From 48e6f51398ad5a2748776c495dbba7591779dc64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Geoff Voelker Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 01:55:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update Microsoft Windows entry. --- etc/FAQ | 33 +++++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/etc/FAQ b/etc/FAQ index f9020779be3..eb71bebc0e1 100644 --- a/etc/FAQ +++ b/etc/FAQ @@ -1985,25 +1985,30 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages 84: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running Microsoft Windows? - * If you compile GNU Emacs with the tools listed above, it will run under - Microsoft Windows in a DOS box. + GNU Emacs has been fully ported to Windows NT and Windows 95/98. + If you have MSVC 4.0 or greater, then you can compile GNU Emacs + directly from the source distribution. First read the file + nt/README, and then the file nt/INSTALL, for step by step + instructions on how to compile and install GNU Emacs on your system. + + You can also download precompiled distributions of GNU Emacs from: - There are currently two other ports of Emacs that runs under Microsoft - Windows: + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs - * Oemacs + If you need the gunzip and tar utilities for unpacking distributions, + you can download precompiled versions from: - Current version of Oemacs4.1 is based on Emacs-19.19 and runs in either - MS-DOS or Microsoft Windows. There is rumor that the author Darryl - Okahata would not update unless there is - demonstrated interest. It is nearly a full porting of GNU Emacs except - that shell-mode does not work due to the limitation of MS-DOS. - Anonymous ftp information: + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/utilities - ftp.coast.net:SimTel/vendors/gnu/oemacs/ + For more information on configuring your favorite package to run with + GNU Emacs on Windows NT/95/98, see the following FAQ: - * The other uses a proprietary X Windows emulator and therefore - the FSF does not think it deserves publicity. + http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html + ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu/pub/ntemacs/docs/ntemacs.html + + If you are running Windows 3.11, and if you compile GNU Emacs for MSDOS + with the tools listed in the previous question, it will run under + Microsoft Windows in a DOS box. 85: Where can I get Emacs for my PC running OS/2? -- 2.39.2