GNU bug report logs - #13850
Emacs for Windows: Launch better from a command prompt

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 20:55:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 13850 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13850: Emacs for Windows: Launch better from a command prompt
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:59:24 +0200

> Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 09:43:14 -0500
> From: Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Would it make sense to give runemacs a -nw option, and rename it emacs.exe?

No, because runemacs.exe works by invoking emacs.exe in a special
way.  If you rename it, it will reinvoke itself.

Why is the current arrangement a problem?
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 78 days ago.

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