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From: Jeff Clough <jvc@ijmp.net>
To: Michael Cole <mc5w@earthlink.net>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:57:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87fv3kyxb5.fsf@ijmp.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19877318.1439674550120.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> (Michael Cole's message of "Sat, 15 Aug 2015 17:35:49 -0400 (GMT-04:00)")

Michael Cole <mc5w@earthlink.net> writes:

>    1. How do I install and run Emacs 21.4 or any other version in Windows
>    7? I have been able to unpack the TAR files but I cannot get it to
>    install or run. You seem to have made this more difficult than it
>    should be. Installing Emacs on Windows easy

You need the ZIP files for Windows, found here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/

>    2. Is there a fully compiled version of Emacs for Windows 7? I do not
>    want to have to  dig for  the Emacs CD that is in storage right now and
>    which I  bought from CompUSA back in 2000.

The ZIP file contains binaries which will work on Windows 7. Further information can be found here:

http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/README

Jeff



  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-08-15 22:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-08-15 21:35 Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7 Michael Cole
2015-08-15 22:47 ` Óscar Fuentes
2015-08-15 22:57 ` Jeff Clough [this message]
2015-08-15 23:42   ` Grant Rettke

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