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Merge latest posted one.
author Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
date Thu, 11 Feb 1999 22:47:03 +0000
parents 83d27baff0a1
children 28d942c5d967
files etc/FAQ
diffstat 1 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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 <kyle@uunet.uu.net>
-  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 <daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu>
   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 <wmperry@spry.com>
-  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