comparison INSTALL @ 19352:6cf4badd0d76

MSDOS updates.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 14 Aug 1997 22:40:14 +0000
parents 69538f436b92
children c08a8e2d0f27
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598 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command: 598 To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command:
599 599
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.) 603 your system.) There are a few files in the archive whose names
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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605 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be 610 When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
606 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install 611 created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install
607 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands: 612 Emacs, chdir to that directory and type these commands:
608 613
621 if you run Emacs under MS Windows. 626 if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
622 627
623 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in 628 Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
624 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the 629 ../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
625 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the 630 Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
626 environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory), 631 environment variable HOME; if you do that, the directories lisp, etc
627 EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for 632 and info are accessed as subdirectories of the HOME directory.
628 the location of the `info' directory).
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630 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such 634 MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
631 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not 635 as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not
632 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work. 636 work. Synchronous subprocesses do work.
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