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From: "Matthew Mucklo" <mmucklo AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Need help with DOS Emacs
Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 23:19:36 -0700
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That works!!  Thanks!!!

--Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: "Matthew Mucklo" <mmucklo AT hotmail DOT com>
Cc: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: Need help with DOS Emacs


>
> On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Matthew Mucklo wrote:
>
> > I just installed DJGPP on dos 6.22.  When I try to run emacs, it comes
up
> > all garbled with <CM> tags all over the place.  Anyone know a quick fix
to
> > this problem?
>
> Yes.
>
> > I run emacs by typing: c:\djgpp\gnu\emacs\bin\emacs -nw
>
> Drop that "-nw" switch: that's what causes you the trouble.  The DJGPP
> port of Emacs doesn't need that switch; it exists only for special cases
> like for blind people who need to use Emacs in conjunction with a speech
> synthesizer.  Using -nw requires you to have a real termcap entry
> installed on your machine, something most DOS installation don't have.
> AND you lose the colors.  So just drop -nw, and live happily ever after.


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