[Python-Dev] Any Emacs tips for core developers?

[Neal Becker]

glyph at divmod.com wrote:

[...]
> Finally, for you Ubuntu developers, I'm also using the the pre-release
> XFT GNU emacs, which is very pretty.  So far, despite stern and dire
> warnings, it has had no stability issues:
> 
>     http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/XftGnuEmacs
> 
> Look for the "PPA" deb lines there, and you get a nicely prepackaged,
> policy-compliant version of emacs with no need to build anything
> yourself.
> 

FYI, I have built xft gnu emacs, as well as xft xemacs for fedora F7/8.  I
can make the srpms available if anyone wants them.

I use xemacs all day every day and never see any problem (except for some
slight font droppings).