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Fix instructions for MSDOG.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Thu, 14 Aug 1997 13:58:31 +0000
parents 63c862461563
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598 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command: 598 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command:
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600 djtar -x emacs.tgz 600 djtar -x emacs.tgz
601 601
602 (This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on 602 (This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on
603 your system.) There are a few files in the archive whose names 603 your system.)
604 collide with other files under the 8.3 DOS naming. On native MSDOS,
605 or if you have set LFN=n on Windows 95, djtar will ask you to supply
606 alternate names for these files; you can just press `Enter' when this
607 happens (which makes djtar skip these files) because they aren't
608 required for MS-DOS.
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610 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be 605 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
611 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install 606 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install
612 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands: 607 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands:
613 608
626 if you run Emacs under MS Windows. 621 if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
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628 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in 623 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
629 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the 624 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
630 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the 625 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
631 environment variable HOME; if you do that, the directories lisp, etc 626 environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory),
632 and info are accessed as subdirectories of the HOME directory. 627 EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for
628 the location of the `info' directory).
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634 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such 630 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
635 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not 631 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not
636 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work. 632 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work.
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