How do I install TNT? --------------------- To install TNT, you must perform two steps. First, you must ensure that the TNT Lisp files are readable to you and in a directory that is on your load path; second, you must arrange for these files to be loaded into Emacs. There are several ways of accomplishing each step. The method you choose will depend on how your computer is set up and on your personal preferences. Rather than attempt to describe all possibilities, I'll just describe one simple, albeit non-optimal, method. If you are experienced with Emacs, you'll undoubtedly want to improve on it. If not, just use this, and it should work fine. All you'll need to do is add two lines to your Emacs init file. This file is typically called ".emacs" and usually resides in your home directory. Edit this file and add the following two lines to the end, substituting the absolute path of the directory containing this INSTALL file (which should also contain several other files, including "tnt.el") for the "/full/path/to/tnt" in the first line. For example, if this INSTALL file were actually at "/full/path/to/tnt/INSTALL", you would use it exactly as shown. (setq load-path (cons "/full/path/to/tnt" load-path)) (load "tnt") Once you've done this, exit and restart Emacs to force the change to take effect. If you see an error message in the echo area at the bottom of the Emacs window, you may have mistyped one of the lines. If there's no error, you're probably all set. To test whether TNT was loaded, use the describe-function command (invoked by C-h f) to describe the function tnt-open. If it works, you should be able to run TNT. You'll probably also want to add some additional variable bindings in the .emacs file, after the above two lines, to further customize or simplify use of TNT. The README file gives details on all the user-definable variables. You almost certainly want to define either tnt-default-username or tnt-username-alist. Have fun!