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
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.
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).
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.
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).
