Introduction to Emacs
The Emacs package contains an extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.
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Package Information
Emacs Dependencies
Recommended
HarfBuzz-8.3.0, giflib-5.2.1, GnuTLS-3.8.3, jansson-2.14, and libtiff-4.6.0
Optional
a graphical environment, alsa-lib-1.2.10, Cairo-1.18.0, dbus-1.14.10, gobject-introspection-1.78.1, gsettings-desktop-schemas-45.0, GPM-1.20.7, GTK+-3.24.40, ImageMagick-7.1.1-15, Little
CMS-2.14, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libpng-1.6.40, librsvg-2.57.1, libseccomp-2.5.5, libwebp-1.3.2, libxml2-2.12.4, MIT Kerberos V5-1.21.2, SQLite-3.45.0, Valgrind-3.22.0, intlfonts, libungif, libotf, and m17n-lib - to correctly display such complex scripts as Indic and Khmer, and also for scripts that require Arabic shaping support (Arabic and Farsi), mailutils, and libXaw3d
Installation of Emacs
Install Emacs by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make
This package does not come with a test suite. If make succeeds, you can test the result by running src/emacs -Q, which is the program that will be installed, with its auxiliary files. This should start and display the application opening screen.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/emacs/29.2 &&
rm -vf /usr/lib/systemd/user/emacs.service
Note
This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and you can improve system performance and memory usage by updating /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme. To perform the update you must have GTK+-3.24.40 installed and issue the following command as the root user:
gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor
Command Explanations
--with-imagemagick: Use this if you have installed ImageMagick-7.1.1-15 and wish to link against it.
--with-gif=no: Use this if you have not installed giflib-5.2.1 or libungif.
--with-tiff=no: Use this if you have not installed libtiff-4.6.0.
--with-gnutls=no: Use this if you have not installed GnuTLS-3.8.3.
--without-harfbuzz: Use this if you have not installed HarfBuzz-8.3.0.
--with-json=no: Use this if you have not installed jansson-2.14.
Contents
Installed Programs: ctags, ebrowse, emacs (symlink), emacs-29.2, emacsclient, and etags
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/libexec/emacs and /usr/share/emacs
Short Descriptions
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ctags
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creates cross-reference tagfile database files for source code
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ebrowse
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permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from within emacs
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emacs
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is an editor
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emacsclient
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attaches an emacs session to an already running emacsserver instance
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etags
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is another program to generate source code cross-reference tagfiles
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