Re: How to set Emacs as default app on Windows (10)

[Angelo Graziosi <angelo.g0@libero.it>]

> Il 22/05/2022 11:04 Eli Zaretskii ha scritto:
> 
>  
> > Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 10:53:42 +0200 (CEST)
> > From: Angelo Graziosi
> > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> > 
> > > > >From a DOS box I started the Emacs client adapting the above target:
> > > > 
> > > > C:\Users\utente>C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c "SET path=C:\msys64\mingw64\bin;%path%&& SET PRELOAD_WINSOCK=1&& START /D ^"C:\Apps\Emacs\bin^" emacsclientw.exe -c -n -a C:\Apps\Emacs\bin\runemacs.exe"
> > > 
> > > I don't understand why you needed to change that target.  What was it
> > > supposed to achieve, and how is that related to the issue at hand,
> > > which is setting up the default application to open *.tex files?
> > 
> > The link above seems to suggest to use emacsclientw which uses runemacs instead to use directly runemacs..
> 
> That suggestion doesn't make sense to me, and I think it is unrelated
> to your issue and the original question.
> 
> > > "Another frame" or "another instance of Emacs"?  How many Emacs
> > > processes do you have running after you click on a .tex file in the
> > > Explorer?
> > 
> > I would say: another frame and two processes (from task manager). See the screenshot 
> 
> Thanks, but the screenshot doesn't say definitively that there are 2
> Emacs processes, it only hints on that (via the warning it shows in
> one of the frames).  The definitive answer is to see how many Emacs
> processes are shown in Task Manager.

but I already answered this:

> > I would say: another frame and two processes (from task manager). See the screenshot 

However, I can survive even so.. Thank you for your time.

Ciao,
 Angelo.