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the history list provided in the form that the value is returned, iff
the value is not equal to the front of the history list.
(Fread_no_blanks_input): Change DEFUN to allow 2nd arg to be optional.
The code was already written correctly.
author | Brian Fox <bfox@gnu.org> |
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101 | 1 -*- text -*- |
2305 | 2 Getting GNU Software, 21 Mar 93 |
3 Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
101 | 4 |
2305 | 5 |
6 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim | |
7 copies of this document provided that the copyright notice and | |
8 this permission notice are preserved. | |
101 | 9 |
10 * GNU and the Free Software Foundation | |
11 | |
12 Project GNU is organized as part of the Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
2305 | 13 The Free Software Foundation has the following goals: 1) to create GNU |
14 as a full development/operating system. 2) to distribute GNU and | |
15 other useful software with source code and permission to copy and | |
16 redistribute. | |
101 | 17 |
18 Further information on the rationale for GNU is in file | |
2305 | 19 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/GNU' (all files referred to are on the Internet host |
20 prep.ai.mit.edu). | |
101 | 21 |
2305 | 22 Information on GNU Internet mailing lists and gnUSENET newsgroups can |
23 be found in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MAILINGLISTS'. | |
101 | 24 |
25 * How To Get The Software | |
26 | |
27 The easiest way to get a copy of the distribution is from someone else | |
28 who has it. You need not ask for permission to do so, or tell any one | |
29 else; just copy it. The second easiest is to ftp it over the | |
30 Internet. The third easiest way is to uucp it. Ftp and uucp | |
2305 | 31 information is in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FTP'. |
101 | 32 |
33 If you cannot get a copy any of these ways, or if you would feel more | |
34 confident getting copies straight from us, or if you would like to get | |
35 some funds to us to help in our efforts, you can order one from the | |
2305 | 36 Free Software Foundation. See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB' and |
37 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS'. | |
38 | |
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39 * What format are the *.gz files in? |
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41 Because the unix `compress' utility is patented (by two separate | |
42 patents, in fact), we cannot use it; it's not free software. | |
43 | |
44 Therefore, the GNU Project has chosen a new compression utility, | |
45 `gzip', which is free of any known software patents and which tends to | |
46 compress better anyway. As of March 1993, all compressed files in the | |
47 GNU anonymous FTP area, `prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu', have been | |
48 converted to the new format. Files compressed with this new | |
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49 compression program end in `.gz' (as opposed to `compress'-compressed |
2305 | 50 files, which end in `.Z'). |
51 | |
52 Gzip can uncompress `compress'-compressed files and `pack' files | |
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53 (which end in `.z'). This is possible because the various |
2305 | 54 decompression algorithms are not patented---only compression is. |
55 | |
56 The gzip program is available from any GNU mirror site in shar, tar, | |
57 or gzipped tar format (for those who already have a prior version of | |
58 gzip and want faster data transmission). It works on virtually every | |
59 unix system, MSDOS, OS/2, and VMS. | |
101 | 60 |
61 * Available Software | |
62 | |
2305 | 63 ** GNU Emacs |
101 | 64 |
2305 | 65 The GNU Emacs distribution includes: |
101 | 66 - manual source in TeX format. |
67 - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. | |
68 | |
2305 | 69 See `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/MACHINES' for the status of porting Emacs to |
101 | 70 various machines and operating systems. |
71 | |
72 ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. | |
73 | |
74 The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme | |
75 Project on it tapes. A partial ftp distribution can be found on | |
76 prep.ai.mit.edu. The full ftp distribution can be found on | |
77 zurich.ai.mit.edu. | |
78 | |
1028 | 79 Problems with the C Scheme distribution and its ftp distribution |
2305 | 80 should be referred to: <bug-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>. There are |
81 two general mailing lists: <info-cscheme@martigny.ai.mit.edu>and | |
82 <scheme@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. Send requests to join either list to: | |
83 <info-cscheme-request@martigny.ai.mit.edu> or | |
101 | 84 <scheme-request@mc.lcs.mit.edu>. |
85 | |
86 ** Other GNU Software | |
87 | |
2305 | 88 A full list of available software are in `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ORDERS' and |
89 `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DESCRIPTIONS'. | |
101 | 90 |
91 * No Warranties | |
92 | |
93 We distribute software in the hope that it will be useful, but without | |
94 any warranty. No author or distributor of this software accepts | |
95 responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it or for | |
96 whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all, unless he | |
97 says so in writing. | |
98 | |
99 * If You Like The Software | |
100 | |
101 If you like the software developed and distributed by the Free | |
102 Software Foundation, please express your satisfaction with a donation. | |
103 Your donations will help to support the foundation and make our future | |
104 efforts successful, including a complete development and operating | |
105 system, called GNU (Gnu's Not Un*x), which will run Un*x user | |
2305 | 106 programs. Please note that donations and funds raise by selling |
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108 for our work. | |
109 | |
110 For more information on GNU and the Foundation, contact us at Internet | |
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112 found in file `/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/DISTRIB'. |