oz@yetti.UUCP (Ozan Yigit) (07/23/86)
Here is a tiny mail note by Zimmerman about the distribution of this very emacs (that I intend to post..) oz ----------------------------------------------------------- From z (Steve Zimmerman) tty58 Fri Dec 11 10:06:23 1981 To: emacs-maintainers Subject: EMACS Sources Cc: z CCA now supports anonymous FTP login. As a result, exportable EMACS sources will now all be kept on the CCA VAX, instead of one set here and one set out at UTAH-20. This new arrangement has advantages for everyone; it makes it easier for me to keep sources up to date, since I need to only do a "cp" instead of FTPing numerous files, and it makes things easier for other people because it is now possible to do a "multiple get" with FTP and have the file names all come out lower case on your end. To use this feature, you connect with FTP, login with user name "anonymous", and enter anything for a password. This logs you in as the Unix user "anon" with home directory /u3/anon. ("Anonymous" has nine letters, which is one too many for a Unix user name.) Under this home directory is a directory "emacs" with subdirectories "src" and "lib"; these are the source and library directories, which correspond on the CCA VAX to /usr/src/cmd/emacs and /usr/lib/emacs. People who connect to us via uucp should also get EMACS from these directories, as they are guaranteed to contain a consistent, exportable version of EMACS, while the main system directories may contain an EMACS under development. -- The best way to have a Usenet: [decvax|ihnp4]!utzoo!yetti!oz good idea is to have a Bitnet: oz@[yusol|yuyetti].BITNET lot of ideas. Phonet: [416] 736-5053 x 3976