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| author | Dave Love | 1999-02-11 22:47:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Dave Love | 1999-02-11 22:47:03 +0000 |
| commit | 46a0d7e5e6d88fb33ea95379c806d2b7968919c1 (patch) | |
| tree | 5a5b177e59e7d6e74561eeb3dfac6b4d76920803 /etc/FAQ | |
| parent | b9079f7cca58e4efde5d4fa13d1e64a7cbdc4dff (diff) | |
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| @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ about GNU Emacs 20 with answers. Some of the answers are not valid for GNU | |||
| 5 | Emacs 18 or 19. | 5 | Emacs 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 | ||
| 10 | The FAQ is posted (in five parts) to reduce the noise level in the | 10 | The FAQ is posted (in five parts) to reduce the noise level in the |
| 11 | gnu.emacs.help newsgroup (which is also the help-gnu-emacs mailing list) | 11 | gnu.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 | |||
| 275 | prefer to read the FAQ in a single file, see question 22. | 275 | prefer 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 | ||
| 281 | Notation Used in FAQ | 281 | Notation 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 | ||
| 2396 | 92: Where can I get other up-to-date GNU stuff? | 2394 | 92: 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 | ||
| 2461 | 93: What is the difference between Emacs and XEmacs (formerly "Lucid | 2407 | 93: 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 | ||
| 2547 | 95: Where can I get Emacs for Microsoft Windows, Windows 9x, or Windows | 2491 | 95: 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 | ||
| 2581 | 97: Where can I get Emacs for my Atari ST? | 2525 | 97: 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 | ||
| 2662 | 103: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ? | 2606 | 103: What is the IP address of XXX.YYY.ZZZ? |
| 2663 | 2607 | ||
| @@ -2688,9 +2632,9 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs | |||
| 2688 | 104: VM (View Mail) -- another mail reader within Emacs, with MIME support | 2632 | 104: 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 | ||
| 2759 | 109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers | 2703 | 109: BBDB -- personal Info Rolodex integrated with mail/news readers |
| 2760 | 2704 | ||
| @@ -2789,7 +2733,7 @@ Major Emacs Lisp Packages, Emacs Extensions, and Related Programs | |||
| 2789 | 111: W3-mode -- A World Wide Web browser inside of Emacs | 2733 | 111: 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 | |||
| 3285 | 137: Where is an Emacs that can handle Semitic (right-to-left) alphabets? | 3225 | 137: 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 |