Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end of the file for license conditions. Precompiled Distributions of Emacs for Windows Jan 1, 2020 This directory contains precompiled distributions for GNU Emacs on Windows IMPORTANT LEGAL REMINDER ======================== If you want to redistribute any of the precompiled distributions of Emacs, be careful to check the implications of the GPL. For instance, if you put the compiled file from this directory on an Internet site, you must arrange to distribute the source files of the SAME version. Making a link to our copy of the source is NOT sufficient, since we might upgrade to a new version while you are still distributing the old binaries. Windows Binaries ================ Currently, we provide six different binary packages for Emacs, which are: emacs-$VERSION-x86_64-installer.exe Contains a 64-bit build of Emacs with dependencies as an installer package. Mostly, this is the best one to install. emacs-$VERSION-x86_64.zip Contains a 64-bit build of Emacs with dependencies. This contains the same files as the installer but as a zip file which some users may prefer. emacs-$VERSION-x86_64-no-deps.zip Contains a 64-bit build of Emacs without any dependencies. This may be useful if you wish to install where the dependencies are already available, or if you want the small possible Emacs. emacs-$VERSION-i686-installer.exe Contains a 32-bit build of Emacs with dependencies as an installer package. This is useful for running on a 32-bit machine. emacs-$VERSION-i686.zip Contains a 32-bit build of Emacs with dependencies. emacs-$VERSION-i686-no-deps.zip Contains a 32-bit build of Emacs without dependencies In addition, we provide the following files which will not be useful for most end-users. emacs-$VERSION-x86_64-deps.zip The dependencies. Unzipping this file on top of emacs-$VERSION-x86_64-no-deps.zip should result in the same install as emacs-$VERSION-x86_64.zip. emacs-27-i686-deps.zip The 32-bit version of the dependencies. emacs-27-deps-mingw-w64-src.zip The source for the dependencies. Source for Emacs itself is available in the main distribution tarball. These dependencies were produced from an updated msys2 at the point of the first pre-test. It is not intended that these will be updated after that point. Source for Emacs itself is found in the directory above. Snapshots ========= We also distribute "snapshots" of Emacs built at points throughout the development cycle, for those interested in following this cycle. They are not recommended for normal users. The files follow the same naming convention, but also include a date (and sometimes information about their branch). The Emacs source at the time of these builds is also distributed. LICENSE ====== This file is part of GNU Emacs. GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with GNU Emacs. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.