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Subject: WINE (WINdows Emulator) Frequently Asked Questions
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Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked Questions (and
their answers) about Wine, the WINdows Emulator project. This
should be read by anyone wishing to know more about the development
of this programming project, which will allow users to run MS Windows
binary programs under certain Unixes and Unix clones.
Archive-name: windows-emulation/wine-faq
Posting-Frequency: monthly
Last-modified: 14 Apr 1995 07:30:00 PDT
Version: 3.2
Wine Frequently Asked Questions & Answers
v. 3.2 -- July 1995
by P. David Gardner (pdg@primenet.com)
This is the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) for the Wine development
project. It contains both general and technical information about Wine:
project status, what it is and what it does, how to obtain and configure
and run it, and more. Please read this FAQ carefully before you post
questions about Wine to Usenet to see if your question is already
answered here first.
NOTE: If you are reading this FAQ and it is July 31, 1995 or later, this
document is out of date. Please get a new one from one of the sites
mentioned below.
The following answers have changed since the last issue of this FAQ:
Introduction: Where the plaintext version of this FAQ is
available. The ftp site rtfm.mit.edu now has a changed ftp
directory name for the Wine FAQ.
Introduction: The ASCII version of the FAQ is now also posted
to a mailing list.
Introduction: A special apology to Wine FAQ readers for my
slacking off the past few months.
Question 2.1: MS Windows programs that run under Wine. Added
two URLs to web pages that detail efforts to catalog successes
and failures in running various shareware and commercial MS
Windows applications under Wine.
Question 4.1: Where to get Wine. Updated the links list.
Question 7.1: Who is responsible for writing and maintaining
the Wine source code. New folks added to the list.
Please note that since Wine is still alpha code, it may or may not work
to varying degrees on your system. Also note that from release to
release, programs may work and then not work, then work again. Neither
the Wine developers nor the Wine FAQ author/maintainer can be held
responsible for any damage that may be caused to your computer hardware
or software by your obtaining, installing, configuring, operating and/or
removing Wine. If you use ALPHA code, you use it completely at your own
risk.
The Wine FAQ will be posted monthly to these newsgroups:
comp.answers
comp.emulators.announce
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce
comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.announce
comp.os.linux.answers
comp.windows.x.i386unix
news.answers
This FAQ will be posted monthly to the following mailing list:
linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu (the alternative to
the linux-activist list)
It is also reposted mid-month only to:
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
The plantext version of this FAQ is also available by anonymous ftp
from the following systems:
ftp://ftp.primenet.com/users/p/pdg/Wine.FAQ
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine.FAQ
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine/
WINE_(WINdows_Emulator)_Frequently_Asked_Questions
ftp://aris.com/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine.FAQ
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/Wine.FAQ
and quite likely most of the other sites around the globe that mirror
the Wine distribution from the Wine project's main distribution site,
tsx-11.mit.edu.
This FAQ is also available on the World Wide Web (WWW), reachable with
any web browser such as Mosaic or Netscape, or the ASCII browser lynx,
at the following URLs:
http://www.primenet.com/~pdg/wine-faq.html
and the html version is also available for ftp at:
ftp://ftp.primenet.com/users/p/pdg/wine-faq.html
The top of page graphic used in this html version is also available for
ftp at the same site, as file 'wine-faq.gif'.
If you have any technical questions about Wine, please post these to the
newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you have any suggestions
for corrections, changes, expansion or further clarification of this
FAQ, please send them to the Wine FAQ author and maintainer listed in
question 7.2.
SPECIAL NOTE: I am sorry I have not been able to post this FAQ regularly
for the past few months. I've been involved in singe-handedly bringing
up a major commercial website, as well as making a major job/career
transition from magazine designer to commercial programmer. Most of my
time had to be devoted to the paying jobs vs. the nonpaying ones. But
I've settled into the 'groove' now, so things should proceed swimmingly
once again. Thanks for your patience.
Here is a list of the topics covered in this issue of the Wine FAQ:
Section 1
Overview
1.1 --What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?
1.2 --What does the word Wine stand for?
1.3 -- What is the current version of Wine?
1.4 -- When will Wine be ready for general distribution?
Section 2
Program Compatibility
2.1 -- Which MS Windows programs does Wine currently run?
