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| author | Jason Rumney | 2003-01-22 23:16:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason Rumney | 2003-01-22 23:16:41 +0000 |
| commit | c34607fc30a2d12cc90e2d0fe378b034c45ada47 (patch) | |
| tree | cd60349bc851267b696cc909cee4418973799a0e /etc/PROBLEMS | |
| parent | 6c098dbe8cd6c3757a0e13759b0ad8ddb90add94 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-c34607fc30a2d12cc90e2d0fe378b034c45ada47.tar.gz emacs-c34607fc30a2d12cc90e2d0fe378b034c45ada47.zip | |
Use MS-Windows consistently in headings, to make it easy to search
for MS-Windows specific problems.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc/PROBLEMS')
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/PROBLEMS | 20 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 6d467fb81db..3025e55a72d 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS | |||
| @@ -918,14 +918,14 @@ The solution is to switch the antivirus software to a less aggressive | |||
| 918 | mode (e.g., disable the ``auto-protect'' feature), or even uninstall | 918 | mode (e.g., disable the ``auto-protect'' feature), or even uninstall |
| 919 | or disable it entirely. | 919 | or disable it entirely. |
| 920 | 920 | ||
| 921 | * On Windows 95/98/ME, subprocesses do not terminate properly. | 921 | * On MS-Windows 95/98/ME, subprocesses do not terminate properly. |
| 922 | 922 | ||
| 923 | This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems | 923 | This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems |
| 924 | when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited | 924 | when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited |
| 925 | cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at | 925 | cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at |
| 926 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/. | 926 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/. |
| 927 | 927 | ||
| 928 | * Windows 95/98/ME crashes when Emacs invokes non-existent programs. | 928 | * MS-Windows 95/98/ME crashes when Emacs invokes non-existent programs. |
| 929 | 929 | ||
| 930 | When a program you are trying to run is not found on the PATH, | 930 | When a program you are trying to run is not found on the PATH, |
| 931 | Windows might respond by crashing or locking up your system. In | 931 | Windows might respond by crashing or locking up your system. In |
| @@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ This problem happens if libc defines the symbol __malloc_initialized. | |||
| 1343 | One known solution is to upgrade to a newer libc version. 5.4.33 is | 1343 | One known solution is to upgrade to a newer libc version. 5.4.33 is |
| 1344 | known to work. | 1344 | known to work. |
| 1345 | 1345 | ||
| 1346 | * On Windows, you cannot use the right-hand ALT key and the left-hand | 1346 | * On MS-Windows, you cannot use the right-hand ALT key and the left-hand |
| 1347 | CTRL key together to type a Control-Meta character. | 1347 | CTRL key together to type a Control-Meta character. |
| 1348 | 1348 | ||
| 1349 | This is a consequence of a misfeature beyond Emacs's control. | 1349 | This is a consequence of a misfeature beyond Emacs's control. |
| @@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ to nil to tell Emacs that AltGr is really Ctrl and Alt. | |||
| 1360 | If you are using Exceed 6.1, upgrade to a later version. This was | 1360 | If you are using Exceed 6.1, upgrade to a later version. This was |
| 1361 | reported to prevent the crashes. | 1361 | reported to prevent the crashes. |
| 1362 | 1362 | ||
| 1363 | * Under some Windows X-servers, Emacs' display is incorrect | 1363 | * Under some X-servers running on MS-Windows, Emacs' display is incorrect |
| 1364 | 1364 | ||
| 1365 | The symptoms are that Emacs does not completely erase blank areas of the | 1365 | The symptoms are that Emacs does not completely erase blank areas of the |
| 1366 | screen during scrolling or some other screen operations (e.g., selective | 1366 | screen during scrolling or some other screen operations (e.g., selective |
| @@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ suspects that the bug was fixed by one of these more recent patches: | |||
| 1598 | 106222-01 OpenWindows 3.6: filemgr (ff.core) fixes | 1598 | 106222-01 OpenWindows 3.6: filemgr (ff.core) fixes |
