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d3776990 | 1 | Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME |
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e6937740 | 3 | Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, |
6d344054 | 4 | 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
7f6d64f8 | 5 | See the end of the file for license conditions. |
4b994b84 | 6 | |
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7 | This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on |
8 | Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all | |
9 | of the major functionality of the Unix version, including | |
10 | subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple | |
11 | frames, etc.), and networking support. | |
a4a9692d | 12 | |
d3776990 | 13 | Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to |
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eab17b5d | 15 | ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ |
a4a9692d | 16 | |
d3776990 | 17 | for the latest precompiled distributions. |
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18 | |
19 | * Building and installing | |
20 | ||
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21 | See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on |
22 | building and installing Emacs on your system. | |
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23 | |
24 | * Further information | |
25 | ||
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26 | There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of |
27 | Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at: | |
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d3776990 | 29 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
a4a9692d | 30 | |
d3776990 | 31 | There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this |
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32 | port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page: |
33 | ||
34 | http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows | |
35 | ||
36 | To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to | |
37 | help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.) | |
38 | To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you | |
39 | find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as | |
40 | explained there. | |
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42 | Another valuable source of information and help which should not be |
43 | overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. | |
33d69478 | 44 | These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't |
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45 | specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use |
46 | for seeking help are: | |
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48 | gnu.emacs.help |
49 | comp.emacs | |
a4a9692d | 50 | |
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51 | There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or |
52 | updated Emacs packages on this group: | |
a4a9692d | 53 | |
d3776990 | 54 | gnu.emacs.sources |
a4a9692d | 55 | |
d3776990 | 56 | * Reporting bugs |
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58 | If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear |
59 | about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web | |
60 | page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any | |
61 | workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do | |
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62 | with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q" |
63 | option. | |
64 | ||
65 | Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it | |
66 | will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x | |
67 | report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some | |
68 | cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package; | |
69 | e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java | |
70 | mode, etc. | |
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71 | |
72 | \f | |
73 | This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
74 | ||
75 | GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify | |
76 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
4a9f99bd | 77 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) |
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78 | any later version. |
79 | ||
80 | GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
81 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
82 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
83 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
84 | ||
85 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License | |
86 | along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the | |
87 | Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, | |
88 | Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. |