+Here's the procedure to build Emacs using `configure' on systems which
+are supported by it. If this simplified procedure fails, or if you
+are using a platform such as MS-Windows, where `configure' script
+doesn't work, you might need to use various non-default options, and
+maybe perform some of the steps manually. The more detailed
+description in the rest of the sections of this guide will help you do
+that, so please refer to them if the simple procedure does not work.
+
+ 1. Make sure your system has at least 120 MB of free disk space.
+
+ 2a. `cd' to the directory where you unpacked Emacs and invoke the
+ `configure' script:
+
+ ./configure
+
+ 2b. Alternatively, create a separate directory, outside the source
+ directory, where you want to build Emacs, and invoke `configure'
+ from there:
+
+ SOURCE-DIR/configure
+
+ where SOURCE-DIR is the top-level Emacs source directory. This
+ may not work unless you use GNU make.
+
+ 3. When `configure' finishes, it prints several lines of details
+ about the system configuration. Read those details carefully
+ looking for anything suspicious, such as wrong CPU and operating
+ system names, wrong places for headers or libraries, missing
+ libraries that you know are installed on your system, etc.
+
+ If you find anything wrong, you will have to pass to `configure'
+ explicit machine configuration name, and one or more options
+ which tell it where to find various headers and libraries; refer
+ to DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION section below.
+
+ If `configure' didn't find some image support libraries, such as
+ Xpm, jpeg, etc., and you want to use them refer to the subsection
+ "Image support libraries", below.
+
+ If the details printed by `configure' don't make any sense to
+ you, assume that `configure' did its job and proceed.
+
+ 4. If you need to run the `configure' script more than once (e.g.,
+ with some non-default options), always clean the source
+ directories before running `configure' again:
+
+ make distclean
+ ./configure
+
+ 5. Invoke the `make' program:
+
+ make
+
+ 6. If `make' succeeds, it will build an executable program `emacs'
+ in the `src' directory. You can try this program, to make sure
+ it works:
+
+ src/emacs -q
+
+ 7. Assuming that the program `src/emacs' starts and displays its
+ opening screen, you can install the program and its auxiliary
+ files into their installation directories:
+
+ make install
+
+ You are now ready to use Emacs. If you wish to conserve disk space,
+ you may remove the program binaries and object files from the
+ directory where you built Emacs: