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1 Precompiled Distributions of
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2 Emacs for Windows NT and Windows 95/98/2000
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4 Version 20.7
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8 This directory contains source and precompiled distributions for GNU
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9 Emacs on Windows NT and Windows 95/98/2000. This port is a part of
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10 the standard GNU Emacs distribution from the Free Software Foundation;
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11 the precompiled distributions are provided here for convenience since,
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12 unlike Unix, the majority of Windows users do not have access to a
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13 compiler (and, besides, do you really want to compile Emacs when you
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14 don't have to?).
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16 If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
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17 your favorite web browser to the following document (if you haven't
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18 already):
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20 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
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22 The above web document is a far more complete version of this README
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23 file. If you don't have access to the Web, however, then read on.
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26 * IMPORTANT LEGAL REMINDER
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28 If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of
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29 Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL. For instance,
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30 if you put the emacs-20.7-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
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31 an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of
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32 the SAME version (i.e. emacs-20.7-src.tar.gz).
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34 Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we
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36 old binaries.
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39 * Distributions in .tar.gz format
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41 Emacs is distributed primarily as a set of large gzipped tar files
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42 (*.tar.gz). Because Emacs is quite large and therefore difficult to
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43 download over unreliable connections, it is provided in several
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45 just the minimal amount needed to run without any source, plus a
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46 couple of optional packages. Here are the combinations (i386 in the
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47 name indicates a tarball contains executables compiled for
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48 Intel-compatible x86 systems):
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50 + Primary precompiled distribution, including lisp source:
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52 emacs-20.7-fullbin-i386.tar.gz
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58 You can download emacs-20.7-lisp.tar.gz to get the lisp source, if
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69 emacs-20.7-barebin-i386.tar.gz (requires emacs-20.7-src.tar.gz)
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71 + Undumped executable, only needed for rebuilding Emacs after changing
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72 certain core lisp files:
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74 emacs-20.7-undumped-i386.tar.gz
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76 + Optional package providing the Library of Emacs Input Methods for
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78 but also including European and other character sets:
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97 em207-b*.zip
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99 This is equivalent to getting emacs-20.7-bin-i386.tar.gz above.
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103 * Distributions for non-x86 platforms
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105 I try to make this port available for all platforms supported by
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106 Windows (it should build on all supported Windows NT/9x platforms).
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107 However, I do not always have access to non-x86 platforms, and so I
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108 cannot guarantee to provide precompiled distributions for the other
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109 platforms myself. If you find there are no binaries for your
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110 platform, and you have access to a Microsoft compiler, then you can
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111 download the source and compile Emacs yourself (and, if you do, please
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112 consider contributing your executables; send me mail and we can make
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113 arrangements for making them available on this ftp server.)
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116 * Unpacking distributions
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123 For gzipped tar files, you will need either gunzip.exe and tar.exe
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126 to create the distributions; the most common problem people have in
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130 Open a command prompt (MSDOS) window. Decide on a directory in which
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131 to place Emacs. Move the distribution to that directory, and then
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132 unpack it as follows.
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134 If you have the gzipped tar version, use gunzip to uncompress the tar
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135 file on the fly, and pipe the output through tar with the "xvf" flags
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136 to extract the files from the tar file:
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140 You may see messages from tar about not being able to change the
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142 broken pipe. These messages are harmless and you can ignore them. On
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143 Windows NT, unpacking tarballs this way leaves them in compressed
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144 form, taking up less space on disk. Unfortunately, on Windows 95 and
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145 98, a large temporary file is created, so it is better to use the
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146 djtarnt.exe program, which performs the equivalent operation in one
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147 step:
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149 % djtarnt -x some.tar.gz
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151 You may be prompted to rename or overwrite directories when using
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154 If you have the multi-file .zip distribution, use djtarnt to unpack
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155 all of the .zip files:
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157 % djtarnt -x *.zip
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159 Once you have unpacked a precompiled distribution of Emacs, it should
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162 bin etc info lisp lock site-lisp
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164 If your utility failed to create the lock directory, then you can
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165 simply create it by hand (it is initially empty).
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170 If you do use other utility programs to unpack the distribution, check
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171 the following to be sure the distribution was not corrupted:
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173 + Be sure to disable the CR/LF translation or the executables will be
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174 unusable. Older versions of WinZipNT would enable this translation
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175 by default. If you are using WinZipNT, disable it. (I don't have
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177 to disable it.)
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179 + Check that filenames were not truncated to 8.3. For example, there
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180 should be a file lisp/abbrevlist.el; if this has been truncated to
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181 abbrevli.el, your distribution has been corrupted while unpacking
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182 and Emacs will not start.
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184 + I've been told that some utilities (WinZip again?) don't create the
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185 lock subdirectory. The lock subdirectory needs to be created.
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187 + I've also had reports that the "gnu-win32" port of tar corrupts the
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188 executables. Use the version of tar or djtarnt in the utilities
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189 directory instead.
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191 If you believe you have unpacked the distributions correctly and are
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192 still encountering problems, see the section on Further Information
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198 If you would like to compile Emacs from source, download the source
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199 distribution, unpack it in the same manner as a precompiled
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200 distribution, and look in the file nt/INSTALL for detailed directions.
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201 Note, though, that you must have a Microsoft compiler to compile the
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202 source. (Support for compiling with gcc 2.95 or later will be
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203 available in a future release.)
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213 port of Emacs. For information about the list, send a message to
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214 ntemacs-users-request@cs.washington.edu with the word "info" in the
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215 *body* of the message. To subscribe to the list, send a message to
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216 the same address with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message;
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217 similarly, to unsubscribe from the list, send a message with the word
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220 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
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222 These are particuarly good for help with general issues which aren't
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223 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
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224 for seeking help are:
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226 gnu.emacs.help
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229 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
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230 updated Emacs packages on this group:
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234 You are also always welcome to send me mail directly. If you don't
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235 hear from me immediately, however, don't worry; it sometimes takes me
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236 a few days (or longer) to get to all of my mail regarding Emacs.
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238 Enjoy!
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240 Andrew Innes
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241 (andrewi@gnu.org)