TonyMc <af...@btinternet.com> writes: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:53:07 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >>I had a read of the setup instructions for emacs on windows and >>unfortunately so many of them involve modifying the windows registry. A >>very experienced software specialist told me it's best never to use >>software that requires these modifications because sooner rather than >>later windows will crash and then the whole mess has to be reinstalled >>after that. He had no idea about xemacs but he told me emacs and windows >>do not live happily on machines together. So I'm wondering if xemacs >>might end up being any better and figured this being the closest list to >>emacs support I'm on that actually works to ask this question here. > > Not sure where you got your info, but it is misleading and should not > put you off. "Installing" GNU Emacs on Windows involves unzipping a > directory tree, that is all. Download emacs-23.4-bin-i386.zip and > unzip it to e.g. the root of the C: drive. Then you can run emacs as > C:\emacs-23.4\bin\runemacs.exe.
I agree that no registry changes should be/are required. I use windows at work with an unzipped emacs and I've never touched the registry. Regards, Bernt
