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On my linux box, I use "emacs -nw ..." in an xterm window when I want to 
run emacs in _that window_.  Without the "-nw," it starts up the 
Xwindow'ed version.  I also run it this way on the consoles.

					-Phil

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 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.
>