Re: [h-e-w] A note for the FAQ

[Mark R. Ludwig]

As other correspondents have pointed out, I took a perfectly usable .REG file
and tried to do it by hand.  I'm past the registry part.

Thanks, all.

Mark

Jonathan Arnold wrote:

> >>REGEDIT4
> > Is that "4" meaningful?  I'm on Windows 2000, and only have "regedit" to
> > the best of my knowledge.
>
> I'm not sure where you're finding this (I looked in the "offcial" faq
> and didn't see it), but when you see this kind of listing, you're supposed
> to save the file off as a .reg file and then execute it from the Explorer.
> REGEDIT4 is just to say which version of the .reg file it is. So copy
> everything (*esp* the blank line at the top), paste it into a new file
> called, say, emacs.reg, and then run it.
>
> >>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell]
> > I had to create the above key.  Here on Win2K, there was only a
> > "shellex" key.
>
> Right. "Installing" the .reg will create the key.
>
> >>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell\emacs\command]
> >>@="<where ever you have>\\gnuservw.exe \"%1\""
> > I'm using the above, substituting "gnuclientw" as appropriate.  I assume
> > that the "@=" are included in the String value.  Is that right?
>
> No. Again, this is a reg file. If you are creating the key by hand, it
> shouldn't have any " marks, just include the stuff inside. I'm not
> sure why it says "gnuserv". I would think it should be "gnuclientw".
>
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