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For questions specifically related to running Emacs on Windows.

runs on Windows, though some functionality is different. The GNU Emacs FAQ for MS Windows might have the answers you're looking for.

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how to get grep working in Emacs on Windows (EmacsW32)

M-x grep, M-x lgrep, M-x rgrep don't work in EmacsW32 for me. I do M-x lgrep and it says grep is not a command: grep -i -n "hello" * NUL 'grep' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Grep finished with…
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emacs won't repaint buffer (windows 7)

I am using GNU Emacs 24.2.1 on 64-bit Windows 7. Sometimes emacs window goes blank. This usually happens when switching focus back to emacs from another window. The only way to get the content back is to switch to another buffer and then back. No…
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Emacs on Win32 with hunspell - personal dictionary does not get saved

So I have a working setup for Emacs (v23.3.1) on Windows 7 using hunspell after following the instructions in the wiki. http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InteractiveSpell When I spell check a document (M-x ispell), emacs gives me the options to insert…
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how do i keep emacs server running when the current window is closed (x) on windows using emacsW32?

I'm using EmacsW32 (patched) on windows. Emacs is running in server mode so that subsequent calls to emacsclientw open files in the same server session. I have C-x C-c mapped to make the current frame invisible and not kill the emacs server…
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can't send password to ftp server

i have running filezilla ftp server on my windows 7 i have running emacs w32 client (GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1) my ~/.emacs config file contains: M-x (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "C:/cygwin/bin/ftp.exe") ;;http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AngeFtp ->…
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EmacsW32 renames buffers with old Windows shortened file names

Let's see if I can reach the EmacsW32 users on stackoverflow. I've just installed the patched version of EmacsW32 from http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/EmacsW32.html I find it very nice that .txt files are associated wth Emacs, so that when you click on…
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emacsw32 - keybindings - no meta - clojure box

I have installed clojure-box on my Windows 7 laptop, this by default installs emacsW32. I understand that this version remaps slightly the standard Emacs keybindings to be more windows friendly, however I cannot find my META key. Usually META is…
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Why would W32 Emacs insert "/Application Data/Application Data/" into a filepath starting with ~/ when I use C-x C-f?

I just installed Emacs Speaks Statistics, which is when this error started showing up. Uninstalling hasn't fixed it. When I use C-x C-f, I can navigate normally, but when I actually press enter, Emacs seems to insert "/Application Data/Application…
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emacs artist mode does not work

I am using ergoemacs for windows downloaded from http://ergoemacs.org/index.html. The version is as follows: GNU Emacs 24.2.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7601) of 2012-08-29 on MARVIN ErgoEmacs distribution 2.0.0. The artist mode does not work. I would like…
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On W32 Emacs why does Ctrl-D in Cygwin or MinGW bash issues repeated EOFs?

I'm using W32 GNU Emacs 24.1.50.1 with Cygwin bash 3.2.51. I know that this combination is very troublesome (see EmacsWiki and Cygwin list). However the problem I want to solve now is not confined to Cygwin. I got the issue with MinGW as well. So,…
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cygwin emacs-w32 failed to start after update to 28.1

desired fingerprint: 1339d21bbf6849dc9ba04d950e4618b83aad01478e7cdeae44b7d3fa904f7f9e found fingerprint: c6ccf821f95573982bb6b4111eb5ec918c13d929570be3e9af132afb6e35a979 emacs: could not load dump file "/usr/bin/emacs-w32.pdmp": not built for this…
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ESS+Emacs+R: placing R views, and opening help files?

This is two questions in one: What is the best way of ordering windows in Emacs - and have them enabled as such in .emacs so that the R console and editor are on the right, and R Dired help and R View on the left? Some thing like …
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Sending a keystroke to the operating system in EmacsW32

As you probably know if you write text in multiple languages and use Emacs, Emacs has its own input method system independent of Windows (or other operating systems). Input methods can be toggled with toggle-input-method command. When Windows…
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Can I change the location of the file emacs writes to in the process of printing?

Our network system is set up such that we can not write directly to the root directory (C:) so I get the following error when attempting to print. Spooling with options (page headers are not supported)... direct-print-region-helper: Opening output…
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Python with emacs and windows XP

I am trying to set up Python under emacs on my company's computer which runs windows XP (64bits). I tried both python.el and python-mode.el without success. My current problem is that whenever I use something like C-c C-c to send a .pybuffer to the…
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