RE: [h-e-w] How can I set Emacs as my default editor?

[Eli Daniel]

Delin,  there's a good explanation of this at

http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/faq3.html#assoc

> Hi,
> 
> I succeeded in setting emacs for my java files, but it won't work for
> other
> files like tex. I don't remember how I set it for java files. I set it for
> tex files by selecting the "open with" option, and assigned it to
> runemacs.exe.
> 
> When I double click tex files, a cmd window appears for less than a second
> and then disappears. I don't know why is that. When I double click java
> files, it opens correctly in emacs (without a cmd window, as I used
> runemacs.exe rather than emacs.exe).
> 
> I'm using XP Pro and Emacs 21.2.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Delin