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1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME |
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4 See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions. | |
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6 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on |
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7 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all |
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8 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including |
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9 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple |
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10 frames, etc.), and networking support. |
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12 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to |
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14 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest/ |
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16 for the latest precompiled distributions. |
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18 * Building and installing | |
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20 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on |
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21 building and installing Emacs on your system. |
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23 * Further information | |
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25 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of |
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26 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at: |
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28 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
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30 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this |
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31 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page: |
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33 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows |
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35 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to |
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36 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.) |
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37 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you |
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38 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as |
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39 explained there. |
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41 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be |
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42 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. |
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43 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't |
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44 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use |
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45 for seeking help are: |
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47 gnu.emacs.help |
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48 comp.emacs |
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50 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or |
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51 updated Emacs packages on this group: |
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53 gnu.emacs.sources |
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57 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear |
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58 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web |
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59 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any |
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60 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do |
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61 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-q |
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62 --no-site-file" options. |
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64 If you decide that it is a bug in Emacs that might be specific to the |
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65 Windows port, send a message to the help-emacs-windows@gnu.org |
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66 mailing list describing the bug, the version of Emacs that you are |
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67 using, and the operating system that you are running on (Windows NT, |
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68 95 or 98 including service pack level if known). If the bug is |
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69 related to subprocesses, also specify which shell you are using (e.g., |
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70 include the values of `shell-file-name' and `shell-explicit-file-name' |
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71 in your message). |
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73 If you think the bug is not specific to the Windows port of Emacs, |
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74 then it is better to mail the bug report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so |
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75 that it will be seen by the right people. If Emacs has been set up to |
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76 send mail, you can use the command M-x report-emacs-bug to create and |
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77 send the bug report, but in some cases there is a function to report |
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78 bugs in a specific package; e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x |
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79 c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java mode, etc. |