Emacs on Windows

This should be readily adaptable for other operating systems but since I've just gone through the task of getting this working on Windows XP I thought I would document the result.

Setup emacs

Add the following to your _/.emacs or other appropriate startup location:

;;; Factor
(load-file "d:/Program Files/factor/misc/fuel/fu.el")
(setq factor-binary "d:/Program Files/factor/factor.exe")
(setq factor-image "d:/Program Files/factor/factor.image")'

Be sure to change the paths appropriately of course.

FUEL, the Factor mode for emacs, has many advanced features. Consult misc/fuel/README for details.

Setup Factor

Finally you need to inform Factor that you want to use Emacs as your editor. Create or modify the .factor-rc file in your home directory. You can find out what factor thinks is your home directory with

USE: io.files home .

and you can even have factor create a blank file in the proper location with

home "factor-rc" append-path touch-file

Edit that file and add something like:

USING: namespaces editors.emacs ;
"d:/Program Files/emacs-22.3/bin/emacs.exe" \ emacsclient set-global

again, change the path appropriately.

At this point Factor should now be integrated with emacs. Invoke the following in the listener to test:

\ + edit