Re: Making it easier for new installs

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Eric S. Johansson <esj(a)harvee.org <mailto:esj＠harvee.org>> wrote: On 8/4/2011 2:16 PM, Byrel Mitchell wrote: > As the only place I have ever downloaded a binary version is in Windows (where > I lack a devel environment), I think it is quite likely that a user installing > from source might be a first time user. I think you might meant binary instead of source here. I wasn't really clear here. I use two OSes, Windows and Linux, but my preference is Linux. So, when I said that I use binary installs only in Windows, I meant that I usually use source, on Linux. I have yet to make a package manager work. I'm sure it is very nice but the user interface and configurability for a novice user is rather unpleasant. Have you tried using the xemacs one? By default, it's the top entry in the Tools menu. I was impressed by how easy it was to use.