Rex Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I am now once again trying to use the msi-installer of w32-emacs. I am, however, not sure how to use it and what to install.
What I would like to obtain is to have emacs in a central place and let users use the program with or without customization and with or without external programs, but without having access to write on the C drive. The installation in c:\program files\emacs is fine as long as this will be possible. Unfortunately, I cannot get it to work. When I run the user-init-file is not set. It is nil. Why is this? Is upstart options, a leftover from a previous install (I think everything was deleted from the registry), or a bug? If I add: ; Brian's suggestions (setenv "HOME" (getenv "USERPROFILE")) (cd (getenv "USERPROFILE")) (setq user-init-file (concat (getenv "HOME") "\\_emacs")) I get a user-init-file where expected, but it has to be read manually by load-file. why? The directory structure confuses me. Under the emacs directory I have three dirs: emacs-21.3, setup and site-lisp. Under emacs-21.3 there is another site-lisp, which seems to be the one that is actually used. What is the separate one doing? Both under emacs-21.3 and setup there are bin, etc, lisp. They don't contain the same, but as far as I can guess they are both in use. What is the point in this distinction? Have I installed too much? > Why is this needed exactly? Is there a bug in the stock Emacs wrt this? I see your points in this reply from May, but I have no other way for the moment. -- Brian (remove the sport for mail) http://www.et.web.mek.dtu.dk/Staff/be/be.html http://www.rugbyklubben-speed.dk
