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There's no such thing as "Windows32" binaries. Say explicitly that the instructions here are not for Cygwin.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:38:54 +0000
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6 See the end of the file for license conditions. 6 See the end of the file for license conditions.
7 7
8 * For the impatient 8 * For the impatient
9 9
10 Here are the concise instructions for configuring and building the 10 Here are the concise instructions for configuring and building the
11 native Windows32 binary of Emacs on Windows, for those who want to skip 11 native Windows binary of Emacs, for those who want to skip the
12 the complex explanations and ``just do it'': 12 complex explanations and ``just do it'':
13 13
14 1. Change to the `nt' directory (the directory of this file): 14 1. Change to the `nt' directory (the directory of this file):
15 15
16 cd nt 16 cd nt
17 17
72 72
73 If these short instructions somehow fail, read the rest of this 73 If these short instructions somehow fail, read the rest of this
74 file. 74 file.
75 75
76 * Preliminaries 76 * Preliminaries
77
78 If you want to build a Cygwin port of Emacs, use the instructions in
79 the INSTALL file in the main Emacs directory (the poarent of this
80 directory). These instructions are for building a native Windows
81 binary of Emacs.
77 82
78 If you used WinZip to unpack the distribution, we suggest to 83 If you used WinZip to unpack the distribution, we suggest to
79 remove the files and unpack again with a different program! 84 remove the files and unpack again with a different program!
80 WinZip is known to create some subtle and hard to debug problems, 85 WinZip is known to create some subtle and hard to debug problems,
81 such as converting files to DOS CR-LF format, not creating empty 86 such as converting files to DOS CR-LF format, not creating empty