Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
- Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
- 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
- See the end of the INSTALL file in this directory for copying permissions.
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
+ 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ See the end of the file for license conditions.
This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/latest/
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
for the latest precompiled distributions.
See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
building and installing Emacs on your system.
+* EXE files produced
+
+ Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
+ files in the bin directory.
+
+ + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
+ as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
+ it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
+
+ + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
+ without popping up a command prompt window.
+
+ + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
+ communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
+ node of the Emacs manul.
+
+ + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
+ a command-line window.
+
+ + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
+ Running this is optional.
+
+ + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
+ the native shells in various versions of Windows.
+
+ + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
+ `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
+ `Ebrowse' manual.
+
+ + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.
+
+ + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
+ `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
+ a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
+ `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
+
+ + digest-doc.exe, sorted-doc.exe - Tools for rebuilding the
+ built-in documentation.
+
* Further information
There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
- with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-q
- --no-site-file" options.
-
- If you decide that it is a bug in Emacs that might be specific to the
- Windows port, send a message to the help-emacs-windows@gnu.org
- mailing list describing the bug, the version of Emacs that you are
- using, and the operating system that you are running on (Windows NT,
- 95 or 98 including service pack level if known). If the bug is
- related to subprocesses, also specify which shell you are using (e.g.,
- include the values of `shell-file-name' and `shell-explicit-file-name'
- in your message).
-
- If you think the bug is not specific to the Windows port of Emacs,
- then it is better to mail the bug report to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so
- that it will be seen by the right people. If Emacs has been set up to
- send mail, you can use the command M-x report-emacs-bug to create and
- send the bug report, but in some cases there is a function to report
- bugs in a specific package; e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x
- c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java mode, etc.
+ with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
+ option.
+
+ Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
+ will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x
+ report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some
+ cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package;
+ e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java
+ mode, etc.
+
+\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/>.