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authorDave Love1999-02-11 22:47:03 +0000
committerDave Love1999-02-11 22:47:03 +0000
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ about GNU Emacs 20 with answers. Some of the answers are not valid for GNU
5Emacs 18 or 19. 5Emacs 18 or 19.
6 6
7[This version has been somewhat edited from the last-posted version 7[This version has been somewhat edited from the last-posted version
8(as of January 1999) for inclusion in the Emacs distribution.] 8(as of February 1999) for inclusion in the Emacs distribution.]
9 9
10The FAQ is posted (in five parts) to reduce the noise level in the 10The FAQ is posted (in five parts) to reduce the noise level in the
11gnu.emacs.help newsgroup (which is also the help-gnu-emacs mailing list) 11gnu.emacs.help newsgroup (which is also the help-gnu-emacs mailing list)
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ The FAQ is posted in five parts; if you are missing a section or would
275prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22. 275prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22.
276 276
277------------------------------------------------------------ 277------------------------------------------------------------
278 Time-stamp: <1998-11-15 12:37:16 reuven> 278 Time-stamp: <1999-02-10 18:44:04 reuven>
279 279
280 280
281Notation Used in FAQ 281Notation Used in FAQ
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
632 format. Texinfo source for the manual (along with pregenerated Info 632 format. Texinfo source for the manual (along with pregenerated Info
633 files) is available at 633 files) is available at
634 634
635 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz 635 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-manual-20-2.5.tar.gz
636 636
637 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). See 637 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). See
638 question 17 if you want to install the Info files, or question 18 if you 638 question 17 if you want to install the Info files, or question 18 if you
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
649 using the stand-alone "makeinfo" program, available as part of the latest 649 using the stand-alone "makeinfo" program, available as part of the latest
650 Texinfo package at 650 Texinfo package at
651 651
652 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo-3.12.tar.gz 652 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/texinfo/texinfo-3.12.tar.gz
653 653
654 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (see question 92 for a list). 654 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (see question 92 for a list).
655 655
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
741 * Xinfo, a stand-alone version of the Info program that runs under X 741 * Xinfo, a stand-alone version of the Info program that runs under X
742 Windows. You can get it at 742 Windows. You can get it at
743 743
744 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz 744 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/xinfo/xinfo-1.01.01.tar.gz
745 745
746 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list). 746 and all mirrors of gnudist.gnu.org (See question 92 for a list).
747 747
@@ -834,11 +834,9 @@ On-line Help, Printed Manuals, Other Sources of Help
834 release has been part of the Emacs distribution as etc/FAQ (see 834 release has been part of the Emacs distribution as etc/FAQ (see
835 question 4). 835 question 4).
836 836
837 * Via the World Wide Web. Point your favorite Web browser at: 837 * Via the World Wide Web. A hypertext version is available at
838 838
839 http://www.geek-girl.com/emacs/faq/index.html 839 http://www.lerner.co.il/emacs/
840
841 This is an old version, but it works.
842 840
843 * Via anonymous ftp and e-mail from rtfm.mit.edu (and its mirror in 841 * Via anonymous ftp and e-mail from rtfm.mit.edu (and its mirror in
844 Europe), the main repository for FAQs and other items posted to 842 Europe), the main repository for FAQs and other items posted to
@@ -2160,13 +2158,13 @@ Difficulties Building/Installing/Porting Emacs
2160 available. On gnudist.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are 2158 available. On gnudist.gnu.org, the main GNU distribution site, sources are
2161 available at 2159 available at
2162 2160
2163 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.4.tar.gz 2161 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.3.tar.gz
2164 2162
2165 The above will obviously change as new versions of Emacs come out. For 2163 The above will obviously change as new versions of Emacs come out. For
2166 instance, when Emacs 20.5 is released, it will most probably be 2164 instance, when Emacs 20.5 is released, it will most probably be
2167 available at 2165 available at
2168 2166
2169 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs-20.5.tar.gz 2167 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-20.4.tar.gz
2170 2168
2171 Again, you should use one of the mirror sites in question 92 (and 2169 Again, you should use one of the mirror sites in question 92 (and
2172 adjust the URL accordingly) so as to reduce load on gnudist.gnu.org. 2170 adjust the URL accordingly) so as to reduce load on gnudist.gnu.org.
@@ -2391,7 +2389,7 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2391 The lispdir.el package has a function named submit-lcd-entry which will 2389 The lispdir.el package has a function named submit-lcd-entry which will
2392 help you with this. 2390 help you with this.
