Re: Bug?

[Juanma Barranquero]

On Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:41:40 -0700
"Sharon A Watkins" <swatkins@usgs.gov> wrote:

> "Creating directory:  permission denied, c:\.emacs.d"
> 
> I've tried making the directory for emacs as administrator, but WinOS
> doesn't like directories that start with a period.

I assume you´re using W95, W98 or Me. Windows Explorer won´t let you
create it, but you can do it from COMMAND.COM (from the Start menu chose
Run, then type COMMAND and press ENTER). You´ll be in COMMAND.COM, then
do:

cd \             (and press ENTER)
md .emacs.d      (and ENTER)
exit             (and ENTER)

and you´ll have the directory. (BTW, sorry if I´m being very basic here,
I don´t know how familiar you are with Windows and COMMAND.COM).

> but my system dings each time it comes up, and it comes up continuously.
> Also, when I exit emacs, I get a fatal error.

There are ways to make Emacs to not ding on error, if you so desire.

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Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es>