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authorRichard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2018-03-30 19:05:22 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2018-03-30 19:08:44 -0700
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Distinguish free from non-free OSes
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section (@pxref{MS-DOS}).
@end ifnottex
+ MS-Windows is a non-free operating system; that means it denies its
+users the freedom that every computer user deserves. That is an
+injustice. For your freedom's sake, we urge you to switch to a free
+operating system.
+
+ We support GNU Emacs on these proprietary operating systems because
+we hope this taste of freedom will inspire users to escape from them.
The behavior of Emacs on MS-Windows is reasonably similar to what is
documented in the rest of the manual, including support for long file