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- This directory holds the latest distribution version of GNU Emacs.
- The subdirectory `src' holds the C code,
- `lisp' holds the Lisp code for the editing commands,
- `etc' holds various associated documentation files
- and programs that Emacs runs,
- `info' holds the Info documentation tree.
- `man' holds the source of the Emacs manual.
- `cpp' holds a C preprocessor for use instead of the installed one
- when the installed one fails to distinguish more than 8 characters
- in a symbol name.
- `shortnames' holds programs and data files for creating files of #define's
- used to convert long symbol names to distinct short ones
- for C compiles that cannot distinguish more than 8 characters.
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- The file INSTALL in this directory says how to bring up
- GNU Emacs on Unix, once you have loaded the entire subtree of this
- directory.
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- The files `build-install' and `Makefile' help automate the process of
- building and installing emacs. The former is a shell script. See
- INSTALL for more info.
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- The file PROBLEMS contains information on many common
- problems that occur in building, installing and running Emacs.
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- The `etc' subdirectory contains several other files,
- named in capital letters, which you should look at
- when installing GNU Emacs.
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- The file 'emacs.com' in this directory is for VMS. It defines
- logical names and commands such as `emacs', so you must edit
- it to specify the file and directory names used on your machine.
- This file must be executed in each session to enable you to run
- the installed Emacs. It should be executed by your `login.com' file,
- or else perhaps it can be executed once at system boot time.
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- The file `kepteditor.com' in this directory is also for VMS.
- When a user says to run Emacs, it really runs this command file.
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- See the files VMSINSTALL and VMSNOTES for more information on VMS use.
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