2.2 -- Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine never to be able to
run at all, and for what reason(s)?
2.3 -- Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower under
Unix and Wine than they do under MS-DOS and MS Windows? Will certain
kinds of programs run slower or faster?
2.4 -- Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running MS Windows
applications under Wine that I should be aware of?
2.5 -- Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications that use
WINSOCK.DLL?
2.6 -- I'm a software developer who wants to use Unix to develop
programs rather than MS-DOS, but I need to write MS-DOS and MS Windows
programs as well. Will I be able to run my favorite MS-DOS and/or MS
Windows compilers under Wine?
Section 3
Hardware/Software Considerations
3.1 -- Under what hardware platform(s) and operating system(s) will Wine
run?
3.2 --What minimum CPU must I have on my computer to be able to run Wine
and MS Windows applications smoothly?
3.3 -- How much disk space will the Wine source code and binaries take
on my hard drive?
3.4 -- How much RAM do I need to have on my Unix system to be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
3.5 -- I have a Doublespaced or Stackered MS-DOS partition. Can Wine run
MS Windows binaries located in such a partition?
3.6 -- Do I need to have a MS-DOS partition on my system to use Wine?
Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to run MS
Windows programs under Wine?
3.7 -- If Wine completely replaces MS Windows, will it duplicate all of
the functions of MS Windows?
3.8 -- Will I be able to install MS Windows applications in any Unix
filesystem?
3.9 -- Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?
3.10 -- Will Wine run under any X window manager?
3.11 -- What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows
applications run under Wine?
Section 4
How to Find, Install, Configure and Run Wine
4.1 -- Where can I get Wine?
4.2 -- If I do not have an Internet account, how can I get Wine?
4.3 -- How do I install Wine on my hard drive?
4.4 -- How do I compile the Wine distribution source code?
4.5 -- How do I configure Wine to run on my system?
4.6 -- How do I run an MS Windows program under Wine?
4.7 -- I have installed and configured Wine, but Wine cannot find MS
Windows on my drive. Where did I go wrong?
4.8 -- I think I've found a bug. How do I report this bug to the Wine
programming team?
4.9 -- I was able to get various MS Windows programs to run, but their
menus do not work. What is wrong?
4.10 -- I have run various MS Windows programs but since the program
menus do not work, how can I exit these programs?
4.11 -- How do I remove Wine from my computer?
Section 5
How To Get Help
5.1 -- Is there a Usenet newsgroup for Wine?
5.2 -- Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?
5.3 -- Is there a WWW site set up for Wine information?
5.4 -- Is there a mailing list for Wine?
Section 6
How You Can Help
6.1 -- How can I help contribute to the Wine project, and in what
way(s)?
6.2 -- I want to help beta test Wine. How can I do this?
6.3 -- I have written some code that I would like to submit to the Wine
project. How do I go about doing this?
Section 7
Who is Responsible for Wine?
7.1 -- Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine source
code?
7.2 -- Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine FAQ?
7.3 -- Who are the folks and organizations who have contributed money or
equipment to the Wine project?
And now, the answers to the questions:
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Section 1
Overview
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1.1 -- What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do?
Wine is both a program loader and an emulation library that will allow
Unix users to run MS Windows applications on an x86 hardware platform
running under some Unixes. The program loader will load and execute an
MS Windows application binary, while the emulation library will take
calls to MS Windows functions and translate these into calls to Unix/X,
so that equivalent functionality is achieved.
MS Windows binaries will run directly; there will be no need for machine
level emulation of program instructions. Sun has reported better
performance with their version of WABI than is actually achieved under
MS Windows, so theoretically the same result is possible under Wine.
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1.2 -- What does the word Wine stand for?
The word Wine stands for one of two things: WINdows Emulator, or Wine Is
Not an Emulator. Both are right. Use whichever one you like best.
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1.3 -- What is the current version of Wine?
A new version of Wine will be distributed almost every week, usually on
a Saturday or Sunday. You will be able to keep up on all the latest
releases by reading the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
When downloading Wine from your ftp site of choice (see question 4.1
for some of these choices), you can make sure you are getting the latest
version by watching the version numbers in the distribution filename.
For instance, the distribution released on June 20, 1994 was called
Wine-940620.tar.gz.
Weekly patches are also available. If you are current to the previous
version, you can download and apply just the current patch file rather
than the entire new distribution. The patch filenames follow the same
conventions as the weekly distribution, so watch those version numbers!
