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   1 Emacs for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X
   2
   3 Copyright (c) 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
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  14    changed them.
  15
  16 This directory contains the files needed to build Emacs on the Mac OS
  17 8/9 and Mac OS X.  Many of the major features of the Unix version are
  18 supported: multiple frames, colors, scroll bars, menu bars, use of the
  19 mouse, fontsets, international characters, input methods, and coding
  20 systems.
  21
  22 Mac OS specific support includes document drag-and-drop in the Finder,
  23 transfer of text to and from other applications via the clipboard, and
  24 sending AppleScript commands to other applications from Emacs.
  25
  26 The following are not supported on Mac OS 8/9 : unexec (dump-emacs),
  27 asynchronous subprocesses (start-process), and networking
  28 (open-network-stream).  These features work fine on Mac OS X.
  29
  30 There is basic support for synchronous subprocesses (call-process) on
  31 Mac OS 8/9 although Unix commands that are used will need to be
  32 ported.
  33
  34 Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 6 or MPW-GM (August 2001) can be used to
  35 build Emacs on the Mac OS 8/9.  On Mac OS X, Emacs can be built using
  36 the Developer Tools.  See the INSTALL file in this directory for
  37 instructions on building Emacs.
  38
  39 Binary distributions will be available in
  40
  41   ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mac/emacs/
  42
  43 Read the Mac OS section of the on-line help to find out about how to
  44 use Emacs on the Mac.
  45
  46 A number of things do not work yet:
  47
  48 + On Mac OS X, environment variables are not set up correctly when
  49   Emacs is started from the Finder.
  50
  51 + Emacs does not respond correctly to C-g when it is not reading
  52   input.
  53
  54 + No image support yet.
  55
  56 + There is no mouse-2 and mouse-3 emulation yet.
  57
  58 If your Mac is connected to the Internet, report bugs by typing `M-x
  59 report-emacs-bug' or by choosing the entry `Send Bug Report...'  in
  60 the `Help' menu.  This will send the bug report to the address
  61 emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.
  62
  63 Andrew.
  64 <akochoi@mac.com>