GNU Emacs 19.x and above do not compile out of the box on OpenVMS.Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se> is distributing and maintaining aversion of Emacs (currently based on version 19.28, but soon moving to19.34 and then 20.1) that compiles and works on OpenVMS 5.5 and aboveon both VAX and Alpha architectures. For more information see http://vms.gnu.org/software/released1/emacs.html#get_emacs_1928_kit