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author Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
date Sun, 03 Oct 1999 15:56:58 +0000
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1 Emacs for Windows NT and Windows 95
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3 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
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4 Windows NT and Windows 95. This port supports all of the major
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5 functionality of the Unix version, including subprocesses, windowing
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6 features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple frames, etc.), and
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7 networking support.
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9 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
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11 ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest
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13 for the latest precompiled distributions.
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15 * Preliminaries
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17 To compile Emacs, you will need a Microsoft C compiler package. For
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18 NT, this can be any of the SDK compilers from NT 3.1 and up, Microsoft
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19 Visual C++ for NT (versions 1.0 and up), or Microsoft Visual C++
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20 (versions 2.0 and up). For Windows 95, this can be Microsoft Visual
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21 C++ versions 2.0 and up.
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23 * Building and installing
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25 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
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26 building and installing Emacs on your system.
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28 * Further information
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30 If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
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31 your favorite web browser to the document (if you haven't already):
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33 http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html
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35 This web document serves as a FAQ and a source for further information
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36 about the port and related software packages.
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38 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
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39 port of Emacs. For information about the list, send a message to
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40 ntemacs-users-request@cs.washington.edu with the word "info" in the
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41 *body* of the message. To subscribe to the list, send a message to
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42 the same address with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message;
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43 similarly, to unsubscribe from the list, send a message with the word
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44 "unsubscribe" in the message body.
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46 You are also always welcome to send me mail directly. If you don't
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47 hear from me immediately, however, don't worry; it sometimes takes me
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48 a few days (or longer) to get to all of my mail regarding Emacs.
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50 * Reporting bugs
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52 If you encounter bugs in this port of Emacs, first check the FAQ on
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53 the web page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are
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54 any workarounds. If not, then I would like to hear about it; either
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55 send a bug report to the mailing list, or to me directly (I would
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56 recommend sending to the list first).
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58 Enjoy.
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60 -geoff
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61 (voelker@cs.washington.edu)