Installs the "emacs" package to install the worlds most flexible, customizable text editor.

• Debian/Ubuntu
• Red Hat/CentOS/Scientific/Fedora/Arch
• FreeBSD

Should work on any platform that has a default provider for the package resource and a package named emacs avaialble in the default package manager repository.

On FreeBSD, Chef version 0.10.6 is required for fixes to the ports package provider.

• node['emacs']['packages'] - An array of Emacs package names to install. Defaults to the "No X11" name based on platform and falls back to "emacs".

Installs the emacs package.

Simply add recipe[emacs] to the run list of a base role that gets applied to all systems. Modify the node['emacs']['packages'] attribute if the default package name for your platform is unavailable or incorrect (see attributes/default.rb). You should modify this with an attribute in a role applied to the node. For example:

name "base"
description "base role is applied to all nodes"
run_list("recipe[emacs]")
default_attributes(
  "emacs" => {
    "packages" => ["emacs-nox"]
  }
)

As this is an array you can append other emacs-related packages, such as to make configuration modes available.

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