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9 @title XEmacs FAQ
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21 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
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22 @top XEmacs FAQ
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24 This is the guide to the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list---a
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25 compendium of questions and answers pertaining to one of the finest
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26 programs ever written. It is much more than just a Text Editor.
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28 This FAQ is freely redistributable. I take no liability for the
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29 correctness and safety of any procedures or advice given here. This
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30 FAQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
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31 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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32 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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40 @menu
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41 * Introduction:: Introduction, Policy, Credits.
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42 * Installation:: Installation and Trouble Shooting.
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43 * Customization:: Customization and Options.
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44 * Subsystems:: Major Subsystems.
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45 * Miscellaneous:: The Miscellaneous Stuff.
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46 * Current Events:: What the Future Holds.
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50 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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52 Introduction, Policy, Credits
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53
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54 * Q1.0.1:: What is XEmacs?
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55 * Q1.0.2:: What is the current version of XEmacs?
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56 * Q1.0.3:: Where can I find it?
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57 * Q1.0.4:: Why Another Version of Emacs?
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58 * Q1.0.5:: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
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59 * Q1.0.6:: Where can I get help?
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60 * Q1.0.7:: Where is the mailing list archived?
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61 * Q1.0.8:: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
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62 * Q1.0.9:: What does XEmacs look like?
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63 * Q1.0.10:: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
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64 * Q1.0.11:: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
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65 * Q1.0.12:: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
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66 * Q1.0.13:: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
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67 * Q1.0.14:: Where can I get a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
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69 Policies:
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70 * Q1.1.1:: What is the FAQ editorial policy?
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71 * Q1.1.2:: How do I become a Beta Tester?
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72 * Q1.1.3:: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
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73
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74 Credits:
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75 * Q1.2.1:: Who wrote XEmacs?
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76 * Q1.2.2:: Who contributed to this version of the FAQ?
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77 * Q1.2.3:: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
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78
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79 Internationalization:
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80 * Q1.3.1:: What is the status of XEmacs v20?
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81 * Q1.3.2:: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka @var{mule}?
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82 * Q1.3.3:: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
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83 * Q1.3.4:: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
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84 * Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
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85 * Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0?
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86 * Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes?
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87
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88 Getting Started:
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89 * Q1.4.1:: What is a @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one?
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90 * Q1.4.2:: Can I use the same @file{.emacs} with the other Emacs?
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91 * Q1.4.3:: Any good XEmacs tutorials around?
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92 * Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
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93 * Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
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94 * Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
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95 * Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
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97 Installation and Trouble Shooting
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99 * Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
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100 * Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
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101 * Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
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102 * Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
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103 * Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
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104 * Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
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105 * Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
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106 * Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
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107 * Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
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108 * Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
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109 * Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
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110 * Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
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111 * Q2.0.13:: Can't link XEmacs on Solaris with Gcc.
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112 * Q2.0.14:: Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
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114 Trouble Shooting:
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115 * Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
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116 * Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
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117 * Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
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118 * Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
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119 * Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
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120 * Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
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121 * Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
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122 * Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
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123 * Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
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124 * Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
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125 * Q2.1.11:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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126 * Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
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127 * Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and @code{create_process} failure
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128 * Q2.1.14:: @kbd{C-g} doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
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129 * Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
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130 * Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in @code{strcat} on HP/UX 10.
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131 * Q2.1.17:: @samp{Marker does not point anywhere}.
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132 * Q2.1.18:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
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133 * Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
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134 * Q2.1.20:: @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.}
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135 * Q2.1.21:: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes.
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136 * Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
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137 * Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
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139 Customization and Options
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141 * Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running?
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142 * Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
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143 * Q3.0.3:: @code{(setq tab-width 6)} behaves oddly.
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144 * Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the @code{load-path}?
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145 * Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
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146 * Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of @code{(face-list)} to a buffer?
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147 * Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after @code{Save Options}.
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148 * Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame?
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152 * Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
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153 * Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
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154 * Q3.1.3:: @code{(set-screen-width)} worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
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155 * Q3.1.4:: Specifying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in @file{.emacs} does not work in 19.15?
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156 * Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}?
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157 * Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
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158 * Q3.1.7:: @samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work?
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159 * Q3.1.8:: @samp{-iconic} it doesn't work.
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160
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161 Textual Fonts & Colors:
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162 * Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from @file{.emacs}?
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163 * Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
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164 * Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
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165 * Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage?
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166 * Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
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168 The Modeline:
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169 * Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away?
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170 * Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
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171 * Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
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172 * Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
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173 * Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
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174
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176 * Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
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177 * Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
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178
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180 * Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
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181 * Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
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182 * Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
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183 * Q3.5.4:: Globally binding @kbd{Delete}?
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184 * Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
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185 * Q3.5.6:: How to map @kbd{Help} key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
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186 * Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
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187 * Q3.5.8:: Why does @code{(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)} complain?
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188 * Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
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189 * Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on @dfn{sticky} modifier keys?
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190
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191 The Cursor:
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192 * Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
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193 * Q3.6.2:: Is there a way to get back the old block cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point?
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194 * Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink?
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195
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196 The Mouse and Highlighting:
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197 * Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
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198 * Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
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199 * Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
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200 * Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
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201 * Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
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202 * Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
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203 * Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region?
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204 * Q3.7.8:: Why does @kbd{M-w} take so long?
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205
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206 The Menubar and Toolbar:
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207 * Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
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208 * Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar?
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209 * Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu @code{Buffers} list?
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210 * Q3.8.4:: Resources like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} are not working?
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211 * Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
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212
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213 Scrollbars:
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214 * Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar?
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215 * Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
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216 * Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
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217 * Q3.9.4:: How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling?
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218
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219 Text Selections:
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220 * Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
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221 * Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
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222 * Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
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223 * Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after @kbd{C-x C-p} (mark-page)?
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224 * Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
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225
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226 Major Subsystems
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227
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228 * Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP?
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229 * Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
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230 * Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
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231 * Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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232 * Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
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233 * Q4.0.6:: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
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234 * Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
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235 * Q4.0.8:: Remote mail reading with VM.
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236 * Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
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237 * Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
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238 * Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
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239 * Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here.
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240
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241 Web browsing with W3:
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242 * Q4.1.1:: What is W3?
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243 * Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
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244 * Q4.1.3:: Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
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245
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246 Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus:
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247 * Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus, Quassia Gnus, argh!
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249 * Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
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250 * Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line?
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251
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252 Other Mail & News:
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253 * Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
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254 * Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it?
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255 * Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this @code{movemail} program working?
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256 * Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
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257 * Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
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258
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259 Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop:
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260 * Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop
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261
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262 Energize:
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263 * Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize?
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264
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265 Infodock:
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266 * Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock?
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267
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268 Other Unbundled Packages:
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269 * Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
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270 * Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
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271 * Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14
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272 * Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
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273 * Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
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274
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275 The Miscellaneous Stuff
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276
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277 * Q5.0.1:: How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock?
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278 * Q5.0.2:: I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode?
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279 * Q5.0.3:: How do I get @samp{More} Syntax Highlighting on by default?
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280 * Q5.0.4:: How can I enable auto-indent?
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281 * Q5.0.5:: How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default?
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282 * Q5.0.6:: How do I start up a second shell buffer?
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283 * Q5.0.7:: Telnet from shell filters too much.
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284 * Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
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285 * Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
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286 * Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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287 * Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15?
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288 * Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
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289 * Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
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290 * Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
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291 * Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
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292 * Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
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293 * Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
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294 * Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working
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295 * Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
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296
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297 Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques:
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298 * Q5.1.1:: The difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs?
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299 * Q5.1.2:: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
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300 * Q5.1.3:: Could you explain @code{read-kbd-macro} in more detail?
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301 * Q5.1.4:: What is the performance hit of @code{let}?
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302 * Q5.1.5:: What is the recommended use of @code{setq}?
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304 * Q5.1.7:: I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
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305 * Q5.1.8:: I like recursion, does it slow things down?
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306 * Q5.1.9:: How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
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308 Sound:
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309 * Q5.2.1:: How do I turn off the sound?
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310 * Q5.2.2:: How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep?
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311 * Q5.2.3:: What's NAS, how do I get it?
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312 * Q5.2.4:: Sunsite sounds don't play.
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314 Miscellaneous:
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315 * Q5.3.1:: How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
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316 * Q5.3.2:: Fontifying hangs when editing a postscript file.
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317 * Q5.3.3:: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
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318 * Q5.3.4:: Getting @kbd{M-x lpr} to work with postscript printer.
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319 * Q5.3.5:: How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files?
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320 * Q5.3.6:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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321 * Q5.3.7:: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
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322 * Q5.3.8:: How do I insert today's date into a buffer?
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323 * Q5.3.9:: Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs?
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324 * Q5.3.10:: How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines?
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325 * Q5.3.11:: How do I add new Info directories?
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326 * Q5.3.12:: What do I need to change to make printing work?
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330 * Q6.0.1:: What is new in 20.2?
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331 * Q6.0.2:: What is new in 20.3?
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332 * Q6.0.3:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
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340 over a decade now, and I'm still discovering new features. Therefore
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341 this document cannot be complete. Instead it is aimed at the person
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342 who is either considering XEmacs for their own use, or has just
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343 obtained it and is wondering what to do next. It is also useful as a
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344 reference to available resources.
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346 The previous maintainer of the FAQ was Anthony Rossini
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347 <rossini@@stat.sc.edu>, who started it, after getting tired of hearing
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348 JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions. Ben Wing
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349 <ben@@666.com> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org>, the principal
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350 authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive update
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351 reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back over,
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352 but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors to
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353 this FAQ are listed later in this document.
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356 Steven L. Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org>. It was converted back to
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357 texinfo by Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr>.
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360 have taken on the task of maintaining the FAQ. I use XEmacs on a daily
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361 basis and I wanted to give something back to the community that has made
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362 XEmacs possible. If you notice any errors or items which should be
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363 added or amended to this FAQ please send email to Andreas Kaempf
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364 <andreas@@sccon.com>. Include @samp{XEmacs FAQ} on the Subject: line.
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368 * Q1.0.1:: What is XEmacs?
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369 * Q1.0.2:: What is the current version of XEmacs?
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370 * Q1.0.3:: Where can I find it?
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371 * Q1.0.4:: Why Another Version of Emacs?
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372 * Q1.0.5:: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
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375 * Q1.0.8:: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
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378 * Q1.0.11:: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
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379 * Q1.0.12:: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
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380 * Q1.0.13:: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
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383 Policies:
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384 * Q1.1.1:: What is the FAQ editorial policy?
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385 * Q1.1.2:: How do I become a Beta Tester?
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386 * Q1.1.3:: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
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388 Credits:
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389 * Q1.2.1:: Who wrote XEmacs?
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391 * Q1.2.3:: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
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393 Internationalization:
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396 * Q1.3.3:: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
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397 * Q1.3.4:: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
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398 * Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
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399 * Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0?
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402 Getting Started:
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406 * Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
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407 * Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
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408 * Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
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410 @end menu
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413 @section What is XEmacs?
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415 An alternative to GNU Emacs, originally based on an early alpha version
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418 GNU Emacs are supported in XEmacs. The maintainers of XEmacs actively
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419 track changes to GNU Emacs while also working to add new features.
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420
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421 @node Q1.0.2, Q1.0.3, Q1.0.1, Introduction
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422 @section What is the current version of XEmacs?
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423
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425 1997.
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426
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427 The next feature release will be XEmacs 20.4.
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428
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429 XEmacs 19.16 was the last release of v19, released in November, 1997,
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430 which was also the last version without international language support.
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432 @node Q1.0.3, Q1.0.4, Q1.0.2, Introduction
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433 @section Where can I find it?
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434
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435 The canonical source and binaries is found via anonymous FTP at:
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437 @example
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438 <URL:ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/>
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439 @end example
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440
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441 @node Q1.0.4, Q1.0.5, Q1.0.3, Introduction
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442 @section Why Another Version of Emacs?
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443
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444 For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and
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445 XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the
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446 @example
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447 <URL:http://www.xemacs.org/NEWS.html>
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448 @end example
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450 However, here is a list of some of the reasons why we think you might
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468 Face support on TTY's.
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481 Variable-width fonts.
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500 Better APIs (and performance) for attaching fonts, colors, and other
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509 @item
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510 First production Web Browser supporting Style Sheets.
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514 @section Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
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515
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516 There are currently irreconcilable differences in the views about
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517 technical, programming, design and organizational matters between RMS
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518 and the XEmacs development team which provide little hope for a merge to
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519 take place in the short-term future.
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520
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522 avoid posting to the newsgroups, because of the very heated flamewars
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523 that often result. Mail your questions to <xemacs-beta@@xemacs.org> and
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524 <bug-gnu-emacs@@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
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525
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527 @section Where can I get help?
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529 Probably the easiest way, if everything is installed, is to use info, by
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530 pressing @kbd{C-h i}, or selecting @code{Emacs Info} from the Help Menu.
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533
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534 Try reading this FAQ, examining the regular GNU Emacs FAQ (which can be
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535 found with the Emacs 19 distribution) as well as at
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537 comp.emacs.xemacs.
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539 If that does not help, try posting your question to comp.emacs.xemacs.
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540 Please @strong{do not} post XEmacs related questions to gnu.emacs.help.
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541
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542 If you cannot post or read Usenet news, there is a corresponding mailing
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543 list which is available. It can be subscribed to by sending a message
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544 with a subject of @samp{subscribe} to <xemacs-request@@xemacs.org>
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545 for subscription information and <xemacs@@xemacs.org> to send messages
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546 to the list.
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548 To cancel a subscription, you @strong{must} use the xemacs-request
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549 address. Send a message with a subject of @samp{unsubscribe} to be
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550 removed.
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551
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552 @node Q1.0.7, Q1.0.8, Q1.0.6, Introduction
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553 @section Where is the mailing list archived?
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554
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557 <URL:ftp://ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/mlists/>.
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558 @end example
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562
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564 @section How do you pronounce XEmacs?
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565
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566 I pronounce it @samp{Eks eemax}.
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567
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568 @node Q1.0.9, Q1.0.10, Q1.0.8, Introduction
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569 @section What does XEmacs look like?
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570
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571 Screen snapshots are available in the WWW version of the FAQ.
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573 <URL:http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html>
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576 @node Q1.0.10, Q1.0.11, Q1.0.9, Introduction
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577 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
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578
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580 <davidh@@wr.com.au> and Marc Paquette <marcpa@@cam.org>, beta versions
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581 of XEmacs now run on 32-bit Windows platforms (NT and 95). The current
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582 betas require having an X server to run XEmacs; however, a native NT/95
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583 port is in alpha, thanks to Jonathan Harris <jhar@@tardis.ed.ac.uk>.
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584
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585 The NT development is now coordinated by a mailing list at
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586 <xemacs-nt@@xemacs.org>. If you are willing to contribute or want to
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587 follow the progress, mail to <xemacs-nt-request@@xemacs.org> to
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588 subscribe.
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589
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590 Furthermore, Altrasoft is seeking corporate and government sponsors to
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591 help fund a fully native port of XEmacs to Windows 95 and NT using
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592 full-time, senior-level staff working under a professionally managed
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593 project structure. See <URL:http://www.altrasoft.com/> for more details
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594 or contact Altrasoft directly at 1-888-ALTSOFT.
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595
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596
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597 The closest existing port is @dfn{Win-Emacs}, which is based on Lucid
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601 @example
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602 <URL:http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html>.
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603 @end example
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605 @node Q1.0.11, Q1.0.12, Q1.0.10, Introduction
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606 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
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607
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608 There has been a port to the MachTen environment of XEmacs 19.13, but no
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609 patches have been submitted to the maintainers to get this in the
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610 mainstream distribution.
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611
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612 @node Q1.0.12, Q1.0.13, Q1.0.11, Introduction
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613 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
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614
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615 Carl Edman, apparently no longer at <cedman@@princeton.edu>, did the
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616 port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep and expressed interest in doing the XEmacs
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617 port, but never went any farther.
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620 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
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621
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622 No, and there is no news of anyone working on it.
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625 @section Where can I obtain a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
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626
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636 @end example
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639 @section What is the FAQ editorial policy?
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640
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641 The FAQ is actively maintained and modified regularly. All links should
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642 be up to date.
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643
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644 Changes are displayed on a monthly basis. @dfn{Months}, for this
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645 purpose are defined as the 5th of the month through the 5th of the
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646 month. Preexisting questions that have been changed are marked as such.
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647 Brand new questions are tagged.
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648
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652 Please make sure that @samp{XEmacs FAQ} appears on the Subject: line.
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653 If you think you have a better way of answering a question, or think a
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654 question should be included, I'd like to hear about it. Questions and
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655 answers included into the FAQ will be edited for spelling and grammar,
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656 and will be attributed. Answers appearing without attribution are
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657 either from versions of the FAQ dated before May 1996, or are from one
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658 of the four people listed at the top of this document. Answers quoted
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659 from Usenet news articles will always be attributed, regardless of the
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660 author.
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661
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662 @node Q1.1.2, Q1.1.3, Q1.1.1, Introduction
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663 @section How do I become a Beta Tester?
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664
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665 Send an email message to <xemacs-beta-request@@xemacs.org> with a
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666 subject line of @samp{subscribe}.
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667
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668 Be prepared to get your hands dirty, as beta testers are expected to
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669 identify problems as best they can.
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670
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671 @node Q1.1.3, Q1.2.1, Q1.1.2, Introduction
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672 @section How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
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673
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674 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
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675
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676 @quotation
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677 BTW if you have a wish list of things that you want added, you have to
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678 speak up about it! More specifically, you can do the following if you
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679 want a feature added (in increasing order of usefulness):
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680
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681 @itemize @bullet
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682 @item
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683 Make a posting about a feature you want added.
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684
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685 @item
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686 Become a beta tester and make more postings about those same features.
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687
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688 @item
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689 Convince us that you're going to use the features in some cool and
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690 useful way.
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691
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692 @item
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693 Come up with a clear and well-thought-out API concerning the features.
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694
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695 @item
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696 Write the code to implement a feature and send us a patch.
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697 @end itemize
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698
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699 (not that we're necessarily requiring you to write the code, but we can
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700 always hope :)
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701 @end quotation
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702
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703 @node Q1.2.1, Q1.2.2, Q1.1.3, Introduction
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704 @section Who wrote XEmacs?
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705
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706 XEmacs is the result of the time and effort of many people. The
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707 developers responsible for the 19.16/20.x releases are:
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708
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709 @itemize @bullet
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710 @item Martin Buchholz <mrb@@eng.sun.com>
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711
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712 @item Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org>
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713
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714 @item Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr>
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715 @end itemize
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716
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717 The developers responsible for the 19.14 release are:
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718
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719 @itemize @bullet
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720 @item Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org>
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721
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722 Chuck was Mr. XEmacs from 19.11 through 19.14, and is responsible
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723 for XEmacs becoming a widely distributed program over the Internet.
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724
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725 @item Ben Wing <ben@@666.com>
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726 @end itemize
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727
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728 Jamie Zawinski was Mr. Lucid Emacs from 19.0 through 19.10, the last
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729 release actually named Lucid Emacs. Richard Mlynarik was crucial to
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730 most of those releases.
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731
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732 @itemize @bullet
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733 @item Jamie Zawinski <jwz@@netscape.com>
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734
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735 @item Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com>
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736 @end itemize
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737
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738 Along with many other contributors, partially enumerated in the
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739 @samp{About XEmacs} option in the Help menu.
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740
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741 @node Q1.2.2, Q1.2.3, Q1.2.1, Introduction
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742 @section Who contributed to this version of the FAQ?
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743
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744 The following people contributed valuable suggestions to building this
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745 version of the FAQ (listed in alphabetical order):
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746
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747 @itemize @bullet
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748 @item SL Baur <steve@@xemacs.org>
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750 @item Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr>
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751
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752 @item Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@@hut.fi>
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753
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754 @end itemize
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755
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756 @node Q1.2.3, Q1.3.1, Q1.2.2, Introduction
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757 @section Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
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758
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759 This is only a partial list, as many names were lost in a hard disk
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760 crash some time ago.
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761
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762 @itemize @bullet
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763 @item Curtis.N.Bingham <binge@@aloft.att.com>
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764
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765 @item Richard Caley <rjc@@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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766
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767 @item Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr>
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768
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769 @item William G. Dubuque <wgd@@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
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770
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771 @item Eric Eide <eeide@@cs.utah.edu>
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772
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773 @item Chris Flatters <cflatter@@nrao.edu>
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774
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775 @item Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@@adra.com>
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776
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777 @item Marty Hall <hall@@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
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778
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779 @item Darrell Kindred <dkindred@@cmu.edu>
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780
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781 @item David Moore <dmoore@@ucsd.edu>
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782
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783 @item Arup Mukherjee <arup+@@cmu.edu>
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784
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785 @item Juergen Nickelsen <nickel@@prz.tu-berlin.de>
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786
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787 @item Kevin R. Powell <powell@@csl.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
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788
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789 @item Justin Sheehy <dworkin@@ccs.neu.edu>
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790
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791 @item Stig <stig@@hackvan.com>
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792
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793 @item Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@@hut.fi>
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794 @end itemize
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795
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796 @node Q1.3.1, Q1.3.2, Q1.2.3, Introduction
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|
|
797 @section What is the status of XEmacs v20?
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798
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799 XEmacs v20 is the version of XEmacs that includes MULE (Asian-language)
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163
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800 support. XEmacs 20.0 was released in February 1997, followed by XEmacs
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801 20.2 in May and XEmacs 20.3 in November. When compiled without MULE
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802 support, 20.3 is approximately as stable as 19.16, and probably faster
|
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803 (due to additional optimization work.)
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804
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805 As of XEmacs 20.3, version 20 is @emph{the} supported version of
|
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806 XEmacs. This means that 19.16 will optionally receive stability fixes
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807 (if any), but that all the real development work will be done on the v20
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808 tree.
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809
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810 The incompatible changes in XEmacs 20 include the additional byte-codes,
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811 new primitive data types (@code{character}, @code{char-table}, and
|
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812 @code{range-table}). This means that the character-integer equivalence
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813 inherent to all the previous Emacs and XEmacs releases no longer
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814 applies.
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815
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816 However, to avoid breaking old code, many functions that should normally
|
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817 accept characters work with integers, and vice versa. For more
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818 information, see the Lisp reference manual. Here is a relevant excerpt,
|
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|
819 for your convenience.
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820
|
|
|
821 @quotation
|
|
|
822 In XEmacs version 19, and in all versions of FSF GNU Emacs, a
|
|
|
823 @dfn{character} in XEmacs Lisp is nothing more than an integer.
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|
824 This is yet another holdover from XEmacs Lisp's derivation from
|
|
|
825 vintage-1980 Lisps; modern versions of Lisp consider this equivalence
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826 a bad idea, and have separate character types. In XEmacs version 20,
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827 the modern convention is followed, and characters are their own
|
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828 primitive types. (This change was necessary in order for @sc{MULE},
|
|
|
829 i.e. Asian-language, support to be correctly implemented.)
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830
|
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831 Even in XEmacs version 20, remnants of the equivalence between
|
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832 characters and integers still exist; this is termed the @dfn{char-int
|
|
|
833 confoundance disease}. In particular, many functions such as @code{eq},
|
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|
834 @code{equal}, and @code{memq} have equivalent functions (@code{old-eq},
|
|
|
835 @code{old-equal}, @code{old-memq}, etc.) that pretend like characters
|
|
|
836 are integers are the same. Byte code compiled under any version 19
|
|
|
837 Emacs will have all such functions mapped to their @code{old-} equivalents
|
|
|
838 when the byte code is read into XEmacs 20. This is to preserve
|
|
|
839 compatibility -- Emacs 19 converts all constant characters to the equivalent
|
|
|
840 integer during byte-compilation, and thus there is no other way to preserve
|
|
|
841 byte-code compatibility even if the code has specifically been written
|
|
|
842 with the distinction between characters and integers in mind.
|
|
|
843
|
|
|
844 Every character has an equivalent integer, called the @dfn{character
|
|
|
845 code}. For example, the character @kbd{A} is represented as the
|
|
|
846 @w{integer 65}, following the standard @sc{ASCII} representation of
|
|
|
847 characters. If XEmacs was not compiled with @sc{MULE} support, the
|
|
|
848 range of this integer will always be 0 to 255 -- eight bits, or one
|
|
|
849 byte. (Integers outside this range are accepted but silently truncated;
|
|
|
850 however, you should most decidedly @emph{not} rely on this, because it
|
|
|
851 will not work under XEmacs with @sc{MULE} support.) When @sc{MULE}
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|
|
852 support is present, the range of character codes is much
|
|
|
853 larger. (Currently, 19 bits are used.)
|
|
|
854
|
|
|
855 FSF GNU Emacs uses kludgy character codes above 255 to represent
|
|
|
856 keyboard input of @sc{ASCII} characters in combination with certain
|
|
|
857 modifiers. XEmacs does not use this (a more general mechanism is
|
|
|
858 used that does not distinguish between @sc{ASCII} keys and other
|
|
|
859 keys), so you will never find character codes above 255 in a
|
|
|
860 non-@sc{MULE} XEmacs.
|
|
|
861
|
|
|
862 Individual characters are not often used in programs. It is far more
|
|
|
863 common to work with @emph{strings}, which are sequences composed of
|
|
217
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864 characters.
|
|
215
|
865 @end quotation
|
|
82
|
866
|
|
|
867 @node Q1.3.2, Q1.3.3, Q1.3.1, Introduction
|
|
|
868 @section What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
|
|
|
869
|
|
|
870 The MULE support works OK but still needs a fair amount of work before
|
|
|
871 it's really solid. We could definitely use some help here, esp. people
|
|
|
872 who speak Japanese and will use XEmacs/MULE to work with Japanese and
|
|
207
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873 have some experience with E-Lisp.
|
|
|
874
|
|
|
875 As the fundings on Mule have stopped, Mule part of XEmacs is currently
|
|
|
876 looking for a full-time maintainer. If you can provide help here, or
|
|
|
877 are willing to fund the work, please mail to <xemacs-beta@@xemacs.org>.
|
|
|
878
|
|
|
879 @xref{Q1.1.2}.
|
|
82
|
880
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|
|
881 @node Q1.3.3, Q1.3.4, Q1.3.2, Introduction
|
|
|
882 @section How do I type non-ASCII characters?
|
|
|
883
|
|
|
884 See question 3.5.7 (@xref{Q3.5.7}) in part 3 of this FAQ.
|
|
|
885
|
|
|
886 @node Q1.3.4, Q1.3.5, Q1.3.3, Introduction
|
|
|
887 @section Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
|
|
|
888
|
|
|
889 The message-catalog support has mostly been written but doesn't
|
|
|
890 currently work. The first release of XEmacs 20 will @emph{not} support
|
|
|
891 it. However, menubar localization @emph{does} work, even in 19.14. To
|
|
|
892 enable it, add to your @file{Emacs} file entries like this:
|
|
|
893
|
|
|
894 @example
|
|
|
895 Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
|
|
|
896 Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
|
|
|
897 Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
|
|
|
898 @end example
|
|
|
899
|
|
|
900 The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by
|
|
|
901 removing punctuation and capitalizing as above. Martin Buchholz
|
|
|
902 <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> is working on adding support for Asian
|
|
|
903 language menubar localization to XEmacs 20.
|
|
|
904
|
|
|
905 @node Q1.3.5, Q1.3.6, Q1.3.4, Introduction
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|
|
906 @section Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
|
|
|
907
|
|
|
908 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> writes:
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|
909
|
|
|
910 @quotation
|
|
|
911 Original Mule supports following input methods: Wnn4, Wnn6, Canna, SJ3
|
|
|
912 and XIM. Interfaces for Wnn and SJ3 uses the @code{egg} user
|
|
|
913 interface. Interface for Canna does not use @samp{egg}. I don't know
|
|
|
914 about XIM. It is to support ATOK, of course, it may work for another
|
|
|
915 servers.
|
|
|
916
|
|
|
917 Wnn supports Japanese, Chinese and Korean. It is made by OMRON and Kyôto
|
|
|
918 university. It is a powerful and complex system. Wnn4 is free and Wnn6
|
|
|
919 is not free.
|
|
|
920
|
|
|
921 Canna supports only Japanese. It is made by NEC. It is a simple and
|
|
|
922 powerful system. Canna uses only grammar (Wnn uses grammar and
|
|
|
923 probability between words), so I think Wnn is cleverer than Canna,
|
|
|
924 however Canna users made a good grammar and dictionary. So for standard
|
|
|
925 modern Japanese, Canna seems cleverer than Wnn4. In addition, the UNIX
|
|
|
926 version of Canna is free (now there is a Microsoft Windows version).
|
|
|
927
|
|
|
928 SJ3 supports only Japanese. It is made by Sony. XIM supports was made
|
|
|
929 to use ATOK (a major input method in personal computer world). XIM is
|
|
|
930 the standard for accessing input methods bundled in Japanese versions of
|
|
|
931 Solaris. (XEmacs 20 will support XIM input).
|
|
|
932
|
|
|
933 Egg consists of following parts:
|
|
|
934
|
|
|
935 @enumerate
|
|
|
936 @item Input character Translation System (ITS) layer.
|
|
|
937 It translates ASCII inputs to Kana/PinYin/Hangul characters.
|
|
|
938
|
|
|
939 @item Kana/PinYin/Hangul to Kanji transfer layer.
|
|
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|
940 It is interface layer for network Kana-Kanji server (Wnn and Sj3).
|
|
82
|
941 @end enumerate
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|
|
942
|
|
|
943 These input methods are modal, namely there are mode, alphabet mode and
|
|
|
944 Kana-Kanji transfer mode. However there are mode-less input methods for
|
|
|
945 Egg and Canna. @samp{Boiled-egg} is a mode-less input method running on
|
|
|
946 Egg. For Canna, @samp{canna.el} has a tiny boiled-egg like command,
|
|
|
947 @code{(canna-boil)}, and there are some boiled-egg like utilities. In
|
|
|
948 addition, it was planned to make an abstraction for all transfer type
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|
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949 input methods. However authors of input methods are busy, so maybe this
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950 plan is stopped. Perhaps after Mule merged GNU Emacs will be released,
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951 it will be continued.
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952 @end quotation
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|
|
953
|
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|
954 @node Q1.3.6, Q1.3.7, Q1.3.5, Introduction
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|
955 @section How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20?
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82
|
956
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957 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> writes:
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958
|
|
|
959 @quotation
|
|
|
960 MULE and XEmacs are quite different. So the application
|
|
|
961 implementor must write separate code for these mule variants.
|
|
|
962
|
|
|
963 MULE and the next version of Emacs are similar but the symbols are very
|
|
|
964 different---requiring separate code as well.
|
|
|
965
|
|
|
966 Namely we must support 3 kinds of mule variants and 4 or 5 or 6 kinds of
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|
967 emacs variants... (;_;) I'm shocked, so I wrote a wrapper package called
|
|
|
968 @code{emu} to provide a common interface.
|
|
|
969
|
|
|
970 I have the following suggestions about dealing with mule variants:
|
|
|
971
|
|
|
972 @itemize @bullet
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|
|
973 @item
|
|
|
974 @code{(featurep 'mule)} @code{t} on all mule variants
|
|
|
975
|
|
|
976 @item
|
|
|
977 @code{(boundp 'MULE)} is @code{t} on only MULE. Maybe the next version
|
|
|
978 of Emacs will not have this symbol.
|
|
|
979
|
|
|
980 @item
|
|
|
981 MULE has a variable @code{mule-version}. Perhaps the next version of
|
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|
982 Emacs will have this variable as well.
|
|
|
983 @end itemize
|
|
|
984
|
|
|
985 Following is a sample to distinguish mule variants:
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|
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986
|
|
|
987 @lisp
|
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988 (if (featurep 'mule)
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|
989 (cond ((boundp 'MULE)
|
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|
990 ;; for original Mule
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991 )
|
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|
992 ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
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|
993 ;; for XEmacs with Mule
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994 )
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|
995 (t
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|
996 ;; for next version of Emacs
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|
997 ))
|
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|
998 ;; for old emacs variants
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999 )
|
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1000 @end lisp
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1001 @end quotation
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|
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1002
|
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1003 @node Q1.3.7, Q1.4.1, Q1.3.6, Introduction
|
|
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1004 @section How about Cyrillic Modes?
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1005
|
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1006 Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@@math.ohio-state.edu> writes:
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1007
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1008 @quotation
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1009 There is a cyrillic mode in the file @file{mysetup.zip} in
|
|
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1010 <URL:ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/emacs/>. This is a
|
|
|
1011 modification to Valery Alexeev's <ava@@math.jhu.ed> @file{russian.el}
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213
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1012 which can be obtained from <URL:ftp://ftp.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/russian.el.Z>.
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1013 @end quotation
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1014
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1015 Dima Barsky <d.barsky@@ee.surrey.ac.uk> writes:
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1016
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1017 @quotation
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1018 There is another cyrillic mode for both GNU Emacs and XEmacs by Dmitrii
|
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1019 (Mitya) Manin <manin@@camelot.mssm.edu> at
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1020 <URL:http://camelot.mssm.edu/~manin/cyr.el>.
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1021 @end quotation
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1022
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203
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1023 Rebecca Ore <rebecca.ore@@op.net> writes:
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1024
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1025 @quotation
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1026 The fullest resource I found on Russian language use (in and out of
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1027 XEmacs) is <URL:http://sunsite.oit.unc.edu/sergei/Software/Software.html>
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1028 @end quotation
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1029
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82
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1030 @node Q1.4.1, Q1.4.2, Q1.3.7, Introduction
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1031 @section What is a @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one?
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1032
|
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1033 The @file{.emacs} file is used to customize XEmacs to your tastes. No
|
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1034 two are alike, nor are they expected to be alike, but that's the point.
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1035 The XEmacs distribution contains an excellent starter example in the etc
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1036 directory called @file{sample.emacs}. Copy this file from there to your
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1037 home directory and rename it @file{.emacs}. Then edit it to suit.
