Message-ID: <34B95B85.197D@ghg.net> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:53:41 -0600 From: Rob Cupples Reply-To: cyclone AT ghg DOT net Organization: Me, Myself, and I. MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: New installation problem with environment and emacs. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: max6-34.ghg.net Lines: 23 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Rob Cupples wrote: > > > SET DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV > > SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH% > > rem *** djgpp settings *** > > > > I also tried reversing the two lines since I don't know much > > about conversing in autoexec.bat-speak. When I comment the > > lines out and reboot again, emacs does work. > > You need to set LFN=y in the environment before running Emacs (e.g., > add a line which says "set LFN=y" after the above two lines in your > AUTOEXEC.BAT). Evidently, you didn't disable the Windows numeric > tails (see section 8.2 in the DJGPP FAQ list) before unzipping the > Emacs distribution, which results in an installation that will only > work when long file names are supported. Thank You! Rob