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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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6 June 13, 2000 |
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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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21 |
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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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35 might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the |
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36 old binaries. |
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41 Emacs is distributed primarily as a set of large gzipped tar files |
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43 download over unreliable connections, it is provided in several |
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44 combinations, ranging from the complete source plus executables, to |
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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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52 emacs-20.7-fullbin-i386.tar.gz |
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59 you later decide you want it - it is useful for understanding how |
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60 packages work, and how they can best be setup or customized. |
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69 emacs-20.7-barebin-i386.tar.gz (requires emacs-20.7-src.tar.gz) |
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77 typing non-ascii characters, notably Chinese, Japanese and Korean, |
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106 Windows (it should build on all supported Windows NT/9x platforms). |
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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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118 Programs for handling the distribution file formats can be found in |
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119 the utilities directory: |
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124 together, or djtarnt.exe. djtarnt.exe can also unpack .zip files. I |
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125 strongly urge you to use these utilities since they were the ones used |
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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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141 modification time on directories, and from gunzip complaining about a |
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142 broken pipe. These messages are harmless and you can ignore them. On |
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144 form, taking up less space on disk. Unfortunately, on Windows 95 and |
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181 abbrevli.el, your distribution has been corrupted while unpacking |
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201 Note, though, that you must have a Microsoft compiler to compile the |
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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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221 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. |
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222 These are particuarly good for help with general issues which aren't |
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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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