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1038
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1039 Starting with 19.14, you may bring the @file{sample.emacs} into an
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1040 XEmacs buffer by selecting @samp{Help->Sample .emacs} from the menubar.
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1041 To determine the location of the @file{etc} directory type the command
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1042 @kbd{C-h v data-directory RET}.
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1043
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1044 @node Q1.4.2, Q1.4.3, Q1.4.1, Introduction
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1045 @section Can I use the same @file{.emacs} with the other Emacs?
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1046
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1047 Yes. The sample @file{.emacs} included in the XEmacs distribution will
|
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1048 show you how to handle different versions and flavors of Emacs.
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1049
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1050 @node Q1.4.3, Q1.4.4, Q1.4.2, Introduction
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1051 @section Any good tutorials around?
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1052
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1053 There's the XEmacs tutorial available from the Help Menu, or by typing
|
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1054 @kbd{C-h t}.
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1055
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1056 There's an Emacs Lisp tutorial at
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1057
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1058 @example
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1059 <URL:ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp-intro-1.04.tar.gz>.
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1060 @end example
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1061
|
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1062 Erik Sundermann <erik@@petaxp.rug.ac.be> has made a tutorial web page at
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1063 <URL:http://petaxp.rug.ac.be/~erik/xemacs/>.
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1064
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1065 @node Q1.4.4, Q1.4.5, Q1.4.3, Introduction
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1066 @section May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
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1067
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1068 The following function does a little bit of everything useful. It does
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1069 something with the prefix argument, it examines the text around the
|
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1070 cursor, and it's interactive so it may be bound to a key. It inserts
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1071 copies of the current word the cursor is sitting on at the cursor. If
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1072 you give it a prefix argument: @kbd{C-u 3 M-x double-word} then it will
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1073 insert 3 copies.
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1074
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1075 @lisp
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1076 (defun double-word (count)
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1077 "Insert a copy of the current word underneath the cursor"
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1078 (interactive "*p")
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1079 (let (here there string)
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1080 (save-excursion
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1081 (forward-word -1)
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1082 (setq here (point))
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1083 (forward-word 1)
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|
1084 (setq there (point))
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1085 (setq string (buffer-substring here there)))
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1086 (while (>= count 1)
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163
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1087 (insert string)
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1088 (decf count))))
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82
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1089 @end lisp
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1090
|
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1091 The best way to see what is going on here is to let XEmacs tell you.
|
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1092 Put the code into an XEmacs buffer, and do a @kbd{C-h f} with the cursor
|
|
|
1093 sitting just to the right of the function you want explained. Eg. move
|
|
|
1094 the cursor to the SPACE between @code{interactive} and @samp{"*p"} and
|
|
|
1095 hit @kbd{C-h f} to see what the function @code{interactive} does. Doing
|
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1096 this will tell you that the @code{*} requires a writable buffer, and
|
|
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1097 @code{p} converts the prefix argument to a number, and
|
|
|
1098 @code{interactive} allows you to execute the command with @kbd{M-x}.
|
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1099
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1100 @node Q1.4.5, Q1.4.6, Q1.4.4, Introduction
|
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|
1101 @section And how do I bind it to a key?
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1102
|
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1103 To bind to a key do:
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1104
|
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1105 @lisp
|
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|
1106 (global-set-key "\C-cd" 'double-word)
|
|
|
1107 @end lisp
|
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1108
|
|
|
1109 Or interactively, @kbd{M-x global-set-key} and follow the prompts.
|
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|
1110
|
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|
1111 @node Q1.4.6, Q1.4.7, Q1.4.5, Introduction
|
|
|
1112 @section What's the difference between a macro and a function?
|
|
|
1113
|
|
163
|
1114 Quoting from the Lisp Reference (a.k.a @dfn{Lispref}) Manual:
|
|
82
|
1115
|
|
|
1116 @dfn{Macros} enable you to define new control constructs and other
|
|
|
1117 language features. A macro is defined much like a function, but instead
|
|
|
1118 of telling how to compute a value, it tells how to compute another Lisp
|
|
|
1119 expression which will in turn compute the value. We call this
|
|
|
1120 expression the @dfn{expansion} of the macro.
|
|
|
1121
|
|
|
1122 Macros can do this because they operate on the unevaluated expressions
|
|
|
1123 for the arguments, not on the argument values as functions do. They can
|
|
|
1124 therefore construct an expansion containing these argument expressions
|
|
|
1125 or parts of them.
|
|
|
1126
|
|
163
|
1127 Do not confuse the two terms with @dfn{keyboard macros}, which are
|
|
|
1128 another matter, entirely. A keyboard macro is a key bound to several
|
|
|
1129 other keys. Refer to manual for details.
|
|
|
1130
|
|
213
|
1131 @node Q1.4.7, , Q1.4.6, Introduction
|
|
126
|
1132 @section How come options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
|
|
82
|
1133
|
|
|
1134 There's a problem with options of the form:
|
|
|
1135
|
|
|
1136 @lisp
|
|
|
1137 (add-spec-list-to-specifier (face-property 'searchm-field 'font)
|
|
|
1138 '((global (nil))))
|
|
|
1139 @end lisp
|
|
|
1140
|
|
|
1141 saved by a 19.13 XEmacs that causes a 19.14 XEmacs grief. You must
|
|
126
|
1142 delete these options. XEmacs 19.14 and later no longer write the
|
|
|
1143 options directly to @file{.emacs} which should allow us to deal with
|
|
|
1144 version incompatibilities better in the future.
|
|
82
|
1145
|
|
|
1146 Options saved under XEmacs 19.13 are protected by code that specifically
|
|
|
1147 requires a version 19 XEmacs. This won't be a problem unless you're
|
|
227
|
1148 using XEmacs v20. You should consider changing the code to read:
|
|
82
|
1149
|
|
|
1150 @lisp
|
|
|
1151 (cond
|
|
|
1152 ((and (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
|
|
|
1153 (boundp 'emacs-major-version)
|
|
|
1154 (or (and (= emacs-major-version 19)
|
|
|
1155 (>= emacs-minor-version 12))
|
|
|
1156 (>= emacs-major-version 20)))
|
|
|
1157 ...
|
|
163
|
1158 ))
|
|
82
|
1159 @end lisp
|
|
|
1160
|
|
|
1161 @node Installation, Customization, Introduction, Top
|
|
|
1162 @chapter Installation and Trouble Shooting
|
|
|
1163
|
|
|
1164 This is part 2 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
|
|
|
1165 section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting.
|
|
|
1166
|
|
|
1167 @menu
|
|
|
1168 Installation:
|
|
163
|
1169 * Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
|
|
|
1170 * Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
|
|
82
|
1171 * Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
|
|
163
|
1172 * Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
|
|
82
|
1173 * Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
|
|
|
1174 * Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
|
|
|
1175 * Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
|
|
|
1176 * Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
|
|
163
|
1177 * Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
|
|
82
|
1178 * Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
|
|
|
1179 * Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
|
|
163
|
1180 * Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
|
|
82
|
1181 * Q2.0.13:: Can't link XEmacs on Solaris with Gcc.
|
|
163
|
1182 * Q2.0.14:: Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
|
|
82
|
1183
|
|
|
1184 Trouble Shooting:
|
|
|
1185 * Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
|
|
|
1186 * Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
|
|
163
|
1187 * Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
|
|
82
|
1188 * Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
|
|
|
1189 * Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
|
|
|
1190 * Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
|
|
|
1191 * Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
|
|
|
1192 * Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
|
|
|
1193 * Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
|
|
|
1194 * Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
|
|
163
|
1195 * Q2.1.11:: [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
82
|
1196 * Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
|
|
|
1197 * Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and @code{create_process} failure
|
|
|
1198 * Q2.1.14:: @kbd{C-g} doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
|
|
|
1199 * Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
|
|
|
1200 * Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in @code{strcat} on HP/UX 10.
|
|
|
1201 * Q2.1.17:: @samp{Marker does not point anywhere}.
|
|
|
1202 * Q2.1.18:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
|
|
|
1203 * Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
|
|
|
1204 * Q2.1.20:: @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.}
|
|
|
1205 * Q2.1.21:: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes.
|
|
116
|
1206 * Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
|
|
163
|
1207 * Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
|
|
82
|
1208 @end menu
|
|
|
1209
|
|
|
1210 @node Q2.0.1, Q2.0.2, Installation, Installation
|
|
|
1211 @section Running XEmacs without installing
|
|
|
1212
|
|
|
1213 The @file{INSTALL} file says that up to 108 MB of space is needed
|
|
|
1214 temporarily during installation! How can I just try it out?
|
|
|
1215
|
|
|
1216 XEmacs will run in place without requiring installation and copying of
|
|
|
1217 the Lisp directories, and without having to specify a special build-time
|
|
|
1218 flag. It's the copying of the Lisp directories that requires so much
|
|
|
1219 space. XEmacs is largely written in Lisp.
|
|
|
1220
|
|
|
1221 A good method is to make a shell alias for xemacs:
|
|
|
1222
|
|
|
1223 @example
|
|
163
|
1224 alias xemacs=/i/xemacs-20.2/src/xemacs
|
|
82
|
1225 @end example
|
|
|
1226
|
|
|
1227 (You will obviously use whatever directory you downloaded the source
|
|
163
|
1228 tree to instead of @file{/i/xemacs-20.2}).
|
|
82
|
1229
|
|
|
1230 This will let you run XEmacs without massive copying.
|
|
|
1231
|
|
|
1232 @node Q2.0.2, Q2.0.3, Q2.0.1, Installation
|
|
|
1233 @section XEmacs is too big
|
|
|
1234
|
|
207
|
1235 Although this entry has been written for XEmacs 19.13, most of it still
|
|
|
1236 stands true.
|
|
|
1237
|
|
82
|
1238 Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> writes:
|
|
|
1239
|
|
|
1240 @quotation
|
|
175
|
1241 The 45MB of space required by the installation directories can be
|
|
|
1242 reduced dramatically if desired. Gzip all the .el files. Remove all
|
|
|
1243 the packages you'll never want to use (or even ones you do like the two
|
|
|
1244 obsolete mailcrypts and Gnus 4 in 19.13). Remove the TexInfo manuals.
|
|
|
1245 Remove the Info (and use just hardcopy versions of the manual). Remove
|
|
|
1246 most of the stuff in etc. Remove or gzip all the source code. Gzip or
|
|
|
1247 remove the C source code. Configure it so that copies are not made of
|
|
|
1248 the support lisp. I'm not advocating any of these things, just pointing
|
|
|
1249 out ways to reduce the disk requirements if desired.
|
|
|
1250
|
|
|
1251 Now examine the space used by directory:
|
|
|
1252
|
|
|
1253 @example
|
|
|
1254 0 /usr/local/bin/xemacs
|
|
|
1255 2048 /usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.13
|
|
|
1256
|
|
|
1257 1546 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-miranova-sco3.2v4.2
|
|
|
1258 1158 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-unknown-linux1.2.13
|
|
|
1259 @end example
|
|
|
1260
|
|
|
1261 You need to keep these. XEmacs isn't stripped by default in
|
|
|
1262 installation, you should consider stripping. That will save you about
|
|
|
1263 5MB right there.
|
|
|
1264
|
|
|
1265 @example
|
|
|
1266 207 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/w3
|
|
|
1267 122 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sounds
|
|
|
1268 18 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sparcworks
|
|
|
1269 159 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/vm
|
|
|
1270 6 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/e
|
|
|
1271 21 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/eos
|
|
|
1272 172 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/toolbar
|
|
|
1273 61 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/ns
|
|
|
1274 43 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/gnus
|
|
|
1275 @end example
|
|
|
1276
|
|
|
1277 These are support directories for various packages. In general they
|
|
|
1278 match a directory under ./xemacs-19.13/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/. If you
|
|
|
1279 do not require the package, you may delete or gzip the support too.
|
|
|
1280
|
|
|
1281 @example
|
|
|
1282 1959 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc
|
|
|
1283 175 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/bytecomp
|
|
|
1284 340 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/calendar
|
|
|
1285 342 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/comint
|
|
|
1286 517 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/dired
|
|
|
1287 42 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/electric
|
|
|
1288 212 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/emulators
|
|
|
1289 238 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/energize
|
|
|
1290 289 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/gnus
|
|
|
1291 457 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ilisp
|
|
|
1292 1439 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/modes
|
|
|
1293 2276 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/packages
|
|
|
1294 1040 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/prim
|
|
|
1295 176 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/pcl-cvs
|
|
|
1296 154 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/rmail
|
|
|
1297 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/epoch
|
|
|
1298 45 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/term
|
|
|
1299 860 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/utils
|
|
|
1300 851 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vm
|
|
|
1301 13 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vms
|
|
|
1302 157 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/x11
|
|
|
1303 19 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/tooltalk
|
|
|
1304 14 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/sunpro
|
|
|
1305 291 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/games
|
|
|
1306 198 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/edebug
|
|
|
1307 619 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/w3
|
|
|
1308 229 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eos
|
|
|
1309 55 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/iso
|
|
|
1310 59 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mailcrypt
|
|
|
1311 187 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eterm
|
|
|
1312 356 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ediff
|
|
|
1313 408 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole/kotl
|
|
|
1314 1262 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole
|
|
|
1315 247 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hm--html-menus
|
|
|
1316 161 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mh-e
|
|
|
1317 299 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/viper
|
|
|
1318 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-x
|
|
|
1319 4 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/DocWindow.nib
|
|
|
1320 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/InfoPanel.nib
|
|
|
1321 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/TreeView.nib
|
|
|
1322 11 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj
|
|
|
1323 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx
|
|
|
1324 466 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr
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1325 14142 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp
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1326 @end example
|
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1327
|
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1328 These are all Emacs Lisp source code and bytecompiled object code. You
|
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1329 may safely gzip everything named *.el here. You may remove any package
|
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|
1330 you don't use. @emph{Nothing bad will happen if you delete a package
|
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1331 that you do not use}. You must be sure you do not use it though, so be
|
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1332 conservative at first.
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1333
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1334 Possible candidates for deletion include w3 (newer versions exist, or
|
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1335 you may just use Lynx or Netscape for web browsing), games, hyperbole,
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1336 mh-e, hm--html-menus (better packages exist), vm, viper, oobr, gnus (new
|
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1337 versions exist), etc. Ask yourself, @emph{Do I ever want to use this
|
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|
1338 package?} If the answer is no, then it is a candidate for removal.
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1339
|
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1340 First, gzip all the .el files. Then go about package by package and
|
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1341 start gzipping the .elc files. Then run XEmacs and do whatever it is
|
|
|
1342 you normally do. If nothing bad happens, then delete the directory. Be
|
|
|
1343 conservative about deleting directories, and it would be handy to have a
|
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1344 backup tape around in case you get too zealous.
|
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1345
|
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1346 @file{prim}, @file{modes}, @file{packages}, and @file{utils} are four
|
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1347 directories you definitely do @strong{not} want to delete, although
|
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1348 certain packages can be removed from them if you do not use them.
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1349
|
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|
1350 @example
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1351 1972 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/info
|
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1352 @end example
|
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|
1353
|
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|
1354 These are online texinfo sources. You may either gzip them or remove
|
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1355 them. In either case, @kbd{C-h i} (info mode) will no longer work.
|
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1356
|
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1357 @example
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1358 20778 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13
|
|
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1359 @end example
|
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1360
|
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1361 The 20MB achieved is less than half of what the full distribution takes up,
|
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1362 @strong{and} can be achieved without deleting a single file.
|
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1363 @end quotation
|
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1364
|
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1365 giacomo boffi <boffi@@hp735.stru.polimi.it> provides this procedure:
|
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1366
|
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1367 @quotation
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|
1368 Substitute @file{/usr/local/lib/} with the path where the xemacs tree is
|
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|
1369 rooted, then use this script:
|
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|
1370
|
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1371 @example
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1372 #!/bin/sh
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1373
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1374 r=/usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp
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1375
|
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1376 cd $r ; rm -f cmpr ; touch cmpr
|
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|
1377
|
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1378 du -s .
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1379
|
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|
1380 for d in * ; do
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|
1381 if test -d $d ; then
|
|
|
1382 cd $d
|
|
|
1383 for f in *.el ; do
|
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|
1384 # compress (remove) only (ONLY) the sources that have a
|
|
|
1385 # corresponding compiled file --- do not (DO NOT) touch other
|
|
|
1386 # sources
|
|
|
1387 if test -f $@{f@}c ; then gzip -v9 $f >> $r/cmpr ; fi
|
|
|
1388 done
|
|
|
1389 cd ..
|
|
|
1390 fi
|
|
|
1391 done
|
|
|
1392
|
|
|
1393 du -s .
|
|
|
1394 @end example
|
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|
1395
|
|
|
1396 A step beyond would be substituting @samp{rm -f} for @samp{gzip -v9},
|
|
|
1397 but you have to be desperate for removing the sources (remember that
|
|
|
1398 emacs can access compressed files transparently).
|
|
|
1399
|
|
|
1400 Also, a good megabyte could easily be trimmed from the $r/../etc
|
|
|
1401 directory, e.g., the termcap files, some O+NEWS, others that I don't
|
|
|
1402 remember as well.
|
|
|
1403 @end quotation
|
|
|
1404
|
|
|
1405 @quotation
|
|
227
|
1406 XEmacs 20.5 will unbundle the lisp hierarchy and allow the installer
|
|
126
|
1407 to choose exactly how much support code gets installed.
|
|
82
|
1408 @end quotation
|
|
|
1409
|
|
|
1410 @node Q2.0.3, Q2.0.4, Q2.0.2, Installation
|
|
|
1411 @section Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
|
|
|
1412
|
|
|
1413 What is the best way to compile XEmacs with the netaudio system, since I
|
|
|
1414 have got the netaudio system compiled but installed at a weird place, I
|
|
|
1415 am not root. Also in the READMEs it does not say anything about
|
|
|
1416 compiling with the audioserver?
|
|
|
1417
|
|
|
1418 You should only need to add some stuff to the configure command line.
|
|
|
1419 To tell it to compile in netaudio support: @samp{--with-sound=both}, or
|
|
|
1420 @samp{--with-sound=nas} if you don't want native sound support for some
|
|
|
1421 reason.) To tell it where to find the netaudio includes and libraries:
|
|
16
|
1422
|
|
|
1423 @example
|
|
82
|
1424 --site-libraries=WHATEVER
|
|
|
1425 --site-includes=WHATEVER
|
|
|
1426 @end example
|
|
|
1427
|
|
|
1428 Then (fingers crossed) it should compile and it will use netaudio if you
|
|
|
1429 have a server running corresponding to the X server. The netaudio server
|
|
|
1430 has to be there when XEmacs starts. If the netaudio server goes away and
|
|
|
1431 another is run, XEmacs should cope (fingers crossed, error handling in
|
|
|
1432 netaudio isn't perfect).
|
|
|
1433
|
|
|
1434 BTW, netaudio has been renamed as it has a name clash with something
|
|
|
1435 else, so if you see references to NAS or Network Audio System, it's the
|
|
|
1436 same thing. It also might be found at
|
|
|
1437 <URL:ftp.x.org:/contrib/audio/nas/>.
|
|
|
1438
|
|
|
1439 @node Q2.0.4, Q2.0.5, Q2.0.3, Installation
|
|
|
1440 @section Problems with Linux and ncurses.
|
|
|
1441
|
|
|
1442 On Linux 1.3.98 with termcap 2.0.8 and the ncurses that came with libc
|
|
126
|
1443 5.2.18, XEmacs 20.0b20 is unable to open a tty device:
|
|
82
|
1444
|
|
|
1445 @example
|
|
|
1446 src/xemacs -nw -q
|
|
|
1447 Initialization error: Terminal type `xterm' undefined (or can't access database?)
|
|
|
1448 @end example
|
|
|
1449
|
|
175
|
1450 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
|
82
|
1451
|
|
|
1452 @quotation
|
|
|
1453 Your ncurses configuration is messed up. Your /usr/lib/terminfo is a
|
|
|
1454 bad pointer, perhaps to a CD-ROM that is not inserted.
|
|
|
1455 @end quotation
|
|
|
1456
|
|
|
1457 @node Q2.0.5, Q2.0.6, Q2.0.4, Installation
|
|
|
1458 @section Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
|
|
|
1459
|
|
|
1460 No. The name @dfn{XEmacs} is unfortunate in the sense that it is
|
|
|
1461 @strong{not} an X Window System-only version of Emacs. Starting with
|
|
|
1462 19.14 XEmacs has full color support on a color capable character
|
|
|
1463 terminal.
|
|
|
1464
|
|
|
1465 @node Q2.0.6, Q2.0.7, Q2.0.5, Installation
|
|
|
1466 @section I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
|
|
|
1467
|
|
|
1468 There have been a variety of reports of crashes due to compilers with
|
|
|
1469 buggy optimizers. Please see the @file{PROBLEMS} file that comes with
|
|
|
1470 XEmacs to read what it says about your platform.
|
|
|
1471
|
|
|
1472 @node Q2.0.7, Q2.0.8, Q2.0.6, Installation
|
|
|
1473 @section Libraries in non-standard locations
|
|
|
1474
|
|
|
1475 I have x-faces, jpeg, xpm etc. all in different places. I've tried
|
|
|
1476 space-separated, comma-separated, several --site-libraries, all to no
|
|
|
1477 avail.
|
|
|
1478
|
|
|
1479 @example
|
|
|
1480 --site-libraries='/path/one /path/two /path/etc'
|
|
|
1481 @end example
|
|
|
1482
|
|
|
1483 @node Q2.0.8, Q2.0.9, Q2.0.7, Installation
|
|
|
1484 @section can't resolve symbol _h_errno
|
|
|
1485
|
|
|
1486 You are using the Linux/ELF distribution of XEmacs 19.14, and your ELF
|
|
|
1487 libraries are out of date. You have the following options:
|
|
|
1488
|
|
|
1489 @enumerate
|
|
|
1490 @item
|
|
|
1491 Upgrade your libc to at least 5.2.16 (better is 5.2.18, 5.3.12, or
|
|
|
1492 5.4.10).
|
|
|
1493
|
|
|
1494 @item
|
|
|
1495 Patch the XEmacs binary by replacing all occurrences of
|
|
|
1496 @samp{_h_errno^@@} with @samp{h_errno^@@^@@}. Any version of Emacs will
|
|
|
1497 suffice. If you don't understand how to do this, don't do it.
|
|
|
1498
|
|
|
1499 @item
|
|
|
1500 Rebuild XEmacs yourself -- any working ELF version of libc should be
|
|
|
1501 O.K.
|
|
|
1502 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1503
|
|
|
1504 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr> writes:
|
|
|
1505
|
|
|
1506 @quotation
|
|
|
1507 Why not use a Perl one-liner for No. 2?
|
|
|
1508
|
|
|
1509 @example
|
|
|
1510 perl -pi -e 's/_h_errno\0/h_errno\0\0/g' /usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.14
|
|
|
1511 @end example
|
|
|
1512
|
|
|
1513 NB: You @emph{must} patch @file{/usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.14}, and not
|
|
|
1514 @file{xemacs} because @file{xemacs} is a link to @file{xemacs-19.14};
|
|
|
1515 the Perl @samp{-i} option will cause unwanted side-effects if applied to
|
|
|
1516 a symbolic link.
|
|
|
1517 @end quotation
|
|
|
1518
|
|
215
|
1519 SL Baur <steve@@xemacs.org> writes:
|
|
116
|
1520
|
|
|
1521 @quotation
|
|
|
1522 If you build against a recent libc-5.4 (late enough to have caused
|
|
|
1523 problems earlier in the beta cycle) and then run with an earlier version
|
|
|
1524 of libc, you get a
|
|
|
1525
|
|
|
1526 @example
|
|
|
1527 $ xemacs
|
|
|
1528 xemacs: can't resolve symbol '__malloc_hook'
|
|
|
1529 zsh: 7942 segmentation fault (core dumped) xemacs
|
|
|
1530 @end example
|
|
|
1531
|
|
|
1532 (Example binary compiled against libc-5.4.23 and run with libc-5.4.16).
|
|
|
1533
|
|
|
1534 The solution is to upgrade to at least libc-5.4.23. Sigh. Drat.
|
|
|
1535 @end quotation
|
|
|
1536
|
|
82
|
1537 @node Q2.0.9, Q2.0.10, Q2.0.8, Installation
|
|
|
1538 @section Where do I find external libraries?
|
|
|
1539
|
|
|
1540 All external libraries used by XEmacs can be found at the XEmacs FTP
|
|
|
1541 site <URL:ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/aux/>.
|
|
|
1542
|
|
207
|
1543 @c This list is a pain in the you-know-what to keep in synch with the
|
|
|
1544 @c world.
|
|
163
|
1545 The canonical locations (at the time of this writing) are as follows:
|
|
82
|
1546
|
|
|
1547 @table @asis
|
|
|
1548 @item JPEG
|
|
|
1549 <URL:ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/>. Version 6a is current.
|
|
|
1550
|
|
|
1551 @item XPM
|
|
|
1552 <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/>. Version 3.4j is current.
|
|
|
1553 Older versions of this package are known to cause XEmacs crashes.
|
|
|
1554
|
|
|
1555 @item TIFF
|
|
|
1556 <URL:ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/>. v3.4 is current. The latest
|
|
|
1557 beta is v3.4b035. There is a HOWTO here.
|
|
|
1558
|
|
|
1559 @item PNG
|
|
|
1560 <URL:ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/>. 0.89c is current. XEmacs
|
|
|
1561 requires a fairly recent version to avoid using temporary files.
|
|
|
1562
|
|
|
1563 <URL:ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/src/>
|
|
|
1564
|
|
|
1565 @item Compface
|
|
|
1566 <URL:ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/compface/>. This library has
|
|
|
1567 been frozen for about 6 years, and is distributed without version
|
|
|
1568 numbers. @emph{It should be compiled with the same options that X11 was
|
|
|
1569 compiled with on your system}. The version of this library at
|
|
|
1570 XEmacs.org includes the @file{xbm2xface.pl} script, written by
|
|
|
1571 stig@@hackvan.com, which may be useful when generating your own xface.
|
|
|
1572
|
|
|
1573 @item NAS
|
|
|
1574 <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/audio/nas/>.
|
|
|
1575 Version 1.2p5 is current. There is a FAQ here.
|
|
|
1576 @end table
|
|
|
1577
|
|
|
1578 @node Q2.0.10, Q2.0.11, Q2.0.9, Installation
|
|
126
|
1579 @section After I run configure I find a core dump, is something wrong?
|
|
82
|
1580
|
|
|
1581 Not necessarily. If you have GNU sed 3.0 you should downgrade it to
|
|
|
1582 2.05. From the @file{README} at prep.ai.mit.edu:
|
|
|
1583
|
|
|
1584 @quotation
|
|
|
1585 sed 3.0 has been withdrawn from distribution. It has major revisions,
|
|
|
1586 which mostly seem to be improvements; but it turns out to have bugs too
|
|
|
1587 which cause trouble in some common cases.
|
|
|
1588
|
|
|
1589 Tom Lord won't be able to work fixing the bugs until May. So in the
|
|
|
1590 mean time, we've decided to withdraw sed 3.0 from distribution and make
|
|
|
1591 version 2.05 once again the recommended version.
|
|
|
1592 @end quotation
|
|
|
1593
|
|
|
1594 It has also been observed that the vfork test on Solaris will leave a
|
|
126
|
1595 core dump.
|
|
82
|
1596
|
|
|
1597 @node Q2.0.11, Q2.0.12, Q2.0.10, Installation
|
|
|
1598 @section XEmacs doesn't resolve hostnames.
|
|
|
1599
|
|
|
1600 This is the result of a long-standing problem with SunOS and the fact
|
|
|
1601 that stock SunOS systems do not ship with DNS resolver code in libc.
|
|
|
1602
|
|
|
1603 Christopher Davis <ckd@@loiosh.kei.com> writes:
|
|
|
1604
|
|
|
1605 @quotation
|
|
|
1606 That's correct [The SunOS 4.1.3 precompiled binaries don't do name
|
|
|
1607 lookup]. Since Sun figured that everyone used NIS to do name lookups
|
|
|
1608 (that DNS thing was apparently only a passing fad, right?), the stock
|
|
|
1609 SunOS 4.x systems don't have DNS-based name lookups in libc.
|
|
|
1610
|
|
|
1611 This is also why Netscape ships two binaries for SunOS 4.1.x.
|
|
|
1612
|
|
|
1613 The best solution is to compile it yourself; the configure script will
|
|
|
1614 check to see if you've put DNS in the shared libc and will then proceed
|
|
|
1615 to link against the DNS resolver library code.
|
|
|
1616 @end quotation
|
|
|
1617
|
|
|
1618 @node Q2.0.12, Q2.0.13, Q2.0.11, Installation
|
|
|
1619 @section Why can't I strip XEmacs?
|
|
|
1620
|
|
|
1621 Richard Cognot <cognot@@fronsac.ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
|
|
|
1622
|
|
|
1623 @quotation
|
|
|
1624 Because of the way XEmacs (and every other Emacsen, AFAIK) is built. The
|
|
|
1625 link gives you a bare-boned emacs (called temacs). temacs is then run,
|
|
|
1626 preloading some of the lisp files. The result is then dumped into a new
|
|
|
1627 executable, named xemacs, which will contain all of the preloaded lisp
|
|
|
1628 functions and data.
|
|
|
1629
|
|
|
1630 Now, during the dump itself, the executable (code+data+symbols) is
|
|
|
1631 written on disk using a special unexec() function. This function is
|
|
|
1632 obviously heavily system dependent. And on some systems, it leads to an
|
|
|
1633 executable which, although valid, cannot be stripped without damage. If
|
|
|
1634 memory serves, this is especially the case for AIX binaries. On other
|
|
|
1635 architecture it might work OK.
|
|
|
1636
|
|
|
1637 The Right Way to strip the emacs binary is to strip temacs prior to
|
|
|
1638 dumping xemacs. This will always work, although you can do that only if
|
|
|
1639 you install from sources (as temacs is @file{not} part of the binary
|
|
|
1640 kits).
|
|
|
1641 @end quotation
|
|
|
1642
|
|
|
1643 Nat Makarevitch <nat@@nataa.fr.eu.org> writes:
|
|
|
1644
|
|
|
1645 @quotation
|
|
|
1646 Here is the trick:
|
|
|
1647
|
|
|
1648 @enumerate
|
|
|
1649 @item
|
|
163
|
1650 [ ./configure; make ]
|
|
82
|
1651
|
|
|
1652 @item
|
|
163
|
1653 rm src/xemacs
|
|
82
|
1654
|
|
|
1655 @item
|
|
163
|
1656 strip src/temacs
|
|
82
|
1657
|
|
|
1658 @item
|
|
|
1659 make
|
|
|
1660
|
|
|
1661 @item
|
|
|
1662 cp src/xemacs /usr/local/bin/xemacs
|
|
|
1663
|
|
|
1664 @item
|
|
213
|
1665 cp lib-src/DOC-19.16-XEmacs /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.16/i586-unknown-linuxaout
|
|
82
|
1666 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1667 @end quotation
|
|
|
1668
|
|
126
|
1669 @node Q2.0.13, Q2.0.14, Q2.0.12, Installation
|
|
82
|
1670 @section Problems linking with Gcc on Solaris
|
|
|
1671
|
|
|
1672 There are known difficulties linking with Gnu ld on Solaris. A typical
|
|
|
1673 error message might look like:
|
|
|
1674
|
|
|
1675 @example
|
|
|
1676 unexec(): dlopen(../dynodump/dynodump.so): ld.so.1: ./temacs:
|
|
|
1677 fatal: relocation error:
|
|
|
1678 symbol not found: main: referenced in ../dynodump/dynodump.so
|
|
|
1679 @end example
|
|
|
1680
|
|
|
1681 Martin Buchholz <mrb@@eng.sun.com> writes:
|
|
|
1682
|
|
|
1683 @quotation
|
|
|
1684 You need to specify @samp{-fno-gnu-linker} as part of your flags to pass
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1685 to ld. Future releases of XEmacs will try to do this automatically.
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1686 @end quotation
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1687
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126
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1688 @node Q2.0.14, Q2.1.1, Q2.0.13, Installation
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1689 @section Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
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1690
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213
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1691 Problem when building xemacs-19.16 on hpux 9:
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126
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1692
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1693 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
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1694
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1695 @quotation
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1696 make on hpux fails after linking temacs with a message:
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1697
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1698 @example
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1699 "make: don't know how to make .y."
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1700 @end example
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1701
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1702 Solution: This is a problem with HP make revision 70.X. Either use GNU
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1703 make, or install PHCO_6552, which will bring make to revision
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1704 72.24.1.17.
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1705 @end quotation
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1706
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1707
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1708 @node Q2.1.1, Q2.1.2, Q2.0.14, Installation
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82
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1709 @section Help! XEmacs just crashed on me!
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1710
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1711 First of all, don't panic. Whenever XEmacs crashes, it tries extremely
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163
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1712 hard to auto-save all of your files before dying. (The main time that
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82
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1713 this will not happen is if the machine physically lost power or if you
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163
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1714 killed the XEmacs process using @code{kill -9}). The next time you try
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82
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1715 to edit those files, you will be informed that a more recent auto-save
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1716 file exists. You can use @kbd{M-x recover-file} to retrieve the
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1717 auto-saved version of the file.
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1718
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1719 Starting with 19.14, you may use the command @kbd{M-x recover-session}
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1720 after a crash to pick up where you left off.
