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Added short descriptions of the exe files.
| author | Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:12:41 +0000 |
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| 65 window, you can start it by typing "emacs -nw" at the command prompt. | 65 window, you can start it by typing "emacs -nw" at the command prompt. |
| 66 (Obviously, you need to ensure that the Emacs bin subdirectory is in | 66 (Obviously, you need to ensure that the Emacs bin subdirectory is in |
| 67 your PATH first, or specify the path to emacs.exe.) The -nw | 67 your PATH first, or specify the path to emacs.exe.) The -nw |
| 68 (non-windowed) mode of operation is most useful if you have a telnet | 68 (non-windowed) mode of operation is most useful if you have a telnet |
| 69 server on your machine, allowing you to run Emacs remotely. | 69 server on your machine, allowing you to run Emacs remotely. |
| 70 | |
| 71 * EXE files included | |
| 72 | |
| 73 Emacs comes with the following executable files in the bin directory. | |
| 74 | |
| 75 + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run | |
| 76 as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application, | |
| 77 it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer. | |
| 78 | |
| 79 + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application | |
| 80 without popping up a command prompt window. | |
| 81 | |
| 82 + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can | |
| 83 communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server' | |
| 84 node of the Emacs manul. | |
| 85 | |
| 86 + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open | |
| 87 a command-line window. | |
| 88 | |
| 89 + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs. | |
| 90 Running this is optional. | |
| 91 | |
| 92 + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with | |
| 93 the native shells in various versions of Windows. | |
| 94 | |
| 95 + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the | |
| 96 `Tags' node of the Emacs manual. | |
| 97 | |
| 98 + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the | |
| 99 `Ebrowse' manual. | |
| 100 | |
| 101 + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers. | |
| 102 | |
| 103 + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the | |
| 104 `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual. | |
| 105 | |
| 106 + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from | |
| 107 a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the | |
| 108 `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual. | |
| 109 | |
| 110 + digest-doc.exe, sorted-doc.exe - Tools for rebuilding the | |
| 111 built-in documentation. | |
| 70 | 112 |
| 71 * Image support | 113 * Image support |
| 72 | 114 |
| 73 Emacs has built in support for XBM and PPM/PGM/PBM images, and the | 115 Emacs has built in support for XBM and PPM/PGM/PBM images, and the |
| 74 libXpm library is bundled, providing XPM support (required for color | 116 libXpm library is bundled, providing XPM support (required for color |