The experience of Emacs in Windows is not nice enough compared with it in Linux or MacOS. Many users have to work under Windows because of the need of word. I have created this image for those want to use Emacs like in Linux.
The base requirements is listed below:
- Windows 10 with hyper-V enabled.
- Docker
If you want to use Emacs with X windows, you also need install:
- VcXsrv
If you want to use Emacs with X windows, please start VcXsrv first please, remember you need to start with choice “Disable access control” enabled.
docker run --rm -v /path/to/your/shared/driver:/path/you/want/to/mount -it windows-emacs emacs --display xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0You need mount your shared drivers to docker container so that you can edit your files effectively, or you cannot access your files in local drivers from docker containers, any changes you make will disappear when you start this container next time. -v /path/to/your/shared/driver:/path/you/want/to/mount is the command of mount. If you want to mount more shared drivers, you just need to add another -v option and value. I really recommend you mount at least two shared drivers, one for ~/.emacs.d/ , and another for data storage.
The parameter and value --display xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0.0 can start Emacs with X windows, the former half part should be replaced with your IP.
- Due to the permission of shared drivers, the public key and private key cannot be accessed when you git push your project to github.com.