cross-platform installer for scimax

[jkitchin]

I want to work on the installation of scimax again, ideally to get closer to a one-click cross-platform installer.

• emacs (probably 28+)
• Python (probably an Anaconda variant) + Jupyter
• LaTeX

These are covered now.

• the scimax el files
• utilities including git, grep/ag, aspell, curl, etc.

I am making decent progress with Homebrew (https://brew.sh/). It claims to work on Linux and Windows WSL, and of course it is what I use on Mac. The WIP is at https://github.com/jkitchin/homebrew-scimax.

Here are some changes that will happen to the current form of scimax:

1. remove use of git submodules

org-ref and ox-clip can be installed from melpa.

ox-ipynb is not on melpa, but does have its own git repo, and can be installed by straight.

I will remove some older things like the ob-ipython*, ov-highlight and org-mime that should really be deprecated by now.

Stack Overflow reference

This should allow scimax to be installed from the zip archive on github for specific tagged versions I think, and allow a HEAD installation as well.

2. user files in the scimax directory

homebrew installs in its own directory space. I think it would be awkward to put user files there. They should rather be in a user space of their choosing. I need to do some research to see what the best way to do this could be.

I could default to ~/.emacs.d/scimax or ~/.config/scimax. This would also be where a preload.el file could be located. I will probably set this up to default to those, unless some envvar is set to another location.

This is probably the most intrusive change.

[domingoUnican]

Would you be willing to consider adding emacs-reveal and emacs-jupyter? I think that, for those of use that use it in academia, it would be super to have it all in one.

[jkitchin]

emacs-jupyter is planned to include. I use it myself, but haven't had time to get it ready for scimax. Getting it installed and compiled is one reason I want to try the docker route.

I am less familiar with emacs-reveal. I see it has a docker image in it, I will have to take a look at that.

[vikasrawal]

I do not use scimax as a whole, but like to use bits and pieces out of it. I hope that will continue to remain possible. Best,

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[jkitchin]

@vikasrawal I don't think this would have any impact on how you use it.