From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Want to write up quick balance sheet, etc. Via tables? Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 18:54:03 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: <87bo43c60f.fsf@informatimago.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380653718 14518 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2013 18:55:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 18:55:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 01 20:55:19 2013 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 1VR56N-00085J-7S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2013 20:55:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60610 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VR56M-00038c-Uo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:55:18 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1380653643 9764 166.84.1.1 (1 Oct 2013 18:54:03 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 18:54:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:201508 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:93777 Archived-At: In article , Ã scar Fuentes wrote: >dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: > >> To see just where emacs was on my machine, I got >> into *info* and did C-d, ending up in a dired of: >> c:/Documents and Settings/DKC/Desktop/ntemacs23/info/ >> >> It's been SO long since I installed this emacs, >> is that where info was supposed to end up? > >Yes. If you have emacs installed on /some/dir/emacs/, `info' will be on >that directory. (For the next version that will change.) > >IMO it is not wise to install applications on Desktop, though. > >> How to load a WINDOWS emacs in a different set of places. >> so I can run both in parallel, while testing the new one? > >Just unzip the new one on different directory. > > Supper-late response: (1) Please explain, WHY is it unwise to install on Desktop? (Your answer should of course appear in every book on windows!) (2) Where do YOU put applications, eg emacs, cygwin, putty, audacity, etc? THANKS! David