> From: Rob Davenport <rob.davenp...@us.abb.com> > CC: "rob.davenp...@gmail.com" <rob.davenp...@gmail.com>, "lek...@gmail.com" > <lek...@gmail.com>, "d...@austin.rr.com" <d...@austin.rr.com>, > "help-emacs-windows@gnu.org" <help-emacs-windows@gnu.org> > Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 21:46:06 +0000 > I was surprised as well. Launched Emacs via command-line runemacs, then > pinned, and saw Explorer.exe process open and read the GNU Emacs.lnk in the > Start Menu before creating the Emacs.lnk in the taskbar user-pinned > directory. Changing the AppID in the Start Menu shortcut changed the value > in the pinned shortcut. When it was "GNU.Emacs" in the Start Menu, it > created lnk with "GNU.Emacs" in pinned directory. When I changed the Start > Menu app id to something else, it did *not* put the app id in the pinned > shortcut (it was then blank).
One more reason to not use addpm, if you ask me. And thanks for the information about this misfeature of Windows 10. > > No, it doesn't add environment variables. It adds Registry keys that serve > > the same duty. > > No, environment variables *are* registry entries. And it does add > environment variables - cf. the env_vars array in addpm.c. These variables are added to the Registry as entries for Emacs to read. They are not added to the Registry in a way that would push them into the environment of the Emacs process; Emacs does that itself in its application code during startup. > I'm still working on getting a MinGW environment set up (any > pointers to good setup instructions?). See nt/INSTALL in the Emacs source tree. > > I want addpm gone, so I'd rather not advertise it too much. > > So you feel *all* integration with Windows (shortcuts, env vars, registry > settings (beyond env.vars - like context menu integration), taskbar > integration, etc.) should not be anywhere in Emacs itself, but solely > documented for users to locate and apply by hand? I can understand the > separation, but I do like a standard way to do said integration (with support > for removing it). In my experience, these features are very rarely used and almost completely unknown to users. Keeping them is a maintenance burden that is hardly justified by its use.
