> From: John J. Xenakis <hew...@jxenakis.com> > Cc: jxenakis...@gmail.com > > > Is this a GUI frame or a text-mode (a.k.a. -nw) frame? > > It's a GUI frame. Emacs is invoked with: > > > "DDD1\emacs-25.1.2\bin\runemacs" --no-splash --load DDD2\init.el > > where DDD1 and DDD2 are local directories.
What happens if you invoke it like this (from the cmd.exe prompt): emacs -Q Also, what is the value of w32-use-visible-system-caret? > When I click on Help | About Emacs, I get: > > > GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (i686-w64-mingw32) of 2016-11-15 > > I downloaded the Emacs software on 22-Mar-2017 and installed it on > my Windows 7 system, and reinstalled the same zip file on my Windows > 10 system last year. > > The file that I installed was emacs-25.1-2-i686-w64-mingw32.zip > that I downloaded from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/. > > Looking at that directory now, I see that it has several more recent > subdirectories, and I could upgrade Emacs to any of a number of > different files and versions. What would be the best one? I guess this one: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/emacs-27/emacs-27.1-x86_64.zip