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README for Win-Emacs 1.00.02 beta
Copyright (c) 1993 Pearl Software, Oakland, CA
Win-Emacs is a version of GNU Emacs that runs under Windows 3.1 or
later on 80386-based machines with at least 8 megabytes of memory. 12
megabytes of free hard-disk space is required for a complete distribution.
Win-Emacs is based on Lucid Emacs version 19.4 and provides complete
windowing support including full programmability in E-Lisp, the variation
of the Lisp programming language that Emacs supports.
I. Installation
Installation is accomplished through the SETUP.EXE program located on
the disk "Win-Emacs 1" in the distribution. Insert this disk in drive A
and type "A:SETUP" from a DOS prompt; or from within Windows, select the Run
command from the File menu in Program Manager and type "A:SETUP.EXE".
Setup will start Windows automatically if it is not currently running, and
will allow you to select the sections of Emacs you wish to install. You
must install the "Core Program Files" in order for Emacs to work, if you have
not already install them. "Emacs Info" refers to the online documentation
files; you may choose not to install these files if you wish.
II. Initialization files
Arbitrary E-Lisp code can be run at start-up time by placing it in
a file "_emacs". Starting colors, fonts, and so on are specified in a file
"xdefault.ini", which is formatted as a standard X-Windows resource file.
The location of these files is the directory contained in $HOME, or the root
directory of the current hard disk. See the file "etc/news" for more
information about X Resources.
III. Functions/features not implemented or incompletely implemented
All of these features may be available in future versions of Win-Emacs,
except where otherwise noted.
a. Spawning a sub-process -- you cannot currently use Win-Emacs to run
another program such that the program's input comes from Emacs or
the program's output is placed into an Emacs buffer.
b. Scrollbars -- these do not exist in either Win-Emacs or Lucid-Emacs
19.4.
c. Variable-width fonts, bold/italic fonts, multiple fonts, changing
fonts during program execution -- support is incomplete and buggy.
This will most likely require an extensive rewrite of the redisplay
code.
IV. Differences between Win-Emacs and Emacs version 18
Please look in the file "etc/news" for more information. This file
documents the differences between Emacs 18 and Lucid Emacs 19.4.
V. MS-DOS-specific additions to Emacs
These are documented in the file "readme.dos".
VI. Questions, problems, bug reports
Please send e-mail to
pearl@netcom.com
or contact Pearl Software at
320 Lenox Ave.
Oakland, CA 94610
voice: 510-273-9795
fax: 510-839-9820