2393 2391
2394 See question 90 regarding non-maintenance of the archive. 2392 Note that maintenance of the archive is currently very slow.
2395 2393
239692: Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff? 239492: Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff?
2397 2395
@@ -2402,61 +2400,9 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2402 2400
2403 Read the files etc/DISTRIB and etc/FTP for more information. 2401 Read the files etc/DISTRIB and etc/FTP for more information.
2404 2402
2405 The following sites are all mirror images of the GNU distribution area: 2403 A list of sites mirroring gnudist.gnu.org can be found at
2406 2404
2407 ASIA: ftp://cair.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu, 2405 http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html
2408 ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu,
2409 ftp://utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ftpsync/prep,
2410 ftp://ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu
2411
2412 AUSTRALIA: ftp://archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)
2413
2414 AFRICA: ftp://ftp.sun.ac.za/pub/gnu
2415
2416 EUROPE: ftp://ftp.denet.dk/pub/gnu,
2417 ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu,
2418 ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu,
2419 ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/gnu,
2420 ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu,
2421 ftp://ftp.stacken.kth.se/pub/gnu,
2422 ftp://ftp.win.tue.nl/pub/gnu,
2423 ftp://isy.liu.se/pub/gnu,
2424 ftp://nic.switch.ch/mirror/gnu,
2425 ftp://archive.eu.net/pub/gnu,
2426 ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/software/gnu,
2427 ftp://ftp.ieunet.ie/pub/gnu,
2428 ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/gnu,
2429 ftp://ftp.sunet.se:/pub/gnu,
2430 ftp://ftp.univ-lyon1.fr/pub/gnu,
2431 ftp://irisa.irisa.fr/pub/gnu,
2432 ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu,
2433 ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/uunet/systems/gnu
2434
2435 SOUTH AMERICA: ftp.unicamp.br:/pub/gnu
2436
2437 WESTERN CANADA: ftp.cs.ubc.ca:/mirror2/gnu
2438
2439 USA: ftp://col.hp.com/mirrors/gnu,
2440 ftp://f.ms.uky.edu/pub3/gnu,
2441 ftp://ftp.cs.columbia.edu/archives/gnu/prep,
2442 ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu,
2443 ftp://ftp.hawaii.edu/mirrors/gnu,
2444 ftp://ftp.kpc.com/pub/mirror/gnu,
2445 ftp://ftp.uu.net/systems/gnu,
2446 ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/GNU,
2447 ftp://jaguar.utah.edu/gnustuff,
2448 ftp://labrea.stanford.edu/pub/gnu,
2449 ftp://mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/pub/gnu,
2450 ftp://vixen.cso.uiuc.edu/gnu,
2451 ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/gnu
2452
2453 The directory at ftp.uu.net is a mirror of gnudist.gnu.org except that files
2454 larger than one megabyte are split into multiple parts. If you have
2455 trouble transferring large files, you should try that site. A file
2456 normally named "XXX" is split into files XXX-split/part[0-9][0-9], and
2457 there will be a file named XXX-split/README which contains the list of
2458 parts (especially helpful when FTP-ing by e-mail), their checksums, and
2459 reassembly instructions.
2460 2406
246193: What is the difference between Emacs and XEmacs (formerly "Lucid 240793: What is the difference between Emacs and XEmacs (formerly "Lucid
2462 Emacs")? 2408 Emacs")?
@@ -2494,12 +2440,10 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2494 2440
2495 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README 2441 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README
2496 2442
2497 And the binary itself is available in the files 2443 And the binary itself is available in the files em1934*.zip in the
2498 2444 directory
2499 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/em1934*.zip
2500 2445
2501 where * indicates that you should retrieve all of the files beginning 2446 ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/
2502 with "em1934" and ending with "zip".
2503 2447
2504 If you prefer to compile Emacs for yourself, you will need a 386 (or 2448 If you prefer to compile Emacs for yourself, you will need a 386 (or
2505 better) processor, and are running MS-DOS 3.0 or later. According to Eli 2449 better) processor, and are running MS-DOS 3.0 or later. According to Eli
@@ -2542,7 +2486,7 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2542 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.emacs/ 2486 ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.emacs/
2543 2487
2544 Note that while many of these programs look similar to Emacs, they often 2488 Note that while many of these programs look similar to Emacs, they often
2545 lack certain features, particularly as the Emacs Lisp extension language. 2489 lack certain features, particularly the Emacs Lisp extension language.
