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* term/mac-win.el: Unconditionally set process-connection-type to nil.
author Andrew Choi <akochoi@shaw.ca>
date Tue, 15 Apr 2003 01:29:42 +0000
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1 This directory contains the source files for the C component of GNU Emacs.
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2 Nothing in this directory is needed for using Emacs once it is built
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3 and installed, if the dumped Emacs (on Unix systems) or the Emacs
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4 executable and map files (on VMS systems) are copied elsewhere.
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6 See the files ../README and then ../INSTALL for installation instructions.
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8 Under GNU and Unix systems, the file `Makefile.in' is used as a
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9 template by the script `../configure' to produce `Makefile.c'. The
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10 same script then uses `cpp' to produce the machine-dependent
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11 `Makefile' from `Makefile.c'; `Makefile' is the file which actually
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12 controls the compilation of Emacs. Most of this should work
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13 transparently to the user; you should only need to run `../configure',
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14 and then type `make'.
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16 See the file VMSBUILD in this directory for instructions on compiling,
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17 linking and building Emacs on VMS.
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19 The files `*.com' and `temacs.opt' are used on VMS only.
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20 The files `vlimit.h', `ioclt.h' and `param.h' are stubs to
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21 allow compilation on VMS with the minimum amount of #ifdefs.
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23 `uaf.h' contains VMS uaf structure definitions. This is only needed if
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24 you define READ_SYSUAF. This should only be done for single-user
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25 systems where you are not overly concerned with security, since it
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26 either requires that you install Emacs with SYSPRV or make SYSUAF.DAT
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27 world readable. Otherwise, Emacs can determine information about the
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28 current user, but no one else.