- Emacs for Windows NT and Windows 95
-
-This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
-Windows NT and Windows 95. This port supports all of the major
-functionality of the Unix version, including subprocesses, windowing
-features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple frames, etc.), and
-networking support.
-
-Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
-
- ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest
-
-for the latest precompiled distributions.
-
-* Preliminaries
-
-To compile Emacs, you will need either Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 or
-later, or a Windows port of GCC 2.95 or later with Mingw and W32 API
-support and a port of GNU make. You can use the Cygwin ports of GCC,
-but Emacs requires the Mingw headers and libraries to build.
-
-* Building and installing
-
-See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
-building and installing Emacs on your system.
-
-* Further information
-
-If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
-your favorite web browser to the document (if you haven't already):
-
- http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html
-
-This web document serves as a FAQ and a source for further information
-about the port and related software packages.
-
-There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
-port of Emacs. For information about the list, send a message to
-ntemacs-users-request@cs.washington.edu with the word "info" in the
-*body* of the message. To subscribe to the list, send a message to
-the same address with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message;
-similarly, to unsubscribe from the list, send a message with the word
-"unsubscribe" in the message body.
-
-You are also always welcome to send me mail directly. If you don't
-hear from me immediately, however, don't worry; it sometimes takes me
-a few days (or longer) to get to all of my mail regarding Emacs.
-
-* Reporting bugs
-
-If you encounter bugs in this port of Emacs, first check the FAQ on
-the web page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are
-any workarounds. If not, then I would like to hear about it; either
-send a bug report to the mailing list, or to me directly (I would
-recommend sending to the list first).
-
-Enjoy.
-
--geoff
-(voelker@cs.washington.edu)
+ Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
+
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+ 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions.
+
+ This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
+ Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
+ of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
+ subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
+ frames, etc.), and networking support.
+
+ Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest/
+
+ for the latest precompiled distributions.
+
+* Building and installing
+
+ See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
+ building and installing Emacs on your system.
+
+* Further information
+
+ There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
+ Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
+
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
+
+ There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
+ port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
+
+ http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
+
+ To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
+ help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
+ To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
+ find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
+ explained there.
+
+ Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
+ overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
+ These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
+ specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
+ for seeking help are:
+
+ gnu.emacs.help
+ comp.emacs
+
+ There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
+ updated Emacs packages on this group:
+
+ gnu.emacs.sources
+
+* Reporting bugs
+
+ If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
+ about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
+ page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
+ workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
+ with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-q
+ --no-site-file" options.
+
+ If you decide that it is a bug in Emacs that might be specific to the
+ Windows port, send a message to the help-emacs-windows@gnu.org
+ mailing list describing the bug, the version of Emacs that you are
+ using, and the operating system that you are running on (Windows NT,
+ 95 or 98 including service pack level if known). If the bug is
+ related to subprocesses, also specify which shell you are using (e.g.,
+ include the values of `shell-file-name' and `shell-explicit-file-name'
+ in your message).
+
+ If you think the bug is not specific to the Windows port of Emacs,
+ then it is better to mail the bug report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so
+ that it will be seen by the right people. If Emacs has been set up to
+ send mail, you can use the command M-x report-emacs-bug to create and
+ send the bug report, but in some cases there is a function to report
+ bugs in a specific package; e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x
+ c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java mode, etc.
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