Date: Wed, 9 Apr 1997 13:14:32 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Dennis Janssen <dennis AT qltel DOT exonet DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: newbie needs help configuring emacs
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On 7 Apr 1997, Dennis Janssen wrote:

> **> When I type "emacs" in a DOS window, something clearly executes
> **> briefly, then I am at the D: prompt again.  No editor comes up.
> 
> I had a simular problem, fixed it by setting putting the following line
> in my AUTOEXEC.BAT
> 
> set go32_v2_debug=y

This has nothing to do with Emacs operation.  This environment
variable is only used by the go32-v2 program, which is not used at
all by Emacs.  I don't know how this setting helped you to make Emacs
run, but it sure as heck did NOT correct the REAL cause of your
trouble.