Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 13:25:55 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: no GUD from emacs in DOS...how debug?
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On Tue, 13 Jan 1998, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> It does not surprise or bother me that Windows under Emacs doesn't
> work; I just tend to forget and try to do it.

Been there, done that.  Two suggestions:

     1) Type "exit [Enter]" when in doubt, before running anything
        heavy like Emacs or Windows.  In the first copy of the shell,
        it doesn't do anything, so it should be harmless.

     2) Make the Emacs `suspend-hook' function rename win.com to
        something else, and `suspend-resume-hook' to rename it back.
        When you see that "Bad command or file name" message, you will
        know.

(Running Emacs under another Emacs should not do any harm, it just pages 
like heck on memory-starved systems.)

Btw, if you launch Windows a lot, why not launch it right from the
start and use a separate DOS box for command-line tasks?  Does Emacs
crash on Windows or something?