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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 16 Feb 2001 13:49:36 +0000 |
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| 5 them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since | 5 them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since |
| 6 they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or | 6 they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or |
| 7 in code we don't use often. See the file BUGS for more information on | 7 in code we don't use often. See the file BUGS for more information on |
| 8 how to report bugs. | 8 how to report bugs. |
| 9 | 9 |
| 10 See the files `etc/NEWS' and `etc/news.texi' for information on new | 10 See the file etc/NEWS for information on new features and other |
| 11 features and other user-visible changes since the last version of | 11 user-visible changes since the last version of Emacs. |
| 12 Emacs. | |
| 13 | 12 |
| 14 The file INSTALL in this directory says how to bring up GNU Emacs on | 13 The file INSTALL in this directory says how to bring up GNU Emacs on |
| 15 Unix, once you have loaded the entire subtree of this directory. | 14 Unix, once you have loaded the entire subtree of this directory. |
| 16 | 15 |
| 17 The file etc/PROBLEMS contains information on many common problems that | 16 The file etc/PROBLEMS contains information on many common problems that |
| 38 requirements that autoconf can't meet, `configure.in' uses an unholy | 37 requirements that autoconf can't meet, `configure.in' uses an unholy |
| 39 marriage of custom-baked configuration code and autoconf macros; it | 38 marriage of custom-baked configuration code and autoconf macros; it |
| 40 may be wise to avoid rebuilding `configure' from `configure.in' when | 39 may be wise to avoid rebuilding `configure' from `configure.in' when |
| 41 possible. | 40 possible. |
| 42 | 41 |
| 42 If you do want to rebuild `configure' from `configure.in', you will | |
| 43 need to install autoconf and GNU m4 (the version of m4 supplied with | |
| 44 your system might not be enough). | |
| 45 | |
| 43 The file `Makefile.in' is a template used by `configure' to create | 46 The file `Makefile.in' is a template used by `configure' to create |
| 44 `Makefile'. | 47 `Makefile'. |
| 45 | 48 |
| 46 The file `make-dist' is a shell script to build a distribution tar | 49 The file `make-dist' is a shell script to build a distribution tar |
| 47 file from the current Emacs tree, containing only those files | 50 file from the current Emacs tree, containing only those files |
| 59 Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead quote | 62 Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead quote |
| 60 database. The contents of the `lisp', `info' and `man' | 63 database. The contents of the `lisp', `info' and `man' |
| 61 subdirectories are architecture-independent too. | 64 subdirectories are architecture-independent too. |
| 62 | 65 |
| 63 `info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs. | 66 `info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs. |
| 64 `man' holds the source code for the Emacs manual. | 67 `man' holds the source code for the Emacs manual. If you modify the |
| 68 manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce | |
| 69 an updated manual. `makeinfo' is part of the GNU Texinfo | |
| 70 package; you need version 4.0 or later of Texinfo. | |
| 65 | 71 |
| 66 Note that the Emacs Lisp manual sources are distributed separately. | 72 Note that the Emacs Lisp manual sources are distributed separately. |
| 67 (They are twice as large as the Emacs manual in the man subdirectory.) | 73 (They are twice as large as the Emacs manual in the man subdirectory.) |
| 68 | 74 |
| 69 `msdos' holds configuration files for compiling Emacs under MSDOG. | 75 `msdos' holds configuration files for compiling Emacs under MSDOG. |
| 70 `vms' holds instructions and useful files for running Emacs under VMS. | 76 `vms' holds instructions and useful files for running Emacs under VMS. |
| 71 `nt' holds various command files and documentation files that pertain | 77 `nt' holds various command files and documentation files that pertain |
| 72 to running Emacs on Windows NT. | 78 to running Emacs on Windows NT. |
| 73 `mac' holds instructions, sources, and other useful files for building | 79 `mac' holds instructions, sources, and other useful files for building |
| 74 and running Emacs on the Mac. | 80 and running Emacs on the Mac. |
| 81 | |
| 82 Building Emacs on non-Posix platforms requires to install tools | |
| 83 that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS. The | |
| 84 platform-specific README files and installation instructions should | |
| 85 list the required tools. |