Re: can not run shell under Windows ME

>>>>> "liang" == liang zhu <[email protected]> writes:

    liang> Hi,

    liang> I just installed the latest stable Xemacs (v 21.4.11) under
    liang> my Windows ME desktop.  While I try to use the Shell under
    liang> the "Tools/Shell" menu, I got "specified COMMAND search
    liang> path invalid" error message, and the shell could not run.
    liang> I have no idea where is Xemacs looking for the COMMAND
    liang> search path.  How I can fix it?  Liang Zhu

Hi liang!

What are your values for these:

 * explicit-shell-file-name       - If non-nil, is file name to use for explicitly requested inferior shell.
 * shell-file-name                - File name to load inferior shells from.
   shell-command-switch           - Switch used to have the shell execute its command line argument.

I get following values under Windows 2000 when I press
C-u (universal-argument)
C-x C-e (eval-last-sexp)
after each symbol:

explicit-shell-file-name
"c:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe"
shell-file-name
"cmd.exe"
shell-command-switch
"/e:4096 /c"

Perhaps you could start with
(setq explicit-shell-file-name "c:\\winnt\\system32\\command.exe")
(setq shell-file-name "command.exe")
and
(setq shell-command-switch "/c")

Hope this helps,

Adrian

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