From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: ot: windows xemacs question Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:33 -0400 Message-ID: <87pqcac9qy.fsf@norang.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50998) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9GGq-0007sT-0S for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:41 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9GGo-0002dx-3s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:39 -0400 Received: from mho-02-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.72]:53790) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S9GGo-0002dm-0Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 18 Mar 2012 09:35:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: (TonyMc's message of "Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:07:27 +0000") 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: TonyMc Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org TonyMc 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