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@ -160,32 +160,56 @@ This guide will walk through setting up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_
** Step 4 - Install iimacs editor ** Step 4 - Install iimacs editor
A key component in our environment is the ii version of emacs. The section below will setup A key component in our environment is the ii extension of spacemacs.
emacs version ~26.3~ and then iimacs on top. The section below will setup emacs version ~26.3~ and then layer
the ii version of spacemacs on top.
Our first step is to download the base emacs 26.3 source code.
#+NAME: Download and extract emacs source #+NAME: Download and extract emacs source
#+BEGIN_SRC tmate #+BEGIN_SRC tmate
# Work from our downloads directory
cd ~/Downloads/ cd ~/Downloads/
# Download the tarball for emacs 26.3 source code
wget https://mirror.ossplanet.net/gnu/emacs/emacs-26.3.tar.xz wget https://mirror.ossplanet.net/gnu/emacs/emacs-26.3.tar.xz
# Untar the source code archive
tar xf emacs-26.3.tar.xz tar xf emacs-26.3.tar.xz
# Change to the extracted directory
cd emacs-26.3.tar.xz cd emacs-26.3.tar.xz
#+END_SRC #+END_SRC
After downloading and untarring the source code we are ready to
attempt resolving dependencies and compiling.
We configure without-x as this environment is solely focussed on
running within terminal i.e. ~emacs -nw~.
#+NAME: Compile and install emacs #+NAME: Compile and install emacs
#+BEGIN_SRC tmate #+BEGIN_SRC tmate
# Run configure to resolve any dependencies minus x window support
./configure --without-x ./configure --without-x
# Compile the application with make, using all available cpu cores
sudo make -j `nproc` sudo make -j `nproc`
# Run make install to move/install compiled binaries
sudo make install sudo make install
#+END_SRC #+END_SRC
After compiling and installing emacs we should verify that version ~26.3~ is After compiling and installing emacs we should verify that version ~26.3~ is
installed. installed.
#+NAME: Verify correct emacs version is installed
#+BEGIN_SRC tmate #+BEGIN_SRC tmate
emacs --version emacs --version
#+END_SRC #+END_SRC
Once the right version of emacs is running we can then layer in iimacs on top Once the right version of emacs is running we can then layer in iimacs on top
Documentation for this is here: https://github.com/iimacs/.emacs.d Documentation for this is here: https://github.com/iimacs/.emacs.d
@ -202,8 +226,6 @@ This guide will walk through setting up [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_
You can now start emacs :) You can now start emacs :)
** Step 5 - Setup mutt email client ** Step 5 - Setup mutt email client
For reading email we ideally use a cli based client for fast searching For reading email we ideally use a cli based client for fast searching