+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+ Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
Precompiled Distributions of
Emacs for Windows
- Version 22.1
+ Version 22.2
- May 22, 2007
+ March 26, 2008
This directory contains source and precompiled distributions for GNU
Emacs on Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98/Me. This port is a
If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of
Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL. For instance,
- if you put the emacs-22.1-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
+ if you put the emacs-22.2-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of
- the SAME version (i.e. ../emacs-22.1.tar.gz).
+ the SAME version (i.e. ../emacs-22.2.tar.gz).
Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we
might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the
* Files in this directory
- + emacs-22.1-bin-i386.zip
- Windows binaries of Emacs-22.1, with all lisp code and documentation
+ + emacs-22.2-bin-i386.zip
+ Windows binaries of Emacs-22.2, with all lisp code and documentation
included.
Download this file if you want a single installation package, and
If you need the C source code at a later date, it will be safe to
unpack the source distribution on top of this installation.
- + emacs-22.1-barebin-i386.zip
- Windows binaries of Emacs-22.1, without lisp code or documentation.
+ + emacs-22.2-barebin-i386.zip
+ Windows binaries of Emacs-22.2, without lisp code or documentation.
Download this file if you already have the source distribution, or
if you need to redump the emacs.exe executable.
file, plus temacs.exe and dump.bat, which are required if you want to
redump emacs without recompiling it.
+ + libxpm-3.5.7-w32-src.zip
+ Source code required to compile libXpm-3.5.7 on Windows. Contains
+ a basic Makefile for compiling with mingw32 and a .def file for
+ generating a DLL with the appropriate exports in addition to the
+ source code to provide the subset of functionality Emacs uses from
+ libXpm. This corresponds to the libXpm.dll in emacs-22.2-bin-i386.zip
+ and emacs-22.2-barebin-i386.zip.
+
+
+ The following are provided for users who require older versions.
+
+ + emacs-22.1-bin-i386.zip
+ + emacs-22-1-barebin-i386.zip
+ Windows binaries of Emacs 22.1, contents as above.
+
+ emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz
Windows binaries of Emacs 21.3, with compiled lisp code and some
documentation included.
- This is provided for users who require the older version.
-
+ emacs-21.3-leim.tar.gz
Compiled lisp input methods. This optional addition to Emacs-21.3
is required if you want to enter languages that are not directly
* Image support
- Emacs 22.1 contains support for images, however for most image formats
+ Emacs 22.2 contains support for images, however for most image formats
supporting libraries are required. This distribution has been tested
with the libraries that are distributed with GTK for Windows, and the
libraries found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. The following image
PBM/PGM/PPM: Supported natively by Emacs. This format is used for
the black and white versions of the toolbar icons.
- XPM: requires a Windows port of the XPM library 3.4 or later,
- which will be named xpm4.dll, libxpm-nox4.dll or
- libxpm.dll. This format is used for the color versions of the
- toolbar icons, and other images in Emacs.
+ XPM: a Windows port of the XPM library corresponding to the x.org
+ release of X11R7.3 is included with the binary distribution, but
+ can be replaced by other versions with the name xpm4.dll,
+ libxpm-nox4.dll or libxpm.dll.
PNG: requires the PNG reference library 1.2 or later, which will
be named libpng13d.dll, libpng13.dll, libpng12d.dll, libpng12.dll
% unzip some.zip
+ The precompiled binaries can be unpacked using unzip.exe from info-zip.org
+ if you do not already have other tools to do this.
+
+ % unzip some.zip
+
Once you have unpacked a precompiled distribution of Emacs, it should
have the following subdirectories:
about the Windows port and related software packages. Note that as
of writing, most of the information in that FAQ was for Emacs-21.3
and earlier versions, so some information may not be relevant to
- Emacs-22.1.
+ Emacs-22.2.
In addition to the FAQ, there is a mailing list for discussing issues
related to the Windows port of Emacs. For information about the
(jasonr@gnu.org)
Most of this README was contributed by former maintainer Andrew Innes
- (andrewi@gnu.org)
\ No newline at end of file
+ (andrewi@gnu.org)
+
+\f
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.