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authorRichard M. Stallman1997-08-14 22:40:14 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman1997-08-14 22:40:14 +0000
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MSDOS updates.
-rw-r--r--INSTALL12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 50e1a77626b..d5cfa39a752 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -600,7 +600,12 @@ To unpack Emacs with djtar, type this command:
600 djtar -x emacs.tgz 600 djtar -x emacs.tgz
601 601
602(This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on 602(This assumes that the Emacs distribution is called `emacs.tgz' on
603your system.) 603your system.) There are a few files in the archive whose names
604collide with other files under the 8.3 DOS naming. On native MSDOS,
605or if you have set LFN=n on Windows 95, djtar will ask you to supply
606alternate names for these files; you can just press `Enter' when this
607happens (which makes djtar skip these files) because they aren't
608required for MS-DOS.
604 609
605When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be 610When unpacking is done, a directory called `emacs-XX.YY' will be
606created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install 611created, where XX.YY is the Emacs version. To build and install
@@ -623,9 +628,8 @@ if you run Emacs under MS Windows.
623Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in 628Emacs on MSDOS finds the lisp, etc and info directories by looking in
624../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the 629../lisp, ../etc and ../info, starting from the directory where the
625Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the 630Emacs executable was run from. You can override this by setting the
626environment variables EMACSDATA (for the location of `etc' directory), 631environment variable HOME; if you do that, the directories lisp, etc
627EMACSLOADPATH (for the location of `lisp' directory) and INFOPATH (for 632and info are accessed as subdirectories of the HOME directory.
628the location of the `info' directory).
629 633
630MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such 634MSDOG is a not a multitasking operating system, so Emacs features such
631as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not 635as asynchronous subprocesses that depend on multitasking will not