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1 | -*- text -*- |
2 | Getting GNU Software, 19 Sep 90 |
3 | Copyright (C) 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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35 | Free Software Foundation. See file /pub/gnu/etc/DISTRIB. |
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37 | * Available Software |
38 | |
39 | ** GNU Emacs |
40 | |
41 | The GNU Emacs distribution includes: |
42 | - manual source in TeX format. |
43 | - an enhanced regex (regular expression) library. |
44 | |
45 | See file /pub/gnu/etc/MACHINES for the status of porting Emacs to |
46 | various machines and operating systems. |
47 | |
48 | ** C Scheme - a block structured dialect of LISP. |
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50 | The Free Software Foundation distributes C Scheme for the MIT Scheme |
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62 | ** Other GNU Software |
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