| 1 | Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME |
| 2 | |
| 3 | Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, |
| 4 | 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| 5 | See the end of the file for license conditions. |
| 6 | |
| 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. |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/ |
| 16 | |
| 17 | for the latest precompiled distributions. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | * Building and installing |
| 20 | |
| 21 | See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on |
| 22 | building and installing Emacs on your system. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | * Further information |
| 25 | |
| 26 | There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of |
| 27 | Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at: |
| 28 | |
| 29 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html |
| 30 | |
| 31 | There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this |
| 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. |
| 41 | |
| 42 | Another valuable source of information and help which should not be |
| 43 | overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs. |
| 44 | These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't |
| 45 | specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use |
| 46 | for seeking help are: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | gnu.emacs.help |
| 49 | comp.emacs |
| 50 | |
| 51 | There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or |
| 52 | updated Emacs packages on this group: |
| 53 | |
| 54 | gnu.emacs.sources |
| 55 | |
| 56 | * Reporting bugs |
| 57 | |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 77 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) |
| 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. |