# HG changeset patch # User Dave Love # Date 918773223 0 # Node ID 0845212b2b2c39c7b66374d17069c3bf71a89559 # Parent 83d27baff0a1a0df7f0742734ccb4d7f278c1649 Merge latest posted one. diff -r 83d27baff0a1 -r 0845212b2b2c etc/FAQ --- a/etc/FAQ Wed Feb 10 20:52:20 1999 +0000 +++ b/etc/FAQ Thu Feb 11 22:47:03 1999 +0000 @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Emacs 18 or 19. [This version has been somewhat edited from the last-posted version -(as of January 1999) for inclusion in the Emacs distribution.] +(as of February 1999) for inclusion in the Emacs distribution.] The FAQ is posted (in five parts) to reduce the noise level in the gnu.emacs.help newsgroup (which is also the help-gnu-emacs mailing list) @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22. ------------------------------------------------------------ - Time-stamp: <1998-11-15 12:37:16 reuven> + Time-stamp: <1999-02-10 18:44:04 reuven> Notation Used in FAQ @@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ format. Texinfo source for the manual (along with pregenerated Info files) is available at - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). See question 17 if you want to install the Info files, or question 18 if you @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ using the stand-alone "makeinfo" program, available as part of the latest Texinfo package at - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.12.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-3.12.tar.gz and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (see question 92 for a list). @@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ * Xinfo, a stand-alone version of the Info program that runs under X Windows. You can get it at - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/xinfo/xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). @@ -834,11 +834,9 @@ release has been part of the Emacs distribution as etc/FAQ (see question 4). - * Via the World Wide Web. Point your favorite Web browser at: - - http://www.geek-girl.com/emacs/faq/index.html - - This is an old version, but it works. + * Via the World Wide Web. A hypertext version is available at + + http://www.lerner.co.il/emacs/ * Via anonymous ftp and e-mail from rtfm.mit.edu (and its mirror in Europe), the main repository for FAQs and other items posted to @@ -2160,13 +2158,13 @@ available. On gnudist.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are available at - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.4.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.3.tar.gz The above will obviously change as new versions of Emacs come out. For instance, when Emacs 20.5 is released, it will most probably be available at - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.5.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.4.tar.gz Again, you should use one of the mirror sites in question 92 (and adjust the URL accordingly) so as to reduce load on gnudist.gnu.org. @@ -2391,7 +2389,7 @@ The lispdir.el package has a function named submit-lcd-entry which will help you with this. - See question 90 regarding non-maintenance of the archive. + Note that maintenance of the archive is currently very slow. 92: Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff? @@ -2402,61 +2400,9 @@ Read the files etc/DISTRIB and etc/FTP for more information. - The following sites are all mirror images of the GNU distribution area: - - ASIA: ftp://cair.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu, - ftp://utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ftpsync/prep, - ftp://ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu - - AUSTRALIA: ftp://archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet) - - AFRICA: ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu - - EUROPE: ftp://ftp.denet.dk/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/gnu, - ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu, - ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu, - ftp://isy.liu.se/pub/gnu, - ftp://nic.switch.ch/mirror/gnu, - ftp://archive.eu.net/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/software/gnu, - ftp://ftp.ieunet.ie/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.sunet.se:/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu, - ftp://irisa.irisa.fr/pub/gnu, - ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu, - ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/uunet/systems/gnu - - SOUTH AMERICA: ftp.unicamp.br:/pub/gnu - - WESTERN CANADA: ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/mirror2/gnu - - USA: ftp://col.hp.com/mirrors/gnu, - ftp://f.ms.uky.edu/pub3/gnu, - ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep, - ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu, - ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu, - ftp://ftp.kpc.com/pub/mirror/gnu, - ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/gnu, - ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU, - ftp://jaguar.utah.edu/gnustuff, - ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu, - ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu, - ftp://vixen.cso.uiuc.edu/gnu, - ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu - - The directory at ftp.uu.net is a mirror of gnudist.gnu.org except that files - larger than one megabyte are split into multiple parts. If you have - trouble transferring large files, you should try that site. A file - normally named "XXX" is split into files XXX-split/part[0-9][0-9], and - there will be a file named XXX-split/README which contains the list of - parts (especially helpful when FTP-ing by e-mail), their checksums, and - reassembly instructions. + A list of sites mirroring gnudist.gnu.org can be found at + + http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html 93: What is the difference between Emacs and XEmacs (formerly "Lucid Emacs")? @@ -2494,12 +2440,10 @@ ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README - And the binary itself is available in the files - - ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/em1934*.zip - - where * indicates that you should retrieve all of the files beginning - with "em1934" and ending with "zip". + And the binary itself is available in the files em1934*.zip in the + directory + + ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/ If you prefer to compile Emacs for yourself, you will need a 386 (or better) processor, and are running MS-DOS 3.0 or later. According to Eli @@ -2542,7 +2486,7 @@ ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.emacs/ Note that while many of these programs look similar to Emacs, they often - lack certain features, particularly as the Emacs Lisp extension language. + lack certain features, particularly the Emacs Lisp extension language. 95: Where can I get Emacs for Microsoft Windows, Windows 9x, or Windows NT? @@ -2576,7 +2520,7 @@ Emacs 19.33 is ported for emx on OS/2 2.0 or 2.1, and is available at: - ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/apps/emacs/v.19.33/ + ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs/v19.33/ 97: Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST? @@ -2657,7 +2601,7 @@ Java code. You can get the latest version from the Emacs Lisp Archive; see question 90 for details. A FAQ for cc-mode is available at - http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/cc-mode.html/Top.html + http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode/ 103: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ? @@ -2688,9 +2632,9 @@ 104: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support Author: Kyle Jones - Latest version: 6.62 + Latest version: 6.67 Anonymous FTP: - ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/mail/vm/vm.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/vm.tar.gz Newsgroups and mailing lists: Informational newsgroup/mailing list: gnu.emacs.vm.info (newsgroup) @@ -2721,7 +2665,7 @@ Author: Dave Gillespie Latest version: 2.02f Anonymous FTP: - ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/calc-2.02f.tar.gz + ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/calc/calc-2.02f.tar.gz NOTE: Unlike Wolfram Research, Dave has never threatened to sue anyone for having a program with a similar command language to Calc. :-) @@ -2754,7 +2698,7 @@ auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk (for submissions) auc-tex_mgr@iesd.auc.dk (auc-tex development team) World Wide Web: - http://www.iesd.auc.dk/~amanda/auctex/ + http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/ 109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers @@ -2789,7 +2733,7 @@ 111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs Author: Bill Perry - Latest version: 4.0pre.31 + Latest version: 4.0pre.39 Anonymous FTP: ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/elisp/w3/.betas/w3.tar.gz Mailing lists: @@ -3278,10 +3222,6 @@ Enhancement of Emacs. See question 84 for information on where to find and download Emacs. - The original MULE is available at - - ftp://sh.wide.ad.jp/JAPAN/mule/mule-19.33-delta.tar.gz - 137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets? Emacs 20 supports Hebrew characters (ISO 8859-8), but does not yet