Quirky Emacs behavior -- any ideas?

2002-12-31 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Hi Folks, Does this jog anyone's memory? New XP SP1 install, new cygwin install (full) Quirk #1: When I launch Emacs, I get this scratch buffer popping up which reads: ** ad-Orig-documentation called with 5 arguments, but accepts only 1-2 Then, I notice that apropos is broken. For example,

RE: talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior 1/2 solved

2001-12-22 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Ok...I figured out that my binding order was backwards. FYI, should anyone Need to know how to fix that problem: Right click on the My Network Places desktop icon. From the pop-up menu, chose Properties. From the Advanced drop down menu, choose Advanced Settings.

talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior

2001-12-21 Thread Dr. Andrew Mayer
Subject: talk(1) on WinXP -- perplexing behavior Hi folks, I'm having lots of trouble getting talk(1) to work correctly. I've read the documentation, man pages, mailing-list archives etc but to no avail. My Cygwin system is set up on a WinXP Box running ICF/ICS (Microsoft's Internet