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1721
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1722 Now, XEmacs is not perfect, and there may occasionally be times, or
|
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1723 particular sequences of actions, that cause it to crash. If you can
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1724 come up with a reproducible way of doing this (or even if you have a
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1725 pretty good memory of exactly what you were doing at the time), the
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1726 maintainers would be very interested in knowing about it. Post a
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1727 message to comp.emacs.xemacs or send mail to <crashes@@xemacs.org>.
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1728 Please note that the @samp{crashes} address is exclusively for crash
|
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1729 reports.
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1730
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1731 If at all possible, include a stack backtrace of the core dump that was
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1732 produced. This shows where exactly things went wrong, and makes it much
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1733 easier to diagnose problems. To do this, you need to locate the core
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1734 file (it's called @file{core}, and is usually sitting in the directory
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1735 that you started XEmacs from, or your home directory if that other
|
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1736 directory was not writable). Then, go to that directory and execute a
|
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1737 command like:
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1738
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1739 @example
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1740 gdb `which xemacs` core
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1741 @end example
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1742
|
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1743 and then issue the command @samp{where} to get the stack backtrace. You
|
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1744 might have to use @code{dbx} or some similar debugger in place of
|
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1745 @code{gdb}. If you don't have any such debugger available, complain to
|
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1746 your system administrator.
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1747
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1748 It's possible that a core file didn't get produced, in which case you're
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1749 out of luck. Go complain to your system administrator and tell him not
|
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1750 to disable core files by default. Also @xref{Q2.1.15} for tips and
|
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1751 techniques for dealing with a debugger.
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1752
|
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1753 When making a problem report make sure that:
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1754
|
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1755 @enumerate
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1756 @item
|
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1757 Report @strong{all} of the information output by XEmacs during the
|
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1758 crash.
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1759
|
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1760 @item
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1761 You mention what O/S & Hardware you are running XEmacs on.
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1762
|
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1763 @item
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1764 What version of XEmacs you are running.
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1765
|
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1766 @item
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1767 What build options you are using.
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1768
|
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1769 @item
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1770 If the problem is related to graphics, we will also need to know what
|
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1771 version of the X Window System you are running, and what window manager
|
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1772 you are using.
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1773
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1774 @item
|
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1775 If the problem happened on a tty, please include the terminal type.
|
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1776 @end enumerate
|
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1777
|
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1778 @node Q2.1.2, Q2.1.3, Q2.1.1, Installation
|
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1779 @section Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
|
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1780
|
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1781 When I try to use some particular option of some particular package, I
|
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|
1782 get a cryptic error in the minibuffer.
|
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1783
|
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1784 If you can't figure out what's going on, select Options/General
|
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|
1785 Options/Debug on Error from the Menubar and then try and make the error
|
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|
1786 happen again. This will give you a backtrace that may be enlightening.
|
|
|
1787 If not, try reading through this FAQ; if that fails, you could try
|
|
|
1788 posting to comp.emacs.xemacs (making sure to include the backtrace) and
|
|
|
1789 someone may be able to help. If you can identify which Emacs lisp
|
|
|
1790 source file the error is coming from you can get a more detailed stack
|
|
|
1791 backtrace by doing the following:
|
|
|
1792
|
|
|
1793 @enumerate
|
|
|
1794 @item
|
|
|
1795 Visit the .el file in an XEmacs buffer.
|
|
|
1796
|
|
|
1797 @item
|
|
|
1798 Issue the command @kbd{M-x eval-current-buffer}.
|
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1799
|
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1800 @item
|
|
|
1801 Reproduce the error.
|
|
|
1802 @end enumerate
|
|
|
1803
|
|
|
1804 Depending on the version of XEmacs, you may either select Edit->Show
|
|
|
1805 Messages (19.13 and earlier) or Help->Recent Keystrokes/Messages (19.14
|
|
|
1806 and later) from the menubar to see the most recent messages. This
|
|
|
1807 command is bound to @kbd{C-h l} by default.
|
|
|
1808
|
|
|
1809 @node Q2.1.3, Q2.1.4, Q2.1.2, Installation
|
|
|
1810 @section Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup
|
|
|
1811
|
|
|
1812 I get tons of translation table syntax error messages during startup.
|
|
|
1813 How do I get rid of them?
|
|
|
1814
|
|
|
1815 There are two causes of this problem. The first usually only strikes
|
|
|
1816 people using the prebuilt binaries. The culprit in both cases is the
|
|
|
1817 file @file{XKeysymDB}.
|
|
|
1818
|
|
|
1819 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
1820 @item
|
|
|
1821 The binary cannot find the @file{XKeysymDB} file. The location is
|
|
|
1822 hardcoded at compile time so if the system the binary was built on puts
|
|
|
1823 it a different place than your system does, you have problems. To fix,
|
|
|
1824 set the environment variable @var{XKEYSYMDB} to the location of the
|
|
|
1825 @file{XKeysymDB} file on your system or to the location of the one
|
|
|
1826 included with XEmacs which should be at
|
|
213
|
1827 @file{<xemacs_root_directory>/lib/xemacs-19.16/etc/XKeysymDB}.
|
|
82
|
1828
|
|
|
1829 @item
|
|
|
1830 The binary is finding the XKeysymDB but it is out-of-date on your system
|
|
|
1831 and does not contain the necessary lines. Either ask your system
|
|
|
1832 administrator to replace it with the one which comes with XEmacs (which
|
|
|
1833 is the stock R6 version and is backwards compatible) or set your
|
|
|
1834 @var{XKEYSYMDB} variable to the location of XEmacs's described above.
|
|
|
1835 @end itemize
|
|
|
1836
|
|
|
1837 @node Q2.1.4, Q2.1.5, Q2.1.3, Installation
|
|
|
1838 @section Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
|
|
|
1839
|
|
|
1840 How can I avoid the startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
|
|
|
1841
|
|
|
1842 This is highly dependent on your installation, but try with the
|
|
|
1843 following font as your base font for XEmacs and see what it does:
|
|
|
1844
|
|
|
1845 @example
|
|
|
1846 -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
|
|
|
1847 @end example
|
|
|
1848
|
|
|
1849 More precisely, do the following in your resource file:
|
|
|
1850
|
|
|
1851 @example
|
|
|
1852 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
|
|
16
|
1853 @end example
|
|
|
1854
|
|
82
|
1855 If you just don't want to see the @samp{*Warnings*} buffer at startup
|
|
|
1856 time, you can set this:
|
|
|
1857
|
|
|
1858 @lisp
|
|
|
1859 (setq display-warning-minimum-level 'error)
|
|
|
1860 @end lisp
|
|
|
1861
|
|
|
1862 The buffer still exists; it just isn't in your face.
|
|
|
1863
|
|
|
1864 @node Q2.1.5, Q2.1.6, Q2.1.4, Installation
|
|
|
1865 @section XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal!
|
|
|
1866
|
|
|
1867 Help! I can not get XEmacs to display on my Envizex X-terminal!
|
|
|
1868
|
|
|
1869 Try setting the @var{DISPLAY} variable using the numeric IP address of
|
|
|
1870 the host you are running XEmacs from.
|
|
|
1871
|
|
|
1872 @node Q2.1.6, Q2.1.7, Q2.1.5, Installation
|
|
|
1873 @section XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server!
|
|
|
1874
|
|
|
1875 There have been several reports of the X server locking up under Linux.
|
|
|
1876 In all reported cases removing speedo and scaled fonts from the font
|
|
|
1877 path corrected the problem. This can be done with the command
|
|
163
|
1878 @code{xset}.
|
|
82
|
1879
|
|
|
1880 It is possible that using a font server may also solve the problem.
|
|
|
1881
|
|
|
1882 @node Q2.1.7, Q2.1.8, Q2.1.6, Installation
|
|
|
1883 @section HP Alt key as Meta.
|
|
|
1884
|
|
|
1885 How can I make XEmacs recognize the Alt key of my HP workstation as a
|
|
|
1886 Meta key?
|
|
|
1887
|
|
|
1888 Put the following line into a file and load it with xmodmap(1) before
|
|
|
1889 starting XEmacs:
|
|
|
1890
|
|
|
1891 @example
|
|
|
1892 remove Mod1 = Mode_switch
|
|
|
1893 @end example
|
|
|
1894
|
|
|
1895 @node Q2.1.8, Q2.1.9, Q2.1.7, Installation
|
|
|
1896 @section got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)
|
|
|
1897
|
|
|
1898 Natalie Kershaw <nataliek@@rd.scitec.com.au> writes:
|
|
|
1899
|
|
|
1900 @quotation
|
|
|
1901 I am trying to run xemacs 19.13 under X11R4. Whenever I move the mouse I
|
|
|
1902 get the following error. Has anyone seen anything like this? This
|
|
|
1903 doesn't occur on X11R5.
|
|
|
1904
|
|
|
1905 @lisp
|
|
|
1906 Signalling: (error "got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil) and I don't know why!")
|
|
|
1907 @end lisp
|
|
|
1908 @end quotation
|
|
|
1909
|
|
|
1910 dinos <map01kd@@gold.ac.uk> writes:
|
|
|
1911
|
|
|
1912 @quotation
|
|
|
1913 I think this is due to undefined resources; You need to define color
|
|
|
1914 backgrounds and foregrounds into your @file{.../app-defaults/Emacs}
|
|
|
1915 like:
|
|
|
1916
|
|
|
1917 @example
|
|
|
1918 *Foreground: Black ;everything will be of black on grey95,
|
|
|
1919 *Background: Grey95 ;unless otherwise specified.
|
|
|
1920 *cursorColor: Red3 ;red3 cursor with grey95 border.
|
|
|
1921 *pointerColor: Red3 ;red3 pointer with grey95 border.
|
|
|
1922 @end example
|
|
|
1923 @end quotation
|
|
|
1924
|
|
|
1925 Natalie Kershaw adds:
|
|
|
1926
|
|
|
1927 @quotation
|
|
|
1928 What fixed the problem was adding some more colors to the X color
|
|
|
1929 database (copying the X11R5 colors over), and also defining the
|
|
|
1930 following resources:
|
|
|
1931
|
|
|
1932 @example
|
|
|
1933 xemacs*cursorColor: black
|
|
|
1934 xemacs*pointerColor: black
|
|
|
1935 @end example
|
|
|
1936
|
|
|
1937 With the new colours installed the problem still occurs if the above
|
|
|
1938 resources are not defined.
|
|
|
1939
|
|
|
1940 If the new colours are not present then an additional error occurs on
|
|
|
1941 XEmacs startup, which says @samp{Color Red3} not defined.
|
|
|
1942 @end quotation
|
|
|
1943
|
|
|
1944 @node Q2.1.9, Q2.1.10, Q2.1.8, Installation
|
|
|
1945 @section XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
|
|
|
1946
|
|
|
1947 The OpenWindows 3.0 server is incredibly buggy. Your best bet is to
|
|
|
1948 replace it with one from the generic MIT X11 release. You might also
|
|
|
1949 try disabling parts of your @file{.emacs}, like enabling background
|
|
|
1950 pixmaps.
|
|
|
1951
|
|
|
1952 @node Q2.1.10, Q2.1.11, Q2.1.9, Installation
|
|
|
1953 @section Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
|
|
|
1954
|
|
|
1955 The following information comes from the @file{PROBLEMS} file that comes
|
|
|
1956 with XEmacs.
|
|
|
1957
|
|
|
1958 If you're having troubles with HP/UX it is because HP/UX defines the
|
|
|
1959 modifiers wrong in X. Here is a shell script to fix the problem; be
|
|
|
1960 sure that it is run after VUE configures the X server.
|
|
|
1961
|
|
|
1962 @example
|
|
|
1963 #! /bin/sh
|
|
|
1964 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF
|
|
|
1965 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
|
|
|
1966 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R
|
|
|
1967 EOF
|
|
|
1968
|
|
|
1969 xmodmap - << EOF
|
|
|
1970 clear mod1
|
|
|
1971 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol
|
|
|
1972 add mod1 = Meta_L
|
|
|
1973 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch
|
|
|
1974 add mod2 = Mode_switch
|
|
|
1975 EOF
|
|
|
1976 @end example
|
|
|
1977
|
|
|
1978 @node Q2.1.11, Q2.1.12, Q2.1.10, Installation
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|
126
|
1979 @section [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
1980
|
|
|
1981 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering.
|
|
82
|
1982
|
|
|
1983 @node Q2.1.12, Q2.1.13, Q2.1.11, Installation
|
|
|
1984 @section Problems with Regular Expressions on DEC OSF1.
|
|
|
1985
|
|
|
1986 I have xemacs 19.13 running on an alpha running OSF1 V3.2 148 and ispell
|
|
|
1987 would not run because it claimed the version number was incorrect
|
|
|
1988 although it was indeed OK. I traced the problem to the regular
|
|
|
1989 expression handler.
|
|
|
1990
|
|
|
1991 Douglas Kosovic <douglask@@dstc.edu.au> writes:
|
|
|
1992
|
|
|
1993 @quotation
|
|
|
1994 Actually it's a DEC cc optimisation bug that screws up the regexp
|
|
|
1995 handling in XEmacs.
|
|
|
1996
|
|
|
1997 Rebuilding using the @samp{-migrate} switch for DEC cc (which uses a
|
|
|
1998 different sort of optimisation) works fine.
|
|
|
1999 @end quotation
|
|
|
2000
|
|
|
2001 See @file{xemacs-19_13-dunix-3_2c.patch} at the following URL on how to
|
|
|
2002 build with the @samp{-migrate} flag:
|
|
|
2003
|
|
|
2004 @example
|
|
|
2005 <URL:http://www-digital.cern.ch/carney/emacs/emacs.html>
|
|
|
2006 @end example
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008 NOTE: There have been a variety of other problems reported that are
|
|
|
2009 fixed in this fashion.
|
|
|
2010
|
|
|
2011 @node Q2.1.13, Q2.1.14, Q2.1.12, Installation
|
|
|
2012 @section HP/UX 10.10 and @code{create_process} failure.
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014 Dave Carrigan <Dave.Carrigan@@ipl.ca> writes:
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2016 @quotation
|
|
|
2017 With XEmacs 19.13 and HP/UX 10.10, anything that relies on the
|
|
|
2018 @code{create_process} function fails. This breaks a lot of things
|
|
|
2019 (shell-mode, compile, ange-ftp, to name a few).
|
|
|
2020 @end quotation
|
|
|
2021
|
|
|
2022 Phil Johnson <johnson@@dtc.hp.com> writes:
|
|
|
2023
|
|
|
2024 @quotation
|
|
|
2025 This is a problem specific to HP-UX 10.10. It only occurs when XEmacs
|
|
|
2026 is compiled for shared libraries (the default), so you can work around
|
|
|
2027 it by compiling a statically-linked binary (run configure with
|
|
|
2028 @samp{--dynamic=no}).
|
|
|
2029
|
|
|
2030 I'm not sure whether the problem is with a particular shared library or
|
|
|
2031 if it's a kernel problem which crept into 10.10.
|
|
|
2032 @end quotation
|
|
|
2033
|
|
|
2034 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
|
|
|
2035
|
|
|
2036 @quotation
|
|
|
2037 I had a few problems with 10.10. Apparently, some of them were solved by
|
|
|
2038 forcing a static link of libc (manually).
|
|
|
2039 @end quotation
|
|
|
2040
|
|
|
2041 @node Q2.1.14, Q2.1.15, Q2.1.13, Installation
|
|
|
2042 @section @kbd{C-g} doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
|
|
|
2043
|
|
|
2044 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
|
|
2045
|
|
|
2046 @quotation
|
|
|
2047 @kbd{C-g} does work for most people in most circumstances. If it
|
|
|
2048 doesn't, there are only two explanations:
|
|
|
2049
|
|
|
2050 @enumerate
|
|
|
2051 @item
|
|
|
2052 The code is wrapped with a binding of @code{inhibit-quit} to
|
|
|
2053 @code{t}. @kbd{Ctrl-Shift-G} should still work, I think.
|
|
|
2054
|
|
|
2055 @item
|
|
|
2056 SIGIO is broken on your system, but BROKEN_SIGIO isn't defined.
|
|
|
2057 @end enumerate
|
|
|
2058
|
|
|
2059 To test #2, try executing @code{(while t)} from the @samp{*scratch*}
|
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2060 buffer. If @kbd{C-g} doesn't interrupt, then you're seeing #2.
|
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2061 @end quotation
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2062
|
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2063 Morten Welinder <terra@@diku.dk> writes:
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2064
|
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2065 @quotation
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2066 On some (but @emph{not} all) machines a hung XEmacs can be revived by
|
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2067 @code{kill -FPE <pid>}. This is a hack, of course, not a solution.
|
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|
2068 This technique works on a Sun4 running 4.1.3_U1. To see if it works for
|
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2069 you, start another XEmacs and test with that first. If you get a core
|
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2070 dump the method doesn't work and if you get @samp{Arithmetic error} then
|
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2071 it does.
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2072 @end quotation
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2073
|
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2074 @node Q2.1.15, Q2.1.16, Q2.1.14, Installation
|
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2075 @section How to Debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger
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2076
|
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2077 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
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2078
|
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2079 @quotation
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2080 If XEmacs does crash on you, one of the most productive things you can
|
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2081 do to help get the bug fixed is to poke around a bit with the debugger.
|
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2082 Here are some hints:
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2083
|
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2084 @itemize @bullet
|
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2085 @item
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2086 First of all, if the crash is at all reproducible, consider very
|
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2087 strongly recompiling your XEmacs with debugging symbols, with no
|
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2088 optimization, and with the configure options @samp{--debug=yes},
|
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2089 @samp{--error-checking=all}, and @samp{--dynamic=no}. This will make
|
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2090 your XEmacs run somewhat slower but make it a lot more likely to catch
|
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2091 the problem earlier (closer to its source), and a lot easier to
|
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2092 determine what's going on with a debugger.
|
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2093
|
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2094 @item
|
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2095 If you're able to run XEmacs under a debugger and reproduce the crash
|
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2096 (if it's inconvenient to do this because XEmacs is already running or is
|
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2097 running in batch mode as part of a bunch of scripts, consider attaching
|
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2098 to the existing process with your debugger; most debuggers let you do
|
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2099 this by substituting the process ID for the core file when you invoke
|
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2100 the debugger from the command line, or by using the @code{attach}
|
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2101 command or something similar), here are some things you can do:
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2102
|
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2103 @item
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2104 If XEmacs is hitting an assertion failure, put a breakpoint on
|
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2105 @code{assert_failed()}.
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2106
|
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2107 @item
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2108 If XEmacs is hitting some weird Lisp error that's causing it to crash
|
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2109 (e.g. during startup), put a breakpoint on @code{signal_1()}---this is
|
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2110 declared static in eval.c.
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2111
|
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2112 @item
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2113 Internally, you will probably see lots of variables that hold objects of
|
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2114 type @code{Lisp_Object}. These are exactly what they appear to be,
|
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|
2115 i.e. references to Lisp objects. Printing them out with the debugger
|
|
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2116 probably won't be too useful---you'll just see a number. To decode
|
|
|
2117 them, do this:
|
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2118
|
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2119 @example
|
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2120 call debug_print (OBJECT)
|
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2121 @end example
|
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2122
|
|
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2123 where @var{OBJECT} is whatever you want to decode (it can be a variable,
|
|
|
2124 a function call, etc.). This will print out a readable representation
|
|
|
2125 on the TTY from which the xemacs process was invoked.
|
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2126
|
|
|
2127 @item
|
|
|
2128 If you want to get a Lisp backtrace showing the Lisp call
|
|
|
2129 stack, do this:
|
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2130
|
|
|
2131 @example
|
|
|
2132 call debug_backtrace ()
|
|
|
2133 @end example
|
|
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2134
|
|
|
2135 @item
|
|
|
2136 If all you've got is a core dump, all is not lost. You can still poke
|
|
|
2137 around somewhat, and if you're using GDB, there are some macros in the
|
|
|
2138 file @file{gdbinit} in the @file{src} directory of the XEmacs
|
|
|
2139 distribution that should make it easier for you to decode Lisp objects.
|
|
|
2140
|
|
|
2141 If you're using DBX, you may be able to get further help from Martin
|
|
|
2142 Buchholz, the engineer at Sun who works on XEmacs. Write to him at
|
|
|
2143 <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com>.
|
|
|
2144
|
|
|
2145 @item
|
|
|
2146 If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're seeing
|
|
|
2147 stack traces with some of the innermost frames mangled, it may be due to
|
|
|
2148 dynamic linking. (This happens especially under Linux.) Consider
|
|
|
2149 reconfiguring with @samp{--dynamic=no}. Also, sometimes (again under
|
|
|
2150 Linux), stack backtraces of core dumps will have the frame where the
|
|
|
2151 fatal signal occurred mangled; if you can obtain a stack trace while
|
|
|
2152 running the XEmacs process under a debugger, the stack trace should be
|
|
|
2153 clean.
|
|
|
2154
|
|
|
2155 Curtiss <1CMC3466@@ibm.mtsac.edu> suggests upgrading to ld.so version 1.8
|
|
|
2156 if dynamic linking and debugging is a problem on Linux.
|
|
|
2157
|
|
|
2158 @item
|
|
|
2159 If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're
|
|
|
2160 getting a completely mangled and bogus stack trace, it's probably due to
|
|
|
2161 one of the following:
|
|
|
2162
|
|
|
2163 @enumerate a
|
|
|
2164 @item
|
|
|
2165 Your executable has been stripped. Bad news. Tell your sysadmin not to
|
|
|
2166 do this---it doesn't accomplish anything except to save a bit of disk
|
|
|
2167 space, and makes debugging much much harder.
|
|
|
2168
|
|
|
2169 @item
|
|
|
2170 Your stack is getting trashed. Debugging this is hard; you have to do a
|
|
|
2171 binary-search-type of narrowing down where the crash occurs, until you
|
|
|
2172 figure out exactly which line is causing the problem. Of course, this
|
|
|
2173 only works if the bug is highly reproducible.
|
|
|
2174
|
|
|
2175 @item
|
|
|
2176 If your stack trace has exactly one frame in it, with address 0x0, this
|
|
|
2177 could simply mean that XEmacs attempted to execute code at that address,
|
|
|
2178 e.g. through jumping to a null function pointer. Unfortunately, under
|
|
|
2179 those circumstances, GDB under Linux doesn't know how to get a stack
|
|
|
2180 trace. (Yes, this is the third Linux-related problem I've mentioned. I
|
|
|
2181 have no idea why GDB under Linux is so bogus. Complain to the GDB
|
|
|
2182 authors, or to comp.os.linux.development.system). Again, you'll have to
|
|
|
2183 use the narrowing-down process described above.
|
|
|
2184
|
|
|
2185 @item
|
|
163
|
2186 If you compiled 19.14 with @samp{--debug} (or by default in later
|
|
|
2187 versions), you will get a Lisp backtrace output when XEmacs crashes, so
|
|
|
2188 you'll have something useful. If you're in 19.13, you could try doing
|
|
|
2189 @code{call debug_backtrace()}---sometimes this works even after a fatal
|
|
|
2190 signal has been received.
|
|
82
|
2191 @end enumerate
|
|
|
2192 @end itemize
|
|
|
2193 @end quotation
|
|
|
2194
|
|
|
2195 Here's some more info about using gdbinit:
|
|
|
2196
|
|
|
2197 Different version of @code{gdbinit} are provided for different
|
|
|
2198 platforms. One of these should be installed as @file{.gdbinit} in your
|
|
|
2199 home directory. If you're using XEmacs 19.14 or better, you should
|
|
|
2200 install the default @code{gdbinit} in the @file{src/} directory if you
|
|
|
2201 have GDB 4.14 or better. With GDB 4.13 or earlier, install
|
|
|
2202 @file{gdbinit.pre-4.14}; however, this is noticeably harder to use. If
|
|
|
2203 you're on a machine that uses a union type for Lisp_Objects (only the
|
|
|
2204 DEC Alpha, I think), you'll have to use @code{gdbinit.union}, which is
|
|
|
2205 of the pre-4.14 variety but should be easily upgradable.
|
|
|
2206
|
|
|
2207 With XEmacs 19.13 and earlier, only one @code{gdbinit} is provided (I
|
|
|
2208 think); it's of the pre-4.14 variety and of the union-type
|
|
|
2209 variety. (Many more machines used the union type under 19.13).
|
|
|
2210
|
|
|
2211 With the GDB 4.14+ gdbinit, you can print out a Lisp_Object using
|
|
|
2212 @code{p1 OBJECT} (which calls @code{debug_print()}, and hence only works
|
|
|
2213 if you have a running process) or @code{frob OBJECT} (which works even
|
|
|
2214 on core dumps, and does its own decoding of the object, but its output
|
|
|
2215 isn't always so convenient).
|
|
|
2216
|
|
|
2217 With the pre-GDB 4.14 gdbinit, you have to do these steps:
|
|
|
2218
|
|
|
2219 @example
|
|
|
2220 print OBJECT
|
|
|
2221 xtype
|
|
|
2222 <then type "xcons" or "xstring" or whatever, depending on the type>
|
|
|
2223 @end example
|
|
|
2224
|
|
|
2225 If the object is a record type, you'll probably have to the following
|
|
|
2226 steps:
|
|
|
2227
|
|
|
2228 @example
|
|
|
2229 print OBJECT
|
|
|
2230 xtype
|
|
|
2231 xrecord
|
|
|
2232 <remember what type is printed>
|
|
|
2233 print OBJECT
|
|
|
2234 <then type "xbuffer" or "xsymbol" or whatever>
|
|
|
2235 @end example
|
|
|
2236
|
|
|
2237 Of course, if you know in advance what type the object is of, you can
|
|
|
2238 omit all but the last two steps.
|
|
|
2239
|
|
|
2240 @node Q2.1.16, Q2.1.17, Q2.1.15, Installation
|
|
|
2241 @section XEmacs crashes in @code{strcat} on HP/UX 10
|
|
|
2242
|
|
|
2243 >From the problems database (through
|
|
|
2244 <URL:http://support.mayfield.hp.com/>):
|
|
54
|
2245
|
|
|
2246 @example
|
|
82
|
2247 Problem Report: 5003302299
|
|
|
2248 Status: Open
|
|
|
2249
|
|
|
2250 System/Model: 9000/700
|
|
|
2251 Product Name: HPUX S800 10.0X
|
|
|
2252 Product Vers: 9245XB.10.00
|
|
|
2253
|
|
|
2254 Description: strcat(3C) may read beyond end of source string, can cause
|
|
|
2255 SIGSEGV
|
|
|
2256
|
|
|
2257
|
|
|
2258 *** PROBLEM TEXT ***
|
|
|
2259 strcat(3C) may read beyond the source string onto an unmapped page,
|
|
|
2260 causing a segmentation violation.
|
|
|
2261 @end example
|
|
|
2262
|
|
|
2263 @node Q2.1.17, Q2.1.18, Q2.1.16, Installation
|
|
|
2264 @section @samp{Marker does not point anywhere}
|
|
|
2265
|
|
163
|
2266 As with other errors, set @code{debug-on-error} to @code{t} to get the
|
|
|
2267 backtrace when the error occurs. Specifically, two problems have been
|
|
|
2268 reported (and fixed).
|
|
|
2269
|
|
|
2270 @enumerate
|
|
|
2271 @item
|
|
|
2272 A problem with line-number-mode in XEmacs 19.14 affected a large number
|
|
|
2273 of other packages. If you see this error message, turn off
|
|
82
|
2274 line-number-mode.
|
|
|
2275
|
|
163
|
2276 @item
|
|
|
2277 A problem with some early versions of Gnus 5.4 caused this error.
|
|
|
2278 Upgrade your Gnus.
|
|
|
2279 @end enumerate
|
|
|
2280
|
|
82
|
2281 @node Q2.1.18, Q2.1.19, Q2.1.17, Installation
|
|
|
2282 @section 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
|
|
|
2283
|
|
|
2284 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
|
|
|
2285
|
|
|
2286 @quotation
|
|
|
2287 For the record, compiling on hpux 10.10 leads to a hang in Gnus when
|
|
|
2288 compiled with optimization on.
|
|
|
2289
|
|
|
2290 I've just discovered that my hpux 10.01 binary was working less well
|
|
|
2291 than expected. In fact, on a 10.10 system, @code{(while t)} was not
|
|
217
|
2292 interrupted by @kbd{C-g}. I defined @code{BROKEN_SIGIO} and recompiled on
|
|
82
|
2293 10.10, and... the hang is now gone.
|
|
|
2294
|
|
|
2295 As far as configure goes, this will be a bit tricky: @code{BROKEN_SIGIO}
|
|
|
2296 is needed on 10.10, but @strong{not} on 10.01: if I run my 10.01 binary
|
|
|
2297 on a 10.01 machine, without @code{BROKEN_SIGIO} being defined, @kbd{C-g}
|
|
|
2298 works as expected.
|
|
|
2299 @end quotation
|
|
|
2300
|
|
|
2301 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> adds:
|
|
|
2302
|
|
|
2303 @quotation
|
|
|
2304 Apparently somebody has found the reason why there is this @samp{poll:
|
|
|
2305 interrupted...} message for each event. For some reason, libcurses
|
|
|
2306 reimplements a @code{select()} system call, in a highly broken fashion.
|
|
|
2307 The fix is to add a -lc to the link line @emph{before} the
|
|
|
2308 -lxcurses. XEmacs will then use the right version of @code{select()}.
|
|
|
2309 @end quotation
|
|
|
2310
|
|
|
2311
|
|
|
2312 Alain Fauconnet <af@@biomath.jussieu.fr> writes:
|
|
|
2313
|
|
|
2314 @quotation
|
|
|
2315 The @emph{real} solution is to @emph{not} link -lcurses in! I just
|
|
|
2316 changed -lcurses to -ltermcap in the Makefile and it fixed:
|
|
|
2317
|
|
|
2318 @enumerate
|
|
|
2319 @item
|
|
|
2320 The @samp{poll: interrupted system call} message.
|
|
|
2321
|
|
|
2322 @item
|
|
|
2323 A more serious problem I had discovered in the meantime, that is the
|
|
|
2324 fact that subprocess handling was seriously broken: subprocesses
|
|
163
|
2325 e.g. started by AUC TeX for TeX compilation of a buffer would
|
|
82
|
2326 @emph{hang}. Actually they would wait forever for emacs to read the
|
|
|
2327 socket which connects stdout...
|
|
|
2328 @end enumerate
|
|
|
2329 @end quotation
|
|
|
2330
|
|
|
2331 @node Q2.1.19, Q2.1.20, Q2.1.18, Installation
|
|
|
2332 @section XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
|
|
|
2333
|
|
|
2334 When using one of the prebuilt binaries many users have observed that
|
|
|
2335 XEmacs uses the timezone under which it was built, but not the timezone
|
|
|
2336 under which it is running. The solution is to add:
|
|
|
2337
|
|
|
2338 @lisp
|
|
|
2339 (set-time-zone-rule "MET")
|
|
|
2340 @end lisp
|
|
|
2341
|
|
|
2342 to your @file{.emacs} or the @file{site-start.el} file if you can.
|
|
|
2343 Replace @code{MET} with your local timezone.
|
|
|
2344
|
|
|
2345 @node Q2.1.20, Q2.1.21, Q2.1.19, Installation
|
|
|
2346 @section @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.}
|
|
|
2347
|
|
|
2348 This is a problem with a partially loaded hyperbole. Try adding:
|
|
|
2349
|
|
|
2350 @lisp
|
|
|
2351 (require 'hmouse-drv)
|
|
|
2352 @end lisp
|
|
|
2353
|
|
|
2354 where you load hyperbole and the problem should go away.
|
|
|
2355
|
|
116
|
2356 @node Q2.1.21, Q2.1.22, Q2.1.20, Installation
|
|
82
|
2357 @section Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes
|
|
|
2358
|
|
|
2359 This problem has been fixed in 19.15, and was due to a not easily
|
|
|
2360 reproducible race condition.
|
|
|
2361
|
|
126
|
2362 @node Q2.1.22, Q2.1.23, Q2.1.21, Installation
|
|
116
|
2363 @section XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things
|
|
|
2364
|
|
|
2365 David Moore <dmoore@@ucsd.edu> writes:
|
|
|
2366
|
|
|
2367 @quotation
|
|
|
2368 Two things you can do:
|
|
|
2369
|
|
|
2370 1) C level:
|
|
|
2371
|
|
|
2372 When you see it going mad like this, you might want to use gdb from an
|
|
|
2373 'xterm' to attach to the running process and get a stack trace. To do
|
|
|
2374 this just run:
|
|
|
2375
|
|
|
2376 @example
|
|
|
2377 gdb /path/to/xemacs/xemacs ####
|
|
|
2378 @end example
|
|
|
2379
|
|
163
|
2380 Where @code{####} is the process id of your xemacs, instead of
|
|
|
2381 specifying the core. When gdb attaches, the xemacs will stop [1] and
|
|
|
2382 you can type `where' in gdb to get a stack trace as usual. To get
|
|
|
2383 things moving again, you can just type `quit' in gdb. It'll tell you
|
|
|
2384 the program is running and ask if you want to quit anyways. Say 'y' and
|
|
|
2385 it'll quit and have your emacs continue from where it was at.
|
|
116
|
2386
|
|
|
2387 2) Lisp level:
|
|
|
2388
|
|
|
2389 Turn on debug-on-quit early on. When you think things are going slow
|
|
|
2390 hit C-g and it may pop you in the debugger so you can see what routine
|
|
|
2391 is running. Press `c' to get going again.
|
|
|
2392
|
|
|
2393 debug-on-quit doesn't work if something's turned on inhibit-quit or in
|
|
|
2394 some other strange cases.
|
|
|
2395 @end quotation
|
|
|
2396
|
|
126
|
2397 @node Q2.1.23, , Q2.1.22, Installation
|
|
217
|
2398 @section Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
|
|
126
|
2399
|
|
|
2400 Movemail used to work fine in 19.14 but has stopped working in 19.15
|
|
|
2401 and 20.x. I am using Linux.
|
|
|
2402
|
|
215
|
2403 SL Baur <steve@@xemacs.org> writes:
|
|
126
|
2404
|
|
|
2405 @quotation
|
|
163
|
2406 Movemail on Linux used to default to using flock file locking. With
|
|
|
2407 19.15 and later versions it now defaults to using @code{.lock} file
|
|
|
2408 locking. If this is not appropriate for your system, edit src/s/linux.h
|
|
|
2409 and uncomment the line that reads:
|
|
|
2410
|
|
|
2411 @example
|
|
|
2412 #define MAIL_USE_FLOCK
|
|
|
2413 @end example
|
|
126
|
2414 @end quotation
|
|
|
2415
|
|
82
|
2416 @node Customization, Subsystems, Installation, Top
|
|
|
2417 @chapter Customization and Options
|
|
|
2418
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2419 This is part 3 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
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2420 section is devoted to Customization and screen settings.
