From: Boon van der RJ <rjvdboon AT galjas DOT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: emacs returns to MS-DOS prompt
Date: 12 Oct 1998 14:40:31 GMT
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
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Arild Hestvik <arild AT vega DOT uib DOT no> wrote:
> If I boot Win95, it runs (i) by double-clicking on the icon, a DOS-
> window is started then, or (ii) by starting it from the MS-DOS prompt
> in the MS-DOS window under Win95. No problem.

> It is only when I boot the machine into MS-DOS prompt only, that
> when I start emacs it starts and immediately returns to the MS-DOS
> prompt. I have set LFN=Y and LFN=N, none seem to help.

This is probably because you unzipped with LFN's, but didn't set
NameNumericTail=0 in your registry. You will see files ending in
~1.el[c] in your lisp-dir. This problem is explained in the FAQ,
follow the directions in section 22.18, delete the emacs files, and
reinstall emacs.

hth,
 Robert.
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