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Date: 22 Jan 88 21:00:10 GMT
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  I just received some mail from someone I never heard of asking
me(???) how to get the latest version of GNUemacs. I guess
he used a "reply" rather than a "forward"type command from
usenet. I was unable to send him any mail in return so, feeling
responsible, I decided to write this (copied from the GNU emacs
manual). Please, no flames, there might be others lurking around
out there who would like to know this - You have no idea how
many forwarding requests I got whenever I posted questions whose
answe I thought only I was dull enough to need.


Getting Emacs (anybody with better information - feel free)

use anonymous login from file
'/u2/emacs/dist/edist/.tar' on host 'prep.ai.mit.edu'

or for a 16000bpi tar tape of GNUemacs send
a check for $150.00 to

Free Software Foundation
1000 Mass Ave
Cambridge, Ma 02138

copies of the manual are available for $15.00 from the same address
add %5 sales tax if you are from Massachusetts, $15.00 additional
if you want airmail.


Okay, my good deed is done. In the past few months I have
posted several questions about

1) ^Q^S flow control

2) Sun termcaps

probably others. Each time the responses were quick, polite, helpful
and accurate. Each time however the helpful responses were far
outnumbered by the requests from other equally troubled souls that
I forward the information (about 10 to 1). Further, since I asked
these questions I have seen them pop up again as if new a few
times. Maybe there should ber a library of stock replies to
these stock questions and these could be posted automagically.
Yes, I know they are in the distribution somewhere but it couldn't
hurt to be nice.