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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, 2008 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 * EXE files produced
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26 Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
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27 files in the bin directory.
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28
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29 + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
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30 as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
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31 it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
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33 + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
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34 without popping up a command prompt window.
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35
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36 + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
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37 communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
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38 node of the Emacs manul.
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40 + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
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41 a command-line window.
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42
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43 + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
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44 Running this is optional.
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46 + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
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47 the native shells in various versions of Windows.
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48
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49 + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
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50 `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
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52 + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
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53 `Ebrowse' manual.
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55 + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.
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57 + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
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58 `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
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59
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60 + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
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61 a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
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62 `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
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64 + digest-doc.exe, sorted-doc.exe - Tools for rebuilding the
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65 built-in documentation.
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67 * Further information
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69 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
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70 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
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72 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
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74 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
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77 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
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79 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
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80 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
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81 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
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82 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
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83 explained there.
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86 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
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87 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
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88 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
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91 gnu.emacs.help
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92 comp.emacs
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95 updated Emacs packages on this group:
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97 gnu.emacs.sources
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99 * Reporting bugs
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101 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
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102 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
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103 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
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104 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
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105 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
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106 option.
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108 Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
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109 will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x
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110 report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some
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111 cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package;
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112 e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java
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113 mode, etc.
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116 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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118 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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119 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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120 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
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121 any later version.
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123 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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124 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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125 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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126 GNU General Public License for more details.
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128 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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129 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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130 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
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131 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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