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1.4 -- When will Wine be ready for general distribution?
Because Wine is being developed solely by volunteers, it is difficult to
predict when it will be ready for general distribution. Between 90-98%
of the functions used by MS Windows applets, and 80-90% of the functions
used by major programs, have been at least partially implemented at this
time. However, the remaining 10% will likely take another 90% of the
time, not including debugging.
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Section 2
Program Compatibility
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2.1 -- Which MS Windows programs does wine currently run?
Here is a list of web sites that maintain lists of successes and
failures in attempts to run MS Windows programs under Wine:
http://dutifp.twi.fudelft.nl:8000/wine-list.html
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dash/wine/working-apps.html
Please keep in mind that since Wine is still a developer's only release,
programs may 'break' and then run again from release to release. But be
assured that at least most of the aplets distributed with MS Windows now
run to a degree of success.
For instance, Solitaire (SOL.EXE) runs just fine now, including menu
selections, as long as you don't try to access the help menu. Windows
colors can vary from system to system, depending on your video card and
monitor, but it's been reported that colors are generally darker under X
and Wine than under native DOS/MS Windows.
Also, a number of public domain and shareware games programs found on
the ftp site 'ftp.cica.indiana.edu' can run under Wine, with varying
degrees of success.
To date, there have been no reports of successful runs of major MS
Windows programs such as Word, WordPerfect, Paradox, and the like.
Quicken has been reported to work from time to time under Wine.
Note that it is now possible, under dosemu, to run MS Windows 3.1 in
standard mode and run major MS Windows software.
Keep an eye on the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine for
up-to-date reports of successes.
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2.2 - Which MS Windows programs do you expect Wine never to be able to
run at all, and for what reason(s)?
Any MS Windows program that requires a special enhanced mode device
driver (VxD) that cannot be rewritten specifically for Wine, will not
run under Wine.
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2.3 -- Will MS Windows programs typically run faster or slower under
Unix and Wine than they do under MS-DOS and MS Windows? Will certain
kinds of programs run slower or faster?
Programs should typically run at about the same speed under Wine as they
do under MS Windows.
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2.4 -- Are there any advantages or disadvantages to running MS Windows
applications under wine that I should be aware of?
As some do with OS/2, you will be running 16-bit MS Windows applications
in a 32-bit operating system using emulation techniques, so you will
have similar advantages and disadvantages.
There will be crash protection. That is, each MS Windows application
running under Wine will be running in its own X window and its own
portion of reserved memory, so that if one MS Windows application
crashes, it will not crash the other MS Windows or Unix applications
that you may have running at the same time.
Also, MS Windows programs should run at about the same speed under Wine
as they do under MS Windows. When Wine is finished, you will be able to
run your favorite MS Windows applications in a Unix environment.
However, be aware that any application written for a 16-bit operating
system will run much less efficiently than its 32-bit cousin, so if you
find a 32-bit application that fits your needs, you will be much better
off switching.
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2.5 -- Will Wine support MS Windows networked applications that use
WINSOCK.DLL?
Yes, Wine will support such applications. You will be able to run MS
Windows applications such as Netscape and Mosaic (though there are
32-bit native Unix versions of these available now).
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2.6 -- I'm a software developer who wants to use Unix to develop
programs rather than MS-DOS, but I need to write MS-DOS and MS Windows
programs as well. Will I be able to run my favorite MS-DOS and/or MS
Windows compilers under Wine?
Wine testers report that dosemu, the MS-DOS emulator for Linux, is
supports DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface). This means that folks can
run MS Windows in standard mode under dosemu, and can also run (with
varied degrees of success) their favorite Microsoft and Borland C++
compilers.
However, at last report, Wine itself is unable to run these
compilers, nor is it able to run any MS Windows debuggers, and may not
be able to for some time.
Keep in mind that Wine is being designed to run existing MS Windows
applications. Be aware too that a custom MS Windows program specifically
written to be compatible with Wine may not work the same as when it is
run under MS-DOS and MS Windows.
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Section 3
Hardware/Software Considerations
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3.1 -- Under what hardware platform(s) and operating system(s) will Wine
run?
