Date:	Mon, 17 Nov 1997 13:53:48 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	"John M. Hosack" <hosack AT alumnae DOT caltech DOT edu>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Q: DJGPP Emacs in Win95
In-Reply-To:	<64p2r2$1ku@gap.cco.caltech.edu>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971117134251.3009B-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 17 Nov 1997, John M. Hosack wrote:

> (1) When I  try to run ISPELL from within EMACS I get the
> error message: Symbol's function definition is void: start-process
> How can this be fixed?

It can't be fixed, sorry.  Integrated spelling support requires to run
Ispell asynchronously, which isn't supported in the DJGPP version (since
DOS doesn't support multiprocessing). 

> (2) The text cursor is the underline cursor "_".  I prefer a block
> cursor. How can this be changed?

There's no such functionality in Emacs, even on Unix/X-Windows.  But 
since Emacs doesn't change the cursor shape, you should be able to change 
it by running an external program (it's a simple call to a video BIOS 
function) before starting Emacs.

I never tried to dig, but it might be that Windows 95 lets you change the 
cursor shape of the DOS box.

> (3) When I start Help/Browse Manuals and do: mEmacs<return> I get
> the message: no such node Top.  Since at that point I am at the
> Top node, I do not understand what the problem is.

Yes, you are at the Top node, but that's the Top node of the file DIR 
(the modeline should say "(DIR)Top").  What you want is to get to 
"(emacs)Top", which is the top node if the Emacs manual.

What is the date of the em1934b.zip file that you downloaded?  There was 
a bug in the previous binary release that would cause such problems, but 
the latest release (dated 27 Oct 97 or later) should not have them.

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