Re: emacs20 requires xlibs and xfree86-common?
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> Does anyone know what the correlation is between text-based emacs and x?
> (this is the emacs20 package from woody -- NOT xemacs21) Is this something
> I can safely override (probably not) or work around and still use the debian
> package system?
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emacs is big enough already that people did not feel a text only version was
necessary. Also note that this will only install the core LIBS needed to run X
apps not X.
It is not clear in your email so be aware that emacs != xemacs. They are two
different code trees by two different groups.
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