From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeff Clough Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Installing and Running Emacs in Windows 7 Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 18:57:34 -0400 Message-ID: <87fv3kyxb5.fsf@ijmp.net> References: <19877318.1439674550120.JavaMail.root@mswamui-backed.atl.sa.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1439681646 5145 80.91.229.3 (15 Aug 2015 23:34:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 23:34:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Michael Cole Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 16 01:33:54 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkxV-0000BG-ML for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Aug 2015 01:33:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51048 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkxU-0007P7-AM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:33:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkx6-0007LR-74 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:33:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkx2-0002sK-Ul for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:33:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [108.167.131.214] (port=40744 helo=kb1vqh.arvixevps.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkx2-0002sA-Po for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 19:33:24 -0400 Original-Received: from cpe-74-69-219-28.ne.res.rr.com ([74.69.219.28]:37081 helo=jeff-Inspiron-3537) by kb1vqh.arvixevps.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.85) (envelope-from ) id 1ZQkOO-0008x2-OS; Sat, 15 Aug 2015 15:57:36 -0700 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)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5.50 (gnu/linux) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - kb1vqh.arvixevps.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - ijmp.net X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: kb1vqh.arvixevps.com: authenticated_id: jvc@ijmp.net X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 108.167.131.214 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106617 Archived-At: Michael Cole 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