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2421
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2422 @menu
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2423 Customization---Emacs Lisp and @file{.emacs}:
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163
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2424 * Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running?
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82
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2425 * Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
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2426 * Q3.0.3:: @code{(setq tab-width 6)} behaves oddly.
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2427 * Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the @code{load-path}?
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2428 * Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
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2429 * Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of @code{(face-list)} to a buffer?
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163
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2430 * Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after @code{Save Options}.
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82
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2431 * Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame?
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217
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2432 * Q3.0.9:: What is @code{Customize}?
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82
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2433
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2434 X Window System & Resources:
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2435 * Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
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2436 * Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
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2437 * Q3.1.3:: @code{(set-screen-width)} worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
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217
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2438 * Q3.1.4:: Specifying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in @file{.emacs} does not work in 19.15?
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82
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2439 * Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}?
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2440 * Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
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2441 * Q3.1.7:: @samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work?
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2442 * Q3.1.8:: @samp{-iconic} it doesn't work.
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2443
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2444 Textual Fonts & Colors:
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2445 * Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from @file{.emacs}?
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2446 * Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
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2447 * Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
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163
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2448 * Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage?
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82
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2449 * Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
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2450
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2451 The Modeline:
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2452 * Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away?
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2453 * Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
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2454 * Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
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163
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2455 * Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
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2456 * Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
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82
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2457
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2458 3.4 Multiple Device Support:
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163
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2459 * Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
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82
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2460 * Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
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2461
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2462 3.5 The Keyboard:
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2463 * Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
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2464 * Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
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2465 * Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
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2466 * Q3.5.4:: Globally binding @kbd{Delete}?
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2467 * Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
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163
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2468 * Q3.5.6:: How to map @kbd{Help} key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
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82
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2469 * Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
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2470 * Q3.5.8:: Why does @code{(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)} complain?
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2471 * Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
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2472 * Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on @dfn{sticky} modifier keys?
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2473
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2474 The Cursor:
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2475 * Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
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2476 * Q3.6.2:: Is there a way to get back the old block cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point?
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2477 * Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink?
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2478
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2479 The Mouse and Highlighting:
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2480 * Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
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2481 * Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
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2482 * Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
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2483 * Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
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2484 * Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
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2485 * Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
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2486 * Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region?
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2487 * Q3.7.8:: Why does @kbd{M-w} take so long?
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2488
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2489 The Menubar and Toolbar:
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2490 * Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
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2491 * Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar?
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2492 * Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu @code{Buffers} list?
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2493 * Q3.8.4:: Resources like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} are not working?
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2494 * Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
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2495
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2496 Scrollbars:
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2497 * Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar?
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2498 * Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
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2499 * Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
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2500 * Q3.9.4:: How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling?
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2501
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2502 Text Selections:
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163
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2503 * Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
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82
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2504 * Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
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2505 * Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
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2506 * Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after @kbd{C-x C-p} (mark-page)?
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2507 * Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
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2508 @end menu
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2509
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2510 @node Q3.0.1, Q3.0.2, Customization, Customization
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2511 @section What version of Emacs am I running?
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2512
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2513 How can @file{.emacs} determine which of the family of Emacsen I am
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2514 using?
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2515
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2516 To determine if you are currently running GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19,
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126
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2517 XEmacs 19, XEmacs 20, or Epoch, and use appropriate code, check out the
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2518 example given in @file{etc/sample.emacs}. There are other nifty things
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2519 in there as well!
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82
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2520
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2521 For all new code, all you really need to do is:
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2522
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2523 @lisp
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2524 (defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version))
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2525 @end lisp
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2526
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2527 @node Q3.0.2, Q3.0.3, Q3.0.1, Customization
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2528 @section How can I evaluate Emacs-Lisp expressions?
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2529
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2530 I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from @code{*scratch*} buffer
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2531 with @kbd{C-j} after the expression. How do I do it from another
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2532 buffer?
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2533
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163
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2534 Press @kbd{M-:} (the default binding of @code{eval-expression}), and
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2535 enter the expression to the minibuffer. In XEmacs prior to 19.15
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2536 @code{eval-expression} used to be a disabled command by default. If
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2537 this is the case, upgrade your XEmacs.
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82
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2538
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2539 @node Q3.0.3, Q3.0.4, Q3.0.2, Customization
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2540 @section @code{(setq tab-width 6)} behaves oddly.
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2541
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2542 If you put @code{(setq tab-width 6)} in your @file{.emacs} file it does
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2543 not work! Is there a reason for this? If you do it at the EVAL prompt
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2544 it works fine!! How strange.
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2545
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2546 Use @code{setq-default} instead, since @code{tab-width} is
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2547 all-buffer-local.
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2548
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2549 @node Q3.0.4, Q3.0.5, Q3.0.3, Customization
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2550 @section How can I add directories to the @code{load-path}?
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2551
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2552 Here are two ways to do that, one that puts your directories at the
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2553 front of the load-path, the other at the end:
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2554
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2555 @lisp
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2556 ;;; Add things at the beginning of the load-path, do not add
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2557 ;;; duplicate directories:
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163
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2558 (pushnew "bar" load-path :test 'equal)
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2559
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2560 (pushnew "foo" load-path :test 'equal)
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82
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2561
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2562 ;;; Add things at the end, unconditionally
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163
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2563 (setq load-path (nconc load-path '("foo" "bar")))
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82
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2564 @end lisp
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2565
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2566 keith (k.p.) hanlan <keithh@@nortel.ca> writes:
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2567
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2568 @quotation
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2569 To add directories using Unix shell metacharacters use
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2570 @file{expand-file-name} like this:
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2571
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2572 @lisp
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163
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2573 (push (expand-file-name "~keithh/.emacsdir") load-path)
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82
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2574 @end lisp
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2575 @end quotation
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2576
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2577 @node Q3.0.5, Q3.0.6, Q3.0.4, Customization
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2578 @section How to check if a lisp function is defined?
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2579
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2580 Use the following elisp:
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2581
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2582 @lisp
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2583 (fboundp 'foo)
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2584 @end lisp
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2585
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2586 It's almost always a mistake to test @code{emacs-version} or any similar
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2587 variables.
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2588
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2589 Instead, use feature-tests, such as @code{featurep}, @code{boundp},
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2590 @code{fboundp}, or even simple behavioural tests, eg.:
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2591
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2592 @lisp
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2593 (defvar foo-old-losing-code-p
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2594 (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil)
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2595 (wrong-number-of-arguments t)))
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2596 @end lisp
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2597
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2598 There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could work
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2599 much better more often in more places if it did the above instead of
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2600 trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable.
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2601
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2602 @node Q3.0.6, Q3.0.7, Q3.0.5, Customization
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2603 @section Can I force the output of @code{(face-list)} to a buffer?
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2604
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2605 It would be good having it in a buffer, as the output of
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2606 @code{(face-list)} is too wide to fit to a minibuffer.
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2607
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2608 Evaluate the expression in the @samp{*scratch*} buffer with point after
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2609 the rightmost paren and typing @kbd{C-j}.
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2610
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163
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2611 If the minibuffer smallness is the only problem you encounter, you can
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2612 simply press @kbd{C-h l} to get the former minibuffer contents in a
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2613 buffer.
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2614
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82
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2615 @node Q3.0.7, Q3.0.8, Q3.0.6, Customization
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126
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2616 @section Font selections in don't get saved after @code{Save Options}.
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2617
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2618 For XEmacs 19.14 and previous:
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82
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2619
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2620 John Mann <mannj@@ll.mit.edu> writes:
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2621
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2622 @quotation
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2623 You have to go to Options->Menubar Appearance and unselect
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2624 @samp{Frame-Local Font Menu}. If this option is selected, font changes
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2625 are only applied to the @emph{current} frame and do @emph{not} get saved
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2626 when you save options.
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2627 @end quotation
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2628
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126
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2629 For XEmacs 19.15 and later:
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2630
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2631 Implement the above as well as set the following in your @file{.emacs}
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2632
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2633 @lisp
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163
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2634 (setq options-save-faces t)
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126
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2635 @end lisp
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2636
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215
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2637 @node Q3.0.8, Q3.0.9, Q3.0.7, Customization
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82
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2638 @section How do I get a single minibuffer frame?
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2639
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2640 Vin Shelton <acs@@acm.org> writes:
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2641
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2642 @lisp
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2643 (setq initial-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
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2644 (setq default-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
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2645 (setq default-minibuffer-frame
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2646 (make-frame
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2647 '(minibuffer only
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2648 width 86
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2649 height 1
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2650 menubar-visible-p nil
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2651 default-toolbar-visible-p nil
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2652 name "minibuffer"
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2653 top -2
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2654 left -2
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2655 has-modeline-p nil)))
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2656 (frame-notice-user-settings)
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2657 @end lisp
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2658
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2659 @strong{NOTE:} The single minibuffer frame may not be to everyone's
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2660 taste, and there any number of other XEmacs options settings that may
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2661 make it difficult or inconvenient to use.
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2662
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215
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2663 @node Q3.0.9, Q3.1.1, Q3.0.8, Customization
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217
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2664 @section What is @code{Customize}?
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2665
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2666 Starting with XEmacs 20.2 there is new system 'Customize' for customizing
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215
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2667 XEmacs options.
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2668
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2669 You can access @code{Customize} from the @code{Options} menu
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217
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2670 or invoking one of customize commands by typing eg.
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215
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2671 @kbd{M-x customize}, @kbd{M-x customize-face},
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2672 @kbd{M-x customize-variable} or @kbd{M-x customize-apropos}.
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2673
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217
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2674 Starting with XEmacs 20.3 there is also new `browser' mode for Customize.
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215
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2675 Try it out with @kbd{M-x customize-browse}
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2676
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2677 @node Q3.1.1, Q3.1.2, Q3.0.9, Customization
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82
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2678 @section Where is a list of X resources?
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2679
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2680 Search through the @file{NEWS} file for @samp{X Resources}. A fairly
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2681 comprehensive list is given after it.
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2682
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2683 In addition, an @file{app-defaults} file is supplied,
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2684 @file{etc/Emacs.ad} listing the defaults. The file
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2685 @file{etc/sample.Xdefaults} gives a set of defaults that you might
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2686 consider. It is essentially the same as @file{etc/Emacs.ad} but some
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2687 entries are slightly altered. Be careful about installing the contents
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2688 of this file into your @file{.Xdefaults} or @file{.Xresources} file if
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2689 you use GNU Emacs under X11 as well.
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2690
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2691 @node Q3.1.2, Q3.1.3, Q3.1.1, Customization
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2692 @section How can I detect a color display?
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2693
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2694 You can test the return value of the function @code{(device-class)}, as
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2695 in:
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2696
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2697 @lisp
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2698 (when (eq (device-class) 'color)
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2699 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey")
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2700 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red")
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2701 ....
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2702 )
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2703 @end lisp
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2704
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2705 @node Q3.1.3, Q3.1.4, Q3.1.2, Customization
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2706 @section @code{(set-screen-width)} worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
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2707
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2708 In Lucid Emacs 19.6 I did @code{(set-screen-width @var{characters})} and
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2709 @code{(set-screen-height @var{lines})} in my @file{.emacs} instead of
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2710 specifying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.Xdefaults} but
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2711 this does not work in XEmacs 19.13.
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2712
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2713 These two functions now take frame arguments:
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2714
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2715 @lisp
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2716 (set-frame-width (selected-frame) @var{characters})
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2717 (set-frame-height (selected-frame) @var{lines})
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2718 @end lisp
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2719
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2720 @node Q3.1.4, Q3.1.5, Q3.1.3, Customization
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217
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2721 @section Specifying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in @file{.emacs} does not work in 19.15?
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82
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2722
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2723 In XEmacs 19.11 I specified @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in
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126
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2724 my @file{.emacs} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.15.
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82
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2725
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2726 We have switched from using the term @dfn{screen} to using the term
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2727 @dfn{frame}.
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2728
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2729 The correct entry for your @file{.Xdefaults} is now:
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2730
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2731 @example
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2732 Emacs*EmacsFrame.geometry
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2733 @end example
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2734
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2735 @node Q3.1.5, Q3.1.6, Q3.1.4, Customization
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2736 @section How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}?
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2737
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2738 I'd like the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}, and not include the name of
|
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2739 the current file in it.
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2740
|
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2741 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}:
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2742
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2743 @lisp
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2744 (setq frame-icon-title-format "XEmacs")
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2745 @end lisp
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2746
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2747 @node Q3.1.6, Q3.1.7, Q3.1.5, Customization
|
|
|
2748 @section How can I have the window title area display the full path?
|
|
|
2749
|
|
|
2750 I'd like to have the window title area display the full directory/name
|
|
|
2751 of the current buffer file and not just the name.
|
|
|
2752
|
|
|
2753 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
2754
|
|
|
2755 @lisp
|
|
|
2756 (setq frame-title-format "%S: %f")
|
|
|
2757 @end lisp
|
|
|
2758
|
|
|
2759 A more sophisticated title might be:
|
|
|
2760
|
|
|
2761 @lisp
|
|
|
2762 (setq frame-title-format
|
|
|
2763 '("%S: " (buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory dired-directory "%b"))))
|
|
|
2764 @end lisp
|
|
|
2765
|
|
|
2766 That is, use the file name, or the dired-directory, or the buffer name.
|
|
|
2767
|
|
|
2768 @node Q3.1.7, Q3.1.8, Q3.1.6, Customization
|
|
|
2769 @section @samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work?
|
|
|
2770
|
|
|
2771 When I run @samp{xterm -name junk}, I get an xterm whose class name
|
|
|
2772 according to xprop, is @samp{junk}. This is the way it's supposed to
|
|
|
2773 work, I think. When I run @samp{xemacs -name junk} the class name is
|
|
|
2774 not set to @samp{junk}. It's still @samp{emacs}. What does
|
|
|
2775 @samp{xemacs -name} really do? The reason I ask is that my window
|
|
|
2776 manager (fvwm) will make a window sticky and I use XEmacs to read my
|
|
|
2777 mail. I want that XEmacs window to be sticky, without having to use the
|
|
|
2778 window manager's function to set the window sticky. What gives?
|
|
|
2779
|
|
|
2780 @samp{xemacs -name} sets the application name for the program (that is,
|
|
|
2781 the thing which normally comes from @samp{argv[0]}). Using @samp{-name}
|
|
|
2782 is the same as making a copy of the executable with that new name. The
|
|
|
2783 @code{WM_CLASS} property on each frame is set to the frame-name, and the
|
|
|
2784 application-class. So, if you did @samp{xemacs -name FOO} and then
|
|
|
2785 created a frame named @var{BAR}, you'd get an X window with WM_CLASS =
|
|
|
2786 @code{( "BAR", "Emacs")}. However, the resource hierarchy for this
|
|
|
2787 widget would be:
|
|
|
2788
|
|
|
2789 @example
|
|
|
2790 Name: FOO .shell .container .BAR
|
|
|
2791 Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame
|
|
|
2792 @end example
|
|
|
2793
|
|
|
2794 instead of the default
|
|
|
2795
|
|
|
2796 @example
|
|
|
2797 Name: xemacs.shell .container .emacs
|
|
|
2798 Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame
|
|
|
2799 @end example
|
|
|
2800
|
|
|
2801
|
|
|
2802 It is arguable that the first element of WM_CLASS should be set to the
|
|
|
2803 application-name instead of the frame-name, but I think that's less
|
|
|
2804 flexible, since it does not give you the ability to have multiple frames
|
|
|
2805 with different WM_CLASS properties. Another possibility would be for
|
|
|
2806 the default frame name to come from the application name instead of
|
|
|
2807 simply being @samp{emacs}. However, at this point, making that change
|
|
|
2808 would be troublesome: it would mean that many users would have to make
|
|
|
2809 yet another change to their resource files (since the default frame name
|
|
|
2810 would suddenly change from @samp{emacs} to @samp{xemacs}, or whatever
|
|
|
2811 the executable happened to be named), so we'd rather avoid it.
|
|
|
2812
|
|
|
2813 To make a frame with a particular name use:
|
|
|
2814
|
|
|
2815 @lisp
|
|
|
2816 (make-frame '((name . "the-name")))
|
|
|
2817 @end lisp
|
|
|
2818
|
|
|
2819 @node Q3.1.8, Q3.2.1, Q3.1.7, Customization
|
|
|
2820 @section @samp{-iconic} doesn't work.
|
|
|
2821
|
|
|
2822 When I start up XEmacs using @samp{-iconic} it doesn't work right.
|
|
|
2823 Using @samp{-unmapped} on the command line, and setting the
|
|
|
2824 @code{initiallyUnmapped} X Resource don't seem to help much either...
|
|
|
2825
|
|
|
2826 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
|
|
2827
|
|
|
2828 @quotation
|
|
|
2829 Ugh, this stuff is such an incredible mess that I've about given up
|
|
|
2830 getting it to work. The principal problem is numerous window-manager
|
|
|
2831 bugs...
|
|
|
2832 @end quotation
|
|
|
2833
|
|
|
2834 @node Q3.2.1, Q3.2.2, Q3.1.8, Customization
|
|
|
2835 @section How can I set color options from @file{.emacs}?
|
|
|
2836
|
|
|
2837 How can I set the most commonly used color options from my @file{.emacs}
|
|
|
2838 instead of from my @file{.Xdefaults}?
|
|
|
2839
|
|
|
2840 Like this:
|
|
|
2841
|
|
|
2842 @lisp
|
|
|
2843 (set-face-background 'default "bisque") ; frame background
|
|
|
2844 (set-face-foreground 'default "black") ; normal text
|
|
|
2845 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") ; When selecting w/
|
|
|
2846 ; mouse
|
|
|
2847 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow")
|
|
|
2848 (set-face-font 'default "*courier-bold-r*120-100-100*")
|
|
|
2849 (set-face-background 'highlight "blue") ; Ie when selecting buffers
|
|
|
2850 (set-face-foreground 'highlight "yellow")
|
|
|
2851 (set-face-background 'modeline "blue") ; Line at bottom of buffer
|
|
|
2852 (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white")
|
|
|
2853 (set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*")
|
|
|
2854 (set-face-background 'isearch "yellow") ; When highlighting while
|
|
|
2855 ; searching
|
|
|
2856 (set-face-foreground 'isearch "red")
|
|
|
2857 (setq x-pointer-foreground-color "black") ; Adds to bg color,
|
|
|
2858 ; so keep black
|
|
|
2859 (setq x-pointer-background-color "blue") ; This is color you really
|
|
|
2860 ; want ptr/crsr
|
|
|
2861 @end lisp
|
|
|
2862
|
|
|
2863 @node Q3.2.2, Q3.2.3, Q3.2.1, Customization
|
|
|
2864 @section How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
|
|
|
2865
|
|
|
2866 Note that you should use @samp{Emacs.} and not @samp{Emacs*} when
|
|
|
2867 setting face values.
|
|
|
2868
|
|
|
2869 In @file{.Xdefaults}:
|
|
|
2870
|
|
|
2871 @example
|
|
|
2872 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-*-*
|
|
|
2873 Emacs*menubar*font: fixed
|
|
|
2874 Emacs.modeline.attributeFont: fixed
|
|
|
2875 @end example
|
|
|
2876
|
|
|
2877 This is confusing because modeline is a face, and can be found listed
|
|
|
2878 with all faces in the current mode by using @kbd{M-x set-face-font
|
|
|
2879 (enter) ?}. It uses the face specification of @code{attributeFont},
|
|
|
2880 while menubar is a normal X thing that uses the specification
|
|
|
2881 @code{font}. With Motif it may be necessary to use @code{fontList}
|
|
|
2882 instead of @code{font}.
|
|
|
2883
|
|
|
2884 @node Q3.2.3, Q3.2.4, Q3.2.2, Customization
|
|
|
2885 @section How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
|
|
|
2886
|
|
|
2887 How can I set the background/foreground colors when highlighting a
|
|
|
2888 region?
|
|
|
2889
|
|
|
2890 You can change the face @code{zmacs-region} either in your
|
|
|
2891 @file{.Xdefaults}:
|
|
|
2892
|
|
|
2893 @example
|
|
|
2894 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeForeground: firebrick
|
|
|
2895 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeBackground: lightseagreen
|
|
16
|
2896 @end example
|
|
|
2897
|
|
82
|
2898 or in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
2899
|
|
|
2900 @lisp
|
|
|
2901 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red")
|
|
|
2902 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow")
|
|
|
2903 @end lisp
|
|
|
2904
|
|
|
2905 @node Q3.2.4, Q3.2.5, Q3.2.3, Customization
|
|
|
2906 @section How can I limit color map usage?
|
|
|
2907
|
|
|
2908 I'm using Netscape (or another color grabber like XEmacs);
|
|
|
2909 is there anyway to limit the number of available colors in the color map?
|
|
|
2910
|
|
126
|
2911 XEmacs 19.13 didn't have such a mechanism (unlike netscape, or other
|
|
82
|
2912 color-hogs). One solution is to start XEmacs prior to netscape, since
|
|
|
2913 this will prevent Netscape from grabbing all colors (but Netscape will
|
|
|
2914 complain). You can use the flags for Netscape, like -mono, -ncols <#>
|
|
|
2915 or -install (for mono, limiting to <#> colors, or for using a private
|
|
|
2916 color map). Since Netscape will take the entire colormap and never
|
|
|
2917 release it, the only reasonable way to run it is with @samp{-install}.
|
|
|
2918
|
|
|
2919 If you have the money, another solution would be to use a truecolor or
|
|
|
2920 direct color video.
|
|
|
2921
|
|
|
2922 Starting with XEmacs 19.14, XEmacs uses the closest available color if
|
|
|
2923 the colormap is full, so it's O.K. now to start Netscape first.
|
|
|
2924
|
|
|
2925 @node Q3.2.5, Q3.3.1, Q3.2.4, Customization
|
|
|
2926 @section My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
|
|
|
2927
|
|
|
2928 XEmacs tries to automatically determine whether your tty supports color,
|
|
|
2929 but sometimes guesses wrong. In that case, you can make XEmacs Do The
|
|
|
2930 Right Thing using this Lisp code:
|
|
|
2931
|
|
|
2932 @lisp
|
|
|
2933 (if (eq 'tty (device-type))
|
|
|
2934 (set-device-class nil 'color))
|
|
|
2935 @end lisp
|
|
|
2936
|
|
|
2937 @node Q3.3.1, Q3.3.2, Q3.2.5, Customization
|
|
|
2938 @section How can I make the modeline go away?
|
|
|
2939
|
|
|
2940 @lisp
|
|
|
2941 (set-specifier has-modeline-p nil)
|
|
|
2942 @end lisp
|
|
|
2943
|
|
|
2944 Starting with XEmacs 19.14 the modeline responds to mouse clicks, so if
|
|
|
2945 you haven't liked or used the modeline in the past, you might want to
|
|
|
2946 try the new version out.
|
|
|
2947
|
|
|
2948 @node Q3.3.2, Q3.3.3, Q3.3.1, Customization
|
|
|
2949 @section How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
|
|
|
2950
|
|
|
2951 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file to display the
|
|
|
2952 line number:
|
|
|
2953
|
|
|
2954 @lisp
|
|
215
|
2955 (line-number-mode 1)
|
|
82
|
2956 @end lisp
|
|
|
2957
|
|
|
2958 Use the following to display the column number:
|
|
|
2959
|
|
|
2960 @lisp
|
|
215
|
2961 (column-number-mode 1)
|
|
82
|
2962 @end lisp
|
|
|
2963
|
|
215
|
2964 Or select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
2965 @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Line Number Mode}
|
|
|
2966 and/or
|
|
|
2967 @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Column Number Mode}
|
|
|
2968
|
|
|
2969 Or type @kbd{M-x customize RET editing-basics RET}.
|
|
|
2970
|
|
82
|
2971 @node Q3.3.3, Q3.3.4, Q3.3.2, Customization
|
|
|
2972 @section How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
|
|
|
2973
|
|
215
|
2974 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file to display the
|
|
|
2975 time:
|
|
|
2976
|
|
82
|
2977 @lisp
|
|
|
2978 (display-time)
|
|
|
2979 @end lisp
|
|
|
2980
|
|
215
|
2981 See @code{Customize} from the @code{Options} menu for customization.
|
|
|
2982
|
|
82
|
2983 @node Q3.3.4, Q3.3.5, Q3.3.3, Customization
|
|
163
|
2984 @section How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
|
|
|
2985
|
|
|
2986 With AUC TeX, fast typing is hard because the current chapter, section
|
|
82
|
2987 etc. are given in the modeline. How can I turn this off?
|
|
|
2988
|
|
163
|
2989 It's not AUC TeX, it comes from @code{func-menu} in @file{func-menu.el}.
|
|
82
|
2990 Add this code to your @file{.emacs} to turn it off:
|
|
|
2991
|
|
|
2992 @lisp
|
|
|
2993 (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil)
|
|
|
2994 @end lisp
|
|
|
2995
|
|
|
2996 Or just add a hook to @code{TeX-mode-hook} to turn it off only for TeX
|
|
|
2997 mode:
|
|
|
2998
|
|
|
2999 @lisp
|
|
|
3000 (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook '(lambda () (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil)))
|
|
|
3001 @end lisp
|
|
|
3002
|
|
|
3003 David Hughes <dhughes@@origin-at.co.uk> writes:
|
|
|
3004
|
|
|
3005 @quotation
|
|
|
3006 If you have 19.14 or later, try this instead; you'll still get the
|
|
|
3007 function name displayed in the modeline, but it won't attempt to keep
|
|
|
3008 track when you modify the file. To refresh when it gets out of synch,
|
|
|
3009 you simply need click on the @samp{Rescan Buffer} option in the
|
|
|
3010 function-menu.
|
|
|
3011
|
|
|
3012 @lisp
|
|
|
3013 (setq-default fume-auto-rescan-buffer-p nil)
|
|
|
3014 @end lisp
|
|
|
3015 @end quotation
|
|
|
3016
|
|
|
3017 @node Q3.3.5, Q3.4.1, Q3.3.4, Customization
|
|
|
3018 @section How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
|
|
|
3019
|
|
|
3020 You can use something like the following:
|
|
|
3021
|
|
|
3022 @lisp
|
|
|
3023 (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook
|
|
163
|
3024 (lambda ()
|
|
|
3025 (set-face-background 'modeline "red" (current-buffer))))
|
|
82
|
3026 @end lisp
|
|
|
3027
|
|
|
3028 Then, when editing a Lisp file (i.e. when in Lisp mode), the modeline
|
|
|
3029 colors change from the default set in your @file{.emacs}. The change
|
|
|
3030 will only be made in the buffer you just entered (which contains the
|
|
|
3031 Lisp file you are editing) and will not affect the modeline colors
|
|
|
3032 anywhere else.
|
|
|
3033
|
|
|
3034 Notes:
|
|
|
3035
|
|
|
3036 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
3037
|
|
|
3038 @item
|
|
|
3039 The hook is the mode name plus @code{-hook}. eg. c-mode-hook,
|
|
|
3040 c++-mode-hook, emacs-lisp-mode-hook (used for your @file{.emacs} or a
|
|
|
3041 @file{xx.el} file), lisp-interaction-mode-hook (the @samp{*scratch*}
|
|
|
3042 buffer), text-mode-hook, etc.
|
|
|
3043
|
|
|
3044 @item
|
|
|
3045 Be sure to use @code{add-hook}, not @code{(setq c-mode-hook xxxx)},
|
|
|
3046 otherwise you will erase anything that anybody has already put on the
|
|
|
3047 hook.
|
|
|
3048
|
|
|
3049 @item
|
|
|
3050 You can also do @code{(set-face-font 'modeline @var{font})},
|
|
|
3051 eg. @code{(set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*"
|
|
|
3052 (current-buffer))} if you wish the modeline font to vary based on the
|
|
|
3053 current mode.
|
|
|
3054 @end itemize
|
|
|
3055
|
|
126
|
3056 This works in 19.15 as well, but there are additional modeline faces,
|
|
82
|
3057 @code{modeline-buffer-id}, @code{modeline-mousable}, and
|
|
|
3058 @code{modeline-mousable-minor-mode}, which you may want to customize.
|
|
|
3059
|
|
|
3060 @node Q3.4.1, Q3.4.2, Q3.3.5, Customization
|
|
|
3061 @section How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
|
|
|
3062
|
|
163
|
3063 The support for this was revamped for 19.14. Use the command
|
|
82
|
3064 @kbd{M-x make-frame-on-display}. This command is also on the File menu
|
|
|
3065 in the menubar.
|
|
|
3066
|
|
163
|
3067 XEmacs 19.14 and later also have the command @code{make-frame-on-tty}
|
|
|
3068 which will establish a connection to any tty-like device. Opening the
|
|
|
3069 TTY devices should be left to @code{gnuclient}, though.
|
|
82
|
3070
|
|
|
3071 @node Q3.4.2, Q3.5.1, Q3.4.1, Customization
|
|
|
3072 @section Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
|
|
|
3073
|
|
|
3074 If you're not running at least XEmacs 19.14, you can't. Otherwise check
|
|
163
|
3075 out the @code{gnuattach} program supplied with XEmacs. Starting with
|
|
227
|
3076 XEmacs 20.3, @code{gnuattach} and @code{gnudoit} functionality is
|
|
163
|
3077 provided by @code{gnuclient}.
|
|
82
|
3078
|
|
227
|
3079 Also @xref{Q5.0.12}.
|
|
|
3080
|
|
82
|
3081 @node Q3.5.1, Q3.5.2, Q3.4.2, Customization
|
|
|
3082 @section How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
|
|
|
3083
|
|
|
3084 As an example, say you want the @kbd{paste} key on a Sun keyboard to
|
|
|
3085 insert the current Primary X selection at point. You can accomplish this
|
|
|
3086 with:
|
|
|
3087
|
|
|
3088 @lisp
|
|
|
3089 (define-key global-map [f18] 'x-insert-selection)
|
|
|
3090 @end lisp
|
|
|
3091
|
|
|
3092 However, this only works if there is a current X selection (the
|
|
|
3093 selection will be highlighted). The functionality I like is for the
|
|
|
3094 @kbd{paste} key to insert the current X selection if there is one,
|
|
|
3095 otherwise insert the contents of the clipboard. To do this you need to
|
|
|
3096 pass arguments to @code{x-insert-selection}. This is done by wrapping
|
|
|
3097 the call in a 'lambda form:
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3098
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3099 @lisp
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163
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3100 (global-set-key [f18]
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3101 (lambda () (interactive) (x-insert-selection t nil)))
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82
|
3102 @end lisp
|
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|
3103
|
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|
3104 This binds the f18 key to a @dfn{generic} functional object. The
|
|
|
3105 interactive spec is required because only interactive functions can be
|
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163
|
3106 bound to keys.
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82
|
3107
|
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3108 For the FAQ example you could use:
|
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3109
|
|
|
3110 @lisp
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|
3111 (global-set-key [(control ?.)]
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163
|
3112 (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up 1)))
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|
82
|
3113 (global-set-key [(control ?;)]
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163
|
3114 (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up -1)))
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82
|
3115 @end lisp
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|
3116
|
|
|
3117 This is fine if you only need a few functions within the lambda body.
|
|
|
3118 If you're doing more it's cleaner to define a separate function as in
|
|
|
3119 question 3.5.3 (@xref{Q3.5.3}).
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|
3120
|
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|
3121 @node Q3.5.2, Q3.5.3, Q3.5.1, Customization
|
|
|
3122 @section How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
|
|
|
3123
|
|
|
3124 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file:
|
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|
3125
|
|
|
3126 @lisp
|
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|
3127 (setq next-line-add-newlines nil)
|
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|
3128 @end lisp
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3129
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163
|
3130 This has been the default setting in XEmacs for some time.
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3131
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82
|
3132 @node Q3.5.3, Q3.5.4, Q3.5.2, Customization
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3133 @section How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
|
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3134
|
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|
3135 Add the following (Thanks to Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com> and
|
|
|
3136 Wayne Newberry <wayne@@zen.cac.stratus.com>) to @file{.emacs}:
|
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|
3137
|
|
|
3138 @lisp
|
|
|
3139 (defun scroll-up-one-line ()
|
|
|
3140 (interactive)
|
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|
3141 (scroll-up 1))
|
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|
3142
|
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|
3143 (defun scroll-down-one-line ()
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3144 (interactive)
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3145 (scroll-down 1))
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3146
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163
|
3147 (global-set-key [(control ?.)] 'scroll-up-one-line) ; C-.
