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   2   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3 See the end of the file for license conditions.
   4
   5                       Precompiled Distributions of
   6                            Emacs for Windows
   7
   8                               Version 22.2
   9
  10                              March 26, 2008
  11
  12   This directory contains source and precompiled distributions for GNU
  13   Emacs on Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98/Me.  This port is a
  14   part of the standard GNU Emacs distribution from the Free Software
  15   Foundation; the precompiled distributions are provided here for
  16   convenience since the majority of Windows users are not accustomed
  17   to compiling programs themselves.
  18
  19   If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
  20   your favorite web browser to the following document (if you haven't
  21   already):
  22
  23         http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
  24
  25   The above web document is a far more complete version of this README
  26   file.  If you don't have access to the Web, however, then read on.
  27
  28
  29 * IMPORTANT LEGAL REMINDER
  30
  31   If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of
  32   Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL.  For instance,
  33   if you put the emacs-22.2-bin-i386.tar.gz file from this directory on
  34   an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of
  35   the SAME version (i.e. ../emacs-22.2.tar.gz).
  36
  37   Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we
  38   might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the
  39   old binaries.
  40
  41
  42 * Files in this directory
  43
  44   + emacs-22.2-bin-i386.zip
  45     Windows binaries of Emacs-22.2, with all lisp code and documentation
  46     included.
  47
  48     Download this file if you want a single installation package, and
  49     are not interested in the C source code for Emacs. After
  50     unpacking, you can optionally run the file bin/addpm.exe to have
  51     Emacs add icons to the Start Menu.
  52
  53     If you need the C source code at a later date, it will be safe to
  54     unpack the source distribution on top of this installation.
  55
  56   + emacs-22.2-barebin-i386.zip
  57     Windows binaries of Emacs-22.2, without lisp code or documentation.
  58
  59     Download this file if you already have the source distribution, or
  60     if you need to redump the emacs.exe executable.
  61
  62     Unpack this over the top of either the source distribution or the
  63     bin distribution above. It contains the bin subdirectory and etc/DOC
  64     file, plus temacs.exe and dump.bat, which are required if you want to
  65     redump emacs without recompiling it.
  66
  67   + libxpm-3.5.7-w32-src.zip
  68     Source code required to compile libXpm-3.5.7 on Windows. Contains
  69     a basic Makefile for compiling with mingw32 and a .def file for
  70     generating a DLL with the appropriate exports in addition to the
  71     source code to provide the subset of functionality Emacs uses from
  72     libXpm. This corresponds to the libXpm.dll in emacs-22.2-bin-i386.zip
  73     and emacs-22.2-barebin-i386.zip.
  74
  75
  76     The following are provided for users who require older versions.
  77
  78   + emacs-22.1-bin-i386.zip
  79   + emacs-22-1-barebin-i386.zip
  80     Windows binaries of Emacs 22.1, contents as above.
  81
  82   + emacs-21.3-bin-i386.tar.gz
  83     Windows binaries of Emacs 21.3, with compiled lisp code and some
  84     documentation included.
  85
  86   + emacs-21.3-leim.tar.gz
  87     Compiled lisp input methods. This optional addition to Emacs-21.3
  88     is required if you want to enter languages that are not directly
  89     supported by your keyboard.
  90
  91 * Image support
  92
  93   Emacs 22.2 contains support for images, however for most image formats
  94   supporting libraries are required.  This distribution has been tested
  95   with the libraries that are distributed with GTK for Windows, and the
  96   libraries found at http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/. The following image
  97   formats are supported:
  98
  99       PBM/PGM/PPM: Supported natively by Emacs. This format is used for
 100       the black and white versions of the toolbar icons.
 101
 102       XPM: a Windows port of the XPM library corresponding to the x.org
 103       release of X11R7.3 is included with the binary distribution, but
 104       can be replaced by other versions with the name xpm4.dll,
 105       libxpm-nox4.dll or libxpm.dll.
 106
 107       PNG: requires the PNG reference library 1.2 or later, which will
 108       be named libpng13d.dll, libpng13.dll, libpng12d.dll, libpng12.dll
 109       or libpng.dll. LibPNG requires zlib, which should come from the same
 110       source as you got libpng.
 111
 112       JPEG: requires the Independant JPEG Group's libjpeg 6b or later,
 113       which will be called jpeg62.dll, libjpeg.dll, jpeg-62.dll or jpeg.dll.
 114
 115       TIFF: requires libTIFF 3.0 or later, which will be called libtiff3.dll
 116       or libtiff.dll.
 117
 118       GIF: requires libungif or giflib 4.1 or later, which will be
 119       called giflib4.dll, libungif4.dll or libungif.dll.
 120
 121 * Distributions in .tar.gz and .zip format
 122
 123   Emacs is distributed primarily as source code in a large gzipped tar file
 124   (*.tar.gz).  Because Emacs is quite large and therefore difficult to
 125   download over unreliable connections, the Windows binaries are provided
 126   in several combinations, ranging from the complete source plus executables,
 127   to just the minimal amount needed to run without any source, plus a
 128   couple of optional packages.  Formerly, we used the same .tar.gz format
 129   but since there are no longer legal problems with .zip files, and the
 130   latest versions of Windows support these natively, the Windows binaries
 131   of Emacs are now distributed as .zip files.
 132
 133 * Distributions for non-x86 platforms
 134
 135   Distributions for non-x86 platforms are no longer supplied. Older
 136   platforms supported by Windows NT no longer seem to be in demand,
 137   and Emacs is yet to be ported to 64bit Windows platforms. If you are
 138   willing to help port Emacs 23 to 64bit versions of Windows, your
 139   contribution will be welcome on the emacs-devel mailing list.
