Date:	Wed, 9 Apr 1997 13:14:32 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Dennis Janssen <dennis AT qltel DOT exonet DOT nl>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: newbie needs help configuring emacs
In-Reply-To:	<7c7_9704081427@exonet.nl>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970409131345.3639F-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 7 Apr 1997, Dennis Janssen wrote:

> **> When I type "emacs" in a DOS window, something clearly executes
> **> briefly, then I am at the D: prompt again.  No editor comes up.
> 
> I had a simular problem, fixed it by setting putting the following line
> in my AUTOEXEC.BAT
> 
> set go32_v2_debug=y

This has nothing to do with Emacs operation.  This environment
variable is only used by the go32-v2 program, which is not used at
all by Emacs.  I don't know how this setting helped you to make Emacs
run, but it sure as heck did NOT correct the REAL cause of your
trouble.

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