emax64 VS Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam

I'm using a version that was compiled for windows. Specifically, this: https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64/releases I've not noticed any problems with it! I'm not a power user though. I've only been using emacs for a few years (since 2018).

I use Emax64 BTW. No WSL.

> On Windows my config doesn’t work at all. I have no idea why. I didn’t have the energy to debug it.

I'm a Linux person, but need Windows for work. I've used Emacs on Windows for over a decade now, and with the exception of magit, everything works just as fine as on my Linux machine. In fact, I have the same config for both, with only a few lines dealing with Linux vs Windows specifics.

So it may be worth debugging your config.

I use emax64, BTW: https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64

Try epdfinfo.exe from https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64/releases . Let me know if you need help setting it up.

[1] https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64/releases

I wonder how Emax would fare vs standard Windows Emacs: https://github.com/m-parashar/emax64

Me? For years I've been using Emax64 and things just work. I can see why some people may want msys2/mingw, etc, but many/most will not really benefit from it. What was your use case where plain Emax64 wouldn't work?

I am testing rho-emacs, but for now I'm happier with emax, since it facilitates integration with MSYS2. Just try for yourself and decide.

Alternatively, I have had success with this way https://github.com/nobiot/Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam/blob/v1/100.pdf-tools-org-noter.md

Have you seen this? https://github.com/nobiot/Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam It's still a work-in-progress but it may be along the lines of what you're looking for.

Personally, I wouldn't recommend setting up org-roam at first. It's excellent, but it's just going to be too daunting for a beginner when combined with all the other things. I'd start by just learning emacs and org-mode. Core org-mode has enough functionality built-in to start building knowledgebases, and the org-mode manual is excellent. You can add-in org-roam later. (And you might find that org-roam is overkill and something like howm mode to get backlinks is enough.) The beauty of emacs is that you can move your notes from one system to another easily.

You might like this... it's written for Windows users: https://github.com/nobiot/Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam It's a work in progress, but the defaults suggested are good.

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I'm new to org-roam and trying to use v2 directly. My process is currently looking at the excellent manual (https://www.orgroam.com/manual.html) and intro (https://github.com/nobiot/Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam) for v1 and trying to map these to v2. But as I managed to install org-roam and emacsql-sqlite3 in Android/Termux just yesterday evening, I can't say if it's useable enough.

For Windows, I have done this. So far, it works really well

My primary goal is to keep notes organized, portable and "connected" using Emacs, so focus is still on it and in few days I think I will have my favorite setup using Emacs + Org + roam. In the process I discovered Zero-to-Emacs-and-Org-roam - kudos to the creator - really helped me.