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4 You may encounter bugs in this release. If you do, please report
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5 them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since
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6 they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or
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18 occur in building, installing and running Emacs.
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22 manual for more information on how to report bugs. (The file `BUGS'
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23 in this directory explains how you can find and read that section
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24 using the Info files that come with Emacs.) See `etc/MAILINGLISTS'
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33 `Makefile' (a script for the `make' program), which automates the
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39 requirements that autoconf can't meet directly, and for historical
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40 reasons, `configure.in' uses an unholy marriage of custom-baked
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48 The file `make-dist' is a shell script to build a distribution tar
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49 file from the current Emacs tree, containing only those files
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50 appropriate for distribution. If you make extensive changes to Emacs,
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51 this script will help you distribute your version to others.
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57 functions).
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58 `lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp code for Emacs (most everything else).
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59 `leim' holds the library of Emacs input methods, Lisp code and
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60 auxiliary data files required to type international characters
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62 `lib-src' holds the source code for some utility programs for use by or
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63 with Emacs, like movemail and etags.
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64 `etc' holds miscellaneous architecture-independent data files
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65 Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead
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69 `info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs.
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70 `man' holds the source code for the Emacs Manual. If you modify the
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71 manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce
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79 `vms' holds instructions and useful files for running Emacs under VMS.
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80 `nt' holds various command files and documentation files that pertain
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81 to building and running Emacs on Windows 9X/ME/NT/2000/XP.
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82 `mac' holds instructions, sources, and other useful files for building
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