[SOLVED] Is it possible to install emacs on OPNsense?

[dpatterson]

Is it possible to install emacs on OPNsense?
I've been unable to find a package for it.

TIA

[franco]

Hi there,

First time time question was asked, so no. We only have joe, nano and vim-console at this point.

Do you know the name of a lightweight emacs package in FreeBSD? We should add it if it's being used. :)


Cheers,
Franco

[dpatterson]

@franco,

I do not know of a lightweight emacs package for FreeBSD. But then OPNsense is my first real exposure to FreeBSD so that's not a surprise  ;)

I took a look at joe and it has a an "emacs mode" (started with the jmacs command), that seems reasonable. I think it will take care of the biggest problem that I have with nano and VI, that being about 30 years of emacs motor memory in my fingers. :)

Thanks.

[franco]

Found and added "emacs-nox" package. Enjoy as soon as 18.1.8 is out...

https://github.com/opnsense/tools/commit/8bc9b04b


Cheers,
Franco

[dpatterson]

@Franco,

That's awesome. Thanks very much.

D.

[franco]

Gladly and thanks for the request. 8)


Cheers,
Franco