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|
3148 (global-set-key [(control ?;)] 'scroll-down-one-line) ; C-;
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82
|
3149 @end lisp
|
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|
3150
|
|
|
3151 The key point is that you can only bind simple functions to keys; you
|
|
|
3152 can not bind a key to a function that you're also passing arguments to.
|
|
|
3153 (@xref{Q3.5.1} for a better answer).
|
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|
3154
|
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|
3155 @node Q3.5.4, Q3.5.5, Q3.5.3, Customization
|
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|
3156 @section Globally binding @kbd{Delete}?
|
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|
3157
|
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|
3158 I cannot manage to globally bind my @kbd{Delete} key to something other
|
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|
3159 than the default. How does one do this?
|
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|
3160
|
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3161 @lisp
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163
|
3162 (defun foo ()
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82
|
3163 (interactive)
|
|
163
|
3164 (message "You hit DELETE"))
|
|
|
3165
|
|
|
3166 (global-set-key 'delete 'foo)
|
|
82
|
3167 @end lisp
|
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|
3168
|
|
|
3169 However, some modes explicitly bind @kbd{Delete}, so you would need to
|
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227
|
3170 add a hook that does @code{local-set-key} for them. If what you want to
|
|
82
|
3171 do is make the Backspace and Delete keys work more PC/Motif-like, then
|
|
215
|
3172 take a look at the @file{delbs.el} package.
|
|
82
|
3173
|
|
|
3174 New in XEmacs 19.14 is a variable called @code{key-translation-map}
|
|
227
|
3175 which makes it easier to bind @kbd{Delete}. @file{delbs.el} is a
|
|
82
|
3176 good example of how to do this correctly.
|
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|
3177
|
|
215
|
3178 Also @xref{Q3.5.10}.
|
|
|
3179
|
|
82
|
3180 @node Q3.5.5, Q3.5.6, Q3.5.4, Customization
|
|
|
3181 @section Scrolling one line at a time.
|
|
|
3182
|
|
|
3183 Can the cursor keys scroll the screen a line at a time, rather than the
|
|
|
3184 default half page jump? I tend it to find it disorienting.
|
|
|
3185
|
|
|
3186 Try this:
|
|
|
3187
|
|
|
3188 @lisp
|
|
|
3189 (defun scroll-one-line-up (&optional arg)
|
|
|
3190 "Scroll the selected window up (forward in the text) one line (or N lines)."
|
|
|
3191 (interactive "p")
|
|
|
3192 (scroll-up (or arg 1)))
|
|
|
3193
|
|
|
3194 (defun scroll-one-line-down (&optional arg)
|
|
|
3195 "Scroll the selected window down (backward in the text) one line (or N)."
|
|
|
3196 (interactive "p")
|
|
|
3197 (scroll-down (or arg 1)))
|
|
|
3198
|
|
163
|
3199 (global-set-key [up] 'scroll-one-line-up)
|
|
|
3200 (global-set-key [down] 'scroll-one-line-down)
|
|
82
|
3201 @end lisp
|
|
|
3202
|
|
|
3203 The following will also work but will affect more than just the cursor
|
|
|
3204 keys (i.e. @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p}):
|
|
|
3205
|
|
|
3206 @lisp
|
|
|
3207 (setq scroll-step 1)
|
|
|
3208 @end lisp
|
|
|
3209
|
|
227
|
3210 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
215
|
3211 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
227
|
3212 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Windows->Scroll Step...} or type
|
|
|
3213 @kbd{M-x customize RET windows RET}.
|
|
215
|
3214
|
|
82
|
3215 @node Q3.5.6, Q3.5.7, Q3.5.5, Customization
|
|
|
3216 @section How to map @kbd{Help} key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
|
|
|
3217
|
|
|
3218 The following works in GNU Emacs 19:
|
|
|
3219
|
|
|
3220 @lisp
|
|
|
3221 (global-set-key [help] 'help-command) ;; Help
|
|
|
3222 @end lisp
|
|
|
3223
|
|
126
|
3224 The following works in XEmacs 19.15 with the addition of shift:
|
|
82
|
3225
|
|
|
3226 @lisp
|
|
|
3227 (global-set-key [(shift help)] 'help-command) ;; Help
|
|
|
3228 @end lisp
|
|
|
3229
|
|
|
3230 But it doesn't work alone. This is in the file @file{PROBLEMS} which
|
|
|
3231 should have come with your XEmacs installation: @emph{Emacs ignores the
|
|
|
3232 @kbd{help} key when running OLWM}.
|
|
|
3233
|
|
|
3234 OLWM grabs the @kbd{help} key, and retransmits it to the appropriate
|
|
|
3235 client using @code{XSendEvent}. Allowing Emacs to react to synthetic
|
|
|
3236 events is a security hole, so this is turned off by default. You can
|
|
|
3237 enable it by setting the variable @code{x-allow-sendevents} to t. You
|
|
|
3238 can also cause fix this by telling OLWM to not grab the help key, with
|
|
|
3239 the null binding @code{OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand.Help:}.
|
|
|
3240
|
|
|
3241 @node Q3.5.7, Q3.5.8, Q3.5.6, Customization
|
|
|
3242 @section How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
|
|
|
3243
|
|
227
|
3244 One way is to use the package @code{x-compose}. Then you can use
|
|
82
|
3245 sequences like @kbd{Compose " a} to get ä, etc.
|
|
|
3246
|
|
227
|
3247 Another way is to use the @code{iso-insert} package, provided in XEmacs
|
|
|
3248 19.15 and later. Then you can use sequences like @kbd{C-x 8 " a} to get
|
|
|
3249 ä, etc.
|
|
82
|
3250
|
|
|
3251 @node Q3.5.8, Q3.5.9, Q3.5.7, Customization
|
|
|
3252 @section Why does @code{(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)} complain?
|
|
|
3253
|
|
|
3254 Why does @code{(define-key global-map [ delete-forward ] 'delete-char)}
|
|
|
3255 complain of not being able to bind an unknown key?
|
|
|
3256
|
|
|
3257 Try this instead:
|
|
|
3258
|
|
|
3259 @lisp
|
|
|
3260 (define-key global-map [delete_forward] 'delete-char)
|
|
|
3261 @end lisp
|
|
|
3262
|
|
|
3263 and it will work.
|
|
|
3264
|
|
|
3265 What you are seeing above is a bug due to code that is trying to check
|
|
|
3266 for GNU Emacs syntax like:
|
|
|
3267
|
|
|
3268 (define-key global-map [C-M-a] 'delete-char)
|
|
|
3269
|
|
|
3270 which otherwise would cause no errors but would not result in the
|
|
|
3271 expected behavior.
|
|
|
3272
|
|
|
3273 This bug has been fixed in 19.14.
|
|
|
3274
|
|
|
3275 @node Q3.5.9, Q3.5.10, Q3.5.8, Customization
|
|
|
3276 @section How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
|
|
|
3277
|
|
227
|
3278 With XEmacs-20.2 use the @code{delbs} package:
|
|
82
|
3279
|
|
|
3280 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3281 (require 'delbs)
|
|
82
|
3282 @end lisp
|
|
|
3283
|
|
163
|
3284 This will give you the functions @code{delbs-enable-delete-forward} to
|
|
|
3285 set things up, and @code{delbs-disable-delete-forward} to revert to
|
|
227
|
3286 ``normal'' behavior. Note that @code{delbackspace} package is obsolete.
|
|
|
3287
|
|
|
3288 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 better solution is to set variable
|
|
|
3289 @code{delete-key-deletes-forward} to t. You can also change this with
|
|
|
3290 Customize. Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
3291 @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Delete Key Deletes Forward} or
|
|
|
3292 type @kbd{M-x customize RET editing-basics RET}.
|
|
215
|
3293
|
|
82
|
3294 Also @xref{Q3.5.4}.
|
|
|
3295
|
|
|
3296 @node Q3.5.10, Q3.6.1, Q3.5.9, Customization
|
|
|
3297 @section Can I turn on @dfn{sticky} modifier keys?
|
|
|
3298
|
|
|
3299 Yes, with @code{(setq modifier-keys-are-sticky t)}. This will give the
|
|
|
3300 effect of being able to press and release Shift and have the next
|
|
|
3301 character typed come out in upper case. This will affect all the other
|
|
|
3302 modifier keys like Control and Meta as well.
|
|
|
3303
|
|
|
3304 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
|
|
3305
|
|
|
3306 @quotation
|
|
|
3307 One thing about the sticky modifiers is that if you move the mouse out
|
|
163
|
3308 of the frame and back in, it cancels all currently ``stuck'' modifiers.
|
|
82
|
3309 @end quotation
|
|
|
3310
|
|
|
3311 @node Q3.6.1, Q3.6.2, Q3.5.10, Customization
|
|
|
3312 @section Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
|
|
|
3313
|
|
|
3314 I'd like to have the bar cursor a little thicker, as I tend to "lose" it
|
|
|
3315 often.
|
|
|
3316
|
|
|
3317 For a 1 pixel bar cursor, use:
|
|
|
3318
|
|
|
3319 @lisp
|
|
|
3320 (setq bar-cursor t)
|
|
|
3321 @end lisp
|
|
|
3322
|
|
|
3323 For a 2 pixel bar cursor, use:
|
|
|
3324
|
|
|
3325 @lisp
|
|
|
3326 (setq bar-cursor 'anything-else)
|
|
|
3327 @end lisp
|
|
|
3328
|
|
227
|
3329 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 you can also change these with Customize.
|
|
215
|
3330 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
227
|
3331 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Display->Bar Cursor...} or type
|
|
|
3332 @kbd{M-x customize RET display RET}.
|
|
215
|
3333
|
|
82
|
3334 You can use a color to make it stand out better:
|
|
|
3335
|
|
|
3336 @example
|
|
|
3337 Emacs*cursorColor: Red
|
|
|
3338 @end example
|
|
|
3339
|
|
|
3340 @node Q3.6.2, Q3.6.3, Q3.6.1, Customization
|
|
|
3341 @section Is there a way to get back the block cursor?
|
|
|
3342
|
|
|
3343 @lisp
|
|
|
3344 (setq bar-cursor nil)
|
|
|
3345 @end lisp
|
|
|
3346
|
|
227
|
3347 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
215
|
3348 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
227
|
3349 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Display->Bar Cursor...} or type
|
|
|
3350 @kbd{M-x customize RET display RET}.
|
|
215
|
3351
|
|
82
|
3352 @node Q3.6.3, Q3.7.1, Q3.6.2, Customization
|
|
|
3353 @section Can I make the cursor blink?
|
|
|
3354
|
|
|
3355 If you are running a version of XEmacs older than 19.14, no. Otherwise
|
|
|
3356 you can do the following:
|
|
|
3357
|
|
|
3358 @lisp
|
|
|
3359 (blink-cursor-mode)
|
|
|
3360 @end lisp
|
|
|
3361
|
|
|
3362 This function toggles between a steady cursor and a blinking cursor.
|
|
|
3363 You may also set this mode from the menu bar by selecting @samp{Options
|
|
227
|
3364 => Frame Appearance => Blinking Cursor}. Remember to save options.
|
|
82
|
3365
|
|
|
3366 @node Q3.7.1, Q3.7.2, Q3.6.3, Customization
|
|
|
3367 @section How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
|
|
|
3368
|
|
|
3369 I keep hitting the middle mouse button by accident and getting stuff
|
|
|
3370 pasted into my buffer so how can I turn this off?
|
|
|
3371
|
|
|
3372 Here is an alternative binding, whereby the middle mouse button selects
|
|
|
3373 (but does not cut) the expression under the mouse. Clicking middle on a
|
|
|
3374 left or right paren will select to the matching one. Note that you can
|
|
|
3375 use @code{define-key} or @code{global-set-key}.
|
|
|
3376
|
|
|
3377 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3378 (defun mouse-set-point-and-select (event)
|
|
82
|
3379 "Sets the point at the mouse location, then marks following form"
|
|
|
3380 (interactive "@@e")
|
|
|
3381 (mouse-set-point event)
|
|
163
|
3382 (mark-sexp 1))
|
|
|
3383 (define-key global-map [button2] 'mouse-set-point-and-select)
|
|
82
|
3384 @end lisp
|
|
|
3385
|
|
|
3386 @node Q3.7.2, Q3.7.3, Q3.7.1, Customization
|
|
|
3387 @section How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
|
|
|
3388
|
|
227
|
3389 Use, for instance, @code{[(meta button1)]}. For example, here is a common
|
|
|
3390 setting for Common Lisp programmers who use the bundled @code{ilisp}
|
|
|
3391 package, whereby meta-button1 on a function name will find the file where
|
|
|
3392 the function name was defined, and put you at that location in the source
|
|
|
3393 file.
|
|
82
|
3394
|
|
|
3395 [Inside a function that gets called by the lisp-mode-hook and
|
|
|
3396 ilisp-mode-hook]
|
|
|
3397
|
|
|
3398 @lisp
|
|
|
3399 (local-set-key [(meta button1)] 'edit-definitions-lisp)
|
|
|
3400 @end lisp
|
|
|
3401
|
|
|
3402 @node Q3.7.3, Q3.7.4, Q3.7.2, Customization
|
|
|
3403 @section Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
|
|
|
3404
|
|
|
3405 I do @kbd{C-x C-b} to get a list of buffers and the entries get
|
|
|
3406 highlighted when I move the mouse over them but clicking the left mouse
|
|
|
3407 does not do anything.
|
|
|
3408
|
|
|
3409 Use the middle mouse button.
|
|
|
3410
|
|
|
3411 @node Q3.7.4, Q3.7.5, Q3.7.3, Customization
|
|
|
3412 @section How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
|
|
|
3413
|
|
163
|
3414 The following code will replace the default popup on button3:
|
|
82
|
3415
|
|
|
3416 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3417 (global-set-key [button3] 'popup-buffer-menu)
|
|
82
|
3418 @end lisp
|
|
|
3419
|
|
|
3420 @node Q3.7.5, Q3.7.6, Q3.7.4, Customization
|
|
|
3421 @section Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
|
|
|
3422
|
|
|
3423 We don't know. It's a bug. There does seem to be a work-around,
|
|
|
3424 however. Try running xclipboard first. It appears to fix the problem
|
|
|
3425 even if you exit it. (This should be mostly fixed in 19.13, but we
|
|
|
3426 haven't yet verified that).
|
|
|
3427
|
|
|
3428 @node Q3.7.6, Q3.7.7, Q3.7.5, Customization
|
|
|
3429 @section How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
|
|
|
3430
|
|
|
3431 By default XEmacs pastes X selections where the mouse pointer is. How
|
|
|
3432 do I disable this?
|
|
|
3433
|
|
|
3434 Examine the function @code{mouse-yank}, by typing @kbd{C-h f mouse-yank
|
|
|
3435 RET}.
|
|
|
3436
|
|
|
3437 To get XEmacs to paste at the text cursor, add this your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
3438
|
|
|
3439 @lisp
|
|
|
3440 (setq mouse-yank-at-point t)
|
|
|
3441 @end lisp
|
|
|
3442
|
|
227
|
3443 Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
|
3444 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
3445 @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Mouse->Yank At Point...} or type
|
|
|
3446 @kbd{M-x customize RET mouse RET}.
|
|
|
3447
|
|
82
|
3448 @node Q3.7.7, Q3.7.8, Q3.7.6, Customization
|
|
|
3449 @section How do I select a rectangular region?
|
|
|
3450
|
|
|
3451 Just select the region normally, then use the rectangle commands (e.g.
|
|
|
3452 @code{kill-rectangle} on it. The region does not highlight as a
|
|
|
3453 rectangle, but the commands work just fine.
|
|
|
3454
|
|
227
|
3455 To actually sweep out rectangular regions with the mouse you can use
|
|
|
3456 @code{mouse-track-do-rectangle} which is assigned to @kbd{M-button1}.
|
|
|
3457 Then use rectangle commands.
|
|
|
3458
|
|
|
3459 You can also do the following to change default behavior to sweep out
|
|
|
3460 rectangular regions:
|
|
82
|
3461
|
|
|
3462 @lisp
|
|
|
3463 (setq mouse-track-rectangle-p t)
|
|
|
3464 @end lisp
|
|
|
3465
|
|
227
|
3466 Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
|
3467 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
3468 @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Mouse->Track Rectangle...} or type
|
|
|
3469 @kbd{M-x customize RET mouse RET}.
|
|
|
3470
|
|
82
|
3471
|
|
|
3472 @example
|
|
|
3473 mouse-track-do-rectangle: (event)
|
|
|
3474 -- an interactive compiled Lisp function.
|
|
|
3475 Like `mouse-track' but selects rectangles instead of regions.
|
|
|
3476 @end example
|
|
|
3477
|
|
|
3478 @node Q3.7.8, Q3.8.1, Q3.7.7, Customization
|
|
|
3479 @section Why does @kbd{M-w} take so long?
|
|
|
3480
|
|
|
3481 It actually doesn't. It leaves the region visible for a second so that
|
|
|
3482 you can see what area is being yanked. If you start working, though, it
|
|
|
3483 will immediately complete its operation. In other words, it will only
|
|
|
3484 delay for a second if you let it.
|
|
|
3485
|
|
|
3486 @node Q3.8.1, Q3.8.2, Q3.7.8, Customization
|
|
|
3487 @section How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
|
|
|
3488
|
|
|
3489 If you are running XEmacs 19.13 and earlier, add this command to your
|
|
|
3490 @file{.emacs}.
|
|
|
3491
|
|
|
3492 @lisp
|
|
|
3493 (set-menubar nil)
|
|
|
3494 @end lisp
|
|
|
3495
|
|
|
3496 Starting with XEmacs 19.14 the preferred method is:
|
|
|
3497
|
|
|
3498 @lisp
|
|
|
3499 (set-specifier menubar-visible-p nil)
|
|
|
3500 @end lisp
|
|
|
3501
|
|
|
3502 @node Q3.8.2, Q3.8.3, Q3.8.1, Customization
|
|
|
3503 @section Can I customize the basic menubar?
|
|
|
3504
|
|
|
3505 For an extensive menubar, add this line to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
3506
|
|
|
3507 @lisp
|
|
|
3508 (load "big-menubar")
|
|
|
3509 @end lisp
|
|
|
3510
|
|
|
3511 If you'd like to write your own, this file provides as good a set of
|
|
|
3512 examples as any to start from. The file is located in
|
|
|
3513 @file{lisp/packages/big-menubar.el} in the XEmacs installation
|
|
|
3514 directory.
|
|
|
3515
|
|
|
3516 @node Q3.8.3, Q3.8.4, Q3.8.2, Customization
|
|
|
3517 @section How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu @code{Buffers List}?
|
|
|
3518
|
|
|
3519 Add the following to your @file{.emacs} (suit to fit):
|
|
|
3520
|
|
|
3521 @lisp
|
|
|
3522 (setq buffers-menu-max-size 20)
|
|
|
3523 @end lisp
|
|
|
3524
|
|
|
3525 For no limit, use an argument of @samp{nil}.
|
|
|
3526
|
|
227
|
3527 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
|
3528 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
3529 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Menu->Buffers Menu->Max Size...} or
|
|
|
3530 type @kbd{M-x customize RET buffers-menu RET}.
|
|
|
3531
|
|
82
|
3532 @node Q3.8.4, Q3.8.5, Q3.8.3, Customization
|
|
|
3533 @section Resources like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} are not working?
|
|
|
3534
|
|
|
3535 I am trying to use a resource like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} to set the
|
|
|
3536 font of the menubar but it's not working.
|
|
|
3537
|
|
|
3538 If you are using the real Motif menubar, this resource is not
|
|
|
3539 recognized; you have to say:
|
|
|
3540
|
|
|
3541 @example
|
|
|
3542 Emacs*menubar*fontList: FONT
|
|
|
3543 @end example
|
|
|
3544
|
|
|
3545 If you are using the Lucid menubar, the former resource will be
|
|
|
3546 recognized only if the latter resource is unset. This means that the
|
|
|
3547 resource
|
|
|
3548
|
|
|
3549 @example
|
|
|
3550 *fontList: FONT
|
|
|
3551 @end example
|
|
|
3552
|
|
|
3553 will override
|
|
|
3554
|
|
|
3555 @example
|
|
|
3556 Emacs*menubar*font: FONT
|
|
|
3557 @end example
|
|
|
3558
|
|
|
3559 even though the latter is more specific.
|
|
|
3560
|
|
|
3561 @node Q3.8.5, Q3.9.1, Q3.8.4, Customization
|
|
|
3562 @section How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
|
|
|
3563
|
|
|
3564 Try something like:
|
|
|
3565
|
|
|
3566 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3567 (defun my-toggle-toolbar ()
|
|
|
3568 (interactive)
|
|
|
3569 (set-specifier default-toolbar-visible-p
|
|
|
3570 (not (specifier-instance default-toolbar-visible-p))))
|
|
|
3571 (global-set-key "\C-xT" 'my-toggle-toolbar)
|
|
82
|
3572 @end lisp
|
|
|
3573
|
|
|
3574 There are redisplay bugs in 19.14 that may make the preceding result in
|
|
|
3575 a messed-up display, especially for frames with multiple windows. You
|
|
|
3576 may need to resize the frame before XEmacs completely realizes the
|
|
|
3577 toolbar is really gone.
|
|
|
3578
|
|
|
3579 Thanks to Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> for the correct
|
|
|
3580 code.
|
|
|
3581
|
|
|
3582 @node Q3.9.1, Q3.9.2, Q3.8.5, Customization
|
|
|
3583 @section How can I disable the scrollbar?
|
|
|
3584
|
|
|
3585 To disable them for all frames, add the following line to
|
|
|
3586 your @file{.Xdefaults}:
|
|
|
3587
|
|
|
3588 @example
|
|
|
3589 Emacs.scrollBarWidth: 0
|
|
|
3590 @end example
|
|
|
3591
|
|
227
|
3592 Or select from the @code{Options} menu @code{Frame Appearance->Scrolbars}.
|
|
|
3593 Remember to save options.
|
|
|
3594
|
|
82
|
3595 To turn the scrollbar off on a per-frame basis, use the following
|
|
|
3596 function:
|
|
|
3597
|
|
|
3598 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3599 (set-specifier scrollbar-width 0 (selected-frame))
|
|
82
|
3600 @end lisp
|
|
|
3601
|
|
|
3602 You can actually turn the scrollbars on at any level you want by
|
|
|
3603 substituting for (selected-frame) in the above command. For example, to
|
|
|
3604 turn the scrollbars off only in a single buffer:
|
|
|
3605
|
|
|
3606 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3607 (set-specifier scrollbar-width 0 (current-buffer))
|
|
82
|
3608 @end lisp
|
|
|
3609
|
|
163
|
3610 In XEmacs versions prior to 19.14, you had to use the hairier construct:
|
|
82
|
3611
|
|
|
3612 @lisp
|
|
163
|
3613 (set-specifier scrollbar-width (cons (selected-frame) 0))
|
|
82
|
3614 @end lisp
|
|
|
3615
|
|
|
3616 @node Q3.9.2, Q3.9.3, Q3.9.1, Customization
|
|
|
3617 @section How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
|
|
|
3618
|
|
|
3619 Here's a recap of how to use resources to change your scrollbar colors:
|
|
|
3620
|
|
|
3621 @example
|
|
|
3622 ! Motif scrollbars
|
|
|
3623
|
|
|
3624 Emacs*XmScrollBar.Background: skyblue
|
|
|
3625 Emacs*XmScrollBar.troughColor: lightgray
|
|
|
3626
|
|
|
3627 ! Athena scrollbars
|
|
|
3628
|
|
|
3629 Emacs*Scrollbar.Foreground: skyblue
|
|
|
3630 Emacs*Scrollbar.Background: lightgray
|
|
|
3631 @end example
|
|
|
3632
|
|
|
3633 Note the capitalization of @code{Scrollbar} for the Athena widget.
|
|
|
3634
|
|
|
3635 @node Q3.9.3, Q3.9.4, Q3.9.2, Customization
|
|
|
3636 @section Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
|
|
|
3637
|
|
|
3638 When I move the scrollbar in an XEmacs window, it moves the point as
|
|
|
3639 well, which should not be the default behavior. Is this a bug or a
|
|
|
3640 feature? Can I disable it?
|
|
|
3641
|
|
|
3642 The current behavior is a feature, not a bug. Point remains at the same
|
|
|
3643 buffer position as long as that position does not scroll off the screen.
|
|
|
3644 In that event, point will end up in either the upper-left or lower-left
|
|
|
3645 hand corner.
|
|
|
3646
|
|
|
3647 This cannot be changed.
|
|
|
3648
|
|
|
3649 @node Q3.9.4, Q3.10.1, Q3.9.3, Customization
|
|
|
3650 @section How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling?
|
|
|
3651
|
|
|
3652 By the same token, how can I turn it off in specific modes?
|
|
|
3653
|
|
|
3654 To do this, add to your @file{.emacs} file:
|
|
|
3655
|
|
|
3656 @lisp
|
|
|
3657 (require 'auto-show)
|
|
|
3658 @end lisp
|
|
|
3659
|
|
|
3660 Then do @code{(setq truncate-lines t)} in the mode-hooks for any modes
|
|
|
3661 in which you want lines truncated.
|
|
|
3662
|
|
|
3663 More precisely: If @code{truncate-lines} is nil, horizontal scrollbars
|
|
|
3664 will never appear. Otherwise, they will appear only if the value of
|
|
|
3665 @code{scrollbar-height} for that buffer/window/etc. is non-zero. If you
|
|
|
3666 do
|
|
|
3667
|
|
|
3668 @lisp
|
|
|
3669 (set-specifier scrollbar-height 0)
|
|
|
3670 @end lisp
|
|
|
3671
|
|
|
3672 then horizontal scrollbars will not appear in truncated buffers unless
|
|
|
3673 the package specifically asked for them.
|
|
|
3674
|
|
|
3675 Automatic horizontal scrolling is now standard, starting with 19.14.
|
|
|
3676
|
|
|
3677 @node Q3.10.1, Q3.10.2, Q3.9.4, Customization
|
|
|
3678 @section How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
|
|
|
3679
|
|
|
3680 The @code{zmacs} mode allows for what some might call gratuitous
|
|
|
3681 highlighting for selected regions (either by setting mark or by using
|
|
|
3682 the mouse). This is the default behavior. To turn off, add the
|
|
|
3683 following line to your @file{.emacs} file:
|
|
|
3684
|
|
|
3685 @lisp
|
|
|
3686 (setq zmacs-regions nil)
|
|
|
3687 @end lisp
|
|
|
3688
|
|
227
|
3689 Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize. Select
|
|
|
3690 from the @code{Options} menu @code{Customize->Emacs->Editing->Basics->Zmacs
|
|
|
3691 Regions} or type @kbd{M-x customize RET editing-basics RET}.
|
|
215
|
3692
|
|
126
|
3693 To change the face for selection, look at @code{Options->Customize} on
|
|
82
|
3694 the menubar.
|
|
|
3695
|
|
|
3696 @node Q3.10.2, Q3.10.3, Q3.10.1, Customization
|
|
|
3697 @section How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
|
|
|
3698
|
|
|
3699 I want to change things so that if I select some text and start typing,
|
|
|
3700 the typed text replaces the selected text, similar to Motif.
|
|
|
3701
|
|
|
3702 You want to use something called @dfn{pending delete}. Pending delete
|
|
|
3703 is what happens when you select a region (with the mouse or keyboard)
|
|
|
3704 and you press a key to replace the selected region by the key you typed.
|
|
|
3705 Usually backspace kills the selected region.
|
|
|
3706
|
|
|
3707 To get this behavior, add the following line to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
3708
|
|
|
3709 @lisp
|
|
215
|
3710 (turn-on-pending-delete)
|
|
82
|
3711 @end lisp
|
|
|
3712
|
|
|
3713 Note that this will work with both Backspace and Delete.
|
|
|
3714
|
|
|
3715 @node Q3.10.3, Q3.10.4, Q3.10.2, Customization
|
|
|
3716 @section Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
|
|
|
3717
|
|
|
3718 I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am not
|
|
|
3719 able to see what's underneath. How do I turn it off?
|
|
|
3720
|
|
|
3721 Put the following in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
3722
|
|
|
3723 @lisp
|
|
|
3724 (setq isearch-highlight nil)
|
|
|
3725 @end lisp
|
|
|
3726
|
|
227
|
3727 Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change this with Customize. Type
|
|
|
3728 @kbd{M-x customize-variable RET isearch-highlight RET}.
|
|
215
|
3729
|
|
82
|
3730 Note also that isearch-highlight affects query-replace and ispell.
|
|
|
3731 Instead of disabling isearch-highlight you may find that a better
|
|
|
3732 solution consists of customizing the @code{isearch} face.
|
|
|
3733
|
|
|
3734 @node Q3.10.4, Q3.10.5, Q3.10.3, Customization
|
|
|
3735 @section How do I turn off highlighting after @kbd{C-x C-p} (mark-page)?
|
|
|
3736
|
|
|
3737 Put this in your @code{.emacs}:
|
|
|
3738
|
|
|
3739 @lisp
|
|
|
3740 (setq zmacs-regions nil)
|
|
|
3741 @end lisp
|
|
|
3742
|
|
|
3743 @strong{Warning: This command turns off all region highlighting.}
|
|
|
3744
|
|
215
|
3745 Also @xref{Q3.10.1}.
|
|
|
3746
|
|
82
|
3747 @node Q3.10.5, , Q3.10.4, Customization
|
|
|
3748 @section The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
|
|
|
3749
|
|
227
|
3750 This has been fixed by default starting with XEmacs-20.3.
|
|
|
3751
|
|
|
3752 With older versions you can turn this feature (if it indeed is a feature)
|
|
|
3753 off like this:
|
|
82
|
3754
|
|
|
3755 @lisp
|
|
|
3756 (defadvice scroll-up (around scroll-up freeze)
|
|
|
3757 (interactive "_P")
|
|
|
3758 (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
|
|
|
3759 (if (interactive-p)
|
|
|
3760 (condition-case nil
|
|
|
3761 ad-do-it
|
|
|
3762 (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max))))
|
|
|
3763 ad-do-it)))
|
|
|
3764
|
|
|
3765 (defadvice scroll-down (around scroll-down freeze)
|
|
|
3766 (interactive "_P")
|
|
|
3767 (let ((zmacs-region-stays t))
|
|
|
3768 (if (interactive-p)
|
|
|
3769 (condition-case nil
|
|
|
3770 ad-do-it
|
|
|
3771 (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min))))
|
|
|
3772 ad-do-it)))
|
|
|
3773 @end lisp
|
|
|
3774
|
|
|
3775 Thanks to T. V. Raman <raman@@adobe.com> for assistance in deriving this
|
|
|
3776 answer.
|
|
|
3777
|
|
|
3778 @node Subsystems, Miscellaneous, Customization, Top
|
|
|
3779 @chapter Major Subsystems
|
|
|
3780
|
|
|
3781 This is part 4 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
|
|
|
3782 section is devoted to major XEmacs subsystems.
|
|
|
3783
|
|
|
3784 @menu
|
|
|
3785 Reading Mail with VM:
|
|
|
3786 * Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP?
|
|
|
3787 * Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
|
|
|
3788 * Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
|
|
|
3789 * Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
3790 * Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
|
|
|
3791 * Q4.0.6:: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
|
|
|
3792 * Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
|
|
217
|
3793 * Q4.0.8:: Remote mail reading with VM.
|
|
82
|
3794 * Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
|
|
|
3795 * Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
|
|
|
3796 * Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
|
|
|
3797 * Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here.
|
|
|
3798
|
|
|
3799 Web browsing with W3:
|
|
|
3800 * Q4.1.1:: What is W3?
|
|
|
3801 * Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
|
|
163
|
3802 * Q4.1.3:: Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
|
|
82
|
3803
|
|
|
3804 Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus:
|
|
163
|
3805 * Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus,argh!
|
|
82
|
3806 * Q4.2.2:: [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
3807 * Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
|
|
|
3808 * Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line?
|
|
|
3809
|
|
|
3810 Other Mail & News:
|
|
|
3811 * Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
|
|
|
3812 * Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it?
|
|
|
3813 * Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this @code{movemail} program working?
|
|
|
3814 * Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
|
|
|
3815 * Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
|
|
|
3816
|
|
|
3817 Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop:
|
|
163
|
3818 * Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop
|
|
82
|
3819
|
|
|
3820 Energize:
|
|
|
3821 * Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize?
|
|
|
3822
|
|
|
3823 Infodock:
|
|
|
3824 * Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock?
|
|
|
3825
|
|
|
3826 Other Unbundled Packages:
|
|
163
|
3827 * Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
|
|
82
|
3828 * Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
|
|
163
|
3829 * Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14
|
|
|
3830 * Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
|
|
|
3831 * Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
|
|
82
|
3832 @end menu
|
|
|
3833
|
|
|
3834 @node Q4.0.1, Q4.0.2, Subsystems, Subsystems
|
|
|
3835 @section How do I set up VM to retrieve mail from a remote site using POP?
|
|
|
3836
|
|
|
3837 Use @code{vm-spool-files}, like this for example:
|
|
|
3838
|
|
|
3839 @lisp
|
|
|
3840 (setq vm-spool-files '("/var/spool/mail/wing"
|
|
|
3841 "netcom23.netcom.com:110:pass:wing:MYPASS"))
|
|
|
3842 @end lisp
|
|
|
3843
|
|
|
3844 Of course substitute your actual password for MYPASS.
|
|
|
3845
|
|
|
3846 @node Q4.0.2, Q4.0.3, Q4.0.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
3847 @section How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
|
|
|
3848
|
|
|
3849 One possibility is to use procmail to split your mail before it gets to
|
|
|
3850 VM. I prefer this personally, since there are many strange and
|
|
|
3851 wonderful things one can do with procmail. Procmail may be found at
|
|
|
3852 <URL:ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/procmail/>.
