Hi Mark. I think I have exactly the setup you're asking for. I am using the official emacs 22 binaries for windows from gnu.org, along with gnuclient/gnuserv. I recently tried "upgrading" to the built-in emacsclient/emacsserver, and ran into a bunch of issues, so I went back.
I think the version of gnuclient/gnuserv I'm using came from http://www.wyrdrune.com/Files/gnuserv.zip. The configuration is exactly the same as it's been for ages. No changes for emacs 22, certainly, and probably the same since 19.x, though I don't remember for sure. HTH. Eli Daniel On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Mark Ludwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lennart, et al., > > I am a professional computer programmer, have been using Emacs for > longer than I care to admit, and had Emacs 19 or 20 working well on my > previous Windows Laptop (including the "Edit with Emacs" entry on the > Windows Explorer shortcut menu via a Registry entry I entered manually) > using Emacs client/server technology. That setup worked, so there was a > single executing instance of Emacs that got started via "Edit with > Emacs" only if necessary. > > I can't seem to get Emacs 22 to sit up and perform the same way, and I > don't want all the command switching that I seem to be forced into if I > take EmacsW32. I just want "Edit with Emacs" and file associations to > work again. My Emacs 19/20 environment used gnuserv if I recall > correctly (the disk was dying after I got my user data off it). > > I can get emacsclient/emacsserver to work for "Edit with Emacs" once > Emacs is running, but can't get it to start the first time. How do I do > this? Can EmacsW32 be configured to leave the keyboard alone? I know > it's confusing -- and even occasionally find myself scrolling forward > when I want to paste -- but I use Emacs on UNIX for work, too, so my > fingers mostly know the original key bindings. > > (The solution to starting Emacs the first time using > emacsclient/emacsserver on UNIX leverages the ALTERNATE_EDITOR > environmental variable, a concept that does not exist on Windows, as far > as I know.) > > Thanks! > > Mark Ludwig > > -- > "I didn't care where Hemingway drank > or Alice B. Toklas had her moustache trimmed." > -- David Sedaris, touring Paris > > > >
