-GNU Emacs for Mac OS
+Emacs for Mac OS 8/9 and Mac OS X
-Copyright (c) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 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
+This directory contains the files needed to build Emacs on the Mac OS
+8/9 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.
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 8/9 : 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 8/9 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
-directory for instructions on building Emacs.
+Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 6 or MPW-GM (August 2001) can be used to
+build Emacs on the Mac OS 8/9. 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 at
+Binary distributions will be available in
- http://mac-emacs.sourceforge.net/index.html
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/mac/emacs/
-At this site you can also find an FAQ, mailing lists, and dicussion
-forums for discussing issues related to running GNU Emacs on Mac OS.
+Read the Mac OS section of the on-line help to find out about how to
+use Emacs on the Mac.
-Andrew.
-<akochoi@users.sourceforge.net>
+A number of things do not work yet:
+
++ Emacs does not respond correctly to C-g under certain circumstances.
+ Sending the Emacs process a SIGINT externally will cause it
+ to interrupt. This is due to the architecture of OSX's
+ Window Manager.
+
++ Support for certain image types (such as XPM) is not as extensive as
+ on other plaforms.
+
++ 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>