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[h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer
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Rex Dieter |
Subject: |
[h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format |
Date: |
Fri, 29 Apr 2005 06:54:46 -0500 |
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Brian Elmegaard wrote:
> Rex Dieter <address@hidden> writes:
>>Not environment variable, but registry setting in
>>HKLM/Software/Gnu/Emacs
>>(or HKCU/Software/Gnu/Emacs if not admin)
> So this is the reason. Why does emacs use registry variables on
> windows? Why does it have to be so difficult to find these global
> settings in windows? (Not blaming you for these of course.)
AFAIK, that's just how the Windows port of Emacs works. Not sure
why/how you see that as difficult.
>>For this last bit, perhaps a lisp guru here can help me try to use the
>>env variable %PROGRAMFILES% or at least %SYSTEMDRIVE% instead of
>>hard-coding c:/Program Files.
> Maybe this is where I can make just a minor contribution:
> (getenv "PROGRAMFILES")
Thanks, how do I reference this new variable it in lisp code? Like any
other lisp variable? (Sorry, I'm *very* new to this lisp stuff, and am
only drawing on working lisp examples and my general programming
experience from my undergraduate days).
-- Rex
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, (continued)
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Brian Elmegaard, 2005/04/27
- Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/27
- Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/27
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in MicrosoftInstaller (.msi) format, Neil J Mackie, 2005/04/28
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Brian Elmegaard, 2005/04/28
- Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/28
- [h-e-w] Emacs-21.3-5 msi installer, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/29
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Brian Elmegaard, 2005/04/28
- Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/28
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Brian Elmegaard, 2005/04/29
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format,
Rex Dieter <=
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Brian Elmegaard, 2005/04/29
- [h-e-w] Re: Emacs-21.3, Macaulay2-0.9.2 packaged in Microsoft Installer (.msi) format, Rex Dieter, 2005/04/29