From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: w32 does not have emacsclient/server - getting paper size Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:48:00 +0300 Message-ID: References: <42D75F2C.3040303@student.lu.se> <85zmso79mt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <42D7AA3E.7040508@student.lu.se> <85ll48tfct.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <42D7B125.6030102@student.lu.se> <854qawt85l.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <42D7EB78.9050901@student.lu.se> <85ll48rnzt.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <42D7F881.2080302@student.lu.se> <42D82D20.2030505@student.lu.se> <857jfrrap4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <42D83525.9090608@student.lu.se> <85y887pulr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1121507516 31891 80.91.229.2 (16 Jul 2005 09:51:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:51:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: lennart.borgman.073@student.lu.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 16 11:51:52 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtjKZ-0008SX-MP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:51:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtjMO-0001XS-Ts for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:53:28 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DtjLa-0001PK-QF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:52:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DtjLT-0001MS-Us for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:52:32 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DtjLT-0001M3-RQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:52:31 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DtjPc-0002C0-2K; Sat, 16 Jul 2005 05:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-54-157.inter.net.il [80.230.54.157]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id BWA86060 (AUTH halo1); Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:48:00 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: David Kastrup In-reply-to: <85y887pulr.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (message from David Kastrup on Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:33:52 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:40983 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:40983 > From: David Kastrup > Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 00:33:52 +0200 > Cc: Emacs Devel , Jason Rumney > > > Ghostscript is not installed that way on w32. It is not supposed to > > be find in the PATH. That is because the w32 "architecture" is > > different. You can only find Ghostscript through the registry (or > > searching the whole disk ;-) > > Does not sound too intelligent. The fact that it's different from the Posix paradigm does not mean it's not intelligent. Modifying global environment variables has its drawbacks.