2546 2490
254795: Where can I get Emacs for Microsoft Windows, Windows 9x, or Windows 249195: Where can I get Emacs for Microsoft Windows, Windows 9x, or Windows
2548 NT? 2492 NT?
@@ -2576,7 +2520,7 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2576 2520
2577 Emacs 19.33 is ported for emx on OS/2 2.0 or 2.1, and is available at: 2521 Emacs 19.33 is ported for emx on OS/2 2.0 or 2.1, and is available at:
2578 2522
2579 ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/os2/unix/apps/emacs/v.19.33/ 2523 ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/editors/emacs/v19.33/
2580 2524
258197: Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST? 252597: Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST?
2582 2526
@@ -2657,7 +2601,7 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
2657 Java code. You can get the latest version from the Emacs Lisp Archive; 2601 Java code. You can get the latest version from the Emacs Lisp Archive;
2658 see question 90 for details. A FAQ for cc-mode is available at 2602 see question 90 for details. A FAQ for cc-mode is available at
2659 2603
2660 http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/cc-mode.html/Top.html 2604 http://www.python.org/emacs/cc-mode/
2661 2605
2662103: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ? 2606103: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ?
2663 2607
@@ -2688,9 +2632,9 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
2688104: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support 2632104: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support
2689 2633
2690 Author: Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net> 2634 Author: Kyle Jones <kyle@uunet.uu.net>
2691 Latest version: 6.62 2635 Latest version: 6.67
2692 Anonymous FTP: 2636 Anonymous FTP:
2693 ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/mail/vm/vm.tar.gz 2637 ftp://ftp.wonderworks.com/pub/vm/vm.tar.gz
2694 Newsgroups and mailing lists: 2638 Newsgroups and mailing lists:
2695 Informational newsgroup/mailing list: 2639 Informational newsgroup/mailing list:
2696 gnu.emacs.vm.info (newsgroup) 2640 gnu.emacs.vm.info (newsgroup)
@@ -2721,7 +2665,7 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
2721 Author: Dave Gillespie <daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu> 2665 Author: Dave Gillespie <daveg@csvax.cs.caltech.edu>
2722 Latest version: 2.02f 2666 Latest version: 2.02f
2723 Anonymous FTP: 2667 Anonymous FTP:
2724 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/calc-2.02f.tar.gz 2668 ftp://gnudist.gnu.org/pub/gnu/calc/calc-2.02f.tar.gz
2725 NOTE: Unlike Wolfram Research, Dave has never threatened to sue 2669 NOTE: Unlike Wolfram Research, Dave has never threatened to sue
2726 anyone for having a program with a similar command language to 2670 anyone for having a program with a similar command language to
2727 Calc. :-) 2671 Calc. :-)
@@ -2754,7 +2698,7 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
2754 auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk (for submissions) 2698 auc-tex@iesd.auc.dk (for submissions)
2755 auc-tex_mgr@iesd.auc.dk (auc-tex development team) 2699 auc-tex_mgr@iesd.auc.dk (auc-tex development team)
2756 World Wide Web: 2700 World Wide Web:
2757 http://www.iesd.auc.dk/~amanda/auctex/ 2701 http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/
2758 2702
2759109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers 2703109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers
2760 2704
@@ -2789,7 +2733,7 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs
2789111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs 2733111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs
2790 2734
2791 Author: Bill Perry <wmperry@spry.com> 2735 Author: Bill Perry <wmperry@spry.com>
2792 Latest version: 4.0pre.31 2736 Latest version: 4.0pre.39
2793 Anonymous FTP: 2737 Anonymous FTP:
2794 ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/elisp/w3/.betas/w3.tar.gz 2738 ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/elisp/w3/.betas/w3.tar.gz
2795 Mailing lists: 2739 Mailing lists:
@@ -3278,10 +3222,6 @@ Using Emacs with Alternate Character Sets
3278 Enhancement of Emacs. See question 84 for information on where to find 3222 Enhancement of Emacs. See question 84 for information on where to find
3279 and download Emacs. 3223 and download Emacs.
3280 3224
3281 The original MULE is available at
3282
3283 ftp://sh.wide.ad.jp/JAPAN/mule/mule-19.33-delta.tar.gz
3284
3285137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets? 3225137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets?
3286 3226
3287 Emacs 20 supports Hebrew characters (ISO 8859-8), but does not yet 3227 Emacs 20 supports Hebrew characters (ISO 8859-8), but does not yet