![]() If there isn’t, the original runemacs.exe is in the bin folder. ![]() You launch Emacs by executing runemacs.exe, to which there should be a shortcut in the top level of the archive. But when you have unpacked the archive, don’t expect to find a GUI InstallShield wizard - the un-tarred package is ready to run. Most compression utilities for Windows can handle both tar and gz, so it is nothing to worry about. ![]() zip file like so many other Windows applications. Before you even begin to download it, you will notice that this version of Emacs is very Unix-like: the package is a. You can download Windows binaries from the official GNU project Web site. ![]() The standard GNU Emacs builds on all recent flavors of Windows - NT, XP, 2000, ME, even 98 and 95. Let’s take a look at the options, and decide how to pick the best non-Unix Emacs for our daily work routine. Fortunately, the world’s best editor is available on all of them - though as is sometimes the case with free software, there are several competing versions, with their own pros and cons. As much as we love Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, we are sometimes forced to work on others - Windows, perhaps, or Mac OS X.
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