From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henrik Enberg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Gnu emacs for (shudder, spit) Windows Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:48:38 +0100 Organization: Le Petomane Appreciation Society Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <877kfl4s55.fsf@enberg.org> References: <3DCE168B.985B0B5@sadfdsfa.invalid> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1036926363 29264 80.91.224.249 (10 Nov 2002 11:06:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2002 11:06:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18Apuj-0007bc-00 for ; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 12:06:01 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 18AprM-0003fK-00; Sun, 10 Nov 2002 06:02:32 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!h191n2fls32o1112.telia.COM!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 32 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: h191n2fls32o1112.telia.com (213.65.65.191) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1036925408 11655126 213.65.65.191 (16 [125297]) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1YhnZgFrDOrXMd4qZ/F7dSdk3/I= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106891 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:3445 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:3445 Jive Dadson writes: > Howdy folks. I would like to run a couple of gnu programs on my work > computer, which is all MS Windows 2000 Pro. I don't have gcc > available. Only VC++ 6.0. I would like to run gnu emacs and bison. I'm told that Emacs compiles just fine with VC++. It also compiles with mingw. I have no idea if bison runs on windows. > Also, I would like a version of gnu emacs that is scriptable with > Python. There isn't such a version. You'd have to write one yourself. > Is there any painless way to do this? I've downloaded an emacs and a > bison distribution. Taking a quick peek at the files, it looks like > building either one with VC++ 6.0 would be a project. Unfortunately, > I don't have time for a project. Look in the nt subdirectory of the unpackaged distibution for install instructions. > Is there any place I can get these things already instrumented for the > world of Billy Gates? Emacs is available precompiled for windows on a ftp server close to you. Look in the gnu/windows/emacs/ directory. See for a list of mirrors. -- Booting... /vmemacs.el