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From: Peter Glen Berger
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1993 16:41

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Hi,

I'm sorry for the crosspost, but I've read all the FAQs and am still
uncertain where to turn.  I hope someone here can help me.

I want to run GNU emacs on my '486.  I have downloaded the DEMACS
executables and followed the instructions for installation, but I
still have a few questions:

1) DEMACS is based on an older, 1991 version of Gnu Emacs.  Are there
any newer executables floating around?  Or different PC versions of
Gnu Emacs?  I'm willing to recompile the sources as a last resort, but
this is a long-term project, and I'd like to start work quickly.

2) Even though I've set all relevant environment variable that I'm
aware of, DEMACS is looking for the INFO files in the wrong directory
(something like c:/home/<blahblahblah>/info.  I am working off of my
E: drive).  Does anyone know the correct env. var or internal emacs
variable to set to fix this?  I guess I'm more worried about this
problem as a symptom of other problems that may not evidence
themselves immediately.

Hope someone can help me.  Thanks in advance.  If you e-mail me, I'll
summarize my responses to the net.

signoff
Peter Berger <peterb@cmu.edu>

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From: Peter Glen Berger <peterb+@CMU.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,gnu.emacs.help
Subject: GnuEmacs for PC
Date: Mon,  6 Dec 1993 11:41:25 -0500
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