/emax64

64-bit Emacs for Windows

GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

emax64

Emacs for w64

Clean and optimized build of Emacs for Windows x86-64 systems. Compiled with support for: jpg/jpeg, gif, png, tiff, xpm and more. ImageMagick 7 support compiled, binaries, and libraries included.

Get binaries here: https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64/releases

emax64-20180529

  • 64-bit Windows build of Emacs 26.1 final release.

  • Patched with ImageMagick 7 support. Binaries and libs included.

  • PDF-TOOLS (epdfinfo.exe) included. [emax.7z package]

  • Features[1]: "XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG IMAGEMAGICK SOUND NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS MODULES THREADS LCMS2"

  • Optimized clean build. Options[2]: "--without-compress-install --without-dbus --with-modules 'CFLAGS= -O2 -g3'"

  • Built and tested on a clean Windows 10 system.

  • addpm modified to not create/update any registry HOME entries. It only creates shortcuts as it should.

  • [1] C-h v system-configuration-features

  • [2] C-h v system-configuration-options

Installation:

  • Unpack the 7z binary archive, preferably in C:\ root directory.
  • Since 20180303, directory name has changed from emaxw64 to emax64.
  • Double-click the addpm.exe file in emax64\bin to create/update shortcuts.

Recommended:

  • Install MSYS2 [64-bit: http://repo.msys2.org/distrib/msys2-x86_64-latest.exe]
  • Download and unpack emax.7z into your HOME directory, usually C:\Users<username>\AppData\Roaming
  • emax.7z is an environment to make your Emacs experience a little more tolerable on Windows.
  • It includes a barebones dotfile along with BusyBox 64-bit, some MinGW packages, SSH, W3M, Aspell, and other GNU tools to help you start right away.

Sources:

  • GNU Emacs sources, patched as described above, are available as a separate src archive.
  • All the other binaries included in the emax64 and emax archives are unmodified and distributed as is.
  • Their sources can be downloaded from MSYS2/MinGW servers: http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/sources/
  • BusyBox (Windows) sources can be obtained from here: https://frippery.org/files/busybox/

emax64 on Windows 10