RE: [h-e-w] File associations with gnuserv

[Underwood, Jonathan]

Yep, they are actually scripts which call the registry command as far as i
can make out. Useful webpage about ftype and assoc:
http://www.ss64.demon.co.uk/nt/ftype.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Rancier [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: June 4, 2002 1:13 PM
> To: Sprenger, Karel; Underwood, Jonathan; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [h-e-w] File associations with gnuserv
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Are ftype and assoc part of the MS command processor?  I 
> can't seem to find
> them on my XP Pro system (although they work fine).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sprenger, Karel" <address@hidden>
> To: "Underwood, Jonathan" <address@hidden>;
> <address@hidden>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 2:59 AM
> Subject: RE: [h-e-w] File associations with gnuserv
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > If you are running under NT or W2K you can use the ftype and assoc
> commands, and capture the associations you want in a bat file.
> >
> > With the ftype command you would introduce a new file type, e.g.,
> elisp-file as:
> >
> > ftype elisp-file=C:\emacs\bin\gnuclientw.exe -q -F "%1"
> >
> > and then you would use assoc to associate .el files with 
> that file type:
> >
> > assoc .el=elisp-file
> >
> > Personally, I prefer this over .reg files.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Karel
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Underwood, Jonathan [mailto:address@hidden
> > Sent: dinsdag 4 juni 2002 6:31
> > To: 'address@hidden'
> > Subject: [h-e-w] File associations with gnuserv
> >
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Each time i reinstall emacs on a PC, i have to re-add all the file
> > associations to eg. c:..\gnuserv\gnuclientw.exe -q -F "%1" 
> under folder
> > options etc. This becomes a pain after a few times :) I was 
> thinking that
> it
> > must be possible to put together a .reg file to automate 
> this process. Has
> > anyone tried such a thing? Any pointers would be most welcome (i've
> googled
> > around to no avail).
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > jonathan.
> >
>