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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:53:41 -0600
From:	Rob Cupples <cyclone AT ghg DOT net>
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Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: New installation problem with environment and emacs.
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Rob Cupples wrote:
> 
> > SET DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> > SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> > rem *** djgpp settings ***
> >
> > I also tried reversing the two lines since I don't know much
> > about conversing in autoexec.bat-speak.  When I comment the
> > lines out and reboot again, emacs does work.
> 
> You need to set LFN=y in the environment before running Emacs (e.g.,
> add a line which says "set LFN=y" after the above two lines in your
> AUTOEXEC.BAT).  Evidently, you didn't disable the Windows numeric
> tails (see section 8.2 in the DJGPP FAQ list) before unzipping the
> Emacs distribution, which results in an installation that will only
> work when long file names are supported.

Thank You!

Rob

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