Steve> [1 <text/plain>] Steve> The FAQ said to post this to xemacs-beta-request, but that alias Steve> does not seem to exist. I apologize for posting the list directly. Steve> ... Steve> Can you please direct me to the appropriate INSTALL or README.INSTALL? Steve> I downloaded Xemacs 20 from the ftp site and WinZip7.0 extracted it Steve> into c:\bin\Xemacs. I can't get it to start. I've been thru the FAQ. Steve> The backgraound of this is that I am a long time emacs and gnuemacs user Steve> and am wanting to try out Xemacs to see which I like best. I currently Steve> have NtEmacs installed and running (I have clipped in the 'set' output Steve> following the command line output. Steve> --Steve Grout Steve> Sematech Steve> ------------------------------ Steve> C:\bin\Xemacs\bin\i686-pc-cygwin32>xemacs -q -no-site-file > startup-ab Steve> WARNING: Steve> Couldn't find an obvious default for the root of the Steve> XEmacs hierarchy. Steve> WARNING: Steve> Couldn't find obvious defaults for: Steve> doc-directory Steve> data-directory Steve> exec-directory Steve> Perhaps some directories don't exist, or the XEmacs executable, Steve> /bin/Xemacs/bin/i686-pc-cygwin32/xemacs.exe Steve> is in a strange place? Steve> C:\bin\Xemacs\bin\i686-pc-cygwin32>dir Steve> Volume in drive C has no label. Steve> Volume Serial Number is C047-32FA Could you post the output of xemacs -debug-paths ? -- Cheers =8-} Chipsy Friede, Völkerverständigung und überhaupt blabla