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Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
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Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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See the end of the file for license conditions.
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This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
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Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
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of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
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subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
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frames, etc.), and networking support.
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Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
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ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
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for the latest precompiled distributions.
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* Building and installing
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See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
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building and installing Emacs on your system.
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* EXE files produced
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Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
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files in the bin directory.
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+ emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
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as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
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it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
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+ runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
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without popping up a command prompt window.
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+ emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
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communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
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node of the Emacs manual.
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+ emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
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a command-line window.
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+ addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
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Running this is optional.
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+ cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
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the native shells in various versions of Windows.
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+ ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
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`Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
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+ ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
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`Ebrowse' manual.
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+ ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.
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+ hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
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`Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
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+ movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
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a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
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`Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
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* Further information
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There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
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Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
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There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
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port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
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http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
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To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
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help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
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To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
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find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
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explained there.
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Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
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overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
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These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
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specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
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for seeking help are:
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gnu.emacs.help
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comp.emacs
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There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
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updated Emacs packages on this group:
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gnu.emacs.sources
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* Reporting bugs
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If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
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about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
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page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
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workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
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with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
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option.
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Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
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will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x
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report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some
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cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package;
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e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java
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mode, etc.
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This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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