How can I differentiate between the different Emacs packages on Ubuntu?
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What is the difference between each of the following. emacs22 emacs22-nox emacs-snapshot emacs-snapshot-nox emacs21 emacs21-nox emacs22-gtk
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Emacs snapshot is the CVS version of Emacs. GTK is compiled with GTK support. NOX means compiled without X support. vNN are the version numbers. Note the latest stable release of GNU Emacs is 23.1. emacs-snapshot is the closest to this.
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