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author YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
date Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:29:54 +0000
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1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
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3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
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4 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions.
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7 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
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8 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
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9 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
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10 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
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11 frames, etc.), and networking support.
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13 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
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15 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest/
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17 for the latest precompiled distributions.
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19 * Building and installing
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21 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
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22 building and installing Emacs on your system.
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24 * Further information
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26 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
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27 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
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29 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
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31 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
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32 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
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34 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
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36 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
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37 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
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38 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
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39 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
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40 explained there.
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42 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
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43 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
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44 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
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45 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
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46 for seeking help are:
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48 gnu.emacs.help
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49 comp.emacs
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51 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
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52 updated Emacs packages on this group:
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56 * Reporting bugs
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58 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
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59 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
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60 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
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61 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
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62 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-q
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63 --no-site-file" options.
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65 If you decide that it is a bug in Emacs that might be specific to the
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66 Windows port, send a message to the help-emacs-windows@gnu.org
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67 mailing list describing the bug, the version of Emacs that you are
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68 using, and the operating system that you are running on (Windows NT,
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69 95 or 98 including service pack level if known). If the bug is
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70 related to subprocesses, also specify which shell you are using (e.g.,
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71 include the values of `shell-file-name' and `shell-explicit-file-name'
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72 in your message).
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74 If you think the bug is not specific to the Windows port of Emacs,
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75 then it is better to mail the bug report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so
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76 that it will be seen by the right people. If Emacs has been set up to
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77 send mail, you can use the command M-x report-emacs-bug to create and
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78 send the bug report, but in some cases there is a function to report
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79 bugs in a specific package; e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x
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80 c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java mode, etc.