@c Copyright (C) 1985-1987, 1993-1995, 1997, 2000-2012
@c Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
-@node Microsoft Windows, Manifesto, Mac OS / GNUstep, Top
+@node Microsoft Windows
@appendix Emacs and Microsoft Windows/MS-DOS
@cindex Microsoft Windows
@cindex MS-Windows, Emacs peculiarities
the program that invoked @command{emacsclient}.
@end enumerate
+@cindex emacsclient, on MS-Windows
+Note that, due to limitations of MS-Windows, Emacs cannot have both
+GUI and text-mode frames in the same session. It also cannot open
+text-mode frames on more than a single @dfn{Command Prompt} window,
+because each Windows program can have only one console at any given
+time. For these reasons, if you invoke @command{emacsclient} with the
+@option{-c} option, and the Emacs server runs in a text-mode session,
+Emacs will always create a new text-mode frame in the same
+@dfn{Command Prompt} window where it was started; a GUI frame will be
+created only if the server runs in a GUI session. Similarly, if you
+invoke @command{emacsclient} with the @option{-t} option, Emacs will
+create a GUI frame if the server runs in a GUI session, or a text-mode
+frame when the session runs in text mode in a @dfn{Command Prompt}
+window. @xref{emacsclient Options}.
+
@node Text and Binary
@section Text Files and Binary Files
@cindex text and binary files on MS-DOS/MS-Windows
@section HOME and Startup Directories on MS-Windows
@cindex @code{HOME} directory on MS-Windows
- The Windows equivalent of the @code{HOME} directory is the
-@dfn{user-specific application data directory}. The actual location
-depends on the Windows version; typical values are @file{C:\Documents
-and Settings\@var{username}\Application Data} on Windows 2K/XP/2K3,
-@file{C:\Users\@var{username}\AppData\Roaming} on Windows Vista/7/2K8,
-and either @file{C:\WINDOWS\Application Data} or
-@file{C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\@var{username}\Application Data} on the
-older Windows 9X/ME systems. If this directory does not exist or
-cannot be accessed, Emacs falls back to @file{C:\} as the default
-value of @code{HOME}.
+ The Windows equivalent of @code{HOME} is the @dfn{user-specific
+application data directory}. The actual location depends on the
+Windows version; typical values are @file{C:\Documents and
+Settings\@var{username}\Application Data} on Windows 2000/XP/2K3,
+@file{C:\Users\@var{username}\AppData\Roaming} on Windows
+Vista/7/2008, and either @file{C:\WINDOWS\Application Data} or
+@file{C:\WINDOWS\Profiles\@var{username}\Application Data} on Windows
+9X/ME. If this directory does not exist or cannot be accessed, Emacs
+falls back to @file{C:\} as the default value of @code{HOME}.
You can override this default value of @code{HOME} by explicitly
setting the environment variable @env{HOME} to point to any directory
Windows menu, it alters the meaning of subsequent commands. Many
users find this frustrating.
- You can re-enable Windows' default handling of tapping the @key{ALT}
+ You can re-enable Windows's default handling of tapping the @key{ALT}
key by setting @code{w32-pass-alt-to-system} to a non-@code{nil}
value.
variables control printing on all systems, but in some cases they have
different default values on MS-DOS and MS-Windows.
- Emacs on Windows automatically determines your default printer and
-sets the variable @code{printer-name} to that printer's name. But in
-some rare cases this can fail, or you may wish to use a different
+ Emacs on MS Windows attempts to determine your default printer
+automatically (using the function @code{default-printer-name}).
+But in some rare cases this can fail, or you may wish to use a different
printer from within Emacs. The rest of this section explains how to
tell Emacs which printer to use.
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