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A literate Org document on building Emacs from source - conditionally for RedHat or Debian (gitlab.com)
submitted 1 year ago by spudlyo@alien.top to c/emacs@communick.news
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[–] spudlyo@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi folks! I just completed this literate org-mode on how to build Emacs. It's "literate" because I try my best not to hard-code anything in the document, and if you turn off all org-babel caching, it will actually build GNU Emacs on either Debian or RedHat systems. This org document is also somewhat interesting, because with a few tweaks it can either generate a document that describes how to build Emacs on RedHat or Debian systems.

I'm presenting the techniques I used to make this document at the SeaGL conference in a few days, and I'm seeking feedback from folks on the document. In particular:

  • Is any the elisp code I wrote in the doc dumb or wrong?
  • Did I get anything technically wrong with org-mode? Did I miss something obvious? Could I do something better?
  • Did I poorly explain anything in the actual content of the document on how to build GNU Emacs from source?

Thanks in advance for any feedback!

[–] mok000@alien.top 2 points 1 year ago

Cool, I'll check it out! Impressive amount of work I can tell already.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Oh lord this is so cool!