Wine is being developed specifically to run on the Intel x86 class of
CPUs under certain Unixes that run on the x86 platform. Unixes currently
being tested for Wine compatibility include Linux, NetBSD and FreeBSD.
The Wine development team hopes to attract the interest of commercial
Unix and Unix clone vendors as well.
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3.2 -- What minimum CPU must I have in my computer to be able to run
Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
Wine is currently being developed specifically for use on Intel x86
CPUs, and needs a minimum 80386 CPU. It is known to also work in the
80486 and Pentium CPUs. Beyond that, the basic test is, if you can run
X11 now, you should be able to run Wine and MS Windows applications. As
always, the faster your CPU, the better. Having a math coprocessor is
unimportant. However, having a graphics accelerated video card supported
by X will help greatly.
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3.3 -- How much disk space will the Wine source code and binaries take
on my hard drive?
It is anticipated that when Wine is completed, you will need
approximately 6-8 megabytes of hard drive space to store and compile the
source code.
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3.4 -- How much RAM do I need to have on my Unix system to be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications smoothly?
If you can run X smoothly on your Unix system now, you should be able to
run Wine and MS Windows applications just fine too. A Wine workstation
should realistically have at least 8 megabytes of RAM and a 12 megabyte
swap partition. More is better, of course.
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3.5 -- I have a Doublespaced or Stackered MS-DOS partition. Can Wine run
MS Windows binaries located in such a partition?
Only if the operating system supports mounting those types of drives.
Currently, NetBSD and FreeBSD do not. However, there is a patch for the
Linux kernel that allows read-only access to a Doublespaced DOS
partition, and it's available on sunsite.unc.edu as:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Filesystems/thsfs.tgz
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3.6 -- Do I need to have a MS-DOS partition on my system to use Wine?
Does MS Windows need to be loaded into that partition in order to run MS
Windows programs under Wine?
You do not need DOS or MS Windows to install, configure and run Wine.
However, Wine has to be able to 'see' an MS Windows binary if it is to
run it. So, currently, you do need to have a DOS partition with MS
Windows installed on your hard drive to use Wine in a practical manner.
Your Unix OS must be able to 'see' this partition (check your /etc/fstab
file or mount the partition manually) in order for Wine to run MS
Windows binaries in your DOS partition.
However, when it is finished, Wine will not require that you have a
MS-DOS partition on your system at all, meaning that you will not need
to have MS Windows installed either. Wine programmers will provide an
application setup program to allow you to install your MS Windows
programs straight from your distribution diskettes into your Unix
filesystem, or from within your Unix filesystem if you ftp an MS Windows
program over the Internet.
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3.7 -- If Wine completely replaces MS Windows, will it duplicate all of
the functions of MS Windows?
Most of them, yes. However, some applications and aplets that come with
MS Windows, such as File Manager and Calculator, can be considered by
some to be redundant, since 32-bit Unix programs that duplicate these
functions already exist.
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3.8 -- Will I be able to install MS Windows applications in any Unix
filesystem?
Wine is written to be filesystem independent, so MS Windows applications
will install and run under any filesystem supported by your brand of
Unix.
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3.9 -- Will Wine run only under X, or can it run in character mode?
Being a GUI (graphical user interface), MS Windows does not have a
character mode, so there will be no character mode for Wine. So yes, you
must run Wine under X.
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3.10 -- Will Wine run under any X window manager?
Wine is window manager independent, so the X window manager you choose
to run has absolutely no bearing on your ability to run MS Windows
programs under Wine. Wine uses standard X libraries, so no additional
ones are needed.
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3.11 -- What happens when Windows '95 is released? Will 32-bit Windows
applications run under Wine?
Wine developers do eventually plan on supporting Win32s, but such
support is not in the current version of Wine.
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Section 4
How to Find, Install, Configure and Run Wine
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4.1 -- Where can I get Wine?
Wine can now be found on quite a few systems throughout the Internet.
Here is an incomplete list of some of the systems where you will find
it:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/ALPHA/wine/Wine-950706.tar.gz
ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/ALPHA/Wine/
development/Wine-950706.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.infomagic.com/pub/mirrors/linux/
wine/development/Wine-950706.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.funet.fi:/pub/OS/Linux/ALPHA/Wine/Wine-950706.tar.gz
It should also be available from any site that mirrors tsx-11 or
sunsite.
