From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: multiple Emacs versions on w32 Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:37:01 GMT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Message-ID: <1akTf.14858$S25.2275@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142804422 20661 80.91.229.2 (19 Mar 2006 21:40:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 21:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 19 22:40:22 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FL5dL-0003KQ-D4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 22:40:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FL5dK-0000VA-TJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:40:18 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!207.69.154.102.MISMATCH!elnk-atl-nf2!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.atl.earthlink.net!newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net.POSTED!0847253b!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 76 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 4.159.32.32 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net Original-X-Trace: newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net 1142804221 4.159.32.32 (Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:37:01 PST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 13:37:01 PST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:138275 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:33890 Archived-At: "Eli Zaretskii" wrote in message news:mailman.7.1142594542.3794.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > > From: "B. T. Raven" > > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 17:22:41 GMT > > > > ii. I tried to report bugs to the address published in emacs itself > > (emacs-devel@gnu.org), but nothing happened and then to the ng > > gnu.emacs.bugs but my posting didn't appear there either. Finally Eli had > > to send me instructions on how to install an msw version of gdb so that I > > could start emacs in that environment. The bottom line is that I don't > > know enough yet to start reporting bugs. This msw98 os seems to be held > > together with spit and string and my reporting of symptoms would be too > > nebulous to be of any help to the developers. All I know is that the > > system either bluescreens or blackscreens about 10 times more frequently > > with 22 running than with 21. > > The only report from you I found in emacs-devel archives was from 2 > weeks ago, and it talked about Windows 2000 on a Compaq E500, not > about Windows 98. (On the contrary, you said that on Windows 98 Emacs > does run well.) > > In response I gave you directions to where you could download GDB and > asked for more details. You never followed up, so I really cannot see > how could I help more. > > So ``I reported but nothing happened'' is hardly a fair description of > that event. > > If you do have more details, by all means post them to emacs-devel, > and I'm sure someone will respond and try to help. > > > iii. emacs-build-time for ver. 22 is (17372 40543 497000) if that's any > > help. > > Unless I'm mistaken, this is about 45 days ago. I don't think Emacs > 22 was so flaky then, but if you can build the latest CVS version, > please try. > > But the really useful information would be to tell what are you doing > when Emacs crashes. Also, perhaps try selectively commenting out > parts of your .emacs and see if that helps. For starters, launch > "emacs -q" and see how long it manages to stay alive. If there are > significant differences in stability between "emacs -q" and the normal > session, the key to unlocking this mystery is in some package you load > in your .emacs or some feature you turn on there. > > > The only (maybe) thing that doesn't work is the working directory > > specified in the shortcut to the emacs2.bat file. default-directory > > is set to HOME rather than this document subdirectory. > > You can control this in the shortcut's Properties. > > > emac1.bat works correctly it even uses use-file-dialog correctly, > > which 22.0.50.1 doesn't do. > > The file dialog does work for me in Emacs 22 (on Windows XP). So this > sounds like another bug, perhaps specific to your machine's setup. > Please report it. > > Thanks, Eli. Please don't tell me to build anything. I think I once got a clean compile of the hello.c example from Kernigan and Ritchie but I'm not sure. After running Norton Utilities and then re-booting I don't experience the aforesaid flakiness. I may have too many things running at the same time. Ed.