Re: how to compile

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

"Bernhard Römer" <bernhard-roemer@gmx.de> 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.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum