Re: XEmacs for OS X - Feedback from /Download/index.html

Fred> Hi Adrian, Fred> As far as Fink goes, they just install fink and then tell it to Fred> install XEmacs. Here's the URL with the version information: Fred> http://fink.sourceforge.net/pdb/package.php/xemacs Fred> As far as installing from FTP, sorry for not being specific: Fred> I download the setup program and it starts up, but all of the mirror Fred> sites to get XEmacs are ftp sites, I didn't see any http mirrors. Fred> Since my client blocks ftp, I can't download using the net installer. Thanks for the details, Fred! Andy, how about this? Could netinstaller support this? It seems like a good idea. Best regards, Adrian Fred> Thanks! Fred> Fred Fred> On Tuesday, May 6, 2003, at 18:05 US/Eastern, Adrian Aichner wrote: Fred> Thank you for your work on XEmacs, my favorite editor. It Fred> can do nearly anything (I probably need to learn how to do Fred> the rest) and runs nearly everywhere. Fred> You might want to mention that OS X has the FINK project at Fred> fink.sourceforge.net that provides XEmacs for Mac OS X. Fred> They have both binary and source versions available. It's Fred> extremely easy to install either one, either with apt-get, Fred> fink or the Fink Commander GUI package installer. Fred> I'm using it with 21.5 (beta9) that I installed using Fink Fred> Commander (GUI for apt-get). Fred> One other request - is it possible to have http:// links for Fred> downloading and installing XEmacs with the Windows Fred> installer, in addition to the ftp:// links? The client I'm Fred> at doesn't allow ftp through their firewall, and while I was Fred> able to download it manually, it didn't set it up a nicely Fred> as the network install does. Fred> Thanks again, Fred> Fred Laxton Fred> http://infotechdesign.net Fred> -- Fred> Fred Laxton Fred> InfoTechDesign.net - Classic Web Design & Hosting Fred> http://infotechdesign.net Fred> My contact information: Fred> http://infotechdesign.net/my_contact_information.htm Fred> Powered by Mac OS X, Red Hat Linux, and Mandrake Linux Fred> Registered Linux user #246414 -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/