[comp.emacs] emacs for VMS 4.45

rpa@rayssd.UUCP (01/16/87)

A couple of questions. First is the GNU stuff tested and available for
VMS 4.[45]? Next does the distribution support the unix versions too, what I
really mean is it the same distribution with clever defines or makefiles.

Thanx in advance for info (I presume that if it is available I can get
the tape from FSF in boston after paying something for it).


Robin P Alston MSc. aka The REAL Atilla.
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sasaki@endor.harvard.edu (Marty Sasaki) (01/18/87)

GNU Emacs version 18.35 runs on VMS v4.5 (and probably others as well)
almost without a hitch. Unless you want to do a bit of digging, I
would wait a short while (maybe 18.36 or 18.37) before getting the
software.

You can get the software from the Free Software Foundation, or via
anonymous FTP from MIT-PREP. Once things settle down, I will
distribute it. The only difference between what I will distribute and
what is available from MIT is that I will distribute object files and
executables.

There is a mailing list for VMS GNU Emacs. To get on it, send requests
to vms-gnu-emacs-request@harvard.
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