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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/admin/nt README-UNDUMP.W32
From: |
Jason Rumney |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/admin/nt README-UNDUMP.W32 |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:31:55 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Jason Rumney <jasonr> 09/02/23 12:31:55
Modified files:
admin/nt : README-UNDUMP.W32
Log message:
Modify for barebin distribution, as undumped distribution no longer
exists.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/admin/nt/README-UNDUMP.W32?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.9&r2=1.10
Patches:
Index: README-UNDUMP.W32
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/admin/nt/README-UNDUMP.W32,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -b -r1.9 -r1.10
--- README-UNDUMP.W32 8 Jan 2009 04:24:46 -0000 1.9
+++ README-UNDUMP.W32 23 Feb 2009 12:31:55 -0000 1.10
@@ -4,18 +4,21 @@
Emacs for Windows
-This README file describes how to dump a bare precompiled version of GNU
-Emacs for Windows NT/2000/XP and Windows 95/98/Me. This distribution
-supplements the standard dumped precompiled distribution of Emacs, which
-you can download from:
-
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/windows/
-
-If you do not have the "bin" distribution, then you will need to
-download it before you can use this undumped version. Also note that
-you should only need to dump Emacs yourself if you want to dump Emacs
-with more elisp files than are included normally, or to rebuild Emacs
-after patching one of the elisp files that is preloaded.
+This README file describes how to dump a bare precompiled version of
+GNU Emacs for Windows. This barebin distribution supplements the
+standard distribution of Emacs, which you can download from:
+
+ ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/
+
+If you do not have the "bin" or "src" distribution, then you will need
+to download one of those before you can use this barebin version.
+
+An additional feature of the barebin version that is not present in
+the bin distribution is that it contains an undumped binary of Emacs
+(temacs.exe). This can be used to dump Emacs yourself. Note that you
+should only need to dump Emacs yourself if you want to dump Emacs with
+more elisp files than are included normally, or to rebuild Emacs after
+patching one of the elisp files that is preloaded.
The dumping process consists of running a bare Emacs, loading up a
number of general elisp files, and then creating a new Emacs executable
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
Emacs has already been dumped with the standard configuration.
To dump Emacs, unpack this distribution into the directory created by
-unpacking the corresponding standard precompiled distribution. To
+unpacking the corresponding standard src or bin distribution. To
verify that you unpacked in the proper place, check to make sure that
you now have a temacs.exe file in the bin directory.
@@ -32,10 +35,10 @@
to use (the original one is renamed to emacs.exe.orig; this is not
overwritten if you run dump more than once).
-For more information about running Emacs, read the README.W32 file that
-came with the standard dumped precompiled distribution. If you have
-problems with Emacs, including problems with dumping, send email to
-"address@hidden".
+For more information about running Emacs, read the README.W32 file
+that came with this distribution. If you need help using Emacs on
+Windows, including problems with dumping, send email to
+<address@hidden>.
Enjoy!
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