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1 | Emacs for Windows NT and Windows 95 |
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| 3 | This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on | |
| 4 | Windows NT and Windows 95. This port supports all of the major | |
| 5 | functionality of the Unix version, including subprocesses, windowing | |
| 6 | features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple frames, etc.), and | |
| 7 | networking support. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to | |
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| 11 | ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/latest | |
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| 13 | for the latest precompiled distributions. | |
| 14 | ||
| 15 | * Preliminaries | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | To compile Emacs, you will need a Microsoft C compiler package. For | |
| 18 | NT, this can be any of the SDK compilers from NT 3.1 and up, Microsoft | |
| 19 | Visual C++ for NT (versions 1.0 and up), or Microsoft Visual C++ | |
| 20 | (versions 2.0 and up). For Windows 95, this can be Microsoft Visual | |
| 21 | C++ versions 2.0 and up. | |
| 22 | ||
| 23 | * Building and installing | |
| 24 | ||
| 25 | See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on | |
| 26 | building and installing Emacs on your system. | |
| 27 | ||
| 28 | * Further information | |
| 29 | ||
| 30 | If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing | |
| 31 | your favorite web browser to the document (if you haven't already): | |
| 32 | ||
| 33 | http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html | |
| 34 | ||
| 35 | This web document serves as a FAQ and a source for further information | |
| 36 | about the port and related software packages. | |
| 37 | ||
| 38 | There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this | |
| 39 | port of Emacs. For information about the list, send a message to | |
| 40 | ntemacs-users-request@cs.washington.edu with the word "info" in the | |
| 41 | *body* of the message. To subscribe to the list, send a message to | |
| 42 | the same address with the word "subscribe" in the body of the message; | |
| 43 | similarly, to unsubscribe from the list, send a message with the word | |
| 44 | "unsubscribe" in the message body. | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | You are also always welcome to send me mail directly. If you don't | |
| 47 | hear from me immediately, however, don't worry; it sometimes takes me | |
| 48 | a few days (or longer) to get to all of my mail regarding Emacs. | |
| 49 | ||
| 50 | * Reporting bugs | |
| 51 | ||
| 52 | If you encounter bugs in this port of Emacs, first check the FAQ on | |
| 53 | the web page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are | |
| 54 | any workarounds. If not, then I would like to hear about it; either | |
| 55 | send a bug report to the mailing list, or to me directly (I would | |
| 56 | recommend sending to the list first). | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | Enjoy. | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | -geoff | |
| 61 | (voelker@cs.washington.edu) |