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Is there a portable version of Emacs for Windows?
EmacsPortable.App attempts to make a portable version of Emacs that runs off a USB drive under either Windows, Linux, or Mac OSX. The features of this distribution: Updating and downloading the latest emacs, even if EmacsPortable.App hasn’t released a new launcher.
Where do I put the emacsportable file in portable?
Added EmacsPortable/Other/ApplicationStructure.txt file. Removed all extensions (wget, ctags), this is now plain Emacs, just portable. Removed the directory “load”, use the directory “.emacs.d” instead for your added modes.
How can I run Emacs on a USB drive?
If you give the configure command a folder on a USB drive (like ./configure –prefix=/media/usb/bin) and always mount the USB drive in the same location, you should be able to just mount the USB drive, set your PATH variable, and run Emacs.
What are the features of emacsportable.app distribution?
The features of this distribution: Updating and downloading the latest emacs, even if EmacsPortable.App hasn’t released a new launcher. In windows, this distribution also allows concurrent versions of emacs to be run, with different startup options.
Is there a way to make Emacs portable?
The standard MS-Windows binaries is already portable, in that you can just unzip it anywhere and run it directly. To keep your .emacs.d in a directory called emacshome on your USB stick next to the unzipped Emacs, create a runemacs.bat file in Emacs’ bin/ directory with contents:
What do you need to know about GNU Emacs?
Description: GNU Emacs is an extensible, customizable text editor and more. At its core is an interpreter for Emacs Lisp, a dialect of the Lisp programming language with extensions to support text editing. 23.2 Development Test 1 (2010-05-21):
Is there a portable Spacemacs built with portacle?
A portable Spacemacs built with Portacle would be another great step. AFAIK Portacle is ready to be configured, it just needs to be done. I don’t know what Spacemacs does exactly or how it differs from classic Emacs, so I can’t really estimate the amount of work required to get it integrated.
How can I install Emacs on a virtual machine?
My initial attempt to create a portable install involved installing the emacs package on a virtual machine and copying over the binary and libraries into custom folder, then setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the folder with the libraries.