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Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 12:22:24 +0100
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Subject: Re: emacs in its own window
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Gus K:
> I installed the X server and i get an xterm window
> I type emacs& but emacs doesnt start

You've started the terminal version of emacs, which just stays quiet
if you put it into the background with '&'. Just omit the '&'.

(Or, as Ken said, install the X version of emacs and invoke it as emacs-X11.)

Andy

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