AW: [h-e-w] EmacsW32, gnuserv, pathes in .emacs

[C.Strobl]

hello lennart,
thanks and you are right, it works all out of the box. my fault was that i 
installed the whole emacs/emacsw32-package as normal user and not as 
administrator. in this case the installation wizard skips the step with the 
file associations without any warning and i made some mistakes arrange the file 
associations by foot.
also all files open by default in one frame so i could be content. but my last 
question was, because i wasted so much time with this problem and i think it 
will be not the last, exists there any list of all cusomize-options (internet, 
book,...) with short descriptions, for example to find the option  
gnuserv-reuseframe. the option menu is not very clear for me.
christian


-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Lennart Borgman [mailto:address@hidden 
Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. Juli 2006 17:26
An: Strobl, Christian
Cc: address@hidden
Betreff: Re: [h-e-w] EmacsW32, gnuserv, pathes in .emacs

address@hidden wrote:
> dear emacisians,
>  
> probably a simple question, but i am an emacs beginner. i want to use 
> emacs and emacs32w with windows xp. i have installed the package from 
> http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html.
> now i want to open all files in one frame, so i added the following 
> line to the .emacs-file:
>  
> (load "gnuserv")
You should not do this when you use EmacsW32. Gnuserv will be loaded 
automatically. See the EmacsW32 documentation that comes with the installation. 
It is in Emacs menus under "Help - EmacsW32 Introduction" 
and also here: http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32Util.html

> (setq gnuserv-frame t)
Use the variable `gnuserv-reuse-frame' instead. It can be customized. Try

    M-x customize-option RET gnuser-reuse-frame RET

> (gnuserv-start)
You should not do this when you use EmacsW32.

> (setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame))
See above about gnuserv-reuse-frame.

>  
>  
> if i am now starting emacs for example via doubleclicking a txt-file 
> emacs reports the following error-message
>  
> An error has occurred while loading `c:/home/.emacs':
> File error: Searching for program, no such file or directory, gnuserv
>  
> so i copied the bin-folder from the EmacsW32-folder to the bin-folder 
> of the emacs-folder an additionally the file gnuserv.el to the folder 
> ..\emacs\site-lisp an so it works fine.
This error happens because you tried to do more than needed. This should all 
work out of the box if you use the installation program for EmacsW32 (or 
EmacsW32+Emacs).

>  
> now my beginner-question:
>  
> 1) is there any possibility to write the pathes in the .emacs-file, so 
> that i don't have to copy the files
See above.

> 2) generally i didn't find until yet good .emacs-files or tutorials or 
> at least a list with all possible parameters for an emacs-file. maybe 
> anybody could give some hints to me. the
Use Customize. It is in the menus under "Options - Customize Emacs".