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- this software comes from june.cs.washington.edu in /pub/ntemacs
-
- This directory contains a port of GNU Emacs to Microsoft Windows NT.
- It is known to run on Intel x86, MIPS R4000, and DEC Alpha AXP
- architectures .
-
- software versions:
- emacs v19.17
- gzip v1.2.4
- tar v1.11.2
-
- UNPACKING SOURCE CODES:
-
- the source codes are tarred and gzipped. use the gzip and tar
- executables (included) to untar and ungzip the source codes.
- (use "gzip -d <file>.gz" and "tar xvf <file>.tar").
-
- Since GNU Tar and Gzip
- don't seem to be widely distributed yet, they are also available here.
- Executables for these programs can be found in the appropriate machine
- subdirectory; sources are in src subdirectory. (Note that gzip was
- compiled right out of the package, but that tar needed changes.)
-
- For those unfamiliar with gzip and tar:
-
- Gzip is a compression program, taking as input one file and
- compressing its contents (gunzip reverses the process). Simply use
- "gunzip <file>.gz" to decompress the file.
-
- Tar is an archive program (it's name is a shortened form of "tape
- archive"). To extract the contents of a tar file, use "tar xvf
- <file>.tar". The "f" tells tar that it is handling a file (instead of
- magnetic tape), the "x" tells tar to extract the contents, and "v"
- tells tar to be verbose and report everything it extracts.
-
- Since gzip works on one file, the typical process is to tar a
- directory tree and then gzip it; unpackaging it is the reverse
- process (using gzunip).
-
- Note that, when these packages are opened, you must do so on a non-FAT
- filesystem (HPFS or NTFS).
-
- AFTER UNPACKING:
-
- Once unpacked, read the files README.NT and INSTALL.NT to build and
- install Emacs. As far as disk space goes, on the mips installation
- the build tree requires ~27 MBytes of disk space. If you install in
- the same directory, add ~3 MBytes; if you install in another
- directory, add ~16 MBytes.
-
- For those without a C compiler, the executables built in the Emacs
- distribution can be found in the appropriate machine directories. You
- still need the main Emacs distribution for the lisp files, etc.
- Unpack the executables in the same directory and in the same manner
- that you unpack the main distribution. Then look under INSTALL ONLY
- in INSTALL.NT.
-
- If you have trouble installing it on your system, let me know.
-
- -geoff
-
- (voelker@cs.washington.edu)
-
- Thanks to Drew Bliss for the port of GNU Tar, and Benn Schreiber
- for providing the DEC Alpha AXP executables.
-