Dear Robert,
Thanks for writing.
On 1/19/06, Robert Abad <Robert_Abad(a)trimble.com> wrote:
I recently installed XEmacs v21.4.18 on Windows XP machine using the
Inno-Setup exe program. I believe there are several issues with this
version and its installation:
- Whenever I try to use a Tag Table, it always defaults to C:\TAGS (I
have C:\ set as my startup directory). It doesn't default to the
directory in which I used a shell to create a tags file or the
directory in which I have the currently opened file. This behavior is
very different from v21.4.13 (the previously released windows
version).
I wouldn't expect this to be any different between the versions,
actually. Where a particular TAGS table is found depends on the
setting of the variable tag-table-alist. The info node on 'Selecting
a Tags Table' tries to explain this.
- The installation of 21.4.13 put an entry into the Windows registry
for Path. The installation of 21.4.18 does not do this and I had to
manually edit my PATH variable so that I could access etags.exe from
an XEmacs shell.
I guess I can fix that in the setup kit, but as an old UNIX kind of
guy, fiddling with the PATH always seemed like something to leave up
to the user. I'll think about this.
- (this is more of a nit than a bug) The installation of 21.4.13
acts
like any other windows in that it installs in a directory in
C:\Program Files. Version 21.4.18 instead installs in the root
directory. Is there a particular reason for this?
I have changed the default in the latest setup kit to be more conformant -
x:\Program Files\XEmacs , where x: is the startup drive.
If you want to try out the latest setup kit, you can download it from
ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing/XEmacs%20Setup%2021.4.19-...
PLEASE use unistall to remove the 21.4.18 version BEFORE installing
this new setup kit.
HTH,
Vin
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