From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: rahed Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: W3M with Emacs 21.3 under windows XP Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:19:48 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4r5prh78xaf.fsf@one.net> <52f16aba-4d1f-46c9-80b4-77ac1d728b64@k19g2000yqg.googlegroups.com> <5aa5c132-7d93-4af2-b8bc-26077e8297ee@w35g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235643657 18543 80.91.229.12 (26 Feb 2009 10:20:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:20:57 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 26 11:22:12 2009 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 1LcdNK-0007q5-22 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:21:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43828 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LcdLz-0000mN-9m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:20:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LcdLT-0000k5-Ok for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:19:59 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LcdLR-0000hA-JZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:19:58 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60317 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LcdLR-0000gq-8O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:19:57 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:57722 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LcdLQ-0007rf-Uc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:19:57 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1LcdLP-0007ol-5T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:19:55 +0000 Original-Received: from 80.188.171.52 ([80.188.171.52]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:19:55 +0000 Original-Received: from raherh by 80.188.171.52 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:19:55 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.188.171.52 User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.3 (windows-nt) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5KHnlDmwp1u1hxnK5JmXfSPyovg= X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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 X-Spam-Report: 7.0 points; * 0.0 RCVD_BY_IP Received by mail server with no name * -0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record * -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record * 4.0 RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO Received: contains an IP address used for HELO * 3.0 RCVD_IN_BL_SPAMCOP_NET RBL: Received via a relay in bl.spamcop.net * [Blocked - see ] Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:62397 Archived-At: kelsogl writes: > I guess my main problem with telling GNU Emacs where to find the > executable seems to be that I cannot find the executable myself. The > only way I have ever been able to identify a windows executable is by > the tell-tale .exe and I find none of these. At the suggestion of > Chris McMahan I went to http://sourceforge.net/projects/w3m and > downloaded w3m-0.5.2.tar.gz . I then used gunzip and and then tar -x > to decompress the tarball and put it in the directory with my version > 21.3 of emacs. I then attempted to add c:/Program Files/Emacs/ > Emacs-21.3/w3m-0.5.2 to my exec path using the `C-h v' and feeding it > exec-path. When I clicked on the GUI "Save for Future Sessions" I > get another nasty message : Scan error: "Unbalanced parentheses", > 11342, 81754. Even though I got no error when using the "State" GUI > to "save for future sessions". M-x w3m still results in: Install w3m > command in `exec-path' or set `w3m-command' variable correctly. When I > did the "save for future sessions" I expected some magic to cause a > change to my .emacs file but none occurred. What am I doing wrong, or > would it just be easier to tell me if I did anything right? I am afraid this tarrball has to be built. w3m pages say that this appl only works with cygwin on windows platform. -- Radek