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Article #2038Re: Which one shall I choose?
From: Peter Davis
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 15:15
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 15:15
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those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net> writes:
> in gnu.emacs.gnus i read:
>
> >MH is far and away my choice. However, I'm sentenced to work in a
> >Windows environment, and I've never found an MH port to Windows. I
> >have this on my "to do when there's spare time" list, but so far, the
> >occasion has not arisen. If anyone know of an MH port for Windows,
> >please *please* let me know.
>
> i've never tried, but ... doesn't using cygwin allow one to compile the
> suite and use it under ms windows?
In theory. Building MH is not an easy task, even under a Unix system.
There are thousands of configuration options and variations to be
determined. I managed to do it once about 6 years ago on a Silicon
Graphics IRIX system, and I'm not anxious to repeat the experience.
Supposedly NMH is easier to build, but I haven't tried that.
Thanks,
-pd
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