1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
3 Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
6 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
7 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
8 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
9 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
10 frames, etc.), and networking support.
12 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
14 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
16 for the latest precompiled distributions.
18 * Building and installing
20 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
21 building and installing Emacs on your system.
25 Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
26 files in the bin directory.
28 + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
29 as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
30 it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
32 + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
33 without popping up a command prompt window.
35 + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
36 communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
37 node of the Emacs manual.
39 + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
40 a command-line window.
42 + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
43 Running this is optional.
45 + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
46 the native shells in various versions of Windows.
48 + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
49 `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
51 + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
54 + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers. To be
55 invoked as "ddeclient SERVER [TOPIC]", where SERVER is the DDE
56 server name, and sends each line of its standard input to the DDE
57 server using the DdeClientTransaction API. This program is
58 supposed to be invoked via the 'call-process-region' Emacs
61 + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
62 `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
64 + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
65 a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
66 `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
70 The FAQ for the MS Windows port of Emacs is distributed with Emacs
71 (info manual "efaq-w32"), and also available at
73 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/efaq-w32.html
75 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
76 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
78 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
80 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
81 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
82 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
83 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
86 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
87 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
88 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
89 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
95 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
96 updated Emacs packages on this group:
102 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
103 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
104 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
105 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
106 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
109 Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
110 will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x
111 report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report.
113 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
115 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
116 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
117 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
118 (at your option) any later version.
120 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
121 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
122 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
123 GNU General Public License for more details.
125 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
126 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.