Re: newbie install question

[Richard V. Molen]

Marty Landman <marty@face2interface.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I d/l'd emacs-20.7.tar.gz from download.com, wanting to install this
> on a W95 box. When I open it using Iceows I get emacs-20.7.tar and
> when I open that file using Iceows I get 2,051 files totalling 52.1 MB.
> 
> After selecting them all and attempting to extract it goes so slowly
> that it is not practical to do. Is there something I'm doing wrong
> here? How long should it take to extract emacs from the windows binary?

My guess is that iceows does not properly support GNU zip.

Here is a wonderful FAQ on getting started with Emacs on M$ platforms.

www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/big.html

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Richard V. Molen

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