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author | Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu> |
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8 This directory contains source and precompiled distributions for GNU |
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11 Foundation; the precompiled distributions are provided here for |
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15 If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing |
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16 your favorite web browser to the following document (if you haven't |
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17 already): |
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19 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
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21 The above web document is a far more complete version of this README |
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22 file. If you don't have access to the Web, however, then read on. |
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25 * IMPORTANT LEGAL REMINDER |
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27 If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of |
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28 Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL. For instance, |
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30 an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of |
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34 might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the |
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35 old binaries. |
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41 Windows binaries of Emacs-22.1, with all lisp code and documentation |
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42 included. |
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44 Download this file if you want a single installation package, and |
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45 are not interested in the C source code for Emacs. After |
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46 unpacking, you can optionally run the file bin/addpm.exe to have |
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49 If you need the C source code at a later date, it will be safe to |
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55 Download this file if you already have the source distribution, or |
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56 if you need to redump the emacs.exe executable. |
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58 Unpack this over the top of either the source distribution or the |
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59 bin distribution above. It contains the bin subdirectory and etc/DOC |
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60 file, plus temacs.exe and dump.bat, which are required if you want to |
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61 redump emacs without recompiling it. |
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65 documentation included. |
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67 This is provided for users who require the older version. |
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70 Compiled lisp input methods. This optional addition to Emacs-21.3 |
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72 supported by your keyboard. |
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74 * Image support |
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76 Emacs 22.1 contains support for images, however for most image formats |
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77 supporting libraries are required. This distribution has been tested |
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79 libraries found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. The following image |
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80 formats are supported: |
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82 PBM/PGM/PPM: Supported natively by Emacs. This format is used for |
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93 source as you got libpng. |
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107 (*.tar.gz). Because Emacs is quite large and therefore difficult to |
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109 in several combinations, ranging from the complete source plus executables, | |
110 to just the minimal amount needed to run without any source, plus a | |
111 couple of optional packages. Formerly, we used the same .tar.gz format | |
112 but since there are no longer legal problems with .zip files, and the | |
113 latest versions of Windows support these natively, the Windows binaries | |
114 of Emacs are now distributed as .zip files. | |
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119 platforms supported by Windows NT no longer seem to be in demand, |
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130 Cygwin: http://www.cygwin.com/ |
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131 GnuWin32: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/ |
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