emacs info files?

2007-05-18 Thread K. Richard Pixley
Can someone please tell me the package I need to install to get the rest of emacs21? Namely, the info files that describe how to use and/or program gnu emacs? Emacs is close to useless without these. --rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trou

Re: Linux Will Get Buried (Off)

2006-09-13 Thread K. Richard Pixley
Mike McCarty wrote: Richard wrote: Here is a nice article I just got done reading and replying to: http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/08/29/36OPcurve_1.html Make sure you click the TALK BACK to us link, and tell Tom what you really think of his article... Hmm. I think he may be right. I

installing "unstable"?

2006-08-02 Thread K. Richard Pixley
I don't see an "unstable" installer on the web site. Is the standard way to build an "unstable" system to build a "testing" system, point /etc/apt/sources.list to an unstable repository and update+upgrade? Or is there something more common that I'm overlooking? --rich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Confused about installations - overlaying a "testing" package into a "stable" install

2006-08-01 Thread K. Richard Pixley
Hello. I'm a long time unix/linux geek, debian newbie. And I'm confused about installs. I understand that the "stable" distribution line is intended to be a series of integrated packages. I understand that "testing" is a set of newer packages, which have met a set of stability criterion wh