- 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 a Microsoft C compiler package. For
-NT, this can be any of the SDK compilers from NT 3.1 and up, Microsoft
-Visual C++ for NT (versions 1.0 and up), or Microsoft Visual C++
-(versions 2.0 and up). For Windows 95, this can be Microsoft Visual
-C++ versions 2.0 and up.
-
-* 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,
+ 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+ 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/emacs/windows/
+
+ 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.
+
+* EXE files produced
+
+ Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
+ files in the bin directory.
+
+ + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
+ as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
+ it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
+
+ + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
+ without popping up a command prompt window.
+
+ + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
+ communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
+ node of the Emacs manul.
+
+ + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
+ a command-line window.
+
+ + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
+ Running this is optional.
+
+ + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
+ the native shells in various versions of Windows.
+
+ + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
+ `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
+ `Ebrowse' manual.
+
+ + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.
+
+ + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
+ `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
+ a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
+ `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + digest-doc.exe, sorted-doc.exe - Tools for rebuilding the
+ built-in documentation.
+
+* 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"
+ option.
+
+ Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
+ will be seen by the right people. 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.
+
+\f
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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