> > Does anyone know what the correlation is between text-based emacs and x? > (this is the emacs20 package from woody -- NOT xemacs21) Is this something > I can safely override (probably not) or work around and still use the debian > package system? >
emacs is big enough already that people did not feel a text only version was necessary. Also note that this will only install the core LIBS needed to run X apps not X. It is not clear in your email so be aware that emacs != xemacs. They are two different code trees by two different groups.
