1 Emacs for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 95/98/ME
3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
4 2007, 2008, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 See the end of the file for license conditions.
7 This directory contains support for compiling and running GNU Emacs on
8 Windows NT, Windows 95, and their successors. This port supports all
9 of the major functionality of the Unix version, including
10 subprocesses, windowing features (fonts, colors, scroll bars, multiple
11 frames, etc.), and networking support.
13 Precompiled distributions are also available; ftp to
15 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
17 for the latest precompiled distributions.
19 * Building and installing
21 See the INSTALL file in this directory for detailed instructions on
22 building and installing Emacs on your system.
26 Building and installing Emacs will produce the following executable
27 files in the bin directory.
29 + emacs.exe - The main Emacs executable. As this is designed to run
30 as both a text-mode application (emacs -nw) and as a GUI application,
31 it will pop up a command prompt window if run directly from Explorer.
33 + runemacs.exe - A wrapper for running Emacs as a GUI application
34 without popping up a command prompt window.
36 + emacsclient.exe - A command-line client program that can
37 communicate with a running Emacs process. See the `Emacs Server'
38 node of the Emacs manul.
40 + emacsclientw.exe - A version of emacsclient that does not open
41 a command-line window.
43 + addpm.exe - A basic installer that creates Start Menu icons for Emacs.
44 Running this is optional.
46 + cmdproxy.exe - Used internally by Emacs to work around problems with
47 the native shells in various versions of Windows.
49 + ctags.exe, etags.exe - Tools for generating tag files. See the
50 `Tags' node of the Emacs manual.
52 + ebrowse.exe - A tool for generating C++ browse information. See the
55 + ddeclient.exe - A tool for interacting with DDE servers.
57 + hexl.exe - A tool for converting files to hex dumps. See the
58 `Editing Binary Files' node of the Emacs manual.
60 + movemail.exe - A helper application for safely moving mail from
61 a mail spool or POP server to a local user mailbox. See the
62 `Movemail' node of the Emacs manual.
64 + digest-doc.exe, sorted-doc.exe - Tools for rebuilding the
65 built-in documentation.
69 There is a web page that serves as a FAQ for the Windows port of
70 Emacs (a.k.a. NTEmacs) at:
72 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
74 There is also a mailing list for discussing issues related to this
75 port of Emacs. For information about the list, see this Web page:
77 http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
79 To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
80 help-emacs-windows@gnu.org. (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
81 To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
82 find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
85 Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
86 overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
87 These are particularly good for help with general issues which aren't
88 specific to the Windows port of Emacs. The main news groups to use
94 There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
95 updated Emacs packages on this group:
101 If you encounter a bug in this port of Emacs, we would like to hear
102 about it. First check the file etc/PROBLEMS and the FAQ on the web
103 page above to see if the bug is already known and if there are any
104 workarounds. If not, then check whether the bug has something to do
105 with code in your .emacs file, e.g. by invoking Emacs with the "-Q"
108 Use the built in bug reporting functionality in Emacs so that it
109 will be seen by the right people. You can use the command M-x
110 report-emacs-bug to create and send the bug report, but in some
111 cases there is a function to report bugs in a specific package;
112 e.g. M-x gnus-bug for Gnus, M-x c-submit-bug-report for C/C++/Java
116 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
118 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
119 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
120 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
121 (at your option) any later version.
123 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
124 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
125 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
126 GNU General Public License for more details.
128 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
129 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.