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Re: emacs 28.2 on Windows XP 32-bit
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Po Lu |
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Re: emacs 28.2 on Windows XP 32-bit |
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Date: |
Mon, 24 Oct 2022 13:36:47 +0800 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Peter Wyatt <peterwyatt59@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi there,
>
> The FAQ says that emacs 28.2 will run on all versions of Windows from
> 98 onwards, including XP. But when I try to run it on my Windows XP
> 32 bit system I get the "not a valid Win32 application" error, both
> after downloading and extracting the emacs-28.2.zip file, and then
> deleting the extracted folder and downloading and running the
> installer.
You will have to build the 32-bit version of yourself with MinGW; see
nt/INSTALL. Emacs continues to support Windows 9x onwards, but the
volunteer who used to provide 32-bit prebuilts has ceased to do so.