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   1              Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
   2
   3   Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4   See the end of the file for license conditions.
   5
   6   This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
   7   Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors.  This port supports all
   8   of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
   9   subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
  10   frames, etc.), and networking support.
  11
  12   Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
  13
  14         ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
  15
  16   for the latest precompiled distributions.
  17
  18 * Building and installing
  19
  20   See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
  21   building and installing Emacs on your system.
  22
  23 * EXE files produced
  24
  25   Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
  26   files in the bin directory.
  27
  28   + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable.  As this is designed to run
  29     as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
  30     it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
  31
  32   + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
  33     without popping up a command prompt window.  If you create a
  34     desktop shortcut for invoking Emacs, make it point to this
  35     executable, not to emacs.exe.
  36
  37   + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
  38     communicate with a running Emacs process.  See the `Emacs Server'
  39     node of the Emacs manual.
  40
  41   + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
  42     a command-line window.
  43
  44   + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
  45     Running this is optional.
  46
  47   + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files.  See the
  48     `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
  49
  50   + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information.  See the
  51     `Ebrowse' manual.
  52
  53   Several helper programs are installed in a version-specific
  54   subdirectory of the libexec directory:
  55
  56   + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
  57     the native shells in various versions of Windows.
  58
  59   + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.  To be
  60     invoked as "ddeclient SERVER [TOPIC]", where SERVER is the DDE
  61     server name, and sends each line of its standard input to the DDE
  62     server using the DdeClientTransaction API.  This program is
  63     supposed to be invoked via the 'call-process-region' Emacs
  64     primitive.
  65
  66   + hexl.exe - A tool for producing hex dumps of binary files.  See the
  67     `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
  68
  69   + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
  70     a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox.  See the
  71     `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
  72
  73   + profile.exe - A helper program that generates periodic events for
  74     profiling Emacs Lisp code.
  75
  76   + update-game-score.exe - A utility for updating the score files of
  77     Emacs games.
  78
  79 * Further information
  80
  81   The FAQ for the MS Windows port of Emacs is distributed with Emacs
  82   (info manual "efaq-w32"), and also available at
  83
  84         http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/efaq-w32.html
  85
  86   There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
  87   port of Emacs.  For information about the list, see this Web page:
  88
  89         http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
  90
  91   To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
  92   help-emacs-windows@gnu.org.  (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
  93   To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
  94   find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
  95   explained there.
  96
  97   Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
  98   overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
  99   These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
 100   specific to the Windows port of Emacs.  The main news groups to use
 101   for seeking help are:
 102
 103         gnu.emacs.help
 104         comp.emacs
 105
 106   There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
 107   updated Emacs packages on this group:
 108
 109         gnu.emacs.sources
 110
 111 * Reporting bugs
 112
 113   If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
 114   about it.  First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
 115   page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
 116   workarounds.  If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
 117   with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
 118   option.
 119
 120   Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
 121   will be seen by the right people.  You can use the command M-x
 122   report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report.
 123 \f
 124 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 125
 126 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 127 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 128 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 129 (at your option) any later version.
 130
 131 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 132 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 133 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 134 GNU General Public License for more details.
 135
 136 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 137 along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.