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Introduction

Why support GNU Emacs on Windows?
Which versions of Windows are supported?
What other versions of Emacs run on Windows?

Getting Emacs

Where can I download Emacs?
How can I compile Emacs myself?
How do I use a debugger on Emacs?

Installing Emacs

How do I unpack the distributions?
How do I install Emacs after unpacking the binary zip?
How do I get image support?
What is my init file?
Where do I put my init file?
Troubleshooting init file problems
How do I associate files with Emacs?
- For use with Internet Explorer
How do I use find-file to open files that are on the Desktop?
How can I modify Windows to act more like X?
- How do I make the active window follow the mouse?
  How do I swap CapsLock and Control?
  - Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista?
    Windows 98/ME
How can I modify Emacs to act more like a Windows app?
- Highlighting the selection
  Standard Windows key bindings
Window operations
How do I uninstall Emacs?
When I run Emacs nothing happens
Does Emacs contain a virus?
What known problems are there with anti-virus software?

Display Settings

Emacs in console mode goes beyond the window size
What do I do if I have problems with my mouse buttons?
How do I cut and paste text with NUL characters?
How can I fix garbled text yanked from the clipboard?
How do I change the sound of the Emacs beep?

Fonts and text translation

Font names
How can I get bold and italic fonts to work?
Multilingual font support
- Is it possible to display all the supported languages?
  How do I get Emacs to display non-latin characters?
  Where can I find fonts for other languages?
  How do I use third party programs to display multibyte characters?
  Can I use a font with a name in my language?
How can I have Emacs use a font menu like on X?
- How can I add my font to the font menu?
How can I control CR/LF translation?
- Automatic CR/LF translation
  CR/LF translation by file system
Can I use UTF-8 as default encoding on MS-Windows?

Printing

Subprocesses

Quoting issues
Programs reading input hang
Buffering in shells and subprocesses
- Perl script buffering
16-bit subprocesses accessing the floppy drive
Killing subprocesses on Windows 98/Me
Sending EOF to subprocesses
How do I use a shell in Emacs?
- bash
How do I use Cygwin style paths in Emacs?
How do I make dired use my ls program?
How do I prevent shell commands from being echoed?
How can I make shell completion use forward slashes?
Why do I get incorrect DOS version messages?
Why is nothing happening when I enter shell commands?

Network access

How do I use mail in Emacs?
- Outgoing mail
  Incoming mail with Rmail and POP3
  Incoming mail with Gnus
  Other incoming mail options
How do I open attachments in Gnus?
How do I use FTP within Emacs?
How do I use Tramp to work in Emacs via SSH?
How do I use telnet with Emacs?

Text and Utility modes

How do I use TeX with Emacs?
How do I perform spell checks?
Emacs and encryption
Why doesn’t my wheel mouse work in Emacs?
How do I use grep with Emacs?
- How do I do a recursive grep?

Developing with Emacs

How do I use Emacs with Microsoft Visual C++
- Emacs as the text editor for DevStudio
  Using MSVC command line tools from Emacs
  - VC++ Environment Variables
    Setting the default compile command
    Reverting Buffers
    Edit with Emacs function for MSVC
Emacs and Borland C++ Builder
Is there a version of my VC software I can use with Emacs?
How do I use the Perl debugger with Emacs?

Other useful ports

Cygwin
MinGW-w64 and MSYS2
EZWinPorts
mingw.org’s MinGW and MSYS
GnuWin32
GTK+
How do I read man pages?

Further information

Where can I get more information about Emacs?
What mailing lists are there for discussing Emacs on Windows?

Indexes

Function and Variable Index
Concept Index

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