From: rvmolen@bambecksystems.com (Richard V. Molen)
Subject: Re: newbie install question
Date: 18 Nov 2002 12:07:27 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u3cpyy740.fsf@bambecksystems.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.1037644786.3925.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Marty Landman <marty@face2interface.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I d/l'd emacs-20.7.tar.gz from download.com, wanting to install this
> on a W95 box. When I open it using Iceows I get emacs-20.7.tar and
> when I open that file using Iceows I get 2,051 files totalling 52.1 MB.
>
> After selecting them all and attempting to extract it goes so slowly
> that it is not practical to do. Is there something I'm doing wrong
> here? How long should it take to extract emacs from the windows binary?
My guess is that iceows does not properly support GNU zip.
Here is a wonderful FAQ on getting started with Emacs on M$ platforms.
www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/big.html
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