| 1599 | 105284-12 Motif 1.2.7: sparc Runtime library patch | 1599 | 105284-12 Motif 1.2.7: sparc Runtime library patch |
| 1600 | 1600 | ||
| 1601 | * Problems running Perl under Emacs on Windows NT/95. | 1601 | * Problems running Perl under Emacs on MS-Windows NT/95. |
| 1602 | 1602 | ||
| 1603 | `perl -de 0' just hangs when executed in an Emacs subshell. | 1603 | `perl -de 0' just hangs when executed in an Emacs subshell. |
| 1604 | The fault lies with Perl (indirectly with Windows NT/95). | 1604 | The fault lies with Perl (indirectly with Windows NT/95). |
| @@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ subdirectory: `is_exec.c' and `sigaction.c'. Compile them and link | |||
| 1674 | them into the Emacs executable `temacs'; then they will replace the | 1674 | them into the Emacs executable `temacs'; then they will replace the |
| 1675 | incorrect library functions. | 1675 | incorrect library functions. |
| 1676 | 1676 | ||
| 1677 | * When compiling with DJGPP on Windows NT, "config msdos" fails. | 1677 | * When compiling with DJGPP on MS-Windows NT, "config msdos" fails. |
| 1678 | 1678 | ||
| 1679 | If the error message is "VDM has been already loaded", this is because | 1679 | If the error message is "VDM has been already loaded", this is because |
| 1680 | Windows has a program called `redir.exe' that is incompatible with a | 1680 | Windows has a program called `redir.exe' that is incompatible with a |
| @@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ program by the same name supplied with DJGPP, which is used by | |||
| 1682 | config.bat. To resolve this, move the DJGPP's `bin' subdirectory to | 1682 | config.bat. To resolve this, move the DJGPP's `bin' subdirectory to |
| 1683 | the front of your PATH environment variable. | 1683 | the front of your PATH environment variable. |
| 1684 | 1684 | ||
| 1685 | * When compiling with DJGPP on Windows 95, Make fails for some targets | 1685 | * When compiling with DJGPP on MS-Windows 95, Make fails for some targets |
| 1686 | like make-docfile. | 1686 | like make-docfile. |
| 1687 | 1687 | ||
| 1688 | This can happen if long file name support (the setting of environment | 1688 | This can happen if long file name support (the setting of environment |
| @@ -1732,12 +1732,12 @@ undefined when Emacs runs. The best way to do that is to add an | |||
| 1732 | `TERM'; this way, only Emacs gets the empty value, while the rest of | 1732 | `TERM'; this way, only Emacs gets the empty value, while the rest of |
| 1733 | your system works as before. | 1733 | your system works as before. |
| 1734 | 1734 | ||
| 1735 | * On Windows 95, Alt-f6 does not get through to Emacs. | 1735 | * On MS-Windows 95, Alt-f6 does not get through to Emacs. |
| 1736 | 1736 | ||
| 1737 | This character seems to be trapped by the kernel in Windows 95. | 1737 | This character seems to be trapped by the kernel in Windows 95. |
| 1738 | You can enter M-f6 by typing ESC f6. | 1738 | You can enter M-f6 by typing ESC f6. |
| 1739 | 1739 | ||
| 1740 | * Typing Alt-Shift has strange effects on Windows. | 1740 | * Typing Alt-Shift has strange effects on MS-Windows. |
| 1741 | 1741 | ||
| 1742 | This combination of keys is a command to change keyboard layout. If | 1742 | This combination of keys is a command to change keyboard layout. If |
| 1743 | you proceed to type another non-modifier key before you let go of Alt | 1743 | you proceed to type another non-modifier key before you let go of Alt |
| @@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ the Sun compiler, but not when he recompiled with GCC 2.7.0. | |||
| 1931 | We do not know whether something in Emacs is partly to blame for this. | 1931 | We do not know whether something in Emacs is partly to blame for this. |
| 1932 | 1932 | ||
| 1933 | * Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for | 1933 | * Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for |
| 1934 | Windows. | 1934 | MS-Windows. |
| 1935 | 1935 | ||
| 1936 | A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this. | 1936 | A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this. |
| 1937 | Supposedly the newer 32-bit version of this server doesn't have the | 1937 | Supposedly the newer 32-bit version of this server doesn't have the |