Re: [h-e-w] Emacs 21.2 on Windows XP

[Paul Whitfield]

Jim Philippou wrote:
> I just downloaded the latest version of Emacs. I'm running Windows XP 
> for my OS on a Pentium 4 w/ 512 megs of memory. I get the following 
> error when the program runs:
>
> (C:\Program Files\emacs-21.2\bin\emacs.exe) [2 times]
> x-complement-fontset-spec: Wrong type argument: stringp, nil

I have run emacs on XP (Home) with no dramas.

Try emacs -q

To run without loading the local .emacs / .emacs.el file.

If this works the problem is in your .emacs / .emacs.el file.




If this does not work then, I suspect that it does not like a font 
string in your registry.

(From the FAQ)
Registry
    To change the default font of Emacs frames using registry entries, 
create a value in the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\Emacs:

        Value Name: Emacs.Font
        Value Type: REG_SZ
        String: -*-Courier-normal-r-*-*-13-*-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1


I have had a problem when I copied a font string that worked to a
system with a different DPI value.

Find and remove the offending registry entry.

> Any suggestions...

Just those two

> Jim



Regards

Paul