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Re: dissociated-press help: M-x not recognized
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Martin Jost |
Subject: |
Re: dissociated-press help: M-x not recognized |
Date: |
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:41:54 +0200 |
Hello,
front note:
I myself use emacs almost completely on HPUX (10.20) and on GNU/Linux. So I
have very little experience with emacs on windows. (Although I have used it
rarely)
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> I downloaded and installed emacs for Windows,
> emacs-21.3-fullbin-i386.tar.gz from the GNU site, according to the FAQ
> for Windows. The installation seems to be working in that I can
> create, open, edit, and save files. But the real reason I installed it
> was to run dissociated-press and that isn't working.
>
> There are two files named dissociated in the \lisp\play directory, but
> I can't get them to run.
>
> emacs does not run the shell commands, such as M-x dissociated-press or
> M-x fo. When I try, I get this error: 'M-x' is not recognized as an
> internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
>
> SYSTEM:
> OS Win2K, AMD chip, 256MB RAM ... nothing fancy, and it's a stable
> machine.
>
> 1 - Is there something emacs needs before it can run the shell commands
> - perhaps something that was not included in the file I downloaded
> because it's rare for the usual emacs user to not have it?
A horrible thought comes up ... do you try to start the emacs files with
extension .el on the command prompt of windows (cmd.exe) ?
This won't work !
All the .el-files are meant to be run _inside_ emacs itself.
- Start emacs (There should be a emacs.exe; I guess it is also to be found in
the Start-menu)
It seems you already succeded in doing this.
- Inside emacs load the file you want to dissociate (There should be a menu
entry for this)
It seems also you already succeded in doing this.
- then type
<ESC>x dissociated-press
(Meaning "The Esc-key, followed by the key x, followed by the string"; M
(Meta) is usually mapped to the ESC-key on windows)
- this should give you the "dissociated " text in a new buffer
If this doesn't work, there should be a Help/Tutorial menu to teach you the
basics.
And yes, sorry emacs has a rather steep learning curve - but it pays back very
nicely when you've "got it".
> 2 - Is there a configuration setting somewhere that would make
> dissociated-press appear on a menu like the games do (I'm a
> pointy-click Windows person because I'm a lousy typist). Anything on a
> menu runs as expected.
No not for the commands to be run inside emacs. At least not without a big
bunch of hackery.
HTH
Martin