [[https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/emacs/windows/|gnu emacs for windows ftp mirror]]
-    * Go to the most recent ''emacs-XX/'' folder (e.g. ''emacs-29/'' as of February 2024)
+    * Go to the most recent ''emacs-XX/'' folder (e.g. ''emacs-29/'' as of August 2024)
-    * Download the most recent ''emacs-XX.YY-installer.exe'' file (e.g. ''emacs-29.4-installer.exe'' as of July 2024) and execute it
+    * Download the most recent ''emacs-XX.YY-installer.exe'' file (e.g. ''emacs-29.4-installer.exe'' as of August 2024) and execute it
   * If everything went well, you should have a new ''Start''=>''Emacs-XX'' menu that you can use to start ''emacs''
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   * **If** you need to use the **emacs //ediff// mode to compare text files**\\ <wrap hi>Very useful</wrap>
     * Install the Windows version of [[https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/diffutils.html|Gnu diffutils]]
-      * Download the //Complete package, except sources// ''Setup'' installer (''diffutils-2.8.7-1.exe'' as of May 2024) from [[https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm|]] and execute the installer
+      * Download the //Complete package, except sources// ''Setup'' installer (''diffutils-2.8.7-1.exe'' as of August 2024) from [[https://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/diffutils.htm|]] and execute the installer
         * This will install the required binaries and reources in ''C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\''
       * If you use the recommended ''.emacs'' configuration file, it should already include the following section telling ''emacs'' where to find the ''diffutils'' binaries it needs for comparing text files
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   (setq exec-path (append exec-path '("C:\\Program Files (x86)\\GnuWin32\\bin")))
   )</code>
-    * FIXME Check if there is a recent //compiled for Windows// version of ''diffutils''\\ As of February 2024...
+    * FIXME Check if there is a recent //compiled for Windows// version of ''diffutils''\\ As of August 2024...
       * [[https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10368|diffutils-3.10]] is available (released in May 2023)
       * The ''2.8.7-1'' Win32 binaries are dated //May 2004//, but **work perfectly fine**!
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 ==== Windows ====
+<note tip>''winget list'' returns a result, **after installing ''Emacs 30.1''**, so it is possible that ''winget upgrade'' will work, at last! :-)
+<code>> winget list --id GNU.Emacs
+Nom            ID        Version Disponible Source
+--------------------------------------------------
+GNU Emacs 30.1 GNU.Emacs Unknown 30.1       winget</code></note>
 Using ''winget upgrade'' for updating emacs on Windows unfortunately [[https://github.com/microsoft/winget-pkgs/issues/88443#issuecomment-1688257680|does not work yet (August 2024)]]. The easiest way to update Emacs is:
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     * In the ''Start'' menu: ''Start'' => ''E'' => ''Emacs-**version**'' (e.g. ''Emacs 29.3'')
     * In a running Emacs: ''Help'' menu => ''About Emacs''
+      * or ''M-x version''
   * Use ''winget show'' in a PowerShell to determine (all) the available versions
     * <code>PS C:> winget show --id GNU.Emacs --versions