How does console mode work in Emacs on Windows?
1 Emacs in console mode goes beyond the window size. The variable w32-use-full-screen-buffer controls whether Emacs uses the window size or buffer size to determine the number of lines on screen. Normally the window size is correct, but when running Emacs over some telnet servers, the buffer size needs to be used.
Can you run Emacs 27.2 on Windows XP?
Emacs 27.2 is known to run on all versions of Windows 9X from Windows 98 onward, and all versions of the NT family starting from NT 4.0; this includes all the modern versions from Windows XP and on. The Windows port is built using the Win32 API and supports most features of the X version, including variable width fonts, images and tooltips.
What do you call a.emacs file on Windows?
On Windows, the .emacs file may be called _emacs for backward compatibility with DOS and FAT filesystems where filenames could not start with a dot. Some users prefer to continue using such a name due to historical problems various Windows tools had in the past with file names that begin with a dot.
How to add emacswiki to a Windows installation?
A directory named emaxw64 will be created therein. A subdirectory of the one just created will be bin (e.g. c:\\packages temacs23\\bin ). Enter this bin-directory and run addpm.exe (takes only a second).
Where can I download GNU Emacs for Windows?
Pre-compiled binaries for MS Windows may be made available on a best-effort basis in the windows subdirectory of the above ftp site (as zip files digitally signed by the person who built them). See the README file in that directory for more information.
Can You Copy and distribute the GNU Emacs FAQ?
The FAQ may be copied and redistributed under these conditions, except that the FAQ may not be embedded in a larger literary work unless that work itself allows free copying and redistribution. 1.1 Why support GNU Emacs on Windows? 1.2 Which versions of Windows are supported?