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- Welcome to MicroEMACS 3.5
-
- On this disk you will find the following files:
-
- README.1ST This file
- EMACD.EXE MicroEMACS for LARGE files ( > ~32k total )
- EMACS.EXE MicroEMACS for SMALL files ( < ~32k total )
- EMACS.HLP MicroEMACS' on-line help file
- EMACS.RC MicroEMACS' startup file
- BINDING.LST A file containing all MicroEMACS command
- names and any associated key bindings
- EMACS.CMD A 'wall chart' of MicroEMACS commands,
- with a brief explanation of each
-
- To install on a hard disk, copy both executable files into
- any 'BIN' type directory that is accessed by your PATH.
-
- Then place the EMACS.HLP and EMACS.RC files in either the 'ROOT'
- directory of your hard disk, or (if you have them), MicroEMACS
- will also look in '\BIN' or '\USR\BIN' for these files. These
- directories must be on the default drive (the drive you are
- on when invoking MicroEMACS). See NOTE 2
-
- To install on a floppy disk, simply copy the executable files,
- EMACS.HLP and EMACS.RC into the 'ROOT' directory of the floppy
- disk.
-
- NOTE 1: MicroEMACS requires that the ANSI.SYS driver is resident
- for proper execution. (Without it, all you get is trash)
-
- NOTE 2: The EMACS.RC file provided contains an EXAMPLE of how
- you might set up your EMACS.RC file. NONE of the
- commands contained in it are required by MicroEMACS
- at start-up. In fact, you don't need the file at all,
- it is merely a convenience tool. Additionally, you may
- keep many different versions of EMACS.RC in different
- directories, because MicroEMACS will ALWAYS check the
- current directory FIRST for its start-up file.
-
- Some Additional Hints:
-
- MicroEMACS will accept multiple file arguments (No wildcards,
- PLEASE!), and will read each file in as its buffer is accessed.
-
- MicroEMACS also accepts -v and -e flags on the command line
- to alternately turn on or off the VIEW (read only) mode.
-
- Example: emacs -v file1 -e file2
-
- This example would read file1 in VIEW mode, and file2 in EDIT
- mode.
-
- WARNING: Having multiple copies of EMACS.RC may cause problems
- if you use any resident 'file path' type programs to
- aid in file searching. Since MicroEMACS gives MS-DOSè four places to look for EMACS.RC, the resident program
- becomes confused if there is more than one match, and
- may not read in the desired copy. This may also happen
- with normal text files, if two or more copies exist along
- the resident 'path'.