setup emacs for windows

 

1. download emacs-24.3-bin-i386.zip, form  http://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/gnu/emacs/windows/

 

2. unzip it to a  directory,  such as d:\,  you will get d:\emacs-24.3\

 

3. add shortcut to start menu (optional)

run  D:\emacs-24.3\bin\addpm.exe

4. add shortcut to context menu (optional) 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFilesystemObjects\shell\OpenWithEmacs\command]
@="D:\\emacs-24.3\\bin\\emacsclientw.exe -n -a \"D:\\emacs-24.3\\bin\\runemacs.exe\" \"%1\""

save the code to popup.reg, add merge it .

 

5. 修改注册表
 打开注册表，找到HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/GNU/Emacs（如果没有则手动添加项），在此项下添加字符串值，名称为HOME，值为D:/Emacs-24.3。这样做的目的是让它成为Emacs的home路径
 

6. add your settings to d:\emacs-24.3\.emacs file.