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| author | Geoff Voelker <voelker@cs.washington.edu> | 1998-10-09 01:55:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Geoff Voelker <voelker@cs.washington.edu> | 1998-10-09 01:55:02 +0000 |
| commit | 48e6f51398ad5a2748776c495dbba7591779dc64 (patch) | |
| tree | def955aabde8cad7f7a5b8c55ad7f20be50e8907 /etc | |
| parent | 7744ca33c617f1c10370c408ff6d17cd73dec230 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-48e6f51398ad5a2748776c495dbba7591779dc64.tar.gz | |
Update Microsoft Windows entry.
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@@ -1985,25 +1985,30 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages 84: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running Microsoft Windows? - * If you compile GNU Emacs with the tools listed above, it will run under - Microsoft Windows in a DOS box. + GNU Emacs has been fully ported to Windows NT and Windows 95/98. + If you have MSVC 4.0 or greater, then you can compile GNU Emacs + directly from the source distribution. First read the file + nt/README, and then the file nt/INSTALL, for step by step + instructions on how to compile and install GNU Emacs on your system. + + You can also download precompiled distributions of GNU Emacs from: - There are currently two other ports of Emacs that runs under Microsoft - Windows: + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs - * Oemacs + If you need the gunzip and tar utilities for unpacking distributions, + you can download precompiled versions from: - Current version of Oemacs4.1 is based on Emacs-19.19 and runs in either - MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows. There is rumor that the author Darryl - Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com> would not update unless there is - demonstrated interest. It is nearly a full porting of GNU Emacs except - that shell-mode does not work due to the limitation of MS-DOS. - Anonymous ftp information: + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/utilities - ftp.coast.net:SimTel/vendors/gnu/oemacs/ + For more information on configuring your favorite package to run with + GNU Emacs on Windows NT/95/98, see the following FAQ: - * The other uses a proprietary X Windows emulator and therefore - the FSF does not think it deserves publicity. + http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/docs/ntemacs.html + + If you are running Windows 3.11, and if you compile GNU Emacs for MSDOS + with the tools listed in the previous question, it will run under + Microsoft Windows in a DOS box. 85: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running OS/2? |