-Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of the file for license conditions.
Emacs for Windows
* Preliminaries
- Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec,
- share, and var).
+ The binary distribution has these top-level directories:
+ + bin
+ + libexec
+ + share
+ + var
* Setting up Emacs
- To install Emacs, simply unpack all the files into a directory of
- your choice. To complete the installation process, you can
+ To install Emacs, simply unpack the binary package into a directory
+ of your choice. To complete the installation process, you can
optionally run the program addpm.exe in the bin subdirectory. This
will put an icon for Emacs in the Start Menu under
"Start -> Programs -> Gnu Emacs".
* Further information
- The FAQ for the MS Windows port of Emacs is distributed with Emacs
- (info manual "efaq-w32"), and also available at
+ The Emacs User manual describes Windows-specific issues in the
+ appendix named "Emacs and Microsoft Windows/MS-DOS". You can read
+ it in Emacs by typing
- http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/efaq-w32.html
+ C-h r g Microsoft Windows RET
- In addition to the FAQ, there is a mailing list for discussing issues
- related to the Windows port of Emacs. For information about the
- list, see this Web page:
+ This appendix is also available (as part of the entire manual) at
+
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#Microsoft-Windows
+
+ In addition to the manual, there is a mailing list for discussing
+ issues related to the Windows port of Emacs. For information about
+ the list, see this Web page:
http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-emacs-windows