From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unwanted cursor and menu offset/warpage Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:23:43 +0100 Message-ID: <87wp4p9suo.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506191071 28909 195.159.176.226 (23 Sep 2017 18:24:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2017 18:24:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Skip Montanaro Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 23 20:24:21 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dvp6C-0006ml-51 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 20:24:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35736 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvp6I-0006Kt-QW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:24:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60127) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvp5i-0006Kb-S3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:23:51 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvp5f-0001ku-Nb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:23:50 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp09.blacknight.com ([46.22.139.14]:51134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dvp5f-0001kP-DP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 14:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail01.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.10]) by outbound-smtp09.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E28E71C1507 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:23:45 +0100 (IST) Original-Received: (qmail 27873 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2017 18:23:45 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[51.37.105.27]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 23 Sep 2017 18:23:45 -0000 In-Reply-To: (message from Skip Montanaro on Sat, 23 Sep 2017 07:34:09 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 46.22.139.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:114365 Archived-At: Skip Montanaro writes: >> I suggest you switch to using VNC rather than VcXsrv. > > Thanks. Unfortunately, that decision is completely out of my control. > As far as I know, VNC is nowhere to be found where I work, and I can't > take it upon myself to download my own tools. If that's the case you'll have the same problem getting Emacs for MS Windows installed. Then you'll have the same problem installing each of the support programs (e.g. diff, grep, etc). But, if you can install VNC then that's the only program you need. Then you can use all of the tools on *nix side that are already there. Would your IT department be more favourable to allowing you to install half a dozen programs, or only one? Also, do you have to ask your IT department before installing anything? Or, do you have to ask before using a program with an proper installer? The latter scheme is quite common. In that case you shouldn't have any trouble. Emacs, the GNUWin32 tools, Eli's windows ports and RealVNC all install without the use of an installer. BR, Robert Thorpe