Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:09:24 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Koen Van Herck <kvhk AT ivs4 DOT barco DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Emacs ; news mailer
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On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Koen Van Herck wrote:

> I have some questions concerning Emacs. I know this is not the place
> to ask these questions, but I don't have access to the news 8-(
> (In fact, I don't have access to anything, except E-mail ! )

You can send mail to <help-gnu-emacs AT prep DOT ai DOT mit DOT edu>: that's a mailing 
list which is gated into the gnu.emacs.help news group.

> Which emacs are you using on MS-DOS ? I have an old version but I
> can't use the compile command.

There is a pre-compiled binary of the latest Emacs 19.34.  Drop me a note 
if you want to know where to get it.

You can also get the source distribution of Emacs and compile it with 
DJGPP v2 (it builds right out of the box), see the file INSTALL for how 
to do that.

> Does there exist a Windows version of Emacs ?

The DJGPP binary will run on Windows 3.x and Windows 95 (and supports 
long filenames on the latter platform).  There is a Windows 95-specific 
version that you can get from the following URL:

    http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html

> Where can I find a binary of Emacs for Solaris (Sparc or i386) with X
> windows support ?

Just get the source distribution and compile it.  The latest version is 
here:

	ftp://ftp.gnu.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/emacs-19.34b.tar.gz

> Btw, is there a possibility to read/post articles to the newsgroups
> via E-mail ?

Only for news groups that have email gateways, AFAIK.