Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 1997 16:17:48 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Gregary J Boyles <boylesgj AT lion DOT cs DOT latrobe DOT edu DOT au>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Emacs problem.
In-Reply-To:	<5c6i5b$cru@lion.cs.latrobe.edu.au>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970128161521.11810A-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On 23 Jan 1997, Gregary J Boyles wrote:

> However emacs will not start up - all I get is a bit of a flash of white
> and then it craps out.
> 
> The faqs etc don't seem to cover this problem. Does any one have any
> suggestions?

Do you work from Windows 95?  If so, did you unzip the package with an 
unzip program which supports long filenames?  That's what the file 
emacs.README (called README.dos in the distribution) explains in so many 
words.  You might consider reading it again.

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