Some of these ftp sites may archive previous versions of Wine as well as
the current one. To determine which is the latest one, look at the
distribution filename, which will take the form:
Wine-[yymmdd].tar.gz
Simply replace [yymmdd] in the distribution filename with the numbers
for year, month and date respectively. The latest one is the one to get.
Note that weekly diff patches are now available, so you don't have to
download, install and configure the entire distribution each week if you
are current to the previous release. Diff releases follow the same
numbering conventions as do the general releases, and take the form:
Wine-[yymmdd].diff.gz
Note that any mirror of tsx-11 will likely carry the Wine distribution
as well, and may not be listed here in this FAQ. If you are mirroring
the Wine distribution from the tsx-11 site and wish to be listed here in
this FAQ, please send email to the FAQ author/maintainer listed in
question 7.2.
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4.2 -- If I do not have an Internet account, how can I get Wine?
Some CD-ROM archives of Internet sites, notably those from Walnut Creek
that archive ftp.cdrom.com and sunsite.unc.edu, do include some versions
of Wine on their CD releases. However, the age of these distributions
should always be questioned, as the 'snapshot' of the ftp site may have
been taken anywhere from 1-4 months (or more) prior to CD purchase.
Your best bet to get the very latest distribution of Wine, if you do not
have your own Internet account, is to find a friend who does have an
Internet account and have him/her ftp the necessary files for you. If
you have an email account on a BBS that can reach the Internet through a
gateway, you may be able to use email to get the Wine release sent to
you; check with your BBS system operator for details.
If you are running a BBS that is not connected to the Internet but does
offer the Wine distribution for download, and would like to be listed in
this FAQ, please forward such information to the FAQ author/maintainer
as listed in question 7.2.
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4.3 -- How do I install Wine on my hard drive?
Just un-gzip and un-tar the file, and follow the instructions contained
in the README file that will be located in the base Wine directory.
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4.4 -- How do I compile the Wine distribution source code?
4.5 -- How do I configure Wine to run on my system?
All of the directions to perform these two steps are located in the
README file that will be located in the base Wine directory after you
untar the distribution file.
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4.6 -- How do I run an MS Windows program under Wine?
Assuming you are running X already, call up a term window. Then, at the
shell prompt, type:
wine [/path/progname]
Another X window will pop up on top of the shell window and the binary
should begin to execute.
Let's assume that you want to run MS Windows Solitaire. Under MS-DOS,
you had installed MS Windows on your C: drive under the subdirectory
/WINDOWS. Under Unix, you have mounted the C: drive under /dos/c. To run
MS Windows Solitaire, you would type:
wine /dos/c/windows/sol.exe
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4.7 -- I have installed and configured Wine, but Wine cannot find MS
Windows on my drive. Where did I go wrong?
First, make sure you have mounted your MS-DOS partition into your Unix
filesystem, either by putting the entry into /etc/fstab, or by manually
mounting it. Remember, it must not be located on a Doublespaced or
Stackered partition, as neither Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD or Wine cannot
currently 'see' files located in such compressed DOS partitions.
Next, check your path statements in the 'wine.conf' file. No capital
letters may be used in paths, as they are automatically converted to
lowercase.
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4.8 -- I think I've found a bug. How do I report this bug to the Wine
programming team?
Bug reports should be posted to the newsgroup:
comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
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4.9 -- I was able to get various MS Windows programs to run, but their
menus do not work. What is wrong?
Wine is not complete at this time, so the menus may not work. They will
in time as more of the MS Windows API calls are included in Wine.
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4.10 -- I have run various MS Windows programs but since the program
menus do not work, how can I exit these programs?
Kill the shell window that you called up to run your MS Windows program,
and the X window that appeared with the program will be killed too.
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4.11 -- How do I remove Wine from my computer?
All you have to do is to type:
rm -fR [/path/]Wine*
WARNING: Make sure you specify the exact path when using the powerful
'rm -fR' command. If you are afraid you might delete something
important, or might otherwise delete other files within your filesystem,
change into each Wine subdirectory singly and delete the files found
there manually, one file or directory at a time. Neither the Wine
programmers nor the Wine FAQ author/maintainer can be held responsible
for your deleting any files in your filesystem.
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Section 5
How To Get Help
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5.1 -- Is there a Usenet newsgroup for Wine?
