Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 19:23:04 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "J. Ellis" <cellis AT voyageur DOT ca>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Emacs or RHide
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On Sun, 11 May 1997, J. Ellis wrote:

> > What exactly does ``refuses to even run'' mean?  Please tell what happens
> > when you try to run Emacs after installing DJGPP.
> 
> Well, after installing DJGPP, Emacs just completely will not run.  When
> I attempt to excecute it, a message is displayed (and erased before I
> can read it) and the program finishes.

That's most probably because DJGPP by default disables long filenames 
support, and Emacs needs to see specific files at startup.  If you set 
LFN=y from the DOS box before running Emacs, it will work (and you also 
get long filenames with DJGPP programs).

> But, coming from a DOS
> background, I think I'll stick to RHIDE.  I don't understand UNIX enough
> to use Emacs

There's nothing Unix-specific in Emacs.  I use it all the time, and 99% 
of my chores are done on MS-DOS.  But chosing an editor is very personal, 
so I won't even try to convince you.