[27505] in Athena Bugs
Re: Debathena: zile
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Geoffrey Thomas)
Fri Sep 24 17:24:33 2010
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:24:30 -0400 (EDT)
From: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu>
To: Kanak Kshetri <kanak@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinm3ZwAh7iGeMXky7O0dHc_mGAE5L-SC72cHc3o@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.1009241723420.23414@dr-wily.mit.edu>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED;
BOUNDARY="-1257051904-762868281-1285363470=:23414"
Cc: bugs@mit.edu
Errors-To: bugs-bounces@mit.edu
This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text,
while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools.
---1257051904-762868281-1285363470=:23414
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
[adding bugs@ to the Cc so people know what the status of the request is]
There is not at the moment a way of installing packages when you log in,=20
but that is something I'd like to see us add very soon.
--=20
Geoffrey Thomas
SIPB Debathena team
bugs@mit.edu
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010, Kanak Kshetri wrote:
> Thank you for the tip. "emacs -Q -nw" is about as fast as zile. I'll
> just add a bash alias.
>
> Is there a way to automatically install packages when I log in? This
> would help me with other stuff that I routinely install as soon as i
> log in such as sbcl, pyflakes, pylint.
>
> kanak
>
> On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@mit.edu> wrote:
>> We have emacs installed; is there a compelling argument for zile in
>> addition? (This is the first I've heard of it, so I'd like to assess its
>> popularity.) Does it start faster than emacs (or 'emacs -nw'), and if so=
,
>> would this be better addressed by working to make emacs start faster?
>>
>> If it needs no dependencies can you not install it yourself relatively
>> quickly?
>>
>> --
>> Geoffrey Thomas
>> SIPB Debathena team
>> bugs@mit.edu
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Sep 2010, kanak@MIT.EDU wrote:
>>
>>> System name: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0w20-575-8
>>> Type: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 x86_64
>>> Display type: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ATI Technologies Inc RV620 LE [Radeon=
HD 3450]
>>>
>>> Shell: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/bin/athena/bash (?)
>>> Window manager: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 unknown
>>>
>>> What were you trying to do?
>>> Use zile to edit some files.
>>>
>>> What's wrong:
>>> Zile is not installed, so i have to install it manually myself.
>>>
>>> What should have happened:
>>> Zile should be included with the main distribution. It is extremely
>>> lightweight (~136 kb) and doesn't require any new package as a dependen=
cy.
>>>
>>> Please describe any relevant documentation references:
>>> apt-cache info zile
>>>
>>
>
---1257051904-762868281-1285363470=:23414--
