Re: [Orgmode] Re: [off-topic] emacs23 or emacs-snapshot-gtk (Ubuntu)

[Ian Barton]

Richard Riley wrote:
> Ian Barton <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > I have been using the emacs-snapshot package for a long time, since the 
> > > era of Ubuntu 7.04, and it worked fine and I got all the latest versions 
> > > of emacs with it. Now, I just installed 9.10 from scratch, and when I 
> > > search for emacs on apt-cache, I get the following relevant packages:
> > >
> > >  * emacs23
> > >  * emacs-snapshot-gtk
> > >
> > > The emacs-version for emacs23 returns:
> > >
> > > "GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.2) of 
> > > 2009-10-15 on yellow, modified by Debian"
> > >
> > > For emacs-snapshot-gtk, I get:
> > >
> > > "GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.18.0) of 
> > > 2009-09-27 on crested, modified by Debian"
> > >
> > > Which one would be the most recent version (or better package to use)?
> > I had some problems using emacs23 in Karmic. Several errors loading my 
> > .emacs and a non functional emacs-lisp menu. Using the ppa from 
> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-elisp/+archive/ppa everything works as 
> > expected using the same .emacs.
> >
> > Ian.
> >
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> This fixes the missing menus for me:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # edit
> export GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=1
> emacsclient --alternate-editor="" -c $@

Thanks. There seem to be a couple of bug reports with
similar problems to mine for Karmic. I'll give your fix
a try.

So it looks as though it's a GTK not an Emacs bug.

Best wishes,

Ian.