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RE: Xemacs on Windows
- To: "Rymland, Boaz \(Boaz\)" <brymland(at-nospam)avaya.com>, linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il
- Subject: RE: Xemacs on Windows
- From: Boaz <yboaz(at-nospam)yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 23:40:18 -0800 (PST)
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The status bar as well as the window name show the DOS version of the
file name.
So it's not a problem in the 'save'.
I checked it more thoroughly:
It only happens when I'm right-clicking the file and choosing the
'SendTo' option (I put there a shortcut for the XEmacs).
Boaz.
--- "Rymland, Boaz (Boaz)" <brymland@avaya.com> wrote:
> Hi Boaz (nice name! BTW)
>
> Of course I use Xemacs/emacs on winblows. Are there ANY editors out
> there at all ?... I know non... .
>
> I've used Xemacs on winblows but switched to GNU emacs not long ago.
> It
> simply had many nice Major Modes included, those modes I never had
> the
> time to search and find how to install (on winblows systems). There
> are
> small differences between the Winblows and *nix versions, but most
> are
> neglectable. File completion is really nice (automatic capital
> letters,
> space, etc'). I never saw the problem you mention even though I've
> used
> Xemacs v21.4 (IIRC) on NT and now 2K. Can you see how Xemacs
> identified
> those files? does it put a "DOS mode" or similar string in the status
> area? I'm not sure this is the area to investigate, but perhaps.
> I would have suggested to you to move to GNU emacs. Unless you speak
> Elisp fluently and a true Emacs GURU, I think you'll find them very
> much
> alike... .
> The other useful word I can add here (besides commenting that you
> have a
> beautiful name, which I already said) is that I could recall how I
> managed to change my useless CAPS key into another CONTROL key,
> which,
> as you probably know, the most commonly pressed key for the Emacs
> users... ;-) .
> So, if you wish so, just say so... .
>
> Go for it.
> Another Boaz.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boaz [mailto:yboaz@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 7:54 PM
> To: linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
> Subject: XEmcs on Windows
>
>
> Hi.
> Did anyone here used Xemacs on Windows?
> Any special bugs/problems/features that you encountered?
>
> Specifically:
> I have a problem with long filenames.
> Whenever I open a file, whose name is longer than 8 letters, and then
> save it, The XEmacs convert the file name to the DOS short filenames
> version (########.###).
> Do you know how to fix this?
>
>
> I'm using XEmacs 21.4 and NT-4.0
>
>
> Thanks,
> Boaz.
>
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