|
|
|
3853
|
|
|
3854 Also see the Mail Filtering FAQ at:
|
|
|
3855 <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/filtering-faq/faq.html>.
|
|
|
3856
|
|
|
3857 @node Q4.0.3, Q4.0.4, Q4.0.2, Subsystems
|
|
|
3858 @section How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
|
|
|
3859
|
|
|
3860 John Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> writes:
|
|
|
3861
|
|
|
3862 @quotation
|
|
|
3863 Use the following:
|
|
|
3864
|
|
|
3865 @lisp
|
|
|
3866 (setq vm-auto-get-new-mail 60)
|
|
|
3867 @end lisp
|
|
|
3868 @end quotation
|
|
|
3869
|
|
|
3870 @node Q4.0.4, Q4.0.5, Q4.0.3, Subsystems
|
|
|
3871 @section [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
3872
|
|
|
3873 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering.
|
|
|
3874
|
|
|
3875 @node Q4.0.5, Q4.0.6, Q4.0.4, Subsystems
|
|
|
3876 @section How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
|
|
|
3877
|
|
|
3878 @lisp
|
|
|
3879 (setq mail-archive-file-name "~/outbox")
|
|
|
3880 @end lisp
|
|
|
3881
|
|
|
3882 @node Q4.0.6, Q4.0.7, Q4.0.5, Subsystems
|
|
|
3883 @section I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
|
|
|
3884
|
|
|
3885 Set @code{vm-reply-ignored-addresses} to a list, like
|
|
|
3886
|
|
|
3887 @lisp
|
|
|
3888 (setq vm-reply-ignored-addresses '("wing@@netcom[0-9]*.netcom.com"
|
|
|
3889 "wing@@netcom.com" "wing@@666.com"))
|
|
|
3890 @end lisp
|
|
|
3891
|
|
|
3892 Note that each string is a regular expression.
|
|
|
3893
|
|
|
3894 @node Q4.0.7, Q4.0.8, Q4.0.6, Subsystems
|
|
|
3895 @section Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
|
|
|
3896
|
|
175
|
3897 A FAQ for VM exists at <URL:http://www.cyberpass.net/~gorkab/vmfaq.htm>.
|
|
82
|
3898
|
|
163
|
3899 VM has its own newsgroups gnu.emacs.vm.info and gnu.emacs.vm.bug.
|
|
82
|
3900
|
|
|
3901 @node Q4.0.8, Q4.0.9, Q4.0.7, Subsystems
|
|
217
|
3902 @section Remote mail reading with VM.
|
|
82
|
3903
|
|
|
3904 My mailbox lives at the office on a big honkin server. My regular INBOX
|
|
|
3905 lives on my honkin desktop machine. I now can PPP to the office from
|
|
|
3906 home which is far from honking... I'd like to be able to read mail at
|
|
|
3907 home without storing it here and I'd like to use xemacs and VM at
|
|
|
3908 home... Is there a recommended setup?
|
|
|
3909
|
|
|
3910 Joseph J. Nuspl Jr. <nuspl@@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu> writes:
|
|
|
3911
|
|
|
3912 @quotation
|
|
|
3913 There are several ways to do this.
|
|
|
3914
|
|
|
3915 @enumerate
|
|
|
3916 @item
|
|
|
3917 Set your display to your home machine and run dxpc or one of the other X
|
|
|
3918 compressors.
|
|
|
3919
|
|
|
3920 @item
|
|
|
3921 NFS mount your desktop machine on your home machine and modify your pop
|
|
|
3922 command on your home machine to rsh to your desktop machine and actually
|
|
|
3923 do the pop get's.
|
|
|
3924
|
|
|
3925 @item
|
|
|
3926 Run a POP server on your desktop machine as well and do a sort of two
|
|
|
3927 tiered POP get.
|
|
|
3928 @end enumerate
|
|
|
3929 @end quotation
|
|
|
3930
|
|
|
3931 William Perry <wmperry@@monolith.spry.com> adds:
|
|
|
3932
|
|
|
3933 @quotation
|
|
|
3934 Or you could run a pop script periodically on your desktop machine, and
|
|
|
3935 just use ange-ftp or NFS to get to your mailbox. I used to do this all
|
|
|
3936 the time back at IU.
|
|
|
3937 @end quotation
|
|
|
3938
|
|
|
3939 @node Q4.0.9, Q4.0.10, Q4.0.8, Subsystems
|
|
|
3940 @section rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
|
|
|
3941
|
|
163
|
3942 Quoting the XEmacs PROBLEMS file:
|
|
82
|
3943
|
|
|
3944 @quotation
|
|
|
3945 rmail and VM get new mail from @file{/usr/spool/mail/$USER} using a
|
|
|
3946 program called @code{movemail}. This program interlocks with
|
|
|
3947 @code{/bin/mail} using the protocol defined by @code{/bin/mail}.
|
|
|
3948
|
|
|
3949 There are two different protocols in general use. One of them uses the
|
|
|
3950 @code{flock} system call. The other involves creating a lock file;
|
|
|
3951 @code{movemail} must be able to write in @file{/usr/spool/mail} in order
|
|
|
3952 to do this. You control which one is used by defining, or not defining,
|
|
|
3953 the macro @code{MAIL_USE_FLOCK} in @file{config.h} or the m- or s- file
|
|
|
3954 it includes.
|
|
|
3955
|
|
|
3956 @strong{IF YOU DON'T USE THE FORM OF INTERLOCKING THAT IS NORMAL ON YOUR
|
|
|
3957 SYSTEM, YOU CAN LOSE MAIL!}
|
|
|
3958
|
|
|
3959 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions
|
|
|
3960 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in
|
|
|
3961 @file{/usr/spool/mail}, you may need to make @code{movemail} setgid to a
|
|
|
3962 suitable group such as @samp{mail}. You can use these commands (as
|
|
|
3963 root):
|
|
|
3964
|
|
|
3965 @example
|
|
|
3966 chgrp mail movemail
|
|
|
3967 chmod 2755 movemail
|
|
|
3968 @end example
|
|
|
3969
|
|
|
3970 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions
|
|
|
3971 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in
|
|
|
3972 @file{/usr/spool/mail}, you may need to make @code{movemail} setgid to a
|
|
|
3973 suitable group such as @code{mail}. To do this, use the following
|
|
|
3974 commands (as root) after doing the make install.
|
|
|
3975
|
|
|
3976 @example
|
|
|
3977 chgrp mail movemail
|
|
|
3978 chmod 2755 movemail
|
|
|
3979 @end example
|
|
|
3980
|
|
|
3981 Installation normally copies movemail from the build directory to an
|
|
|
3982 installation directory which is usually under @file{/usr/local/lib}.
|
|
|
3983 The installed copy of @code{movemail} is usually in the directory
|
|
|
3984 @file{/usr/local/lib/emacs/VERSION/TARGET}. You must change the group
|
|
|
3985 and mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the build
|
|
|
3986 directory copy is ineffective.
|
|
|
3987 @end quotation
|
|
|
3988
|
|
|
3989 @node Q4.0.10, Q4.0.11, Q4.0.9, Subsystems
|
|
|
3990 @section How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
|
|
|
3991
|
|
|
3992 John S Cooper <John.Cooper@@Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
|
|
|
3993
|
|
|
3994 @quotation
|
|
|
3995 @lisp
|
|
|
3996 ; Don't use multiple frames
|
|
|
3997 (setq vm-frame-per-composition nil)
|
|
|
3998 (setq vm-frame-per-folder nil)
|
|
|
3999 (setq vm-frame-per-edit nil)
|
|
|
4000 (setq vm-frame-per-summary nil)
|
|
|
4001 @end lisp
|
|
|
4002 @end quotation
|
|
|
4003
|
|
|
4004 @node Q4.0.11, Q4.0.12, Q4.0.10, Subsystems
|
|
|
4005 @section How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
|
|
|
4006
|
|
|
4007 For mh-e use the following:
|
|
|
4008
|
|
|
4009 @lisp
|
|
|
4010 (add-hook 'mh-show-mode-hook '(lambda () (smiley-region (point-min)
|
|
|
4011 (point-max))))
|
|
|
4012 @end lisp
|
|
|
4013
|
|
|
4014 For vm use the following:
|
|
|
4015 @lisp
|
|
|
4016 (require 'messagexmas)
|
|
|
4017 (require 'smiley)
|
|
|
4018 (add-hook 'vm-select-message-hook '(lambda () (smiley-region (point-min)
|
|
|
4019 (point-max))))
|
|
|
4020 @end lisp
|
|
|
4021
|
|
|
4022 For tm use the following:
|
|
|
4023 @lisp
|
|
|
4024 (autoload 'smiley-buffer "smiley" nil t)
|
|
|
4025 (add-hook 'mime-viewer/plain-text-preview-hook 'smiley-buffer)
|
|
|
4026 @end lisp
|
|
|
4027
|
|
|
4028 @node Q4.0.12, Q4.1.1, Q4.0.11, Subsystems
|
|
|
4029 @section Customization of VM not covered in the manual, or here.
|
|
|
4030
|
|
|
4031 giacomo boffi <boffi@@hp735.stru.polimi.it> writes:
|
|
|
4032
|
|
|
4033 @quotation
|
|
|
4034 The meta-answer is to look into the file @file{vm-vars.el}, in the vm
|
|
|
4035 directory of the lisp library.
|
|
|
4036
|
|
|
4037 @file{vm-vars.el} contains, initializes and carefully describes, with
|
|
|
4038 examples of usage, the plethora of user options that @emph{fully}
|
|
|
4039 control VM's behavior.
|
|
|
4040
|
|
|
4041 Enter vm-vars, @code{forward-search} for toolbar, find the variables
|
|
|
4042 that control the toolbar placement, appearance, existence, copy to your
|
|
|
4043 @file{.emacs} or @file{.vm} and modify according to the detailed
|
|
|
4044 instructions.
|
|
|
4045
|
|
|
4046 The above also applies to all the various features of VM: search for
|
|
|
4047 some keywords, maybe the first you conjure isn't appropriate, find the
|
|
|
4048 appropriate variables, copy and experiment.
|
|
|
4049 @end quotation
|
|
|
4050
|
|
|
4051 @node Q4.1.1, Q4.1.2, Q4.0.12, Subsystems
|
|
|
4052 @section What is W3?
|
|
|
4053
|
|
|
4054 W3 is an advanced graphical browser written in Emacs lisp that runs on
|
|
|
4055 XEmacs. It has full support for cascaded style sheets, and more...
|
|
|
4056
|
|
|
4057 It has a home web page at
|
|
|
4058 <URL:http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html>.
|
|
|
4059
|
|
163
|
4060 @node Q4.1.2, Q4.1.3, Q4.1.1, Subsystems
|
|
82
|
4061 @section How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
|
|
|
4062
|
|
|
4063 There is a long, well-written, detailed section in the W3 manual that
|
|
|
4064 describes how to do this. Look in the section entitled "Firewalls".
|
|
|
4065
|
|
163
|
4066 @node Q4.1.3, Q4.2.1, Q4.1.2, Subsystems
|
|
|
4067 @section Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
|
|
|
4068
|
|
|
4069 Yes, and much more. W3, as distributed with the latest XEmacs is a
|
|
|
4070 full-featured web browser.
|
|
|
4071
|
|
|
4072 @node Q4.2.1, Q4.2.2, Q4.1.3, Subsystems
|
|
215
|
4073 @section GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus, Quassia Gnus, argh!
|
|
82
|
4074
|
|
163
|
4075 The Gnus numbering issues are not meant for mere mortals to know them.
|
|
|
4076 If you feel you @emph{must} enter the muddy waters of Gnus, visit the
|
|
|
4077 excellent FAQ, maintained by Justin Sheehy, at:
|
|
|
4078
|
|
|
4079 @example
|
|
|
4080 <URL:http://www.ccs.neu.edu/software/gnus/>
|
|
|
4081 @end example
|
|
82
|
4082
|
|
215
|
4083 See also Gnus home page
|
|
|
4084 @example
|
|
|
4085 <URL:http://www.gnus.org/>
|
|
|
4086 @end example
|
|
|
4087
|
|
82
|
4088 @node Q4.2.2, Q4.2.3, Q4.2.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
4089 @section This question intentionally left blank.
|
|
|
4090
|
|
|
4091 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering.
|
|
|
4092
|
|
|
4093 @node Q4.2.3, Q4.2.4, Q4.2.2, Subsystems
|
|
|
4094 @section How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
|
|
|
4095
|
|
163
|
4096 The toolbar code to start Gnus opens the new frame---and it's a feature
|
|
|
4097 rather than a bug. If you don't like it, but would still like to click
|
|
|
4098 on the seemly icon, use the following code:
|
|
82
|
4099
|
|
|
4100 @lisp
|
|
|
4101 (defun toolbar-news ()
|
|
|
4102 (gnus))
|
|
|
4103 @end lisp
|
|
163
|
4104
|
|
|
4105 It will redefine the callback function of the icon to just call
|
|
|
4106 @code{gnus}, without all the fancy frame stuff.
|
|
82
|
4107
|
|
|
4108 @node Q4.2.4, Q4.3.1, Q4.2.3, Subsystems
|
|
|
4109 @section How do I customize the From: line?
|
|
|
4110
|
|
|
4111 How do I change the @code{From:} line? I have set gnus-user-from-line
|
|
|
4112 to Gail Gurman <gail.gurman@@sybase.com>, but XEmacs Gnus doesn't use
|
|
|
4113 it. Instead it uses Gail Mara Gurman <gailg@@deall> and then complains
|
|
|
4114 that it's incorrect. Also, as you perhaps can see, my Message-ID is
|
|
|
4115 screwy. How can I change that?
|
|
|
4116
|
|
|
4117 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@aegir.ifi.uio.no> writes:
|
|
|
4118
|
|
|
4119 @quotation
|
|
|
4120 Set @code{user-mail-address} to @samp{gail.gurman@@sybase.com} or
|
|
|
4121 @code{mail-host-address} to @samp{sybase.com}.
|
|
|
4122 @end quotation
|
|
|
4123
|
|
|
4124 @node Q4.3.1, Q4.3.2, Q4.2.4, Subsystems
|
|
|
4125 @section How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
|
|
|
4126
|
|
|
4127 One answer is @code{tra-vm-mime}. You may find it at
|
|
|
4128 <URL:http://lenkkari.cs.tut.fi/~tra/software/tra-vm-mime.el>.
|
|
|
4129
|
|
|
4130 Another possibility is RMIME. You may find RMIME at
|
|
|
4131 <URL:http://www.cinti.net/~rmoody/rmime/index.html>.
|
|
|
4132
|
|
|
4133 You probably want to use the Tools for MIME (tm). @xref{Q4.3.2} for
|
|
|
4134 details.
|
|
|
4135
|
|
|
4136 Trey Jackson <trey@@cs.berkeley.edu> has an Emacs & MIME web page at
|
|
|
4137 <URL:http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/~trey/emacs/mime.html>.
|
|
|
4138
|
|
|
4139 @node Q4.3.2, Q4.3.3, Q4.3.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
4140 @section What is TM and where do I get it?
|
|
|
4141
|
|
|
4142 TM stands for @dfn{Tools for MIME} and not Tiny MIME. TM integrates
|
|
|
4143 with all major XEmacs packages like Gnus (all flavors), VM, MH-E, and
|
|
|
4144 mailcrypt. It provides totally transparent and trouble-free MIME
|
|
|
4145 support. When appropriate a message will be decoded in place in an
|
|
|
4146 XEmacs buffer.
|
|
|
4147
|
|
213
|
4148 TM now comes as a package with XEmacs 19.16 and XEmacs 20.2.
|
|
126
|
4149
|
|
82
|
4150 TM was written by MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> and KOBAYASHI
|
|
|
4151 Shuhei <shuhei-k@@jaist.ac.jp>. It is based on the work of UMEDA
|
|
|
4152 Masanobu <umerin@@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>, the original writer of GNUS.
|
|
|
4153
|
|
|
4154 The following information is from the @file{README}:
|
|
|
4155
|
|
|
4156 @dfn{tm} is a MIME package for GNU Emacs.
|
|
|
4157 tm has following functions:
|
|
|
4158
|
|
|
4159 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
4160 @item MIME style multilingual header.
|
|
|
4161 @item MIME message viewer (mime/viewer-mode).
|
|
|
4162 @item MIME message composer (mime/editor-mode).
|
|
|
4163 @item MIME extenders for mh-e, GNUS, RMAIL and VM.
|
|
|
4164 @end itemize
|
|
|
4165
|
|
|
4166 tm is available from following anonymous ftp sites:
|
|
|
4167 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
4168 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/mime/> (Japan).
|
|
|
4169 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.nis.co.jp/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/tm/> (Japan).
|
|
|
4170 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.nisiq.net/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/tm/> (US).
|
|
|
4171 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/jaist.ac.jp/> (US).
|
|
|
4172 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/mail/mime/tm/> (Brasil).
|
|
|
4173 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/editors/GNU-Emacs/lisp/mime/> (Germany).
|
|
|
4174 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/editors/xemacs/contrib/> (Germany).
|
|
|
4175 @end itemize
|
|
|
4176
|
|
|
4177 Don't let the installation procedure & instructions stop you from trying
|
|
|
4178 this package out---it's much simpler than it looks, and once installed,
|
|
|
4179 trivial to use.
|
|
|
4180
|
|
|
4181 @node Q4.3.3, Q4.3.4, Q4.3.2, Subsystems
|
|
|
4182 @section Why isn't this @code{movemail} program working?
|
|
|
4183
|
|
|
4184 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes:
|
|
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4185
|
|
|
4186 @quotation
|
|
|
4187 It wasn't chown'ed/chmod'd correctly.
|
|
|
4188 @end quotation
|
|
|
4189
|
|
|
4190 @node Q4.3.4, Q4.3.5, Q4.3.3, Subsystems
|
|
|
4191 @section Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
|
|
|
4192
|
|
|
4193 Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> writes:
|
|
|
4194
|
|
|
4195 @quotation
|
|
|
4196 Yes. Always use the movemail installed with your XEmacs. Failure to do
|
|
|
4197 so can result in lost mail.
|
|
|
4198 @end quotation
|
|
|
4199
|
|
|
4200 Please refer to Jamie Zawinski's <jwz@@netscape.com> notes at
|
|
|
4201 <URL:http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/movemail.html>.
|
|
|
4202 In particular, this document will show you how to make Netscape use the
|
|
|
4203 version of movemail configured for your system by the person who built
|
|
|
4204 XEmacs.
|
|
|
4205
|
|
|
4206 @node Q4.3.5, Q4.4.1, Q4.3.4, Subsystems
|
|
|
4207 @section Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
|
|
|
4208
|
|
|
4209 pstogif is part of the latex2html package.
|
|
|
4210
|
|
|
4211 Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@@math.ethz.ch> writes:
|
|
|
4212
|
|
|
4213 latex2html is best found at the CTAN hosts and their mirrors
|
|
|
4214 in @file{tex-archive/support/latex2html}.
|
|
|
4215
|
|
|
4216 CTAN hosts are:
|
|
|
4217
|
|
|
4218 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
4219 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex2html/>.
|
|
|
4220 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/support/latex2html/>.
|
|
|
4221 @end itemize
|
|
|
4222
|
|
|
4223 There is a good mirror at ftp.cdrom.com;
|
|
|
4224 <URL:ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/support/latex2html/>.
|
|
|
4225
|
|
|
4226 @node Q4.4.1, Q4.5.1, Q4.3.5, Subsystems
|
|
|
4227 @section What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop?
|
|
|
4228
|
|
|
4229 John Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> writes:
|
|
|
4230
|
|
|
4231 @quotation
|
|
|
4232 SPARCworks is SunSoft's development environment, comprising compilers
|
|
|
4233 (C, C++, FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, Ada, and Pascal), a debugger, and other
|
|
|
4234 tools such as TeamWare (for configuration management), MakeTool, etc.
|
|
|
4235 @end quotation
|
|
|
4236
|
|
126
|
4237 See <URL:http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Developer-products/>
|
|
82
|
4238 for more info.
|
|
|
4239
|
|
|
4240 EOS stands for "Era on SPARCworks", but I don't know what Era stands
|
|
|
4241 for.
|
|
|
4242
|
|
|
4243 EOS is the integration of XEmacs with the SPARCworks debugger. It
|
|
|
4244 allows one to use an XEmacs frame to view code (complete with
|
|
|
4245 fontification, etc.), set breakpoints, print variables, etc., while
|
|
|
4246 using the SPARCworks debugger. It works very well and I use it all the
|
|
|
4247 time.
|
|
|
4248
|
|
|
4249 Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org> writes:
|
|
|
4250
|
|
|
4251 @quotation
|
|
|
4252 Era stood for "Emacs Rewritten Again". It was what we were calling the
|
|
|
4253 modified version of Lucid Emacs for Sun when I was dragged, er, allowed
|
|
|
4254 to work on this wonderful editor.
|
|
|
4255 @end quotation
|
|
|
4256
|
|
|
4257 Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> writes:
|
|
|
4258
|
|
|
4259 @quotation
|
|
|
4260 EOS is being replaced with a new graphical development environment
|
|
|
4261 called Sun WorkShop, which is currently (07/96) in Alpha Test. For more
|
|
|
4262 details, check out
|
|
|
4263 <URL:http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/Developer-products/programs.html>.
|
|
|
4264 @end quotation
|
|
|
4265
|
|
|
4266 @node Q4.5.1, Q4.6.1, Q4.4.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
4267 @section What is/was Energize?
|
|
|
4268
|
|
|
4269 David N Gray <gray@@meteor.harlequin.com> writes:
|
|
|
4270 @quotation
|
|
|
4271 The files in @file{lisp/energize} are to enable Emacs to interface with
|
|
|
4272 the "Energize Programming System", a C and C++ development environment,
|
|
|
4273 which was a product of Lucid, Inc. Tragically, Lucid went out of
|
|
|
4274 business in 1994, so although Energize is still a great system, if you
|
|
|
4275 don't already have it, there isn't any way to get it now. (Unless you
|
|
|
4276 happen to be in Japan; INS Engineering may still be selling it there.
|
|
|
4277 Tartan bought the rights to sell it in the rest of the world, but never
|
|
|
4278 did so.)
|
|
|
4279 @end quotation
|
|
|
4280
|
|
|
4281 @node Q4.6.1, Q4.7.1, Q4.5.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
4282 @section What is Infodock?
|
|
|
4283
|
|
0
|
4284 InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly aimed at
|
|
86
|
4285 technical people. It is developed and supported by InfoDock
|
|
|
4286 Associates, a firm that offers custom support and development
|
|
|
4287 for InfoDock, XEmacs and GNU Emacs. (http://www.infodock.com,
|
|
88
|
4288 <info@@infodock.com>, +1 408 243 3300).
|
|
86
|
4289
|
|
|
4290 InfoDock is built atop the XEmacs variant of GNU Emacs and so has all of
|
|
|
4291 the power of Emacs, but with an easier to use and more comprehensive
|
|
|
4292 menu-based user interface. The bottom portion of this text describes
|
|
|
4293 how it differs from XEmacs and GNU Emacs from the Free Software
|
|
|
4294 Foundation.
|
|
0
|
4295
|
|
|
4296 InfoDock is aimed at people who want a free, turn-key productivity
|
|
|
4297 environment. Although InfoDock is customizable, it is not intended for
|
|
|
4298 people who like basic versions of Emacs which need to be customized
|
|
|
4299 extensively for local use; standard Emacs distributions are better for
|
|
|
4300 such uses. InfoDock is for those people who want a complete,
|
|
|
4301 pre-customized environment in one package, which they need not touch
|
|
|
4302 more than once or twice a year to update to new revisions.
|
|
|
4303
|
|
86
|
4304 InfoDock is pre-built for SPARC SunOS/Solaris systems, PA-RISC HP-UX,
|
|
|
4305 and Intel Linux systems. It is intended for use on a color display,
|
|
|
4306 although most features will work on monochrome monitors. Simply unpack
|
|
|
4307 InfoDock according to the instructions in the ID-INSTALL file and you
|
|
|
4308 are ready to run.
|
|
0
|
4309
|
|
|
4310 The InfoDock Manual is concise, yet sufficient as a user guide for users
|
|
|
4311 who have never used an Emacs-type editor before. For users who are
|
|
|
4312 already familiar with Emacs, it supplements the information in the GNU
|
|
|
4313 Emacs Manual.
|
|
|
4314
|
|
|
4315 InfoDock menus are much more extensive and more mature than standard
|
|
86
|
4316 Emacs menus. Each menu offers a @samp{Manual} item which displays
|
|
0
|
4317 documentation associated with the menu's functions.
|
|
86
|
4318
|
|
|
4319 @noindent
|
|
|
4320 Four types of menubars are provided:
|
|
0
|
4321 @enumerate
|
|
|
4322 @item
|
|
|
4323 An extensive menubar providing access to global InfoDock commands.
|
|
|
4324 @item
|
|
|
4325 Mode-specific menubars tailored to the current major mode.
|
|
|
4326 @item
|
|
86
|
4327 A simple menubar for basic editing to help novices get started with InfoDock.
|
|
|
4328 @item
|
|
|
4329 The standard XEmacs menubar.
|
|
0
|
4330 @end enumerate
|
|
|
4331
|
|
86
|
4332 Most modes also include mode-specific popup menus. Additionally, region and
|
|
|
4333 rectangle popup menus are included.
|
|
|
4334
|
|
|
4335 @samp{Hyperbole}, the everyday information manager, is a core part of
|
|
0
|
4336 InfoDock. This provides context-sensitive mouse keys, a rolodex-type
|
|
|
4337 contact manager, programmable hypertext buttons, and an autonumbered
|
|
|
4338 outliner with embedded hyperlink anchors.
|
|
82
|
4339
|
|
86
|
4340 The @samp{OO-Browser}, a multi-language object-oriented code browser, is a
|
|
|
4341 standard part of InfoDock.
|
|
0
|
4342
|
|
|
4343 InfoDock saves a more extensive set of user options than other Emacs
|
|
|
4344 versions.
|
|
|
4345
|
|
|
4346 InfoDock inserts a useful file header in many file types, showing the
|
|
|
4347 author, summary, and last modification time of each file. A summary
|
|
|
4348 program can then be used to summarize all of the files in a directory,
|
|
|
4349 for easy MANIFEST file creation.
|
|
|
4350
|
|
|
4351 Your working set of buffers is automatically saved and restored (if you
|
|
|
4352 answer yes to a prompt) between InfoDock sessions.
|
|
|
4353
|
|
86
|
4354 Refined color choices for code highlighting are provided for both dark and
|
|
|
4355 light background display frames.
|
|
|
4356
|
|
|
4357 The @kbd{C-z} key prefix performs frame-based commands which parallel the
|
|
|
4358 @kbd{C-x} key prefix for window-based commands.
|
|
0
|
4359
|
|
|
4360 The Smart Menu system is included for producing command menus on dumb
|
|
86
|
4361 terminals.
|
|
0
|
4362
|
|
|
4363 Lisp libraries are better categorized according to function.
|
|
|
4364
|
|
86
|
4365 Extensions and improvements to many areas of Emacs are included, such as:
|
|
|
4366 paragraph filling, mail reading with Rmail, shell handling, outlining, code
|
|
|
4367 highlighting and browsing, and man page browsing.
|
|
0
|
4368
|
|
|
4369 InfoDock questions, answers and discussion should go to the mail list
|
|
86
|
4370 @samp{infodock@@infodock.com}. Use
|
|
|
4371 @samp{infodock-request@@infodock.com} to be added or removed from the
|
|
|
4372 list. Always include your InfoDock version number when sending help
|
|
|
4373 requests.
|
|
|
4374
|
|
|
4375 InfoDock is available across the Internet via anonymous FTP. To get
|
|
|
4376 it, first move to a directory into which you want the InfoDock archive
|
|
|
4377 files placed. We will call this <DIST-DIR>.
|
|
|
4378
|
|
|
4379 @example
|
|
|
4380 cd <DIST-DIR>
|
|
|
4381 @end example
|
|
|
4382
|
|
|
4383 Ftp to ftp.xemacs.org (Internet Host ID = 128.174.252.16):
|
|
82
|
4384
|
|
0
|
4385 @example
|
|
86
|
4386 prompt> ftp ftp.xemacs.org
|
|
0
|
4387 @end example
|
|
|
4388
|
|
86
|
4389 Login as @samp{anonymous} with your own <user-id>@@<site-name> as a password.
|
|
|
4390
|
|
|
4391 @example
|
|
|
4392 Name (ftp.xemacs.org): anonymous
|
|
|
4393 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
|
|
|
4394 Password: -<your-user-id@@your-domain>
|
|
|
4395 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
|
|
0
|
4396 @end example
|
|
|
4397
|
|
|
4398 Move to the location of the InfoDock archives:
|
|
|
4399
|
|
|
4400 @example
|
|
86
|
4401 ftp> cd pub/infodock
|
|
0
|
4402 @end example
|
|
|
4403
|
|
|
4404 Set your transfer mode to binary:
|
|
|
4405
|
|
|
4406 @example
|
|
86
|
4407 ftp> bin
|
|
|
4408 200 Type set to I.
|
|
0
|
4409 @end example
|
|
|
4410
|
|
|
4411 Turn off prompting:
|
|
|
4412
|
|
|
4413 @example
|
|
86
|
4414 ftp> prompt
|
|
|
4415 Interactive mode off.
|
|
0
|
4416 @end example
|
|
|
4417
|
|
|
4418 Retrieve the InfoDock archives that you want, either by using a
|
|
86
|
4419 @samp{get <file>} for each file you want or by using the following to
|
|
0
|
4420 get a complete distribution, including all binaries:
|
|
|
4421
|
|
|
4422 @example
|
|
86
|
4423 ftp> mget ID-INSTALL
|
|
|
4424 ftp> mget id-*
|
|
0
|
4425 @end example
|
|
|
4426
|
|
|
4427 Close the FTP connection:
|
|
|
4428
|
|
|
4429 @example
|
|
86
|
4430 ftp> quit
|
|
|
4431 221 Goodbye.
|
|
0
|
4432 @end example
|
|
|
4433
|
|
|
4434 Read the @file{ID-INSTALL} file which you just retrieved for
|
|
|
4435 step-by-step installation instructions.
|
|
|
4436
|
|
82
|
4437 @node Q4.7.1, Q4.7.2, Q4.6.1, Subsystems
|
|
163
|
4438 @section What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
|
|
|
4439
|
|
|
4440 AUC TeX is a package written by Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk>.
|
|
213
|
4441 Starting with XEmacs 19.16, AUC TeX is bundled with XEmacs. The
|
|
163
|
4442 following information is from the @file{README} and website.
|
|
82
|
4443
|
|
|
4444 AUC TeX is an extensible package that supports writing and formatting
|
|
|
4445 TeX files for most variants of GNU Emacs. Many different macro packages
|
|
|
4446 are supported, including AMS TeX, LaTeX, and TeXinfo.
|
|
|
4447
|
|
|
4448 The most recent version is always available by ftp at
|
|
|
4449 <URL:ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz>.
|
|
|
4450
|
|
|
4451 In case you don't have access to anonymous ftp, you can get it by an
|
|
|
4452 email request to <URL:mailto:ftpmail@@decwrl.dec.com>.
|
|
|
4453
|
|
|
4454 WWW users may want to check out the AUC TeX page at
|
|
|
4455 <URL:http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/>.
|
|
|
4456
|
|
|
4457 @node Q4.7.2, Q4.7.3, Q4.7.1, Subsystems
|
|
|
4458 @section Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
|
|
|
4459
|
|
|
4460 Yes. Check out @dfn{dismal} (which stands for Dis' Mode Ain't Lotus) at
|
|
|
4461 <URL:ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/local/fox/dismal/>.
|
|
|
4462
|
|
|
4463 @node Q4.7.3, Q4.7.4, Q4.7.2, Subsystems
|
|
163
|
4464 @section Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14.
|
|
82
|
4465
|
|
|
4466 Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@@dormeur.inria.fr> writes:
|
|
|
4467
|
|
|
4468 @quotation
|
|
|
4469 When byte compiling auxtex-9.4g, you must use the command:
|
|
0
|
4470
|
|
|
4471 @example
|
|
82
|
4472 xemacs -batch -l lpath.el
|
|
0
|
4473 @end example
|
|
82
|
4474 @end quotation
|
|
|
4475
|
|
163
|
4476 @node Q4.7.4, Q4.7.5, Q4.7.3, Subsystems
|
|
|
4477 @section Problems installing AUC TeX.
|
|
82
|
4478
|
|
|
4479 Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@@math.ethz.ch> writes:
|
|
|
4480
|
|
|
4481 @quotation
|
|
163
|
4482 AUC TeX works fine on both stock Emacs and XEmacs has been doing so for
|
|
|
4483 a very very long time. This is mostly due to the work of Per Abrahamsen
|
|
82
|
4484 <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> (clap clap) in particular his @file{easymenu}
|
|
|
4485 package. Which leads to what is probably the problem...
|
|
|
4486 @end quotation
|
|
|
4487
|
|
163
|
4488 Most problems with AUC TeX are one of two things:
|
|
0
|
4489
|
|
|
4490 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
4491 @item
|
|
82
|
4492 The TeX-lisp-directory in @file{tex-site.el} and the makefile don't
|
|
|
4493 match.
|
|
|
4494
|
|
163
|
4495 Fix: make sure you configure AUC TeX properly @strong{before} installing.
|
|
82
|
4496
|
|
54
|
4497 @item
|
|
82
|
4498 You have an old version of easymenu.el in your path.
|
|
|
4499
|
|
|
4500 Fix: use @code{locate-library} and remove old versions to make sure it
|
|
|
4501 @strong{only} finds the one that came with XEmacs.
|
|
70
|
4502 @end itemize
|
|
|
4503
|
|
163
|
4504
|
|
|
4505 @node Q4.7.5, , Q4.7.4, Subsystems
|
|
|
4506 @section Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
|
|
|
4507
|
|
|
4508 The reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs is
|
|
|
4509 usually one or more of the following:
|
|
|
4510
|
|
|
4511 @enumerate
|
|
|
4512 @item
|
|
|
4513 The package has not been ported to XEmacs. This will typically happen
|
|
|
4514 when it uses GNU-Emacs-specific features, which make it fail under
|
|
|
4515 XEmacs.
|
|
|
4516
|
|
|
4517 Porting a package to XEmacs can range from a trivial amount of change to
|
|
|
4518 a partial or full rewrite. Fortunately, the authors of modern packages
|
|
|
4519 usually choose to support both Emacsen themselves.
|
|
|
4520
|
|
|
4521 @item
|
|
|
4522 The package has been decided not to be appropriate for XEmacs. It may
|
|
|
4523 have an equivalent or better replacement within XEmacs, in which case
|
|
|
4524 the developers may choose not to burden themselves with supporting an
|
|
|
4525 additional package.
|
|
|
4526
|
|
|
4527 Each package bundled with XEmacs means more work for the maintainers,
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4528 whether they want it or not. If you are ready to take over the
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217
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4529 maintenance responsibilities for the package you port, be sure to say
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163
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4530 so -- we will more likely include it.
