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fix overfull/underfull boxes
author Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
date Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:17:21 +0000
parents 847ff9926f09
children e0c1e87a986f 138ce2701550
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651 @node MS-Windows Registry 651 @node MS-Windows Registry
652 @appendixsubsec The MS-Windows System Registry 652 @appendixsubsec The MS-Windows System Registry
653 @pindex addpm, MS-Windows installation program 653 @pindex addpm, MS-Windows installation program
654 @cindex registry, setting environment variables and resources on MS-Windows 654 @cindex registry, setting environment variables and resources on MS-Windows
655 655
656 On MS-Windows, the installation program @command{addpm.exe} adds values 656 Under MS-Windows, the installation program @command{addpm.exe} adds
657 for @env{emacs_dir}, @env{EMACSLOADPATH}, @env{EMACSDATA}, 657 values for @env{emacs_dir}, @env{EMACSLOADPATH}, @env{EMACSDATA},
658 @env{EMACSPATH}, @env{EMACSDOC}, @env{SHELL} and @env{TERM} to the 658 @env{EMACSPATH}, @env{EMACSDOC}, @env{SHELL} and @env{TERM} to the
659 @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section of the system registry, under 659 @file{HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE} section of the system registry, under
660 @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}. It does this because there is no standard 660 @file{/Software/GNU/Emacs}. It does this because there is no standard
661 place to set environment variables across different versions of 661 place to set environment variables across different versions of
662 Windows. Running @command{addpm.exe} is no longer strictly 662 Windows. Running @command{addpm.exe} is no longer strictly necessary
663 necessary in recent versions of Emacs, but if you are upgrading from 663 in recent versions of Emacs, but if you are upgrading from an older
664 an older version, running @command{addpm.exe} ensures that you do not have 664 version, running @command{addpm.exe} ensures that you do not have
665 older registry entries from a previous installation, which may not be 665 older registry entries from a previous installation, which may not be
666 compatible with the latest version of Emacs. 666 compatible with the latest version of Emacs.
667 667
668 When Emacs starts, as well as checking the environment, it also checks 668 When Emacs starts, as well as checking the environment, it also checks
669 the System Registry for those variables and for @env{HOME}, @env{LANG} 669 the System Registry for those variables and for @env{HOME}, @env{LANG}