From: pho AT rohan DOT sdsu DOT edu (ho)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: emacs does nothing
Date: 19 Dec 1996 06:03:48 GMT
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In article <01bbeaa8$f4546ec0$36d31ccf AT solomon DOT nwciowa DOT edu>,
John Hitchcock <jhitchco AT nwciowa DOT edu> wrote:
>I downloaded the emacs binaries from ftp.simtel.net along with djgpp.  The
>first time I ran emacs it worked.  But ever since it has done nothing.  It
>just returns to the command prompt with no message.  I've downloaded it
>again and I tried to reinstall it.  But still nothing.
>
>I have Windows 95 with 24MB RAM.

I had a similar problem.  Emacs would return to the command prompt when 
launched from a DOS window in Windows 95.  The fix was to have the 
environment variable LFN=Y.  You can either put "SET LFN=Y" in your 
AUTOEXEC.BAT or type "SET LFN=Y" from the command prompt.