My drive doesnt even contain the directory C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS. It does have down to \DOC, but there isnt a \PROGS in that directory. I also noticed that my drive isnt labeled as yours is... maybe I did something wrong during the installation, or maybe there is stuff after the install that I am supposed to do. If it matters, I have it installed on an old HP Pavilion, with the Pentium 3 in it lol.
On Sep 25 2019, at 4:36 pm, Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> wrote: > I just installed Freemacs using FDIMPLES. It gets installed into > C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS as you indicated. > > Here is my DIR /W: > Volume in drive C is FREEDOS2016 > Volume Serial Number is 2174-170A > > Directory of C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS > [.] [..] ABBREV.MIN ABBREV1.MIN ABBREV2.MIN > ABBREV3.MIN ASM.MIN BOOT.MIN BYTEC.MIN C.MIN > COPYING.DOC DABBREV.MIN DIRED.MIN EMACS.EXE FORTRAN.MIN > FREEMODE.MIN GREP.MIN INFO.MIN KEYS.MIN LISP.MIN > MINTED.MIN MOUSE.MIN README.1ST README.DOC RMAIL.MIN > USER.MIN _BUFFERS.MIN _CASE.MIN _COMPILE.MIN _FILE.MIN > _HELP.MIN _HISTORY.MIN _INDENT.MIN _INPUT.MIN _KBDMACR.MIN > _KEYS.MIN _KILLS.MIN _MODES.MIN _MOVE.MIN _PARAS.MIN > _RECTANG.MIN _REGISTE.MIN _SEARCHE.MIN _STARTUP.MIN _TRANSPO.MIN > _UNCLASS.MIN _UTILS.MIN _VARIABL.MIN _WINDOWS.MIN 47 file(s) 335,805 bytes > 2 dir(s) 215,474,176 bytes free > > > > Just CD to that directory and you can run emacs. > > There's another question about why Freemacs gets installed under the DOC > directory, but we'll fix that path in FreeDOS 1.3. In the meantime, I moved > my C:\FDOS\DOC\PROGS to C:\FREEMACS > > > Jim > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 11:18 AM dps <christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com > (mailto:christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > Ok so when I installed FREEMACS via FDIMPLES, I tabbed down to the info > > panel and it shows a ton of different directories in which I'm guessing > > that the program itself and it dependencies are located. > > I see that there is a .exe file titled emacs.exe, that has the path of > > 'c:\fdos\doc\progs\emacs.exe'. > > I have searched and searched for the progs directory, and I have even tried > > going through all of the other directories trying to find it, but there is > > not one to be found. > > Why would this be? Am I missing something? > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 9:15 AM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net > > (mailto:jer...@shidel.net)> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Sep 25, 2019, at 12:41 AM, dps <christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com > > > (mailto:christopherbwilliams1...@gmail.com)> wrote: > > > > That most definitely provided some clarification! Thank you! > > > > Just to clarify: when I install a program, say from fdimples, a text > > > > file I created and placed in the PACKAGES directory, and from there I > > > > am view it with my editor of choice? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Correct. > > > > > > > Can I move these programs around? Or would moving the executables > > > > without the rest of whatever is in the directory cause some dependency > > > > issues? > > > > > > The list file is used by package managers to remove the installed files. > > > If you were to just move the program to a new directory, you would need > > > to manually uninstall it. > > > > > > Also, there may be settings in an application’s configuration that are > > > set to use the installed location. > > > > Maybe I could circumvent this by finding the program that I want to > > > > execute, an creating the freeDOS equivalent of a bash script, or maybe > > > > a shortcut to my programs on the home directory? > > > > > > It is possible to write a script or executable utility that can relocate > > > a package. It would need to update the list to the new location for the > > > files. Under some conditions, this is more or less one of things that the > > > installer for FreeDOS 1.2 does during installation. > > > > > > Just adjusting the LST file won’t take care of any “hard coded” > > > configuration settings in any applications. However, generally speaking, > > > it could move the program and the user could make any additional > > > configuration changes by hand. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2019, 10:32 PM Jerome Shidel <jer...@shidel.net > > > > (mailto:jer...@shidel.net)> wrote: > > > > > As for ... where is that stuff I installed? > > > > > > > > > > There are a couple ways. > > > > > 1) while in FDIMPLES, you can TAB down to the description area. Then > > > > > scroll down to see a list of files in the package and there path > > > > > information. Some paths are translated and changed durin mg > > > > > installation. So, this is not exact, but with a little knowledge, you > > > > > can easily figure out where things will go. > > > > > 2) once a package has been installed a simple text file is created > > > > > with all the files and directories that were installed. Generally, > > > > > this file is used to uninstall packages. It is located in e > > > > > %DOSDIR%\PACKAGES directory. So for example you want to know where > > > > > PGME is installed. You could issue the following command... > > > > > Type %DOSDIR%\PAGKAGES\PGME.LST | more > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Freedos-user mailing list > > > > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > > (mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net) > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Freedos-user mailing list > > > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > (mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net) > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Freedos-user mailing list > > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > > (mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net) > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > (mailto:Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net) > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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