From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rvmolen@bambecksystems.com (Richard V. Molen) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: newbie install question Date: 18 Nov 2002 12:07:27 -0800 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1037651246 23467 80.91.224.249 (18 Nov 2002 20:27:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:27:26 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18DsUN-000664-00 for ; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:27:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18DsRk-0006HI-00; Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:24:40 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.iccinternet.com!news.iccinternet.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 14:06:53 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Original-Lines: 23 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.0.189.26 Original-X-Trace: sv3-h2D09EYOHpxvBqs1vJDbConWH2gw4EczvFcQMZha9OfC12hC0GKf0bBKcSh+PJPp3k9JHLlNFTzH/fh!AuxFSnkt+v4KZx3cw/n7HVX6OMx9fSxn1iiMcALdDKZYjmwjMR3ZQ4J9NMrGs/y8y4RNf/oNEoOr Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@iccinternet.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@iccinternet.com 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: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:107168 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3719 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3719 Marty Landman 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 -- Richard V. Molen Warning!! Signature under construction, safety glasses required.