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"thickface" <kimfinale@gmail.com> writes:

> hi all,
> i just downloaded two files, emacs-21.4a.tar and emacs-21.4a.tar.gz.
> now i am trying to figure out how to install them.  right now, i have
> no idea.  i even don't know what 'tar' and gz mean.
> can anyone help me out??  thanks.

give u some tips:

1. try to learn some base knowledge of emacs and linux
2. try to download emacs22 (or so called nqmacs) instead of emacs21