20: What informational files are available for Emacs? This isn't a frequently asked question, but it should be! A variety of informational files about Emacs and relevant aspects of the GNU project are available for you to read. The following files are available in the "etc" directory of the Emacs distribution (see question 4 if you're not sure where that is). COPYING -- Emacs General Public License DISTRIB -- Emacs Availability Information, including the popular "Free Software Foundation Order Form" FAQ -- Emacs Frequently Asked Questions (You're reading it) FTP -- How to get GNU Software by Internet FTP or by UUCP GNU -- The GNU Manifesto INTERVIEW -- Richard Stallman discusses his public-domain UNIX-compatible software system with BYTE editors LPF -- Why you should join the League for Programming Freedom MACHINES -- Status of Emacs on Various Machines and Systems MAILINGLISTS -- GNU Project Electronic Mailing Lists NEWS -- Emacs news, a history of user-visible changes SERVICE -- GNU Service Directory SUN-SUPPORT -- including "Using Emacstool with GNU Emacs" Latest versions of the above files also available at ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/GNUinfo/ These additional files are available from the FSF via e-mail: * GNU's Bulletin, June 1994 GNU's Who Administrivia and Copyright What Is the FSF? What Is Copyleft? What Is GNU? What Is the Hurd? Free Software Redistributors Donate Help from Free Software Companies Free Software Support What Is the LPF? GNU and Other Free Software in Japan Announcing the Dictionary Project GNUs Flashes Forthcoming GNUs Freely Available Texts GNU Documentation GNU Software Program/Package Cross Reference Tapes CD-ROMs MS-DOS Diskettes Tape & CD-ROM Subscription Service The Deluxe Distribution How to Get GNU Software Other GPLed Software Free Software for Microcomputers FSF T-shirt Project GNU Wish List Thank GNUs Donations Translate Into Free Software Cygnus Matches Donations! Free Software Foundation Order Form Address Page * Legal issues about contributing code to GNU * GNU Project Status Report A collection of past GNU's Bulletins (as well as other GNU-related information) is available at http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/gnu.html