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* [Windows] What is the difference between emacs.exe and runemacs.exe?
@ 2004-03-07  3:37 Linux Lover
  2004-03-07 10:53 ` Jason Rumney
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Linux Lover @ 2004-03-07  3:37 UTC (permalink / raw)


Just curious: What is the difference between emacs.exe and
runemacs.exe?

Why not one exec emacs.exe and that's it? I am aware of the addpm.exe
which is supposed to "install" emacs in the registry, but then why
runemacs.exe?

Thanks,
Lynn

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* Re: [Windows] What is the difference between emacs.exe and runemacs.exe?
  2004-03-07  3:37 [Windows] What is the difference between emacs.exe and runemacs.exe? Linux Lover
@ 2004-03-07 10:53 ` Jason Rumney
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jason Rumney @ 2004-03-07 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw)


linuxlover992000@yahoo.com (Linux Lover) writes:

> Just curious: What is the difference between emacs.exe and
> runemacs.exe?

emacs.exe works in both console and GUI mode. To do this, it is
marked as a console program as far as Windows is concerned, so
Windows will open a command-prompt window when it is launched from
Explorer.

runemacs.exe is a GUI program, so no ugly console, and its purpose is
to launch emacs.exe with the command-prompt window hidden.

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