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Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts
From: |
Gary Oberbrunner |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts |
Date: |
Tue, 08 May 2012 12:34:00 -0400 (EDT) |
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Drew Adams" <address@hidden>
...
> > I admit the shortcut thing should not irk me as
> > much as it does, but there are too many options for me to
> > always remember, and at least in the old days, it was hard to
> > get exactly right and -a didn't work so you had to write a
> > little .bat file and use that. ...
>
> I understand. But you probably only have to learn _once_ what it is
> that you
> want, and then just repeat that each time afterward. If you always
> use the same
> thing then there is only one thing to remember.
>
> And if you always use the same thing then you can just update your
> existing shortcut to point to the new binary location.
>
> And if the location does not change (e.g. you need only one build)
> then you need
> not do ANYTHING more than unzip the new zip file to the same location
> - your shortcut need not change at all.
Yeah, I should just get over it -- as long as newish builds actually work,
which it sounds like they do (-a is said to work properly now, and probably the
exit status thing is fine).
So, emacs Windows wizards, is the best Emacs shortcut for Windows now just
"emacsclient -na emacs"? Or is it "emacsclientw -na runemacs"?
BTW, the Emacs wiki http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsClient) still suggests
writing a bat file containing "emacsclientw -na runemacs.exe %1" -- from this
discussion, I presume that level of indirection is no longer needed. That
discussion is also scarily confusing even to me, a seasoned Windows and Linux
developer.
Note that if you like to associate file types with emacs, like .txt and so on,
each of those is a separate registry command, so if you move your emacs, you
have to adjust all of them. Or write a bat script and use that. At least I
think this is true. I always keep my emacs in the same place: c:\Program Files
(x86)\Emacs\Emacs. Old versions go in C:\Program Files
(x86)\Emacs\Emacs-24.0.91 and so on. That way they all automatically read my
site-lisp which I keep in c:\Program Files (x86)\Emacs\site-lisp.
> > I admit that although I've been using Emacs since 1982,
> > submitted patches, and written thousands of lines of elisp,
> > I'm at the point now where I just want it to work without
> > fuss on a new machine - my focus is elsewhere. Guess I'm
> > getting lazy. :-)
>
> Again, I'm with you. But you might have fewer surprises by sticking
> with a vanilla GNU Emacs build. Just a suggestion.
You're right -- and I have been running vanilla builds for the last year or so,
since I switched away from W32Emacs. But I admit I'm still running the special
W32-patched emacsclient as my main way of starting emacs. I should wean myself
away from that and start fresh.
> ... Or maybe addpm.exe could create it.
>
> Use `M-x report-emacs-bug' to offer such suggestions to the Emacs
> developers.
> That command is for enhancement requests in addition to bug reports.
Good point. Of course I know how much the Emacs community *loves* to work on
Windows features. :-) But you're right, if I don't ask then it certainly won't
happen.
--
Gary Oberbrunner
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, (continued)
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Matthew Fidler, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Gary Oberbrunner, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Drew Adams, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Lennart Borgman, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Drew Adams, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Matthew Fidler, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Lennart Borgman, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Drew Adams, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Gary Oberbrunner, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Drew Adams, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts,
Gary Oberbrunner <=
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Drew Adams, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Gary Oberbrunner, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Gary Oberbrunner, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Eli Zaretskii, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Matthew Fidler, 2012/05/08
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Ken Goldman, 2012/05/09
- Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Lennart Borgman, 2012/05/09
Re: [h-e-w] EMACSW32 and Windows 7 Win+Arrow Shortcuts, Buchs, Kevin, 2012/05/09