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Date:      Sat, 14 Aug 2004 01:13:42 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
Cc:        Your Name <bg271828@yahoo.com>
Subject:   Re: Updating Emacs without installing X?
Message-ID:  <411D9F86.7040604@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <411D99D2.6020508@daleco.biz>
References:  <20040814033546.13866.qmail@web53407.mail.yahoo.com> <411D99D2.6020508@daleco.biz>

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Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> Your Name wrote:
>> This is just a server box, and i dont want to have _any_ X running on it.
>> Is there a way i can get Emacs current? i didn't originally set this
>> machine up, but Emacs is installed from Ports and theres no X on the
>> machine, so i dont know how it was originally done.
> 
> Emacs requires XFree libraries, and I think imake,
> in order to build and run.

Pshaw!  :-)  Emacs can be built for text-mode using normal make just fine, and 
the Emacs port knows how:

cd /usr/ports/editors/emacs && env WITHOUT_X11=1 make install

-- 
-Chuck



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