On Mon 28 May 2018 at 15:03:09 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 05/28/2018 02:14 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: > >Richard Owlett wrote: > >>In another thread I asked for text editor recommendations to address a > >>Later someone else suggested emacs. > >>My mental image of "emacs" was of something for a 'dumb terminal'. > >>I went to Synaptic searching for 'emacs'. > >>Got a hit for a metapaqckage - *NO* associated homepage. > >>Did a web search for 'emacs' which linked to > >>[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/] which gave no relevant answers. > > > >The "documentation" link at the top didn't give you any clues? > > > >https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/documentation.html > > > >Or directly to the manual itself: > >https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/index.html > > > >There is also a print manual (still undergoing volunteer proofreading, > >according to the "Purchase" link) -- you can get a free (as in beer) PDF > >version. It's 635 pages long. > > > >>*HOWEVER!!!!!* > >>The first line stated "Emacs 26.1 is out, download it here!" > >>Bu [https://packages.debian.org/stretch/emacs] refers to > >>"Package: emacs (46.1)". > > > >And goes onto say that it's a metapackage that depends on emacs24; so, > >in true Debian fashion, they're on what they consider to be "stable", > >even if it means it's a few versions behind. > > BOTHER to read links?????????????
Please don't do that. > Debian claims to be *20* MAJOR releases *AHEAD* of source. No, 46.1 is the Debian version number of the metapackage. 26 is the version number of a version of emacs itself. Currently, Debian is giving us emacs24 in stable, as Dan said. Cheers, David.