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4531
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4532 @item
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4533 The package simply hasn't been noted by the XEmacs development. If
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4534 that's the case, the messages like yours are very useful for attracting
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4535 our attention.
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4536
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4537 @item
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4538 The package was noted by the developers, but they simply haven't yet
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4539 gotten around to including/porting it. Wait for the next release or,
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4540 even better, offer your help. It will be gladly accepted and
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4541 appreciated.
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4542 @end enumerate
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4543
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82
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4544 @node Miscellaneous, Current Events, Subsystems, Top
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4545 @chapter The Miscellaneous Stuff
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4546
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4547 This is part 5 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
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4548 section is devoted to anything that doesn't fit neatly into the other
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4549 sections.
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70
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4550
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4551 @menu
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82
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4552 Major & Minor Modes:
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4553 * Q5.0.1:: How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock?
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4554 * Q5.0.2:: I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode?
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4555 * Q5.0.3:: How do I get @samp{More} Syntax Highlighting on by default?
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4556 * Q5.0.4:: How can I enable auto-indent?
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4557 * Q5.0.5:: How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default?
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4558 * Q5.0.6:: How do I start up a second shell buffer?
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4559 * Q5.0.7:: Telnet from shell filters too much.
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4560 * Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
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4561 * Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
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163
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4562 * Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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4563 * Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15?
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82
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4564 * Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
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4565 * Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
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4566 * Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
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4567 * Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
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4568 * Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
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4569 * Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
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4570 * Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working
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4571 * Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
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4572
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4573 Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques:
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4574 * Q5.1.1:: The difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs?
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4575 * Q5.1.2:: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
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163
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4576 * Q5.1.3:: Could you explain @code{read-kbd-macro} in more detail?
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4577 * Q5.1.4:: What is the performance hit of @code{let}?
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4578 * Q5.1.5:: What is the recommended use of @code{setq}?
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213
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4579 * Q5.1.6:: What is the typical misuse of @code{setq}?
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163
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4580 * Q5.1.7:: I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
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4581 * Q5.1.8:: I like recursion, does it slow things down?
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4582 * Q5.1.9:: How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
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213
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4583 * Q5.1.10:: @code{map-extents} won't traverse all of my extents!
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82
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4584
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4585 Sound:
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4586 * Q5.2.1:: How do I turn off the sound?
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163
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4587 * Q5.2.2:: How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep?
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82
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4588 * Q5.2.3:: What's NAS, how do I get it?
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4589 * Q5.2.4:: Sunsite sounds don't play.
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4590
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4591 Miscellaneous:
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4592 * Q5.3.1:: How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
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4593 * Q5.3.2:: Fontifying hangs when editing a postscript file.
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4594 * Q5.3.3:: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
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4595 * Q5.3.4:: Getting @kbd{M-x lpr} to work with postscript printer.
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4596 * Q5.3.5:: How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files?
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4597 * Q5.3.6:: [This question intentionally left blank]
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4598 * Q5.3.7:: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
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4599 * Q5.3.8:: How do I insert today's date into a buffer?
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4600 * Q5.3.9:: Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs?
|
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4601 * Q5.3.10:: How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines?
|
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4602 * Q5.3.11:: How do I add new Info directories?
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4603 * Q5.3.12:: What do I need to change to make printing work?
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70
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4604 @end menu
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4605
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82
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4606 @node Q5.0.1, Q5.0.2, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous
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4607 @section How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock?
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4608
|
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4609 For most modes, font-lock is already set up and just needs to be turned
|
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4610 on. This can be done by @kbd{M-x font-lock-mode}, or by having XEmacs
|
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|
4611 automatically start it by adding lines like:
|
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4612
|
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|
4613 @lisp
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4614 (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
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4615 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
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4616 @end lisp
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4617
|
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4618 to your @file{.emacs}. See the file @file{etc/sample.emacs} for more
|
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|
4619 examples.
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4620
|
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215
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4621 See also @code{Syntax Highlighting} from the @code{Options} menu.
|
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4622 Remember to save options.
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4623
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82
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4624 @node Q5.0.2, Q5.0.3, Q5.0.1, Miscellaneous
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4625 @section I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode?
|
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4626
|
|
|
4627 Well, first off, consider if you really want to do this. cc-mode is
|
|
|
4628 much more powerful than the old c-mode. If you're having trouble
|
|
|
4629 getting your old offsets to work, try using @code{c-set-offset} instead.
|
|
|
4630 You might also consider using the package @code{cc-compat}.
|
|
|
4631
|
|
|
4632 But, if you still insist, add the following lines to your @file{.emacs}:
|
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4633
|
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|
4634 @lisp
|
|
|
4635 (fmakunbound 'c-mode)
|
|
|
4636 (makunbound 'c-mode-map)
|
|
|
4637 (fmakunbound 'c++-mode)
|
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|
4638 (makunbound 'c++-mode-map)
|
|
|
4639 (makunbound 'c-style-alist)
|
|
|
4640 (load-library "old-c-mode")
|
|
|
4641 (load-library "old-c++-mode")
|
|
|
4642 @end lisp
|
|
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4643
|
|
|
4644 This must be done before any other reference is made to either c-mode or
|
|
|
4645 c++-mode.
|
|
|
4646
|
|
|
4647 @node Q5.0.3, Q5.0.4, Q5.0.2, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4648 @section How do I get @samp{More} Syntax Highlighting on by default?
|
|
|
4649
|
|
163
|
4650 Use the following code in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
82
|
4651
|
|
|
4652 @lisp
|
|
163
|
4653 (setq-default font-lock-maximum-decoration t)
|
|
82
|
4654 @end lisp
|
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4655
|
|
163
|
4656 In versions of XEmacs prior to 19.14, you had to use a kludgy solution
|
|
|
4657 like this:
|
|
|
4658
|
|
|
4659 @lisp
|
|
|
4660 (setq c-font-lock-keywords c-font-lock-keywords-2
|
|
|
4661 c++-font-lock-keywords c++-font-lock-keywords-2
|
|
|
4662 lisp-font-lock-keywords lisp-font-lock-keywords-2)
|
|
|
4663 @end lisp
|
|
|
4664
|
|
|
4665 It will work for C, C++ and Lisp.
|
|
|
4666
|
|
215
|
4667 See also @code{Syntax Highlighting} from the @code{Options} menu.
|
|
|
4668 Remember to save options.
|
|
|
4669
|
|
82
|
4670 @node Q5.0.4, Q5.0.5, Q5.0.3, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4671 @section How can I enable auto-indent?
|
|
|
4672
|
|
|
4673 Put the following line in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4674
|
|
|
4675 @lisp
|
|
|
4676 (setq indent-line-function 'indent-relative-maybe)
|
|
|
4677 @end lisp
|
|
|
4678
|
|
|
4679 If you want to get fancy, try the @code{filladapt} package available
|
|
|
4680 standard with XEmacs. Put this into your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4681
|
|
|
4682 @lisp
|
|
|
4683 (require 'filladapt)
|
|
|
4684 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode)
|
|
163
|
4685 ;;; and others ...
|
|
82
|
4686 @end lisp
|
|
|
4687
|
|
215
|
4688 You can customize filling and adaptive filling with Customize.
|
|
|
4689 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
4690 @code{Customize->Emacs->->Editing->Fill->Fill...}
|
|
|
4691 or type @kbd{M-x customize RET fill RET}.
|
|
|
4692
|
|
163
|
4693 Note that well-behaving text-lookalike modes will run
|
|
|
4694 @code{text-mode-hook} by default (e.g. that's what Message does). For
|
|
|
4695 the nasty ones, you'll have to provide the @code{add-hook}s yourself.
|
|
|
4696
|
|
82
|
4697 Please note that the @code{fa-extras} package is no longer useful.
|
|
|
4698
|
|
|
4699 @node Q5.0.5, Q5.0.6, Q5.0.4, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4700 @section How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default?
|
|
|
4701
|
|
|
4702 Try the following lisp in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4703
|
|
|
4704 @lisp
|
|
|
4705 (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode)
|
|
|
4706 (setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill)
|
|
|
4707 @end lisp
|
|
|
4708
|
|
|
4709 @strong{WARNING}: note that changing the value of
|
|
|
4710 @code{default-major-mode} from @code{fundamental-mode} can break a large
|
|
|
4711 amount of built-in code that expects newly created buffers to be in
|
|
|
4712 @code{fundamental-mode}. (Changing from @code{fundamental-mode} to
|
|
|
4713 @code{text-mode} might not wreak too much havoc, but changing to
|
|
|
4714 something more exotic like a lisp-mode would break many Emacs packages).
|
|
|
4715
|
|
|
4716 Note that Emacs by default starts up in buffer @code{*scratch*} in
|
|
|
4717 @code{initial-major-mode}, which defaults to
|
|
|
4718 @code{lisp-interaction-mode}. Thus adding the following form to your
|
|
|
4719 Emacs init file will cause the initial @code{*scratch*} buffer to be put
|
|
|
4720 into auto-fill'ed @code{text-mode}:
|
|
|
4721
|
|
|
4722 @lisp
|
|
|
4723 (setq initial-major-mode
|
|
163
|
4724 (lambda ()
|
|
82
|
4725 (text-mode)
|
|
163
|
4726 (turn-on-auto-fill)))
|
|
82
|
4727 @end lisp
|
|
|
4728
|
|
|
4729 Note that after your init file is loaded, if
|
|
163
|
4730 @code{inhibit-startup-message} is @code{nil} (the default) and the
|
|
|
4731 startup buffer is @code{*scratch*} then the startup message will be
|
|
|
4732 inserted into @code{*scratch*}; it will be removed after a timeout by
|
|
|
4733 erasing the entire @code{*scratch*} buffer. Keep in mind this default
|
|
|
4734 usage of @code{*scratch*} if you desire any prior manipulation of
|
|
82
|
4735 @code{*scratch*} from within your Emacs init file. In particular,
|
|
|
4736 anything you insert into @code{*scratch*} from your init file will be
|
|
|
4737 later erased. Also, if you change the mode of the @code{*scratch*}
|
|
|
4738 buffer, be sure that this will not interfere with possible later
|
|
|
4739 insertion of the startup message (e.g. if you put @code{*scratch*} into
|
|
|
4740 a nonstandard mode that has automatic font lock rules, then the startup
|
|
|
4741 message might get fontified in a strange foreign manner, e.g. as code in
|
|
|
4742 some programming language).
|
|
|
4743
|
|
|
4744 @node Q5.0.6, Q5.0.7, Q5.0.5, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4745 @section How do I start up a second shell buffer?
|
|
|
4746
|
|
|
4747 In the @code{*shell*} buffer:
|
|
|
4748
|
|
|
4749 @lisp
|
|
|
4750 M-x rename-buffer RET *shell-1* RET
|
|
|
4751 M-x shell RET
|
|
|
4752 @end lisp
|
|
|
4753
|
|
|
4754 This will then start a second shell. The key is that no buffer named
|
|
|
4755 @samp{*shell*} can exist. It might be preferable to use @kbd{M-x
|
|
|
4756 rename-uniquely} to rename the @code{*shell*} buffer instead of @kbd{M-x
|
|
|
4757 rename-buffer}.
|
|
|
4758
|
|
|
4759 @node Q5.0.7, Q5.0.8, Q5.0.6, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4760 @section Telnet from shell filters too much
|
|
|
4761
|
|
|
4762 I'm using the Emacs @kbd{M-x shell} function, and I would like to invoke
|
|
|
4763 and use a telnet session within it. Everything works fine except that
|
|
|
4764 now all @samp{^M}'s are filtered out by Emacs. Fixes?
|
|
|
4765
|
|
|
4766 Use @kbd{M-x rsh} or @kbd{M-x telnet} to open remote sessions rather
|
|
227
|
4767 than doing rsh or telnet within the local shell buffer. Starting with
|
|
|
4768 XEmacs-20.3 you can also use @kbd{M-x ssh} to open secure remote session
|
|
|
4769 if you have @code{ssh} installed.
|
|
82
|
4770
|
|
|
4771 @node Q5.0.8, Q5.0.9, Q5.0.7, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4772 @section Why does edt emulation not work?
|
|
|
4773
|
|
|
4774 We don't know, but you can use tpu-edt emulation instead, which works
|
|
|
4775 fine and is a little fancier than the standard edt emulation. To do
|
|
|
4776 this, add the following line to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4777
|
|
|
4778 @lisp
|
|
163
|
4779 (tpu-edt)
|
|
82
|
4780 @end lisp
|
|
|
4781
|
|
|
4782 If you don't want it to replace @kbd{C-h} with an edt-style help menu
|
|
|
4783 add this as well:
|
|
|
4784
|
|
|
4785 @lisp
|
|
163
|
4786 (global-set-key [(control h)] 'help-for-help)
|
|
82
|
4787 @end lisp
|
|
|
4788
|
|
|
4789 @node Q5.0.9, Q5.0.10, Q5.0.8, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4790 @section How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
|
|
|
4791
|
|
|
4792 Our recommended VI emulator is viper. To make viper-mode the default,
|
|
|
4793 add this to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4794
|
|
|
4795 @lisp
|
|
|
4796 (viper-mode)
|
|
|
4797 @end lisp
|
|
|
4798
|
|
|
4799 Michael Kifer <kifer@@CS.SunySB.EDU> writes:
|
|
|
4800
|
|
|
4801 @quotation
|
|
|
4802 This should be added as close to the top of @file{.emacs} as you can get
|
|
|
4803 it, otherwise some minor modes may not get viper-ized.
|
|
|
4804 @end quotation
|
|
|
4805
|
|
|
4806 @node Q5.0.10, Q5.0.11, Q5.0.9, Miscellaneous
|
|
126
|
4807 @section [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
4808
|
|
|
4809 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering
|
|
|
4810
|
|
82
|
4811 @node Q5.0.11, Q5.0.12, Q5.0.10, Miscellaneous
|
|
126
|
4812 @section Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15
|
|
|
4813
|
|
|
4814 Filladapt 2.x is included in 19.15. In it filladapt is now a minor
|
|
82
|
4815 mode and minor modes are traditionally off by default. The following
|
|
|
4816 added to your @file{.emacs} will turn it on for all buffers:
|
|
|
4817
|
|
|
4818 @lisp
|
|
|
4819 (setq-default filladapt-mode t)
|
|
|
4820 @end lisp
|
|
|
4821
|
|
|
4822 Use @code{turn-on-filladapt-mode} to turn Filladapt on in particular
|
|
|
4823 major modes, like this:
|
|
|
4824
|
|
|
4825 @lisp
|
|
|
4826 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode)
|
|
|
4827 @end lisp
|
|
|
4828
|
|
|
4829 @node Q5.0.12, Q5.0.13, Q5.0.11, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4830 @section How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
|
|
|
4831
|
|
|
4832 If you set the @code{gnuserv-frame} variable to the frame that should be
|
|
|
4833 used to display buffers that are pulled up, a new frame will not be
|
|
|
4834 created. For example, you could put
|
|
|
4835
|
|
|
4836 @lisp
|
|
|
4837 (setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame))
|
|
|
4838 @end lisp
|
|
|
4839
|
|
|
4840 early on in your @file{.emacs}, to ensure that the first frame created
|
|
|
4841 is the one used for your gnuserv buffers.
|
|
|
4842
|
|
|
4843 Starting in 19.15, there is an option to set the gnuserv target to
|
|
|
4844 the current frame. See
|
|
|
4845 @code{Options->"Other Window" Location->Make current frame gnuserv target}
|
|
|
4846
|
|
227
|
4847 Starting with XEmacs-20.3 you can also change this with Customize.
|
|
|
4848 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
4849 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Gnuserv->Gnuserv Frame...} or type
|
|
|
4850 @kbd{M-x customize RET gnuserv RET}.
|
|
|
4851
|
|
|
4852
|
|
82
|
4853 @node Q5.0.13, Q5.0.14, Q5.0.12, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4854 @section How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
|
|
|
4855
|
|
|
4856 Put the following in your @file{.emacs} file to start the server:
|
|
|
4857
|
|
|
4858 @lisp
|
|
|
4859 (gnuserv-start)
|
|
|
4860 @end lisp
|
|
|
4861
|
|
|
4862 Start your first XEmacs as usual. After that, you can do:
|
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70
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4863
|
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|
4864 @example
|
|
82
|
4865 gnuclient randomfilename
|
|
70
|
4866 @end example
|
|
|
4867
|
|
82
|
4868 from the command line to get your existing XEmacs process to open a new
|
|
|
4869 frame and visit randomfilename in that window. When you're done editing
|
|
|
4870 randomfilename, hit @kbd{C-x #} to kill the buffer and get rid of the
|
|
|
4871 frame.
|
|
|
4872
|
|
227
|
4873 See also man page of gnuclient.
|
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4874
|
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82
|
4875 @node Q5.0.14, Q5.0.15, Q5.0.13, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4876 @section Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
|
|
|
4877
|
|
|
4878 Sometimes (i.e. it's not repeatable, and I can't work out why it
|
|
|
4879 happens) when I'm typing into shell mode, I hit return and only a
|
|
|
4880 portion of the command is given to the shell, and a blank prompt is
|
|
|
4881 returned. If I hit return again, the rest of the previous command is
|
|
|
4882 given to the shell.
|
|
|
4883
|
|
|
4884 Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> writes:
|
|
|
4885
|
|
|
4886 @quotation
|
|
|
4887 There is a known problem with interaction between @code{csh} and the
|
|
|
4888 @code{filec} option and XEmacs. You should add the following to your
|
|
|
4889 @file{.cshrc}:
|
|
70
|
4890
|
|
|
4891 @example
|
|
82
|
4892 if ( "$TERM" == emacs || "$TERM" == unknown ) unset filec
|
|
70
|
4893 @end example
|
|
82
|
4894 @end quotation
|
|
|
4895
|
|
|
4896 @node Q5.0.15, Q5.0.16, Q5.0.14, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4897 @section Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
|
|
|
4898
|
|
|
4899 Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw@@cnri.reston.va.us> writes:
|
|
|
4900
|
|
|
4901 @quotation
|
|
|
4902 This can be had from <URL:http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/>.
|
|
|
4903 @end quotation
|
|
|
4904
|
|
|
4905 @node Q5.0.16, Q5.0.17, Q5.0.15, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4906 @section I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
|
|
|
4907
|
|
|
4908 @code{auto-show-mode} controls whether or not a horizontal scrollbar
|
|
|
4909 magically appears when a line is too long to be displayed. This is
|
|
|
4910 enabled by default. To turn it off, put the following in your
|
|
|
4911 @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
4912
|
|
|
4913 @lisp
|
|
|
4914 (setq auto-show-mode nil)
|
|
|
4915 (setq-default auto-show-mode nil)
|
|
|
4916 @end lisp
|
|
|
4917
|
|
|
4918 @node Q5.0.17, Q5.0.18, Q5.0.16, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4919 @section How can I get two instances of info?
|
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|
4920
|
|
227
|
4921 You can't. The @code{info} package does not provide for multiple info buffers.
|
|
82
|
4922
|
|
|
4923 @node Q5.0.18, Q5.0.19, Q5.0.17, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4924 @section I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working.
|
|
|
4925
|
|
|
4926 Mark Daku <daku@@nortel.ca> writes:
|
|
|
4927
|
|
|
4928 @quotation
|
|
|
4929 It turns out I was using an older version of gnuserv. The installation
|
|
|
4930 didn't put the binary into the public bin directory. It put it in
|
|
|
4931 @file{lib/xemacs-19.14/hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05/gnuserv}. Shouldn't it have
|
|
|
4932 been put in @file{bin/hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.0}?
|
|
|
4933 @end quotation
|
|
|
4934
|
|
|
4935 @node Q5.0.19, Q5.1.1, Q5.0.18, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4936 @section Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
|
|
|
4937
|
|
|
4938 David Kastrup <dak@@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
|
|
|
4939
|
|
|
4940 @quotation
|
|
|
4941 The standard TeX modes leave much to be desired, and are somewhat
|
|
163
|
4942 leniently maintained. Serious TeX users use AUC TeX (@xref{Q4.7.1}).
|
|
82
|
4943 @end quotation
|
|
|
4944
|
|
|
4945 @node Q5.1.1, Q5.1.2, Q5.0.19, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4946 @section What is the difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs?
|
|
|
4947
|
|
|
4948 Erik Naggum <erik@@naggum.no> writes;
|
|
|
4949
|
|
|
4950 @quotation
|
|
|
4951 Emacs has a legacy of keyboards that produced characters with modifier
|
|
|
4952 bits, and therefore map a variety of input systems into this scheme even
|
|
|
4953 today. XEmacs is instead optimized for X events. This causes an
|
|
|
4954 incompatibility in the way key sequences are specified, but both Emacs
|
|
|
4955 and XEmacs will accept a key sequence as a vector of lists of modifiers
|
|
163
|
4956 that ends with a key, e.g., to bind @kbd{M-C-a}, you would say
|
|
|
4957 @code{[(meta control a)]} in both Emacsen. XEmacs has an abbreviated
|
|
|
4958 form for a single key, just (meta control a). Emacs has an abbreviated
|
|
|
4959 form for the Control and the Meta modifiers to string-characters (the
|
|
|
4960 ASCII characters), as in @samp{\M-\C-a}. XEmacs users need to be aware
|
|
|
4961 that the abbreviated form works only for one-character key sequences,
|
|
|
4962 while Emacs users need to be aware that the string-character is rather
|
|
217
|
4963 limited. Specifically, the string-character can accommodate only 256
|
|
163
|
4964 different values, 128 of which have the Meta modifier and 128 of which
|
|
|
4965 have not. In each of these blocks, only 32 characters have the Control
|
|
|
4966 modifier. Whereas @code{[(meta control A)]} differs from @code{[(meta
|
|
|
4967 control a)]} because the case differs, @samp{\M-\C-a} and @samp{\M-\C-A}
|
|
|
4968 do not. Programmers are advised to use the full common form, both
|
|
|
4969 because it is more readable and less error-prone, and because it is
|
|
|
4970 supported by both Emacsen.
|
|
82
|
4971 @end quotation
|
|
|
4972
|
|
163
|
4973 Another (even safer) way to be sure of the key-sequences is to use the
|
|
|
4974 @code{read-kbd-macro} function, which takes a string like @samp{C-c
|
|
|
4975 <up>}, and converts it to the internal key representation of the Emacs
|
|
|
4976 you use. The function is available both on XEmacs and GNU Emacs.
|
|
|
4977
|
|
82
|
4978 @node Q5.1.2, Q5.1.3, Q5.1.1, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
4979 @section Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
|
|
|
4980
|
|
163
|
4981 I wonder if there is an interactive function that can generate
|
|
|
4982 @dfn{fake} keyboard events. This way, I could simply map them inside
|
|
|
4983 XEmacs.
|
|
70
|
4984
|
|
|
4985 This seems to work:
|
|
82
|
4986
|
|
|
4987 @lisp
|
|
70
|
4988 (defun cg--generate-char-event (ch)
|
|
|
4989 "Generate an event, as if ch has been typed"
|
|
|
4990 (dispatch-event (character-to-event ch)))
|
|
|
4991
|
|
|
4992 ;; Backspace and Delete stuff
|
|
163
|
4993 (global-set-key [backspace]
|
|
|
4994 (lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 127)))
|
|
|
4995 (global-set-key [unknown_keysym_0x4]
|
|
|
4996 (lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 4)))
|
|
82
|
4997 @end lisp
|
|
|
4998
|
|
|
4999 @node Q5.1.3, Q5.1.4, Q5.1.2, Miscellaneous
|
|
163
|
5000 @section Could you explain @code{read-kbd-macro} in more detail?
|
|
|
5001
|
|
|
5002 The @code{read-kbd-macro} function returns the internal Emacs
|
|
|
5003 representation of a human-readable string (which is its argument).
|
|
|
5004 Thus:
|
|
82
|
5005
|
|
|
5006 @lisp
|
|
163
|
5007 (read-kbd-macro "C-c C-a")
|
|
|
5008 @result{} [(control ?c) (control ?a)]
|
|
|
5009
|
|
|
5010 (read-kbd-macro "C-c C-. <up>")
|
|
|
5011 @result{} [(control ?c) (control ?.) up]
|
|
82
|
5012 @end lisp
|
|
|
5013
|
|
163
|
5014 In GNU Emacs the same forms will be evaluated to what GNU Emacs
|
|
|
5015 understands internally---the sequences @code{"\C-x\C-c"} and @code{[3
|
|
|
5016 67108910 up]}, respectively.
|
|
|
5017
|
|
|
5018 The exact @dfn{human-readable} syntax is defined in the docstring of
|
|
|
5019 @code{edmacro-mode}. I'll repeat it here, for completeness.
|
|
|
5020
|
|
|
5021 @quotation
|
|
|
5022 Format of keyboard macros during editing:
|
|
|
5023
|
|
|
5024 Text is divided into @dfn{words} separated by whitespace. Except for
|
|
|
5025 the words described below, the characters of each word go directly as
|
|
|
5026 characters of the macro. The whitespace that separates words is
|
|
|
5027 ignored. Whitespace in the macro must be written explicitly, as in
|
|
|
5028 @kbd{foo SPC bar RET}.
|
|
|
5029
|
|
|
5030 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
5031 @item
|
|
|
5032 The special words @kbd{RET}, @kbd{SPC}, @kbd{TAB}, @kbd{DEL}, @kbd{LFD},
|
|
|
5033 @kbd{ESC}, and @kbd{NUL} represent special control characters. The
|
|
|
5034 words must be written in uppercase.
|
|
|
5035
|
|
|
5036 @item
|
|
|
5037 A word in angle brackets, e.g., @code{<return>}, @code{<down>}, or
|
|
|
5038 @code{<f1>}, represents a function key. (Note that in the standard
|
|
|
5039 configuration, the function key @code{<return>} and the control key
|
|
|
5040 @kbd{RET} are synonymous.) You can use angle brackets on the words
|
|
|
5041 @kbd{RET}, @kbd{SPC}, etc., but they are not required there.
|
|
|
5042
|
|
|
5043 @item
|
|
|
5044 Keys can be written by their @sc{ascii} code, using a backslash followed
|
|
|
5045 by up to six octal digits. This is the only way to represent keys with
|
|
|
5046 codes above \377.
|
|
|
5047
|
|
|
5048 @item
|
|
|
5049 One or more prefixes @kbd{M-} (meta), @kbd{C-} (control), @kbd{S-}
|
|
|
5050 (shift), @kbd{A-} (alt), @kbd{H-} (hyper), and @kbd{s-} (super) may
|
|
|
5051 precede a character or key notation. For function keys, the prefixes
|
|
|
5052 may go inside or outside of the brackets: @code{C-<down>} @equiv{}
|
|
|
5053 @code{<C-down>}. The prefixes may be written in any order: @kbd{M-C-x}
|
|
|
5054 @equiv{} @kbd{C-M-x}.
|
|
|
5055
|
|
|
5056 Prefixes are not allowed on multi-key words, e.g., @kbd{C-abc}, except
|
|
|
5057 that the Meta prefix is allowed on a sequence of digits and optional
|
|
|
5058 minus sign: @kbd{M--123} @equiv{} @kbd{M-- M-1 M-2 M-3}.
|
|
|
5059
|
|
|
5060 @item
|
|
|
5061 The @code{^} notation for control characters also works: @kbd{^M}
|
|
|
5062 @equiv{} @kbd{C-m}.
|
|
|
5063
|
|
|
5064 @item
|
|
|
5065 Double angle brackets enclose command names: @code{<<next-line>>} is
|
|
|
5066 shorthand for @kbd{M-x next-line RET}.
|
|
|
5067
|
|
|
5068 @item
|
|
|
5069 Finally, @code{REM} or @code{;;} causes the rest of the line to be
|
|
|
5070 ignored as a comment.
|
|
|
5071 @end itemize
|
|
|
5072
|
|
|
5073 Any word may be prefixed by a multiplier in the form of a decimal number
|
|
|
5074 and @code{*}: @code{3*<right>} @equiv{} @code{<right> <right> <right>},
|
|
|
5075 and @code{10*foo} @equiv{} @code{foofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoofoo}.
|
|
|
5076
|
|
|
5077 Multiple text keys can normally be strung together to form a word, but
|
|
|
5078 you may need to add whitespace if the word would look like one of the
|
|
|
5079 above notations: @code{; ; ;} is a keyboard macro with three semicolons,
|
|
|
5080 but @code{;;;} is a comment. Likewise, @code{\ 1 2 3} is four keys but
|
|
|
5081 @code{\123} is a single key written in octal, and @code{< right >} is
|
|
|
5082 seven keys but @code{<right>} is a single function key. When in doubt,
|
|
|
5083 use whitespace.
|
|
|
5084 @end quotation
|
|
|
5085
|
|
|
5086 @node Q5.1.4, Q5.1.5, Q5.1.3, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5087 @section What is the performance hit of @code{let}?
|
|
|
5088
|
|
217
|
5089 In most cases, not noticeable. Besides, there's no avoiding
|
|
163
|
5090 @code{let}---you have to bind your local variables, after all. Some
|
|
|
5091 pose a question whether to nest @code{let}s, or use one @code{let} per
|
|
|
5092 function. I think because of clarity and maintenance (and possible
|
|
|
5093 future implementation), @code{let}-s should be used (nested) in a way to
|
|
|
5094 provide the clearest code.
|
|
|
5095
|
|
|
5096 @node Q5.1.5, Q5.1.6, Q5.1.4, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5097 @section What is the recommended use of @code{setq}?
|
|
|
5098
|
|
|
5099 @itemize @bullet
|
|
|
5100 @item Global variables
|
|
|
5101
|
|
|
5102 You will typically @code{defvar} your global variable to a default
|
|
|
5103 value, and use @code{setq} to set it later.
|
|
|
5104
|
|
|
5105 It is never a good practice to @code{setq} user variables (like
|
|
|
5106 @code{case-fold-search}, etc.), as it ignores the user's choice
|
|
|
5107 unconditionally. Note that @code{defvar} doesn't change the value of a
|
|
|
5108 variable if it was bound previously. If you wish to change a
|
|
|
5109 user-variable temporarily, use @code{let}:
|
|
82
|
5110
|
|
|
5111 @lisp
|
|
163
|
5112 (let ((case-fold-search nil))
|
|
|
5113 ... ; code with searches that must be case-sensitive
|
|
|
5114 ...)
|
|
82
|
5115 @end lisp
|
|
|
5116
|
|
163
|
5117 You will notice the user-variables by their docstrings beginning with an
|
|
|
5118 asterisk (a convention).
|
|
|
5119
|
|
|
5120 @item Local variables
|
|
|
5121
|
|
|
5122 Bind them with @code{let}, which will unbind them (or restore their
|
|
|
5123 previous value, if they were bound) after exiting from the @code{let}
|
|
|
5124 form. Change the value of local variables with @code{setq} or whatever
|
|
|
5125 you like (e.g. @code{incf}, @code{setf} and such). The @code{let} form
|
|
|
5126 can even return one of its local variables.
|
|
|
5127
|
|
|
5128 Typical usage:
|
|
82
|
5129
|
|
|
5130 @lisp
|
|
163
|
5131 ;; iterate through the elements of the list returned by
|
|
|
5132 ;; `hairy-function-that-returns-list'
|
|
|
5133 (let ((l (hairy-function-that-returns-list)))
|
|
|
5134 (while l
|
|
|
5135 ... do something with (car l) ...
|
|
|
5136 (setq l (cdr l))))
|
|
|
5137 @end lisp
|
|
|
5138
|
|
|
5139 Another typical usage includes building a value simply to work with it.
|
|
|
5140
|
|
|
5141 @lisp
|
|
|
5142 ;; Build the mode keymap out of the key-translation-alist
|
|
|
5143 (let ((inbox (file-truename (expand-file-name box)))
|
|
|
5144 (i 0))
|
|
|
5145 ... code dealing with inbox ...
|
|
|
5146 inbox)
|
|
|
5147 @end lisp
|
|
|
5148
|
|
|
5149 This piece of code uses the local variable @code{inbox}, which becomes
|
|
|
5150 unbound (or regains old value) after exiting the form. The form also
|
|
|
5151 returns the value of @code{inbox}, which can be reused, for instance:
|
|
|
5152
|
|
|
5153 @lisp
|
|
|
5154 (setq foo-processed-inbox
|
|
|
5155 (let .....))
|
|
82
|
5156 @end lisp
|
|
163
|
5157 @end itemize
|
|
|
5158
|
|
|
5159 @node Q5.1.6, Q5.1.7, Q5.1.5, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5160 @section What is the typical misuse of @code{setq} ?
|
|
|
5161
|
|
|
5162 A typical misuse is probably @code{setq}ing a variable that was meant to
|
|
|
5163 be local. Such a variable will remain bound forever, never to be
|
|
|
5164 garbage-collected. For example, the code doing:
|
|
|
5165
|
|
|
5166 @lisp
|
|
|
5167 (defun my-function (whatever)
|
|
|
5168 (setq a nil)
|
|
|
5169 ... build a large list ...
|
|
|
5170 ... and exit ...)
|
|
|
5171 @end lisp
|
|
|
5172
|
|
|
5173 does a bad thing, as @code{a} will keep consuming memory, never to be
|
|
|
5174 unbound. The correct thing is to do it like this:
|
|
|
5175
|
|
|
5176 @lisp
|
|
|
5177 (defun my-function (whatever)
|
|
|
5178 (let (a) ; default initialization is to nil
|
|
|
5179 ... build a large list ...
|
|
|
5180 ... and exit, unbinding `a' in the process ...)
|
|
|
5181 @end lisp
|
|
|
5182
|
|
|
5183 Not only is this prettier syntactically, but it makes it possible for
|
|
|
5184 Emacs to garbage-collect the objects which @code{a} used to reference.
|
|
|
5185
|
|
|
5186 Note that even global variables should not be @code{setq}ed without
|
|
|
5187 @code{defvar}ing them first, because the byte-compiler issues warnings.
|
|
|
5188 The reason for the warning is the following:
|
|
|
5189
|
|
|
5190 @lisp
|
|
|
5191 (defun flurgoze nil) ; ok, global internal variable
|
|
|
5192 ...
|
|
|
5193
|
|
|
5194 (setq flurghoze t) ; ops! a typo, but semantically correct.
|
|
|
5195 ; however, the byte-compiler warns.
|
|
|
5196
|
|
|
5197 While compiling toplevel forms:
|
|
|
5198 ** assignment to free variable flurghoze
|
|
|
5199 @end lisp
|
|
|
5200
|
|
|
5201 @node Q5.1.7, Q5.1.8, Q5.1.6, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5202 @section I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
|
|
|
5203
|
|
|
5204 It shouldn't. Here is what Dave Gillespie has to say about cl.el
|
|
|
5205 performance:
|
|
82
|
5206
|
|
|
5207 @quotation
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163
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5208 Many of the advanced features of this package, such as @code{defun*},
|
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5209 @code{loop}, and @code{setf}, are implemented as Lisp macros. In
|
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|
5210 byte-compiled code, these complex notations will be expanded into
|
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|
5211 equivalent Lisp code which is simple and efficient. For example, the
|
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5212 forms
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82
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5213
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5214 @lisp
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163
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5215 (incf i n)
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5216 (push x (car p))
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82
|
5217 @end lisp
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5218
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163
|
5219 are expanded at compile-time to the Lisp forms
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82
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5220
|
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5221 @lisp
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163
|
5222 (setq i (+ i n))
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5223 (setcar p (cons x (car p)))
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82
|
5224 @end lisp
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5225
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163
|
5226 which are the most efficient ways of doing these respective operations
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5227 in Lisp. Thus, there is no performance penalty for using the more
|
|
|
5228 readable @code{incf} and @code{push} forms in your compiled code.
|
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|
5229
|
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|
5230 @emph{Interpreted} code, on the other hand, must expand these macros
|
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|
5231 every time they are executed. For this reason it is strongly
|
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|
5232 recommended that code making heavy use of macros be compiled. (The
|
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|
5233 features labelled @dfn{Special Form} instead of @dfn{Function} in this
|
|
|
5234 manual are macros.) A loop using @code{incf} a hundred times will
|
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|
5235 execute considerably faster if compiled, and will also garbage-collect
|
|
|
5236 less because the macro expansion will not have to be generated, used,
|
|
|
5237 and thrown away a hundred times.
|
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5238
|
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|
5239 You can find out how a macro expands by using the @code{cl-prettyexpand}
|
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|
5240 function.
