From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: multiple Emacs versions on w32 Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:27:50 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1142450905 8577 80.91.229.2 (15 Mar 2006 19:28:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 19:28:25 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 15 20:28:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbfF-0003rX-1a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:28:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbfE-0005mf-IV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:28:08 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbf4-0005lU-8m for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:27:58 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbf2-0005jq-SQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:27:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FJbf2-0005jn-KO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:27:56 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.17] (helo=gandalf.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FJbjW-0000AH-Mf for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 14:32:34 -0500 Original-Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id IDW03652; Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:27:46 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-28-233.inter.net.il [80.230.28.233]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CXB38448 (AUTH halo1); Wed, 15 Mar 2006 21:27:44 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (ecinmn@peoplepc.com) 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:33809 Archived-At: > From: "B. T. Raven" > Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 15:59:37 GMT > > I am using both 21.3 and 22.0.50.1 on the same machine (w32-msw98). > Autoexec.bat has "set HOME=d:\emacs"; emacs 21.3 is in d:\emacs\emacs21.3 > and the cvs version is in e:\emacs\emacs. Both start with --debug-init > which doesn't report any problems. Since the .emacs is in the home > directory, the two versions are stomping all over each other. Why would you need two versions of Emacs on the same machine? If that's because the CVS version crashes, then (a) report the crashes, and (b) don't use the CVS version until the crashes are fixed. > Is there any way that I can parameterize the invocation of the two > versions or at least set them up so as to allow each one to load its > own separate version of the dotemacs? One way to do that is to have 2 batch files that set HOME (each one to a different place) before they run runemacs.exe. > For now I use the cvs version only for its more complete > documentation and for tutorial purposes since it won't run for > longer than a couple of hours without causing a segmentation fault. I use the CVS version exclusively, and it runs for weeks without crashing. So please report the crashes (to emacs-devel@gnu.org), because they shouldn't happen.