GNU bug report logs - #8268
Windows Emacs Console persists while running running emacs.exe.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:06:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Merged with 1849

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: "Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8268 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8268: Windows Emacs Console persists while running running emacs.exe.
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:39:27 -0400

> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:42:56 -0700
> From: "Nicholas \"Indy\" Ray" <arelius <at> gmail.com>
> Cc: 
> 
> This seems to be related to bug #1849, but perhaps never properly fixed.
> 
> Anyways, when opening emacs from Emacs.exe, which is difficult to not do in
> Windows 7 with pinning to the task bar, Emacs will open with an unneeded
> console window that cannot be destroyed.

We have runemacs.exe for this very purpose.  Why don't you use it?
Doesn't it work on Windows 7?
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