From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs Installer for MS Windows Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:16:57 +0300 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <01c48a5a$Blat.v2.2.2$819175e0@zahav.net.il> References: <1B3ACCFD5694A94DBA4E231402B0E9ED2462CA@mucmail1.sdm.de> <76C9DE70-F613-11D8-B60C-00039390AB82@mac.com> <7F3348D4-F632-11D8-B60C-00039390AB82@mac.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093407746 13024 80.91.224.253 (25 Aug 2004 04:22:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 04:22:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, klaus.berndl@sdm.de, list@dhruva.fastmail.fm, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 25 06:22:18 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BzpIg-0004q9-00 for ; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:22:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BzpND-00060y-It for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:26:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BzpN7-00060t-VX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:26:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BzpN6-00060h-3T for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:26:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BzpN5-00060e-VU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:26:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.24] (helo=legolas.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BzpIN-0000sG-Of for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 00:22:00 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski ([80.230.149.106]) by legolas.inter.net.il (MOS 3.4.6-GR) with ESMTP id CJC93711 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:21:51 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Steven Tamm X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.2.2 In-reply-to: <7F3348D4-F632-11D8-B60C-00039390AB82@mac.com> (message from Steven Tamm on Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:02:55 -0700) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26472 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26472 > From: Steven Tamm > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:02:55 -0700 > > Some people on the list may express a preference to do the same thing > either with: > "C:\program files\GNU Emacs" or > "C:\program files\GNU\Emacs" or > "C:\program files\Emacs". > Others may think it's a bad idea. The point was not to distinguish > flavours of Emacs; there is only one Visual Studio and only one > Firefox. It's a stylistic decision that should be made explicitly, as > opposed to being stumbled upon. Microsoft's Installer SDK doesn't > describe what to do (although it is adamant about putting it in > ProgramFiles). > > It seems based on the feedback (or is that smackdown) that > %PROGRAM_FILES%\Emacs is the location that causes the least discomfort. > > Right? Just "Emacs" and "XEmacs" is distinctive enough, I think.