diff admin/nt/README-ftp-server @ 101733:5393e0da6dee

Update for 23.1 pretest
author Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
date Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:32:05 +0000
parents ce88a631c161
children 00f11ed06c0d
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--- a/admin/nt/README-ftp-server	Sun Feb 01 10:53:49 2009 +0000
+++ b/admin/nt/README-ftp-server	Sun Feb 01 14:32:05 2009 +0000
@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 		      Precompiled Distributions of
 			   Emacs for Windows
 
-			     Version 22.3
+			    Version 23.0.90
 
-			  September 7, 2008
+			    February 1, 2009
 		
-  This directory contains precompiled distributions for GNU Emacs
-  on Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista and Windows 95/98/Me.  This port is a
-  part of the standard GNU Emacs distribution from the Free Software
-  Foundation; the precompiled distributions are provided here for
-  convenience since the majority of Windows users are not accustomed
-  to compiling programs themselves.  Corresponding source can be found
-  in the parent directory in emacs-22.3.tar.gz.
+  This directory contains precompiled distributions for GNU Emacs on
+  Windows (versions before Windows 95 and NT4 are not supported).
+  This port is a part of the standard GNU Emacs distribution from the
+  Free Software Foundation; the precompiled distributions are provided
+  here for convenience since the majority of Windows users are not
+  accustomed to compiling programs themselves.  Corresponding source
+  can be found in the parent directory in emacs-23.0.90.tar.gz.
 
   If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
   your favorite web browser to the following document (if you haven't
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 
   If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of
   Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL.  For instance,
-  if you put the emacs-22.3-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
+  if you put the emacs-23.0.90-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
   an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of
-  the SAME version (i.e. ../emacs-22.3.tar.gz).
+  the SAME version (i.e. ../emacs-23.0.90.tar.gz).
 
   Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we
   might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 * Files in this directory
 
-  + emacs-22.3-bin-i386.zip
-    Windows binaries of Emacs-22.3, with all lisp code and documentation
+  + emacs-23.0.90-bin-i386.zip
+    Windows binaries of Emacs-23.0.90, with all lisp code and documentation
     included.
 
     Download this file if you want a single installation package, and
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
     If you need the C source code at a later date, it will be safe to
     unpack the source distribution on top of this installation.
 
-  + emacs-22.3-barebin-i386.zip
-    Windows binaries of Emacs-22.3, without lisp code or documentation.
+  + emacs-23.0.90-barebin-i386.zip
+    Windows binaries of Emacs-23.0.90, without lisp code or documentation.
 
     Download this file if you already have the source distribution, or
     if you need to redump the emacs.exe executable.
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@
     a basic Makefile for compiling with mingw32 and a .def file for
     generating a DLL with the appropriate exports in addition to the
     source code to provide the subset of functionality Emacs uses from
-    libXpm. This corresponds to the libXpm.dll in emacs-22.3-bin-i386.zip
-    and emacs-22.3-barebin-i386.zip.
+    libXpm. This corresponds to the libXpm.dll in emacs-23.0.90-bin-i386.zip
+    and emacs-23.0.90-barebin-i386.zip.
 
 * Image support
 
-  Emacs 22.3 contains support for images, however for most image formats
+  Emacs 23.0.90 contains support for images, however for most image formats
   supporting libraries are required.  This distribution has been tested
   with the libraries that are distributed with GTK for Windows, and the
   libraries found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. The following image
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
       GIF: requires libungif or giflib 4.1 or later, which will be
       called giflib4.dll, libungif4.dll or libungif.dll.
 
+      SVG: not compiled into the binary release, but available if you
+      compile Emacs yourself if you have development packages for all the
+      dependencies. Requires many libraries from GTK and Gnome
+      as well as the base librsvg library. Known to crash Emacs on many
+      sample images.
+
 * Distributions in .tar.gz and .zip format
 
   Emacs is distributed primarily as source code in a large gzipped tar
@@ -224,9 +230,8 @@
 
   This document serves as an FAQ and a source for further information
   about the Windows port and related software packages. Note that as
-  of writing, most of the information in that FAQ was for Emacs-21.3
-  and earlier versions, so some information may not be relevant to
-  Emacs-22.3.
+  most of the information in that FAQ is for earlier versions, so some
+  information may not be relevant to Emacs-23.0.90.
 
   In addition to the FAQ, there is a mailing list for discussing issues
   related to the Windows port of Emacs.  For information about the