#evt

(emacs versioning tool) An experimental emacs version manager.

Platforms

• Linux
• Mac OSX (maybe)

Pre-Install

• check the src/packages directory and install the required libraries for building emacs. (presently has support for debian, fedora and OS X)

Running

• ./evt list
• ./evt install emacs-
• ./evt use emacs-
• emacs &

How it works

Installation

• Creates a folder ~/.evt/versions and ~/.evt/shims
• emacs-VERSION is installed in ~/.evt/versions/emacs-VERSIONS , downloaded from https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/
• install emacs with ./configure --prefix=~/.evt/version/emacs-VERSION/emacs --binddir=~/.evt/versions/emacs-VERSION/bin
• run make bootstrap && make install
• if successfull save emacs-VERSION to ~/.evt/versions and create a folder in emacs-VERSION/emacs/.emacs.d
• if ~/.evt is not in $PATH, add it to the front export PATH="$HOME/.evt/:$PATH"

fun fact: in mac Emacs.app is created in $EMACS_DIR/nextstep

TODO:

[ ] Add pre-build scripts in packages/ directory, or write a package manager

Known Issue:

• emacs-24.5 and emacs-23.1 build failure in fedora
• And if there are issue like recipie for target src failed, make Error[2], then I have nothing to do`