Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/01/13/22:17:31
Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net> wrote:
: Very true. In my case, however, I use DOS and Windows 3.1 both frequently,
: and when I shell from Emacs and then forget what I've done and try to run
: Windows, it doesn't work quite right. Then when I exit Windows and try to
: exit the DOS shell, Emacs crashes with a "Double Fault" message. It does not
: surprise or bother me that Windows under Emacs doesn't work; I just tend to
: forget and try to do it.
Hello, there, and thanks for a great example of something I wouldn't have
anticipated, but which Windows users may find a helpful caution.
My usual goof is somehow shelling out of Emacs, doing other things, and
then starting another Emacs session without realizing that I'm still in
one <grin>. When I start getting strange PostScript interpreter errors or
weirdly slow performance, and then run mem, I realize that I have two
copies of Emacs loaded! Fortunately, this problem is easy to correct.
: So I've gotten used to exiting Emacs when I want to use DOS. I'm now trying
: to wean myself of the habit for Unix. :)
In Unix, I'd probably want to get in the habit of starting Emacs and just
taking it for granted from that point on. "General computing environment,"
indeed.
And thanks to RMS, Eli, you, and the many others who make it possible.
: Nate Eldredge
: eldredge AT ap DOT net
Most appreciatively,
Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net
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