From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bjoern Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Help - can't associate files on Windows XP? Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:12:18 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1063408850 26129 80.91.224.253 (12 Sep 2003 23:20:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:20:50 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 13 01:20:48 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19xxDc-00084N-00 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2003 01:20:48 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 19xxCK-0006pk-DP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:19:28 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!129.187.19.220!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 28 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.187.19.220 Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1063408272 24385843 129.187.19.220 (16 [142197]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030718 X-Accept-Language: en, en-us In-Reply-To: Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116577 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12499 Uwe Siart wrote: > Bjoern wrote: > >> I'm using emacs 21.3 for Win32, but ever since I upgraded to 21.3 (I >> think, although I am not too sure about the exact timing), I have been >> unable to associate files with emacs. The 'open with' dialog doesn't >> accept runemacs as input. > > > Well, I don't know why your OS does not accept any arbitrary program as > application for 'open'. I'm rinning W2k and I don't face problems of > this kind at all. But anyway, to associate files with Emacs, you should It used to work for me before, too. I'm not sure why it doesn't anymore. > consider using gnuserv and consequently better associate files to > gnuclient. runemacs will start a new emacs process anytime you call it > while gnuclient picks the file, loading it in a new buffer of an already > running emacs. Much more convenient and 'emacs-like'. I'll try that again too (along with learning more about how the registry works). I guess it would still be possible to start a second standalone emacs by just calling runemacs directly? Bjoern