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authorRichard M. Stallman2006-11-28 20:16:14 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2006-11-28 20:16:14 +0000
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Clarify bug reporting. Delete VMS section.
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1This directory tree holds version 22.0.91 of GNU Emacs, the extensible, 1This directory tree holds version 22.0.91 of GNU Emacs, the extensible,
2customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor. 2customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.
3 3
4You may encounter bugs in this release. If you do, please report 4The file INSTALL in this directory says how to build and install GNU
5them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since 5Emacs on various systems, once you have unpacked or checked out the
6they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or 6entire Emacs file tree.
7in code we don't use often. See the file BUGS for more information on
8how to report bugs.
9 7
10See the file etc/NEWS for information on new features and other 8See the file etc/NEWS for information on new features and other
11user-visible changes in recent versions of Emacs. 9user-visible changes in recent versions of Emacs.
12 10
13The file INSTALL in this directory says how to bring up GNU Emacs on
14various systems, once you have loaded the entire subtree of this
15directory.
16
17The file etc/PROBLEMS contains information on many common problems that 11The file etc/PROBLEMS contains information on many common problems that
18occur in building, installing and running Emacs. 12occur in building, installing and running Emacs.
19 13
20Reports of bugs in Emacs should be sent to the mailing list 14You may encounter bugs in this release. If you do, please report
21bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. See the "Bugs" section of the Emacs 15them; your bug reports are valuable contributions to the FSF, since
22manual for more information on how to report bugs. (The file `BUGS' 16they allow us to notice and fix problems on machines we don't have, or
23in this directory explains how you can find and read that section 17in code we don't use often. Please send bug reports for released
24using the Info files that come with Emacs.) See `etc/MAILINGLISTS' 18versions of Emacs sent to the mailing list bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
25for more information on mailing lists relating to GNU packages. 19Please send bug reports for pretest versions of Emacs, and versions
20from the Savannah.gnu.org repository, to emacs-pretest-bugs@gnu.org.
21
22See the "Bugs" section of the Emacs manual for more information on how
23to report bugs. (The file `BUGS' in this directory explains how you
24can find and read that section using the Info files that come with
25Emacs.) See `etc/MAILINGLISTS' for more information on mailing lists
26relating to GNU packages.
26 27
27The `etc' subdirectory contains several other files, named in capital 28The `etc' subdirectory contains several other files, named in capital
28letters, which you might consider looking at when installing GNU 29letters, which you might consider looking at when installing GNU
@@ -86,20 +87,3 @@ There are several subdirectories:
86that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS. The 87that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS. The
87platform-specific README files and installation instructions should 88platform-specific README files and installation instructions should
88list the required tools. 89list the required tools.
89
90VMS info:
91
92Emacs 19.x and above do not compile out of the box on OpenVMS.
93Richard Levitte <levitte@lp.se> is distributing and maintaining a
94version of Emacs (currently based on version 19.28, but soon moving to
9519.34 and then 20.1) that compiles and works on OpenVMS 5.5 and above
96on both VAX and Alpha architectures. For more information see
97
98 http://www.lp.se/gnu-vms/software/released1/emacs.html
99
100There is also some effort going on with Emacs 21. Source code is
101available at ftp://ftp.nvg.ntnu.no/pub/vms/emacs/. Look for most
102recent stuff with ls -lta.
103
104It is a working "development" version (editing and much more works).
105More developers are needed; contact roart@nvg.ntnu.no.