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)
prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22.
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- Time-stamp: <1998-11-15 12:37:16 reuven>
+ Time-stamp: <1999-02-10 18:44:04 reuven>
Notation Used in FAQ
The FSF has maintained archives of all of the GNU mailing lists for many
years, although there may be some unintentional gaps in coverage. The
archive is not particularly well organized or easy to retrieve individual
- postings from, but pretty much everything is there. The latest archives
+ postings from, but pretty much everything is there. The archives
are available at
- ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/MailingListArchives/current
+ ftp://ftp-mailing-list-archives.gnu.org/
Web-based Usenet search services, such as DejaNews, also archive the
gnu.* groups. You can reach DejaNews at
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://ftp.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
+ and all mirrors of ftp.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). See
question 17 if you want to install the Info files, or question 18 if you
want to use the Texinfo source to print the manual yourself.
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://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-3.12.tar.gz
- and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (see question 92 for a list).
+ and all mirrors of ftp.gnu.org (see question 92 for a list).
For information about the Texinfo format, read the Texinfo manual which
comes with Emacs. This manual also comes installed in Info format, so
* 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://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/xinfo/xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz
- and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list).
+ and all mirrors of ftp.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list).
* Tkinfo, an Info viewer that runs under X Windows and uses Tcl/Tk. You
can get Tkinfo at
Latest versions of some of the above files are also available at
- ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/
More GNU information, including back issues of the "GNU's Bulletin", are at
The file etc/SERVICE (see question 4 if you're not sure where that is)
lists companies and individuals willing to sell you help in installing or
- using Emacs. An up-to-date version this file is available on gnudist.gnu.org
+ using Emacs. An up-to-date version this file is available on ftp.gnu.org
(see question 20).
22: Where can I get the latest version of this document (the FAQ list)?
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:
+ * Via the World Wide Web. A hypertext version is available at
- http://www.geek-girl.com/emacs/faq/index.html
-
- This is an old version, but it works.
+ 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
If you're tired of seeing backup files whenever you do an "ls" at the
Unix shell, try GNU ls with the "-B" option. GNU ls is part of the GNU
- fileutils package, available at mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (see question 92).
+ fileutils package, available at mirrors of ftp.gnu.org (see question 92).
To disable or change how backups are made, see "Backup Names" in the
on-line manual.
from scratch. You will need:
* Emacs sources. See question 92 for a list of ftp sites that make them
- available. On gnudist.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are
+ available. On ftp.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are
available at
- ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.4.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.4.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://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.5.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.
+ adjust the URL accordingly) so as to reduce load on ftp.gnu.org.
* Gzip, the GNU compression utility. You can get gzip via anonymous ftp
- at mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org sites; it should compile and install without
+ at mirrors of ftp.gnu.org sites; it should compile and install without
much trouble on most systems. Once you have retrieved the Emacs
sources, you will probably be able to uncompress them with the command
two `v's force verbose output, and the `f' tells tar to use a disk
file, rather than one on tape.
- If you're using GNU tar (available at mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org), you can
+ If you're using GNU tar (available at mirrors of ftp.gnu.org), you can
combine this step and the previous one by using the command
tar -zxvvf emacs-20.4.tar.gz
so before you use or modify a Lisp package, see if the author has provided
any hints in the source code.
- If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code Directory,
- maintained by Dave Brennan <brennan@hal.com>. The directory is contained
- in the file LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see
- question 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from
- the same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can grab
- from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get
+ If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code
+ Directory, maintained (unfortunately slowly at present) by Dave
+ Brennan <brennan@gnu.org>. The directory is contained in the file
+ LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see question
+ 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from the
+ same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can
+ grab from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get
lispdir.el.
Once you have installed lispdir.el and LCD-datafile, you can use "M-x
them. You should also use binary mode whenever you retrieve any
files with names ending in ".elc".
- Note that the archive is apparently not being maintained at the time of
- writing; a volunteer to take on the task would be welcome.
-
Packages which have been posted to gnu.emacs.sources should be locatable
via a service like Dejanews.
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?
The most up-to-date official GNU software is normally kept on
- gnudist.gnu.org and is available at
+ ftp.gnu.org and is available at
- ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu
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 ftp.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")?
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README
- And the binary itself is available in the files
+ And the binary itself is available in the files em1934*.zip in the
+ directory
- 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".
+ 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
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?
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?
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?
If you are on a Unix machine, try using the "nslookup" command, included
in the Berkeley BIND package. For example, to find the IP address of
- "gnudist.gnu.org", you would type
+ "ftp.gnu.org", you would type
- nslookup gnudist.gnu.org
+ nslookup ftp.gnu.org
Your computer should then provide the IP address of that computer.
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)
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://ftp.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. :-)
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
111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
Author: Bill Perry <wmperry@spry.com>
- Latest version: 4.0pre.23
+ Latest version: 4.0pre.39
Anonymous FTP:
ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/elisp/w3/.betas/w3.tar.gz
Mailing lists:
Authors: Patrick J. LoPresti <patl@lcs.mit.edu> and
Jin S. Choi <jin@atype.com>
Maintainer: Len Budney <lbudney@pobox.com>
- Latest version: 3.5b6
+ Latest version: 3.5.1
Anonymous FTP:
- http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt/mailcrypt-3.5b6.tar.gz
+ ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/crypto/mailcrypt-3.5.1.tar.gz
World Wide Web:
http://www.nb.net/~lbudney/linux/software/mailcrypt.html
Author: Paul Kinnucan <paulk@mathworks.com>
Mailing list: jde-subscribe@sunsite.auc.dk
- Latest version: 2.1.1
+ Latest version: 2.1.4
World Wide Web: http://sunsite.auc.dk/jde/
115: Patch -- program to apply "diffs" for updating files
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
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