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: OK -- I accept your advice to PC-install the "native" emacs. Please, EXACT instructions Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:15:01 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1223350892 32033 80.91.229.12 (7 Oct 2008 03:41:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 03:41:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 07 05:42:30 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kn3Sv-0002Yf-2z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:42:29 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45270 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kn3Rr-0003sL-8q for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:41:23 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:14:47 -0500 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 68 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.45.140.18 Original-X-Trace: sv3-FZIGc113T2tHZiwVVz6AXmNBqjqbFwmAF9JLu9EdOF4/CA+RG66kQ83w9gyqkOWsTOXIqTPOSf2RCG5!+8QK/Dp9VUWu+W7q/L0vvFclD8m/VhmSIM5Z0PEV+wG4WLqK0s6YcnnWldJXaB7wEM17OimN803J!MQhPeqewtrv57KeavJ+ih5bqhNI/oA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:163120 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:58463 Archived-At: David Combs wrote: > OK, I want to truy the native emacs (on the PC) (I have cygwin there already). > > Since it isn't my own computer, but my wife's, which she depends > on absolutely for her work (web-site design), I want to get > instructions from the horse's mouth(s). > > Also, note that it'll be she who does the physical install. > > > 1: I already have cygwin installed -- > > AND ALSO ITS OWN EMACS. (which I've been playing with -- > am tired of that narrow black-window -- am used on my computer > with full-screen emacs, of course). > > 2: So, must the CURRENT emacs be removed, or can it just stay there? No, it can stay but you may have to adjust your path enviroment variable depending on how you invoke emacs. I have two shortcuts on desktop to native binaries, one emacsq with target: C:\Emacs\bin\runemacs.exe -Q and another emacs with target: C:\Emacs\bin\runemacs.exe > > > 3: if it has to be removed, how to do it? > > (note, it was installed along with the cygwin stufff, > by simply answering yes to its emacs-instal question). > > > 4: EXACT URL where the native-emacs is. No, I don't want > to rely on google -- you guys know EXACTLY which I should use! http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-22.3-bin-i386.zip or possibly more stable: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-22.2-bin-i386.zip Unzip with absolute paths option. > > (no chance for screwup!) :-) Your mileage may vary. > > 5: anything else? Yes. ;-) > > > THANKS! > > > David > > > >