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1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME |
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3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, |
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4 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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5 See the end of the file for license conditions. |
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7 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on |
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8 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all |
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9 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including |
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10 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple |
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11 frames, etc.), and networking support. |
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13 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to |
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15 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ |
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17 for the latest precompiled distributions. |
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19 * Building and installing | |
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21 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on |
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22 building and installing Emacs on your system. |
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24 * Further information | |
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26 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of |
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27 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at: |
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29 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
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31 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this |
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32 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page: |
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34 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows |
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36 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to |
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37 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.) |
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38 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you |
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39 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as |
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40 explained there. |
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42 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be |
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43 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. |
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44 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't |
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45 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use |
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46 for seeking help are: |
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48 gnu.emacs.help |
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49 comp.emacs |
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51 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or |
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52 updated Emacs packages on this group: |
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58 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear |
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59 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web |
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60 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any |
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61 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do |
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62 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q" |
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63 option. |
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65 Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it |
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66 will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x |
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67 report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some |
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68 cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package; |
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69 e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java |
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70 mode, etc. |
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73 This file is part of GNU Emacs. |
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75 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
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76 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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77 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) |
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78 any later version. |
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80 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, |
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81 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of |
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82 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the |
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83 GNU General Public License for more details. |
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85 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
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86 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the |
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87 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, |
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