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author Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
date Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:39:28 +0000
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1 GNU Emacs for Mac OS
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3 This directory contains the files needed to build GNU Emacs on the Mac
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4 OS (8.1-9.0). Many of the major features of the Unix version are
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5 supported: multiple frames, colors, scroll bars, menu bars, use of the
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6 mouse, fontsets, international characters, input methods, and coding
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7 systems.
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9 Mac OS specific support includes document drag-and-drop in the Finder,
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10 transfer of text to and from other applications via the clipboard, and
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11 sending AppleScript commands to other applications from Emacs.
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13 The following are not yet supported: unexec (dump-emacs), asynchronous
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14 subprocesses (start-process), and networking
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15 (open-network-connection).
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17 There is basic support for synchronous subprocesses (call-process)
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18 although Unix commands that are used will need to be ported to the
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19 Mac.
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21 Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 5 or Pro 6 or MPW-GM (August 2000) can be
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22 used to build Emacs on the Mac OS. See the INSTALL file in this
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23 directory for instructions on building Emacs.
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25 Binary distributions are available at
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27 http://mac-emacs.sourceforge.net/index.html
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29 At this site you can also find an FAQ, mailing lists, and dicussion
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30 forums for discussing issues related to running GNU Emacs on Mac OS.
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32 Andrew.
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33 <akochoi@users.sourceforge.net>