From: "David Lipman" <davelipman AT earthlink DOT net>
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Thanks,

I'll get the binary.  The "configuration" file problem is more a matter of
frustration than practicallity.  I read the "Readme" file and it say to
execute the command line "./configuration" - which dosen't do anything as
"configuration" file has no extension (as I stated in my original post).
Anyway, thaks for the link to the binary and thanks to all who helped.


"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
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>
> On Tue, 15 May 2001, David Lipman wrote:
>
> > I recently download an emacs file, emacs v.20.7.  I've unpacked it and I
now
> > want to instal it.
>
> As someone already told you, you could install a precompiled
> distribution:
>
>   ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/emacs.README
>
> The rest of this message is only relevant if you still want to build
> Emacs on your own.
>
> > I'm using DJGPP on a Windows95 system and installing a version in
> > MS-DOS.
>
> Are you saying that you want to build Emacs on Windows, but use it on
> an MS-DOS machine with no Windows on it?  Is that another machine, or
> the same one where you want to build Emacs?  If it's the same machine,
> there are special considerations that you should be aware of.
>
> > I've read the "Readme" file contained in the emacs and
> > the installation instructions say to activate the "Configure" script,
then
> > "Make", and so on.
>
> You didn't read far enough ;-)  The file INSTALL, near its end, has
> special instructions for building Emacs with DJGPP (search for "MSDOG").
> The DJGPP build process doesn't use the configure script.
>