From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to compile Date: 13 May 2003 23:07:07 +0200 Organization: Organization?!? Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1052860330 15230 80.91.224.249 (13 May 2003 21:12:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 21:12:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 13 23:12:08 2003 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 19Fh4B-0003xO-00 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 23:12:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19Fh2n-0006M5-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 13 May 2003 17:10:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!peernews3.colt.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsmm00.sul.t-online.com!t-online.de!news.t-online.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Trace: news.t-online.com 1052860026 05 31474 u1S+EyIXSbaW6h 030513 21:07:06 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@t-online.com X-ID: bckIZBZ6geEIYA+b4sVY-ctnRaa1h8X5Sfz+ssWSs5MUbdrxJ7LX64 X-Face: 2FEFf>]>q>2iw=B6,xrUubRI>pR&Ml9=ao@P@i)L:\urd*t9M~y1^:+Y]'C0~{mAl`oQuAl \!3KEIp?*w`|bL5qr,H)LFO6Q=qx~iH4DN;i"; /yuIsqbLLCh/!U#X[S~(5eZ41to5f%E@'ELIi$t^ Vc\LWP@J5p^rst0+('>Er0=^1{]M9!p?&:\z]|;&=NP3AhB!B_bi^]Pfkw User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113192 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:9688 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:9688 "Bernhard Römer" writes: > ok. i am honest. i am nearly a perfect newbie so here is my newbie > question: i just downloaded the source for emacs 21.2 and now i > would like to compile it so i can use it. another bad message: i am > using windows 98. at the moment there is no other possibility for me > so please help me anyway. > > i hope you know how desperate i am. You could compile it using MSYS and mingw32, but frankly, if you are a newbie, why don't you use a precompiled version of 21.2 or 21.3? Compiling yourself should only be necessary for developer versions. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum