-GNU Emacs for Mac OS
+Emacs for Mac OS Classic and Mac OS X
-Copyright (c) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+ 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim
copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that
provided also that they carry prominent notices stating who last
changed them.
-This directory contains the files needed to build GNU Emacs on the Mac
-OS (8.1-9.0). Many of the major features of the Unix version are
-supported: multiple frames, colors, scroll bars, menu bars, use of the
-mouse, fontsets, international characters, input methods, and coding
-systems.
+This directory contains the files needed to build Emacs on the Mac OS
+Classic and Mac OS X. Many of the major features of the Unix version
+are supported: multiple frames, colors, scroll bars, menu bars, use of
+the mouse, fontsets, international characters, input methods, and
+coding systems.
Mac OS specific support includes document drag-and-drop in the Finder,
transfer of text to and from other applications via the clipboard, and
sending AppleScript commands to other applications from Emacs.
-The following are not yet supported: unexec (dump-emacs), asynchronous
-subprocesses (start-process), and networking
-(open-network-stream).
+The following are not supported on Mac OS Classic: unexec (dump-emacs),
+asynchronous subprocesses (start-process), and networking
+(open-network-stream). These features work fine on Mac OS X.
-There is basic support for synchronous subprocesses (call-process)
-although Unix commands that are used will need to be ported to the
-Mac.
+There is basic support for synchronous subprocesses (call-process) on
+Mac OS Classic (non-Carbon build only) although Unix commands that are
+used will need to be ported.
-Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 5 or Pro 6 or MPW-GM (August 2000) can be
-used to build Emacs on the Mac OS. See the INSTALL file in this
+FIXME: Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 6 or MPW-GM (August 2001) can be
+used to build Emacs on the Mac OS Classic. On Mac OS X, Emacs can be
+built using the Developer Tools. See the INSTALL file in this
directory for instructions on building Emacs.
-Binary distributions are available in
+Read the Mac OS section of the on-line help to find out about how to
+use Emacs on the Mac.
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mac/emacs/
+A number of things do not work yet:
-At this site you can also find an FAQ related to running GNU Emacs on
-Mac OS.
++ Support for PostScript image type is not available.
-Andrew.
-<akochoi@i-cable.com>
++ Incorporate Apple's wrappers to be able to create a universal
+ binary that unexecs on first run for the given architecture.
+
+If your Mac is connected to the Internet, report bugs by typing `M-x
+report-emacs-bug' or by choosing the entry `Send Bug Report...' in
+the `Help' menu. This will send the bug report to the address
+emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org.
+
+Steven
+<steven.tamm@mac.com>