unofficial mirror of help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* How to upgrade from version 20.7
@ 2004-02-13 19:44 David
  2004-02-13 22:11 ` kgold
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: David @ 2004-02-13 19:44 UTC (permalink / raw)


I'm looking for help with the upgrade process -- my original
installation had been from a prepared package, so I don't have
experience installing emacs. I'm running emacs on Win2K. Do I need to
uninstall my present version? What files do I need to download, and
how do I unzip them? Is there a detailed FAQ for this procedure
anywhere?

Thanks,
David

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: How to upgrade from version 20.7
  2004-02-13 19:44 How to upgrade from version 20.7 David
@ 2004-02-13 22:11 ` kgold
  2004-02-14 18:51   ` Kai Grossjohann
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: kgold @ 2004-02-13 22:11 UTC (permalink / raw)


In article <68945b72.0402131144.37e435f@posting.google.com>,
 groupsuser@yahoo.com (David) writes:
> I'm looking for help with the upgrade process -- my original
> installation had been from a prepared package, so I don't have
> experience installing emacs. I'm running emacs on Win2K. Do I need to
> uninstall my present version? What files do I need to download, and
> how do I unzip them? Is there a detailed FAQ for this procedure
> anywhere?
> 
> Thanks,
> David

This link has a whole section on installing.

	http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/big.html

Since emacs doesn't use the registry, it's much easier to install than
most programs.  Typically one unpacks the release, sets up the path
and you're ready to go.

Versions can coexist.

Before you uninstall (by simply deleting) the old version, be sure
that you've moved any local .el files to a safe place.  For that
reason, I don't put my custom .el's in the emacs directory.

-- 

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: How to upgrade from version 20.7
  2004-02-13 22:11 ` kgold
@ 2004-02-14 18:51   ` Kai Grossjohann
  2004-02-15  6:38     ` Harald Maier
  2004-02-17 21:34     ` kgold
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kai Grossjohann @ 2004-02-14 18:51 UTC (permalink / raw)


kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) writes:

> Since emacs doesn't use the registry, it's much easier to install than
> most programs.  Typically one unpacks the release, sets up the path
> and you're ready to go.

Didn't Emacs 20 use addpm.exe?  I don't know what that did, though.
So I also don't know what's needed to undo it.

But maybe Emacs 21 still comes with addpm.exe, then just run the new
one...

Kai

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: How to upgrade from version 20.7
  2004-02-14 18:51   ` Kai Grossjohann
@ 2004-02-15  6:38     ` Harald Maier
  2004-02-17 21:34     ` kgold
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Harald Maier @ 2004-02-15  6:38 UTC (permalink / raw)


Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:

> kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) writes:
>
>> Since emacs doesn't use the registry, it's much easier to install than
>> most programs.  Typically one unpacks the release, sets up the path
>> and you're ready to go.

> Didn't Emacs 20 use addpm.exe?  I don't know what that did, though.
> So I also don't know what's needed to undo it.

emacs 20 uses too addpm.exe. 

Harald

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: How to upgrade from version 20.7
  2004-02-14 18:51   ` Kai Grossjohann
  2004-02-15  6:38     ` Harald Maier
@ 2004-02-17 21:34     ` kgold
  2004-02-18  5:59       ` Eli Zaretskii
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: kgold @ 2004-02-17 21:34 UTC (permalink / raw)


Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> writes:
> kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) writes:
> 
> > Since emacs doesn't use the registry, it's much easier to install than
> > most programs.  Typically one unpacks the release, sets up the path
> > and you're ready to go.
> 
> Didn't Emacs 20 use addpm.exe?  I don't know what that did, though.
> So I also don't know what's needed to undo it.
> 
> But maybe Emacs 21 still comes with addpm.exe, then just run the new
> one...

I install emacs on a new machine by:

1 - Drag and drop the directory from one machine to the other
2 - Drag and drop my .emacs to the new HOME
3 - Put the emacs executable in the PATH and
    put a shortcut on the task bar

I don't have to touch the registry.

The NTemacs FAQ says:

	If you run "addpm.exe", and answer OK to the message box that
	pops up then GNU Emacs will be added to your start menu, and
	certain registry keys will be created for you. This isn't
	compulsorary as in previous releases - so the choice is yours.

Perhaps the registry keys it's talking about are file associations?
Since I use gnuclient, I wouldn't want them anyway.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

* Re: How to upgrade from version 20.7
  2004-02-17 21:34     ` kgold
@ 2004-02-18  5:59       ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2004-02-18  5:59 UTC (permalink / raw)


> From: kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold)
> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
> Date: 17 Feb 2004 21:34:07 GMT
> 
> The NTemacs FAQ says:
> 
> 	If you run "addpm.exe", and answer OK to the message box that
> 	pops up then GNU Emacs will be added to your start menu, and
> 	certain registry keys will be created for you. This isn't
> 	compulsorary as in previous releases - so the choice is yours.
> 
> Perhaps the registry keys it's talking about are file associations?

No, the registry entries describe where Emacs should find its files.
But since the code now has improved algorithms for finding them, the
role of addpm is greatly diminished, in most installations it is not
needed anymore.

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread

end of thread, other threads:[~2004-02-18  5:59 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2004-02-13 19:44 How to upgrade from version 20.7 David
2004-02-13 22:11 ` kgold
2004-02-14 18:51   ` Kai Grossjohann
2004-02-15  6:38     ` Harald Maier
2004-02-17 21:34     ` kgold
2004-02-18  5:59       ` Eli Zaretskii

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for read-only IMAP folder(s) and NNTP newsgroup(s).