 140
 141 * Unpacking distributions
 142
 143   Ports of GNU gzip and GNU tar for handling the source distribution file
 144   format can be found in several places that distribute ports of GNU
 145   programs, for example:
 146
 147     Cygwin:   http://www.cygwin.com/
 148     GnuWin32: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
 149
 150   Many other popular file compression utilities for Windows are also
 151   able to handle gzipped tar files.
 152
 153   Open a command prompt (MSDOS) window.  Decide on a directory in which
 154   to place Emacs.  Move the distribution to that directory, and then
 155   unpack it as follows.
 156
 157   If you have the gzipped tar version, use gunzip to uncompress the tar
 158   file on the fly, and pipe the output through tar with the "xvf" flags
 159   to extract the files from the tar file:
 160
 161     % gunzip -c some.tar.gz | tar xvf -
 162
 163   You may see messages from tar about not being able to change the
 164   modification time on directories, and from gunzip complaining about a
 165   broken pipe.  These messages are harmless and you can ignore them.  On
 166   Windows NT, unpacking tarballs this way leaves them in compressed
 167   form, taking up less space on disk.  Unfortunately, on Windows 95 and
 168   98, a large temporary file is created, so it is better to use the
 169   djtarnt.exe program, which performs the equivalent operation in one
 170   step:
 171
 172     % djtarnt -x some.tar.gz
 173
 174   You may be prompted to rename or overwrite directories when using
 175   djtarnt: simply type return to continue (this is harmless).
 176
 177   Zip files can be unpacked using unzip.exe from info-zip.org
 178   if you do not already have other tools to do this.
 179
 180     % unzip some.zip
 181
 182   The precompiled binaries can be unpacked using unzip.exe from info-zip.org
 183   if you do not already have other tools to do this.
 184
 185     % unzip some.zip
 186
 187   Once you have unpacked a precompiled distribution of Emacs, it should
 188   have the following subdirectories:
 189
 190         bin     etc     info    lisp    site-lisp
 191
 192
 193 * Unpacking with other tools
 194
 195   If you do use other utility programs to unpack the distribution, check
 196   the following to be sure the distribution was not corrupted:
 197
 198   + Be sure to disable the CR/LF translation or the executables will
 199     be unusable.  Older versions of WinZip would enable this
 200     translation by default when unpacking .tar files.  If you are
 201     using WinZip, disable it.  (I don't have WinZip myself, and I do
 202     not know the specific commands necessary to disable it.)
 203
 204   + Check that filenames were not truncated to 8.3.  For example, there
 205     should be a file lisp/abbrevlist.el; if this has been truncated to
 206     abbrevli.el, your distribution has been corrupted while unpacking
 207     and Emacs will not start.
 208
 209   + I've also had reports that some older "gnuwin32" port of tar
 210     corrupts the executables.  Use the latest version from the gnuwin32
 211     site or another port of tar instead.
 212
 213   If you believe you have unpacked the distributions correctly and are
 214   still encountering problems, see the section on Further Information
 215   below.
 216
 217
 218 * Compiling from source
 219
 220   If you would like to compile Emacs from source, download the source
 221   distribution, unpack it in the same manner as a precompiled
 222   distribution, and look in the file nt/INSTALL for detailed
 223   directions.  You can either use the Microsoft compiler included with
 224   Visual C++ 2003 or earlier, or GCC 2.95 or later with MinGW support,
 225   to compile the source.  The port of GCC included in Cygwin is
 226   supported, but check the nt/INSTALL file if you have trouble since
 227   some builds of GNU make aren't supported.
 228
 229
 230 * Further information
 231
 232   If you have access to the World Wide Web, I would recommend pointing
 233   your favorite web browser to following the document (if you haven't
 234   already):
 235
 236         http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html
 237
 238   This document serves as an FAQ and a source for further information
 239   about the Windows port and related software packages. Note that as
 240   of writing, most of the information in that FAQ was for Emacs-21.3
 241   and earlier versions, so some information may not be relevant to
 242   Emacs-22.2.
 243
 244   In addition to the FAQ, there is a mailing list for discussing issues
 245   related to the Windows port of Emacs.  For information about the
 246   list, see this Web page:
 247
 248         http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows
 249
 250   To ask questions on the mailing list, send email to
 251   help-emacs-windows@gnu.org.  (You don't need to subscribe for that.)
 252   To subscribe to the list or unsubscribe from it, fill the form you
 253   find at http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows as
 254   explained there.
 255
 256   Another valuable source of information and help which should not be
 257   overlooked is the various Usenet news groups dedicated to Emacs.
 258   These are particuarly good for help with general issues which aren't
 259   specific to the Windows port of Emacs.  The main news groups to use
 260   for seeking help are:
 261
 262         gnu.emacs.help
 263         comp.emacs
 264
 265   There are also fairly regular postings and announcements of new or
 266   updated Emacs packages on this group:
 267
 268         gnu.emacs.sources
 269
 270   Enjoy!
 271
 272   Jason Rumney
 273   (jasonr@gnu.org)
 274
 275   Most of this README was contributed by former maintainer Andrew Innes
 276   (andrewi@gnu.org)
 277
 278 \f
 279 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
 280
 281 GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 282 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 283 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
 284 any later version.
 285
 286 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 287 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 288 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 289 GNU General Public License for more details.
 290
 291 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 292 along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
 293 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
 294 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.