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From: bal%va.DECnet@NRL3.ARPA ("VA::BAL")
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Subject: Re: VMS GNU Emacs
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Date: Mon, 10-Aug-87 23:08:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 10 23:08:00 1987
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Full-Name: Brian A. LaMacchia
Address: Code 4771, Naval Research Laboratory
Address: 4555 Overlook Ave. SW, Washington, DC  20375-5000
Phone: (202) 767-3066

>Has someone assembled a BACKUP saveset of GNU Emacs?  I read the
>distribution stuff on mit-prep, but it seems to require tar to
>unpack it.  I don't have tar or easy access to a unix system.
>If there is an easier way to get GNU emacs onto a VMS machine,
>please let me know.  I would prefer anonymous ftp of a backup
>saveset.  

Sid Penstone (Penstone@qucdnee1.bitnet) wrote a Tar->VMS program that
works great with the GNU Emacs distribution from prep.ai.mit.edu.  I
ftp'd the dist18.47-tar file from prep and ran it through tar2vms
without problems.  Sid also wrote a VMS->Tar program (for those of you
going to Unix machines).

If you'd like the source code for either of these (both programs written
in C) send me a message.  If there's sufficient demand I'll post both to
the net.

				--Brian LaMacchia
				  bal%va.decnet@nrl.arpa (until 9-1-87)
				  balamac@athena.mit.edu
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