OEMACS Release 4.1 (BETA RELEASE) August 22, 1993 This file describes the .zip files that comprise OEmacs Release 4.1, and the minimal set of .zip files required for use with plain MSDOS, Windows, or DESQview/X. Oemacs Release 4.1 is a version of GNU Emacs V19.19 that works under plain MSDOS, Windows, or DESQview/X. Note that all of the .zip files were created using the new pkzip 2.0 format. As a result, you cannot use old versions of pkunzip or unzip to extract the files in these archives. You must use an unzip program that understands the new pkzip 2.0 format. The complete OEmacs Release 4.1 distribution consists of the following files (a description of each is given below): elisp201.zip go32oe2.zip oe41el1.zip oe41el2.zip oe41el3.zip oe41gbin.zip oe41info.zip oe41min.zip oe41src1.zip oe41src2.zip oe41src3.zip oe41wbin.zip oe41xbin.zip elisp201.zip V19 Emacs-lisp programmer's manual. Basically, the same thing as the .tar.gz version, but with .dvi, .aux, etc. files deleted (the .tex files are still present, however). ***** IMPORTANT NOTE: Previous versions of this file contained a version-specific pathname. This is no longer true. As a result, you must explicitly set the value of `Info-directory-list" to contain the name of the directory with these info files. go32oe2.zip Sources & executables for the special GO32 needed for OEmacs. Note that each of the DJGCC, WATCOM, & DV/X binary distributions comes with a GO32 binary; this .zip file is needed only by those who want sources to GO32, or by those who want a debug32.exe that works with OEmacs. oe41el1.zip oe41el2.zip oe41el3.zip All .el and .elc files. oe41gbin.zip DJGPP-compiled binaries. oe41info.zip On-line documentation. This basically contains all of the files in the "emacs-19.19/info" directory. oe41min.zip This contains a "MINIMUM" set of files for OEmacs, not including binaries. This .zip file contains files that are duplicated in other .zip files. In addition to this file, a minimum installation requires a .zip file containing binaries. This file contains only a minimum set of files; if you want full functionality for emacs, you also need to obtain the following files: oe41el1.zip oe41el2.zip oe41el3.zip oe41info.zip Note that oe41min.zip contains duplicate files (files that are in other .zip archives). This is normal, and any "duplicate" files should be identical. oe41src1.zip oe41src2.zip oe41src3.zip This .zip file contains the files in "emacs-19.19/src", "emacs-19.19/etc", "emacs-19.19/man", etc.. It basically contains everything but .el and .elc files, and those files in "emacs-19.19/info". oe41wbin.zip WATCOM C/386-compiled binaries (etags.exe was compiled using DJGPP, however). oe41xbin.zip DV/X binaries. OEmacs Release 4.1 contains different versions of the "Emacs" binary: * An MSDOS binary compiled using DJGPP: Advantage: Starts up very fast. Advantage: Runs under plain MSDOS or within a Windows DOS box. Disadvantage: Requires a numeric coprocessor to run within Windows. Disadvantage: Shelling to DOS takes a long time. Disadvantage: Needs more memory to run under Windows. Minimally required files: oe41gbin.zip oe41min.zip You need at least 3MB of free disk space to install this version. The exact amount depends on the cluster size used on your hard disk. See the file called "install.dos" for installation instructions. * A binary compiled using WATCOM C/386 9.01E: Advantage: Does not require a numeric coprocessor to run within Windows. Advantage: Shelling to DOS is fast. Advantage: Runs under plain MSDOS or within a Windows DOS box. Disadvantage: Takes a while to start up (about 20 seconds on a 33MHz 486DX). Disadvantage: Uses much more disk space than the other versions (14MB vs 3MB). Minimally required files: oe41wbin.zip oe41min.zip oe41el1.zip oe41el2.zip oe41el3.zip You need at least 14MB of free disk space to install this version. The exact amount depends on the cluster size used on your hard disk. See the file called "install.dos" for installation instructions. * A DESQview/X binary compiled using DJGPP: Advantage: Starts up very fast. Advantage: Can display multiple X-windows (frames). Disadvantage: Does not work under plain MSDOS or Windows. Minimally required files: oe41xbin.zip oe41min.zip You need at least 3MB of free disk space to install this version. The exact amount depends on the cluster size used on your hard disk. See the file called "install.dos" for installation instructions. If you want to recompile OEmacs, you will need all of the non-binary .zip files, with the exception of "elisp201.zip" (which you do not need if you want to recompile OEmacs).