From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Charles Subject: Re: ot: windows xemacs question Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:37:56 -0400 Message-ID: <4F65D724.3010006@verizon.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47941) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9FN5-0005ZX-Be for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:38:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9FN3-0002UC-76 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:38:02 -0400 Received: from vms173011pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.11]:51740) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9FN3-0002U3-27 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:38:01 -0400 Received: from [10.0.0.2] ([unknown] [74.111.57.246]) by vms173011.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0M120083EZ39JJI0@vms173011.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:37:58 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org I have emacs 24.0.93.1 with org 7.8.03 (hopefully .05 later today) installed on a Windows 7 (home Premium) system and have made no changes to the registry. Perhaps my needs are not as complex as yours. Have you read http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/index.html#Top Charlie Millar On 3/17/2012 2:53 PM, Jude DaShiell 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Jude > > > > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4876 - Release Date: 03/17/12 > >