[Top][All Lists]
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [O] ot: windows xemacs question
From: |
Bernt Hansen |
Subject: |
Re: [O] ot: windows xemacs question |
Date: |
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:33 -0400 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
TonyMc <address@hidden> writes:
> On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:53:07 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>
>>I had a read of the setup instructions for emacs on windows and
>>unfortunately so many of them involve modifying the windows registry. A
>>very experienced software specialist told me it's best never to use
>>software that requires these modifications because sooner rather than
>>later windows will crash and then the whole mess has to be reinstalled
>>after that. He had no idea about xemacs but he told me emacs and windows
>>do not live happily on machines together. So I'm wondering if xemacs
>>might end up being any better and figured this being the closest list to
>>emacs support I'm on that actually works to ask this question here.
>
> Not sure where you got your info, but it is misleading and should not
> put you off. "Installing" GNU Emacs on Windows involves unzipping a
> directory tree, that is all. Download emacs-23.4-bin-i386.zip and
> unzip it to e.g. the root of the C: drive. Then you can run emacs as
> C:\emacs-23.4\bin\runemacs.exe.
I agree that no registry changes should be/are required. I use windows
at work with an unzipped emacs and I've never touched the registry.
Regards,
Bernt