Yes. It's called comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine, and the newsgroup's
actvity consists mainly of announcements and discussion about Wine. The
newsgroup serves as a place for developers to discuss Wine, and for
minor announcements for the general public. Major announcements will be
crossposted to other appropriate groups, such as the newsgroups
comp.os.linux.announce, comp.windows.x.announce and
comp.emulators.announce.
If your Usenet site does not carry this new newsgroup, please urge your
sysadmin and/or uplink to add it.
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5.2 -- Is there a gopher site set up for Wine?
To the best of my knowledge at the time of this writing, no. If you are
installing or maintain a Gopher site pertaining to Wine, please contact
the FAQ author/maintainer as noted in question 7.2 for inclusion in the
next edition of the Wine FAQ.
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5.3 -- Is there a WWW site set up for Wine information?
Here are the URLs for a few sites reachable with your favorite web
browser:
http://www.primenet.com/~pdg/wine-faq.html
http://www.thepoint.com/unix/emulate/wine/index.html
http://daedalus.dra.hmg.gb/gale/wine/wine.html
http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dash/wine/index.html
If you are installing or maintain a WWW page pertaining to Wine, please
inform the FAQ author/maintainer as detailed in 7.2 for inclusion in the
next edition of the Wine FAQ.
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5.4 -- Is there a mailing list for Wine?
There is a seldom-used developers-only mailing list, whose contents are
planned to be ported into comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine. If you are a
Wine developer, or want to become one, you are welcome to join the list.
Please leave a message on the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine
expressing your interest.
Those with a general interest in Wine should participate in the
newsgroup.
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Section 6
How You Can Help
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6.1 -- How can I help contribute to the Wine project, and in what
way(s)?
You can contribute programming skills, or monetary or equipment
donations, to aid the Wine developers in reaching their goal. To find
out who, what, where, when and why, please post your desire to
contribute to the newsgroup comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
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6.2 -- I want to help beta test Wine. How can I do this?
Beta testers are currently not needed, as Wine is still Alpha code at
this time. However, anyone is welcome to download the latest version and
try it out at any time.
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6.3 -- I have written some code that I would like to submit to the Wine
project. How do I go about doing this?
Send your weekly code contributions to the mail alias:
wine-new@amscons.com
You should still verify that your code was included in the subsequent
release of Wine, as project managers cannot guarantee that the mail
server will not suffer some computer failure that will cause loss of
your message and code after it is received.
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Section 7
Who is Responsible for Wine
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7.1 -- Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine source
code?
Wine is available thanks to the work of Bob Amstadt, Dag Asheim, Martin
Ayotte, Ross Biro, Erik Bos, Fons Botman, John Brezak, Andrew Bulhak,
John Burton, Paul Falstad, Olaf Flebbe, Peter Galbavy, Cameron Heide,
Jeffrey Hsu, Miguel de Icaza, Alexandre Julliard, Jon Konrath, Scott A.
Laird, Martin von Loewis, Kenneth MacDonald, Peter MacDonald, William
Magro, David Metcalfe, Michael Patra, John Richardson, Johannes
Ruscheinski, Thomas Sandford, Constantine Sapuntzakis, Bernd Schmidt,
Yngvi Sigurjonsson, Rick Sladkey, William Smith, Erik Svendsen, Goran
Thyni, Jimmy Tirtawangsa, Jon Tombs, Linus Torvalds, Michael Veksler,
Carl Williams, Karl Guenter Wuensch, Eric Youngdale, and James Youngman.
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7.2 -- Who is responsible for writing and maintaining the Wine FAQ?
The FAQ is being maintained by Dave Gardner <pdg@primenet.com>, who is
not connected with the Wine project in any way but as the FAQ
author/maintainer. Please do not send technical questions about the Wine
project to the FAQ maintainer, but rather post them to the newsgroup.
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7.3 -- Who are the folks and organizations who have contributed money or
equipment to the Wine project?
People and organizations who have given generous contributions of money
and equipment include David L. Harper, Bob Hepple, Mark A. Horton, Kevin
P. Lawton, the Syntropy Institute, and James Woulfe.
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Dave Gardner
pdg@primenet.com, dave@cineweb.com
http:/www.primenet.com/~pdg/
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Dave Gardner
pdg@primenet.com, dave@cineweb.com