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author | Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> |
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1 Emacs for Windows |
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3 This README file describes how to set up and run a precompiled version |
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4 of GNU Emacs for Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98/Me. This |
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9 This server contains other distributions, including the full Emacs |
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10 source distribution and the lisp source distribution, as well as older |
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11 releases of Emacs for Windows. |
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13 Answers to frequently asked questions, and further information about |
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14 this port of GNU Emacs and related software packages can be found via |
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17 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
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19 * Preliminaries |
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21 Along with this file should be six subdirectories (bin, etc, info, |
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22 lisp, lock, site-lisp). Depending on which distribution you have |
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23 installed, the lisp subdirectory might contain both the lisp source |
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24 (*.el) and compiled lisp files (*.elc), or just the compiled lisp |
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25 files. If you don't have the lisp source files, you can obtain them |
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26 by downloading the lisp source distribution or the full source |
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27 distribution from the ftp site mentioned above. |
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29 * Setting up Emacs |
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31 To install Emacs, simply unpack all the files into a directory of your |
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32 choice, but note that you might encounter minor problems if there is a |
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33 space anywhere in the directory name. To complete the installation |
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34 process, you can optionally run the program addpm.exe in the bin |
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35 subdirectory. This will add some entries to the registry that tell |
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36 Emacs where to find its support files, and put an icon for Emacs in |
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37 the Start Menu under "Start -> Programs -> Gnu Emacs -> Emacs". |
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39 Some users have reported that the Start Menu item is not created for |
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40 them. If this happens, just create your own shortcut to runemacs.exe, |
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43 Note that running addpm is now an optional step; Emacs is able to |
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44 locate all of its files without needing the information to be set in |
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45 the environment or the registry, although such settings will still be |
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46 obeyed if present. This is convenient for running Emacs on a machine |
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48 installed. For instance, you can now run Emacs directly from a CD |
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51 * Starting Emacs |
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53 To run Emacs, simply select Emacs from the Start Menu, or invoke |
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54 runemacs.exe directly from Explorer or a command prompt. This will |
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55 start Emacs in its default GUI mode, ready to use. If you have never |
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56 used Emacs before, you should follow the tutorial at this point |
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57 (select Emacs Tutorial from the Help menu), since Emacs is quite |
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58 different from ordinary Windows applications in many respects. |
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60 If you want to use Emacs in tty or character mode within a command |
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63 your PATH first, or specify the path to emacs.exe.) The -nw |
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64 (non-windowed) mode of operation is most useful if you have a telnet |
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65 server on your machine, allowing you to run Emacs remotely. |
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71 not install or update any files in system directories or anywhere |
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73 entries and the Start menu icon, then you can remove the registry |
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75 Software\GNU\Emacs key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, or if you didn't have |
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76 administrator privileges, the same key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Just |
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91 djtarnt) on the above ftp site, it is possible that the distribution |
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92 became corrupted while it was being unpacked. Check the following for |
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96 be unusable. Older versions of WinZipNT would enable this |
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102 there should be a file lisp\abbrevlist.elc; if this has been |
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107 the lock subdirectory. You can create the lock directory by hand |
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112 site instead. |
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114 If you believe you have unpacked the distributions correctly and are |
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115 still encountering problems, see the section on Further Information |
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118 Virus scanners |
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122 McAfee's Vshield, turn off "Scan all files" (WinGuard) or "boot sector |
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125 * Further information |
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127 If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing |
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128 your favorite web browser to following the document (if you haven't |
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129 already): |
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133 This document serves as an FAQ and a source for further information |
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137 related to the Windows port of Emacs. For information about the |
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143 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.) |
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148 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be |
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149 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. |
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150 These are particuarly good for help with general issues which aren't |
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151 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use |
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154 gnu.emacs.help |
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157 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or |
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158 updated Emacs packages on this group: |
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160 gnu.emacs.sources |
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162 * Reporting bugs |
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164 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear |
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165 about it. First check the FAQ on the web page above to see if the bug |
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166 is already known and if there are any workarounds. Then check whether |
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168 invoking Emacs with the "-q --no-site-file" options. |
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170 If you decide that it is a bug in Emacs that might be specific to the |
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171 Windows port, send a message to the "help-emacs-windows@gnu.org" |
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172 mailing list describing the bug, the version of Emacs that you are |
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173 using, and the operating system that you are running on (Windows NT, |
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174 2000, 95, 98, etc. including service pack level if known). If the bug |
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175 is related to subprocesses, also specify which shell you are using |
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177 `shell-explicit-file-name' in your message). |
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179 If you think the bug is not specific to the Windows port of Emacs, |
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180 then it is better to mail the bug report to "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" so |
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182 send mail, you can use the command M-x report-emacs-bug to create and |
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183 send the bug report, but in some cases there is a function to report |
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184 bugs in a specific package; e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x |
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185 c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java mode, etc. |
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187 Enjoy! |