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Re: windows, elisp function to call batch file, shell-command, Whitaker'


From: Hugh Lawson
Subject: Re: windows, elisp function to call batch file, shell-command, Whitaker's words--solved
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 07:03:11 -0800 (PST)
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On Friday, December 2, 2016 at 8:49:19 AM UTC-5, Hugh Lawson wrote:
> The problem is that William Whitaker's Words program returns an error when I 
> try to call it with this setup, in Windows 10.  I have a Latin text in a 
> buffer. I put the cursor on a Latin word, and strike F12.  The elisp function 
> calls the latin.bat bath file, which calls the words latin dictionary 
> program.  I think something is wrong either with my elisp function or my 
> batch file.

[snip ]
> Here is the batch file, latin.bat
> 
> cd c:\WORDS
> words

I found the problem in my batch file, which I revised as follows:
@Echo off
cd c:\WORDS
words.exe %1




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