From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Moreton Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs 23.0.92 pretest Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:33:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87hc1aiez0.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <49D2032F.6030600@gnu.org> <004901c9b3d0$2b5f86e0$8807ef63@MYLITTLEPHONY> <87wsa21xfa.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <002901c9b401$1ae98b90$8807ef63@MYLITTLEPHONY> <87eiwajsmu.fsf@cyd.mit.edu> <011201c9b4bf$4a3ec270$8807ef63@MYLITTLEPHONY> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238856142 14776 80.91.229.12 (4 Apr 2009 14:42:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 14:42:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 04 16:43:41 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lq75q-0002sZ-8p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:43:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43788 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lq74S-0008NL-DI for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lq72e-000799-Ok for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:40:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lq72a-00074n-26 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:40:16 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43906 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lq72Z-00074X-K9 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:40:11 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:59073 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lq72Y-0000u8-CV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 10:40:10 -0400 Original-Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Lq72R-0003kk-6D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: from bb-87-81-240-236.ukonline.co.uk ([87.81.240.236]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:40:03 +0000 Original-Received: from andrewjmoreton by bb-87-81-240-236.ukonline.co.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:40:03 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 17 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: bb-87-81-240-236.ukonline.co.uk User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/22.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:q26QrsINKPdZH5lBSjsIPZ7UFdo= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:110067 Archived-At: On Sat 04 Apr 2009, Ugly Me wrote: > First things first. I did not FIX the problem of it opening in a full blank > screen, but in modifying the DOS parameters I instructed the program to open > in a window rather than full screen. > Thus the blank DOS window opens in the background while the emacs program > opens in the foreground. As I think I said before, this has never happened > in previous versions I have used. > As usual, close the task for the blank window, Emacs terminates. > As for the link face part... I'll check the manual. How are you starting emacs ? If you run "emacs.exe" then you will see a DOS box as an artifact of the way Windows distinguishes between console and windowed programs. Try starting emacs using "runemacs.exe" instead. HTH AndyM