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-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
@@ -13,34 +14,42 @@ Copyright (c) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    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-connection).
+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
-directory for instructions on building Emacs.
+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 at
+Read the Mac OS section of the on-line help to find out about how to
+use Emacs on the Mac.
 
-  http://mac-emacs.sourceforge.net/index.html
+A number of things do not work yet:
 
-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.
++ Support for PostScript image type is not available.
 
-Andrew.
-<akochoi@users.sourceforge.net>
++ 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>