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82
|
5241 @end quotation
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5242
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163
|
5243 @node Q5.1.8, Q5.1.9, Q5.1.7, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5244 @section I like recursion, does it slow things down?
|
|
|
5245
|
|
|
5246 Yes. Emacs byte-compiler cannot do much to optimize recursion. But
|
|
|
5247 think well whether this is a real concern in Emacs. Much of the Emacs
|
|
|
5248 slowness comes from internal mechanisms such as redisplay, or from the
|
|
|
5249 fact that it is an interpreter.
|
|
|
5250
|
|
|
5251 Please try not to make your code much uglier to gain a very small speed
|
|
|
5252 gain. It's not usually worth it.
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5253
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213
|
5254 @node Q5.1.9, Q5.1.10, Q5.1.8, Miscellaneous
|
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163
|
5255 @section How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
|
|
|
5256
|
|
|
5257 Here is a solution that will insert the glyph annotation at the
|
|
|
5258 beginning of buffer:
|
|
|
5259
|
|
|
5260 @lisp
|
|
|
5261 (make-annotation (make-glyph '([FORMAT :file FILE]
|
|
|
5262 [string :data "fallback-text"]))
|
|
|
5263 (point-min)
|
|
|
5264 'text
|
|
|
5265 (current-buffer))
|
|
|
5266 @end lisp
|
|
|
5267
|
|
|
5268 Replace @samp{FORMAT} with an unquoted symbol representing the format of
|
|
|
5269 the image (e.g. @code{xpm}, @code{xbm}, @code{gif}, @code{jpeg}, etc.)
|
|
|
5270 Instead of @samp{FILE}, use the image file name
|
|
|
5271 (e.g. @file{/usr/local/lib/xemacs-20.2/etc/recycle.xpm}).
|
|
|
5272
|
|
|
5273 You can turn this to a function (that optionally prompts you for a file
|
|
|
5274 name), and inserts the glyph at @code{(point)} instead of
|
|
|
5275 @code{(point-min)}.
|
|
|
5276
|
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213
|
5277 @node Q5.1.10, Q5.2.1, Q5.1.9, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5278 @section @code{map-extents} won't traverse all of my extents!
|
|
|
5279
|
|
|
5280 I tried to use @code{map-extents} to do an operation on all the extents
|
|
|
5281 in a region. However, it seems to quit after processing a random number
|
|
|
5282 of extents. Is it buggy?
|
|
|
5283
|
|
|
5284 No. The documentation of @code{map-extents} states that it will iterate
|
|
|
5285 across the extents as long as @var{function} returns @code{nil}.
|
|
|
5286 Unexperienced programmers often forget to return @code{nil} explicitly,
|
|
|
5287 which results in buggy code. For instance, the following code is
|
|
|
5288 supposed to delete all the extents in a buffer, and issue as many
|
|
|
5289 @samp{fubar!} messages.
|
|
|
5290
|
|
|
5291 @lisp
|
|
|
5292 (map-extents (lambda (ext ignore)
|
|
|
5293 (delete-extent ext)
|
|
|
5294 (message "fubar!")))
|
|
|
5295 @end lisp
|
|
|
5296
|
|
|
5297 Instead, it will delete only the first extent, and stop right there --
|
|
|
5298 because @code{message} will return a non-nil value. The correct code
|
|
|
5299 is:
|
|
|
5300
|
|
|
5301 @lisp
|
|
|
5302 (map-extents (lambda (ext ignore)
|
|
|
5303 (delete-extent ext)
|
|
|
5304 (message "fubar!")
|
|
|
5305 nil))
|
|
|
5306 @end lisp
|
|
|
5307
|
|
|
5308 @node Q5.2.1, Q5.2.2, Q5.1.10, Miscellaneous
|
|
82
|
5309 @section How do I turn off the sound?
|
|
|
5310
|
|
|
5311 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
5312
|
|
|
5313 @lisp
|
|
|
5314 (setq bell-volume 0)
|
|
|
5315 (setq sound-alist nil)
|
|
|
5316 @end lisp
|
|
|
5317
|
|
163
|
5318 That will make your XEmacs totally silent -- even the default ding sound
|
|
|
5319 (TTY beep on TTY-s) will be gone.
|
|
|
5320
|
|
227
|
5321 Starting with XEmacs-20.2 you can also change these with Customize.
|
|
|
5322 Select from the @code{Options} menu
|
|
|
5323 @code{Customize->Emacs->Environment->Sound->Sound...} or type
|
|
|
5324 @kbd{M-x customize RET sound RET}.
|
|
|
5325
|
|
|
5326
|
|
82
|
5327 @node Q5.2.2, Q5.2.3, Q5.2.1, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5328 @section How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep?
|
|
|
5329
|
|
|
5330 Make sure your XEmacs was compiled with sound support, and then put this
|
|
|
5331 in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
5332
|
|
|
5333 @lisp
|
|
|
5334 (load-default-sounds)
|
|
|
5335 @end lisp
|
|
|
5336
|
|
126
|
5337 The sound support in XEmacs 19.14 was greatly improved over previous
|
|
82
|
5338 versions.
|
|
|
5339
|
|
|
5340 @node Q5.2.3, Q5.2.4, Q5.2.2, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5341 @section What's NAS, how do I get it?
|
|
|
5342
|
|
|
5343 @xref{Q2.0.3} for an explanation of the @dfn{Network Audio System}.
|
|
|
5344
|
|
|
5345 @node Q5.2.4, Q5.3.1, Q5.2.3, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5346 @section Sunsite sounds don't play.
|
|
|
5347
|
|
|
5348 I'm having some trouble with sounds I've downloaded from sunsite. They
|
|
|
5349 play when I run them through @code{showaudio} or cat them directly to
|
|
|
5350 @file{/dev/audio}, but XEmacs refuses to play them.
|
|
|
5351
|
|
|
5352 Markus Gutschke <gutschk@@uni-muenster.de> writes:
|
|
|
5353
|
|
|
5354 @quotation
|
|
|
5355 [Many of] These files have an (erroneous) 24byte header that tells about
|
|
|
5356 the format that they have been recorded in. If you cat them to
|
|
|
5357 @file{/dev/audio}, the header will be ignored and the default behavior
|
|
|
5358 for /dev/audio will be used. This happens to be 8kHz uLaw. It is
|
|
|
5359 probably possible to fix the header by piping through @code{sox} and
|
|
|
5360 passing explicit parameters for specifying the sampling format; you then
|
|
|
5361 need to perform a 'null' conversion from SunAudio to SunAudio.
|
|
|
5362 @end quotation
|
|
|
5363
|
|
|
5364 @node Q5.3.1, Q5.3.2, Q5.2.4, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5365 @section How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
|
|
|
5366
|
|
|
5367 I'd like XEmacs to indent all the clauses of a Common Lisp @code{if} the
|
|
|
5368 same amount instead of indenting the 3rd clause differently from the
|
|
|
5369 first two.
|
|
70
|
5370
|
|
|
5371 One way is to add, to @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
5372
|
|
82
|
5373 @lisp
|
|
70
|
5374 (put 'if 'lisp-indent-function nil)
|
|
82
|
5375 @end lisp
|
|
70
|
5376
|
|
227
|
5377 However, note that the package @code{cl-indent} that comes with
|
|
82
|
5378 XEmacs sets up this kind of indentation by default. @code{cl-indent}
|
|
|
5379 also knows about many other CL-specific forms. To use @code{cl-indent},
|
|
|
5380 one can do this:
|
|
|
5381
|
|
|
5382 @lisp
|
|
70
|
5383 (load "cl-indent")
|
|
|
5384 (setq lisp-indent-function (function common-lisp-indent-function))
|
|
82
|
5385 @end lisp
|
|
|
5386
|
|
|
5387 One can also customize @file{cl-indent.el} so it mimics the default
|
|
|
5388 @code{if} indentation @code{then} indented more than the @code{else}.
|
|
|
5389 Here's how:
|
|
|
5390
|
|
|
5391 @lisp
|
|
70
|
5392 (put 'if 'common-lisp-indent-function '(nil nil &body))
|
|
82
|
5393 @end lisp
|
|
70
|
5394
|
|
|
5395 Also, a new version (1.2) of @file{cl-indent.el} was posted to
|
|
82
|
5396 comp.emacs.xemacs on 12/9/94. This version includes more documentation
|
|
|
5397 than previous versions. This may prove useful if you need to customize
|
|
|
5398 any indent-functions.
|
|
|
5399
|
|
|
5400 @node Q5.3.2, Q5.3.3, Q5.3.1, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5401 @section Fontifying hang when editing a postscript file.
|
|
|
5402
|
|
|
5403 When I try to edit a postscript file it gets stuck saying:
|
|
|
5404 @samp{fontifying 'filename' (regexps....)} and it just sits there. If I
|
|
|
5405 press @kbd{C-c} in the window where XEmacs was started, it suddenly
|
|
|
5406 becomes alive again.
|
|
70
|
5407
|
|
|
5408 This was caused by a bug in the Postscript font-lock regular
|
|
82
|
5409 expressions. It was fixed in 19.13. For earlier versions of XEmacs,
|
|
|
5410 have a look at your @file{.emacs} file. You will probably have a line
|
|
|
5411 like:
|
|
|
5412
|
|
|
5413 @lisp
|
|
70
|
5414 (add-hook 'postscript-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock)
|
|
82
|
5415 @end lisp
|
|
|
5416
|
|
|
5417 Take it out, restart XEmacs, and it won't try to fontify your postscript
|
|
|
5418 files anymore.
|
|
|
5419
|
|
|
5420 @node Q5.3.3, Q5.3.4, Q5.3.2, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5421 @section How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
|
|
|
5422
|
|
|
5423 Font-lock looks nice. How can I print (WYSIWYG) the highlighted
|
|
|
5424 document?
|
|
|
5425
|
|
227
|
5426 The package @code{ps-print}, which is now included with XEmacs, provides
|
|
|
5427 the ability to do this. The source code contains complete instructions
|
|
|
5428 on its use, in @file{<xemacs_src_root>/lisp/packages/ps-print.el}.
|
|
82
|
5429
|
|
|
5430 @node Q5.3.4, Q5.3.5, Q5.3.3, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5431 @section Getting @kbd{M-x lpr} to work with postscript printer.
|
|
|
5432
|
|
|
5433 My printer is a Postscript printer and @code{lpr} only works for
|
|
|
5434 Postscript files, so how do I get @kbd{M-x lpr-region} and @kbd{M-x
|
|
|
5435 lpr-buffer} to work?
|
|
|
5436
|
|
|
5437 Put something like this in your @file{.emacs}:
|
|
|
5438
|
|
|
5439 @lisp
|
|
|
5440 (setq lpr-command "a2ps")
|
|
|
5441 (setq lpr-switches '("-p" "-1"))
|
|
|
5442 @end lisp
|
|
|
5443
|
|
|
5444 If you don't use a2ps to convert ASCII to postscript (why not, it's
|
|
|
5445 free?), replace with the command you do use. Note also that some
|
|
|
5446 versions of a2ps require a @samp{-Pprinter} to ensure spooling.
|
|
|
5447
|
|
|
5448 @node Q5.3.5, Q5.3.6, Q5.3.4, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5449 @section How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files?
|
|
0
|
5450
|
|
|
5451 You can specify what paths to use by using a number of different flags
|
|
|
5452 when running configure. See the section MAKE VARIABLES in the top-level
|
|
|
5453 file INSTALL in the XEmacs distribution for a listing of those flags.
|
|
|
5454
|
|
82
|
5455 Most of the time, however, the simplest fix is: @strong{do not} specify
|
|
|
5456 paths as you might for GNU Emacs. XEmacs can generally determine the
|
|
0
|
5457 necessary paths dynamically at run time. The only path that generally
|
|
|
5458 needs to be specified is the root directory to install into. That can
|
|
|
5459 be specified by passing the @code{--prefix} flag to configure. For a
|
|
82
|
5460 description of the XEmacs install tree, please consult the @file{NEWS}
|
|
|
5461 file.
|
|
|
5462
|
|
|
5463 @node Q5.3.6, Q5.3.7, Q5.3.5, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5464 @section [This question intentionally left blank]
|
|
|
5465
|
|
|
5466 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering.
|
|
|
5467
|
|
|
5468 @node Q5.3.7, Q5.3.8, Q5.3.6, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5469 @section Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
|
|
|
5470
|
|
163
|
5471 Say, with: @samp{[END]}?
|
|
|
5472
|
|
|
5473 Try this:
|
|
|
5474
|
|
|
5475 @lisp
|
|
|
5476 (let ((ext (make-extent (point-min) (point-max))))
|
|
|
5477 (set-extent-property ext 'start-closed t)
|
|
|
5478 (set-extent-property ext 'end-closed t)
|
|
|
5479 (set-extent-property ext 'detachable nil)
|
|
|
5480 (set-extent-end-glyph ext (make-glyph [string :data "[END]"])))
|
|
|
5481 @end lisp
|
|
|
5482
|
|
|
5483 Since this is XEmacs, you can specify an icon to be shown on
|
|
|
5484 window-system devices. To do so, change the @code{make-glyph} call to
|
|
|
5485 something like this:
|
|
|
5486
|
|
|
5487 @lisp
|
|
|
5488 (make-glyph '([xpm :file "~/something.xpm"]
|
|
|
5489 [string :data "[END]"]))
|
|
|
5490 @end lisp
|
|
|
5491
|
|
|
5492 You can inline the @sc{xpm} definition yourself by specifying
|
|
|
5493 @code{:data} instead of @code{:file}. Here is such a full-featured
|
|
|
5494 version that works on both X and TTY devices:
|
|
82
|
5495
|
|
|
5496 @lisp
|
|
163
|
5497 (let ((ext (make-extent (point-min) (point-max))))
|
|
|
5498 (set-extent-property ext 'start-closed t)
|
|
|
5499 (set-extent-property ext 'end-closed t)
|
|
|
5500 (set-extent-property ext 'detachable nil)
|
|
|
5501 (set-extent-end-glyph ext (make-glyph '([xpm :data "\
|
|
|
5502 /* XPM */
|
|
|
5503 static char* eye = @{
|
|
|
5504 \"20 11 7 2\",
|
|
|
5505 \"__ c None\"
|
|
|
5506 \"_` c #7f7f7f\",
|
|
|
5507 \"_a c #fefefe\",
|
|
|
5508 \"_b c #7f0000\",
|
|
|
5509 \"_c c #fefe00\",
|
|
|
5510 \"_d c #fe0000\",
|
|
|
5511 \"_e c #bfbfbf\",
|
|
|
5512 \"___________`_`_`___b_b_b_b_________`____\",
|
|
|
5513 \"_________`_`_`___b_c_c_c_b_b____________\",
|
|
|
5514 \"_____`_`_`_e___b_b_c_c_c___b___b_______`\",
|
|
|
5515 \"___`_`_e_a___b_b_d___b___b___b___b______\",
|
|
|
5516 \"_`_`_e_a_e___b_b_d_b___b___b___b___b____\",
|
|
|
5517 \"_`_`_a_e_a___b_b_d___b___b___b___b___b__\",
|
|
|
5518 \"_`_`_e_a_e___b_b_d_b___b___b___b___b_b__\",
|
|
|
5519 \"___`_`_e_a___b_b_b_d_c___b___b___d_b____\",
|
|
|
5520 \"_____`_`_e_e___b_b_b_d_c___b_b_d_b______\",
|
|
|
5521 \"_`_____`_`_`_`___b_b_b_d_d_d_d_b________\",
|
|
|
5522 \"___`_____`_`_`_`___b_b_b_b_b_b__________\",
|
|
|
5523 @} ;"]
|
|
|
5524 [string :data "[END]"]))))
|
|
82
|
5525 @end lisp
|
|
|
5526
|
|
163
|
5527 Note that you might want to make this a function, and put it to a hook.
|
|
217
|
5528 We leave that as an exercise for the reader.
|
|
82
|
5529
|
|
|
5530 @node Q5.3.8, Q5.3.9, Q5.3.7, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5531 @section How do I insert today's date into a buffer?
|
|
|
5532
|
|
|
5533 Like this:
|
|
|
5534
|
|
|
5535 @lisp
|
|
|
5536 (insert (current-time-string))
|
|
|
5537 @end lisp
|
|
|
5538
|
|
|
5539 @node Q5.3.9, Q5.3.10, Q5.3.8, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5540 @section Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs?
|
|
|
5541
|
|
|
5542 Markus Gutschke <gutschk@@uni-muenster.de> writes:
|
|
|
5543
|
|
|
5544 @quotation
|
|
|
5545 Yes, abbrevs only expands word-syntax strings. While XEmacs does not
|
|
|
5546 prevent you from defining (e.g. with @kbd{C-x a g} or @kbd{C-x a l})
|
|
|
5547 abbrevs that contain special characters, it will refuse to expand
|
|
|
5548 them. So you need to ensure, that the abbreviation contains letters and
|
|
|
5549 digits only. This means that @samp{xd}, @samp{d5}, and @samp{5d} are
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5550 valid abbrevs, but @samp{&d}, and @samp{x d} are not.
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5551
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5552 If this sounds confusing to you, (re-)read the online documentation for
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5553 abbrevs (@kbd{C-h i m XEmacs RET m Abbrevs RET}), and then come back and
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5554 read this question/answer again.
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5555 @end quotation
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5556
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227
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5557 Starting with XEmacs 20.3 this restriction has been lifted.
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163
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5558
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82
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5559 @node Q5.3.10, Q5.3.11, Q5.3.9, Miscellaneous
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5560 @section How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines?
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5561
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5562 Firstly there is an ftp site which describes X-faces and has the
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5563 associated tools mentioned below, at
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5564 <URL:ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/>.
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5565
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5566 Then the steps are
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5567
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5568 @enumerate
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5569 @item
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5570 Create 48x48x1 bitmap with your favorite tool
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5571
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5572 @item
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5573 Convert to "icon" format using one of xbm2ikon, pbmtoicon, etc.,
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5574 and then compile the face.
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5575
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5576 @item
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0
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5577 @example
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82
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5578 cat file.xbm | xbm2ikon |compface > file.face
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0
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5579 @end example
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5580
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82
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5581 @item
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5582 Then be sure to quote things that are necessary for emacs strings:
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0
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5583
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5584 @example
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82
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5585 cat ./file.face | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' | sed 's/\"/\\\"/g' > ./file.face.quoted
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0
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5586 @end example
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5587
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82
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5588 @item
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5589 Then set up emacs to include the file as a mail header - there were a
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5590 couple of suggestions here---either something like:
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5591
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5592 @lisp
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5593 (setq mail-default-headers
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5594 "X-Face: <Ugly looking text string here>")
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5595 @end lisp
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5596
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5597 Or, alternatively, as:
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5598
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5599 @lisp
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5600 (defun mail-insert-x-face ()
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5601 (save-excursion
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5602 (goto-char (point-min))
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5603 (search-forward mail-header-separator)
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163
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5604 (beginning-of-line)
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82
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5605 (insert "X-Face:")
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163
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5606 (insert-file-contents "~/.face")))
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82
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5607
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5608 (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook 'mail-insert-x-face)
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5609 @end lisp
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5610 @end enumerate
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5611
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5612 However, 2 things might be wrong:
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5613
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5614 Some versions of pbmtoicon produces some header lines that is not
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5615 expected by the version of compface that I grabbed. So I found I had to
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5616 include a @code{tail +3} in the pipeline like this:
|
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0
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5617
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5618 @example
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82
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5619 cat file.xbm | xbm2ikon | tail +3 |compface > file.face
|
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0
|
5620 @end example
|
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5621
|
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82
|
5622 Some people have also found that if one uses the @code{(insert-file)}
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5623 method, one should NOT quote the face string using the sed script .
|
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5624
|
|
|
5625 It might also be helpful to use Stig's <stig@@hackvan.com> script
|
|
|
5626 (included in the compface distribution at XEmacs.org) to do the
|
|
|
5627 conversion. For convenience xbm2xface is available for anonymous FTP at
|
|
|
5628 <URL:ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/xemacs/xbm2xface.pl>.
|
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5629
|
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|
5630 Contributors for this item:
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5631
|
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5632 Paul Emsley,
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5633 Ricardo Marek,
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5634 Amir J. Katz,
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5635 Glen McCort,
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5636 Heinz Uphoff,
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5637 Peter Arius,
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5638 Paul Harrison, and
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5639 Vegard Vesterheim
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5640
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5641 @node Q5.3.11, Q5.3.12, Q5.3.10, Miscellaneous
|
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|
5642 @section How do I add new Info directories?
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5643
|
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|
5644 You use something like:
|
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|
5645
|
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|
5646 @lisp
|
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|
5647 (setq Info-directory-list (cons
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|
5648 (expand-file-name "~/info")
|
|
|
5649 Info-default-directory-list))
|
|
|
5650 @end lisp
|
|
|
5651
|
|
|
5652 David Masterson <davidm@@prism.kla.com> writes:
|
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5653
|
|
|
5654 @quotation
|
|
|
5655 Emacs Info and XEmacs Info do many things differently. If you're trying to
|
|
|
5656 support a number of versions of Emacs, here are some notes to remember:
|
|
|
5657
|
|
|
5658 @enumerate
|
|
|
5659 @item
|
|
|
5660 Emacs Info scans @code{Info-directory-list} from right-to-left while
|
|
|
5661 XEmacs Info reads it from left-to-right, so append to the @emph{correct}
|
|
|
5662 end of the list.
|
|
|
5663
|
|
|
5664 @item
|
|
|
5665 Use @code{Info-default-directory-list} to initialize
|
|
|
5666 @code{Info-directory-list} @emph{if} it is available at startup, but not
|
|
|
5667 all Emacsen define it.
|
|
|
5668
|
|
|
5669 @item
|
|
|
5670 Emacs Info looks for a standard @file{dir} file in each of the
|
|
|
5671 directories scanned from #1 and magically concatenates them together.
|
|
|
5672
|
|
|
5673 @item
|
|
|
5674 XEmacs Info looks for a @file{localdir} file (which consists of just the
|
|
|
5675 menu entries from a @file{dir} file) in each of the directories scanned
|
|
217
|
5676 from #1 (except the first), does a simple concatenation of them, and
|
|
82
|
5677 magically attaches the resulting list to the end of the menu in the
|
|
|
5678 @file{dir} file in the first directory.
|
|
|
5679 @end enumerate
|
|
|
5680
|
|
|
5681 Another alternative is to convert the documentation to HTML with
|
|
|
5682 texi2html and read it from a web browser like Lynx or W3.
|
|
|
5683 @end quotation
|
|
|
5684
|
|
|
5685 @node Q5.3.12, , Q5.3.11, Miscellaneous
|
|
|
5686 @section What do I need to change to make printing work?
|
|
|
5687
|
|
|
5688 For regular printing there are two variables that can be customized.
|
|
|
5689
|
|
|
5690 @table @code
|
|
|
5691 @item lpr-command
|
|
|
5692 This should be set to a command that takes standard input and sends
|
|
|
5693 it to a printer. Something like:
|
|
|
5694
|
|
|
5695 @lisp
|
|
|
5696 (setq lpr-command "lp")
|
|
|
5697 @end lisp
|
|
|
5698
|
|
|
5699 @item lpr-switches
|
|
|
5700 This should be set to a list that contains whatever the print command
|
|
|
5701 requires to do its job. Something like:
|
|
|
5702
|
|
|
5703 @lisp
|
|
|
5704 (setq lpr-switches '("-depson"))
|
|
|
5705 @end lisp
|
|
|
5706 @end table
|
|
|
5707
|
|
|
5708 For postscript printing there are three analogous variables to
|
|
|
5709 customize.
|
|
|
5710
|
|
|
5711 @table @code
|
|
|
5712 @item ps-lpr-command
|
|
|
5713 This should be set to a command that takes postscript on standard input
|
|
|
5714 and directs it to a postscript printer.
|
|
|
5715
|
|
|
5716 @item ps-lpr-switches
|
|
|
5717 This should be set to a list of switches required for
|
|
|
5718 @code{ps-lpr-command} to do its job.
|
|
|
5719
|
|
|
5720 @item ps-print-color-p
|
|
|
5721 This boolean variable should be set @code{t} if printing will be done in
|
|
|
5722 color, otherwise it should be set to @code{nil}.
|
|
|
5723 @end table
|
|
|
5724
|
|
|
5725 NOTE: It is an undocumented limitation in XEmacs that postscript
|
|
|
5726 printing (the @code{Pretty Print Buffer} menu item) @strong{requires} a
|
|
|
5727 window system environment. It cannot be used outside of X11.
|
|
|
5728
|
|
|
5729 @node Current Events, , Miscellaneous, Top
|
|
|
5730 @chapter What the Future Holds
|
|
|
5731
|
|
|
5732 This is part 6 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
|
|
|
5733 section will change monthly, and contains any interesting items that have
|
|
|
5734 transpired over the previous month. If you are reading this from the
|
|
|
5735 XEmacs distribution, please see the version on the Web or archived at the
|
|
|
5736 various FAQ FTP sites, as this file is surely out of date.
|
|
|
5737
|
|
|
5738 @menu
|
|
163
|
5739 * Q6.0.1:: What is new in 20.2?
|
|
|
5740 * Q6.0.2:: What is new in 20.3?
|
|
82
|
5741 * Q6.0.3:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
|
|
|
5742 @end menu
|
|
|
5743
|
|
163
|
5744 @node Q6.0.1, Q6.0.2, Current Events, Current Events
|
|
|
5745 @section What is new in 20.2?
|
|
|
5746
|
|
217
|
5747 The biggest changes in 20.2 include integration of EFS (the next
|
|
163
|
5748 generation of ange-ftp) and AUC Tex (the Emacs subsystem that includes a
|
|
126
|
5749 major mode for editing Tex and LaTeX, and a lot of other stuff). Many
|
|
163
|
5750 bugs from 20.0 have been fixed for this release. 20.2 also contains a
|
|
|
5751 new system for customizing XEmacs options, invoked via @kbd{M-x
|
|
|
5752 customize}.
|
|
|
5753
|
|
|
5754 XEmacs 20.2 is the development release (20.0 was beta), and is no longer
|
|
|
5755 considered unstable.
|
|
|
5756
|
|
|
5757 @node Q6.0.2, Q6.0.3, Q6.0.1, Current Events
|
|
|
5758 @section What is new in 20.3?
|
|
|
5759
|
|
227
|
5760 XEmacs 20.3 was released in November 1997. It contains many bugfixes,
|
|
|
5761 and a number of new features, including Autoconf 2 based configuration,
|
|
|
5762 additional support for Mule (Multi-language extensions to Emacs), many
|
|
|
5763 more customizations, multiple frames on TTY-s, support for multiple info
|
|
|
5764 directories, an enhanced gnuclient, improvements to regexp matching,
|
|
|
5765 increased MIME support, and many, many synches with GNU Emacs 20.
|
|
|
5766
|
|
|
5767 The XEmacs/Mule support has been only seriously tested in a Japanese
|
|
|
5768 locale, and no doubt many problems still remain. The support for
|
|
|
5769 ISO-Latin-1 and Japanese is fairly strong. MULE support comes at a
|
|
|
5770 price -- about a 30% slowdown from 19.16. We're making progress on
|
|
|
5771 improving performance and XEmacs 20.3 compiled without Mule (which is
|
|
|
5772 the default) is definitely faster than XEmacs 19.16.
|
|
|
5773
|
|
|
5774 XEmacs 20.3 is the first non-beta v20 release, and will be the
|
|
215
|
5775 basis for all further development.
|
|
|
5776
|
|
163
|
5777 @node Q6.0.3, , Q6.0.2, Current Events
|
|
82
|
5778 @section Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
|
|
|
5779
|
|
|
5780 @enumerate
|
|
|
5781 @item
|
|
|
5782 Discussion about the development of XEmacs occurs on the xemacs-beta
|
|
|
5783 mailing list. Subscriptions to this list will now be fully automated
|
|
|
5784 instead of being handled by hand. Send a mail message to
|
|
|
5785 <xemacs-beta-request@@xemacs.org> with a subject of subscribe to join
|
|
|
5786 the list. Please note this is a developers mailing list for people who
|
|
|
5787 have an active interest in the development process.
|
|
|
5788
|
|
215
|
5789 The discussion of NT XEmacs development is taking place on a separate
|
|
|
5790 mailing list. Send mail to <xemacs-nt-request@@xemacs.org> to
|
|
|
5791 subscribe.
|
|
|
5792
|
|
82
|
5793 @item
|
|
|
5794 Due to the long development cycle in between releases, it has been
|
|
|
5795 decided that intermediate versions will be made available in source only
|
|
|
5796 form for the truly interested.
|
|
|
5797
|
|
215
|
5798 XEmacs 19.16 was the last 19 release, basically consisting of 19.15 plus
|
|
|
5799 the collected bugfixes.
|
|
82
|
5800
|
|
|
5801 @item
|
|
|
5802 As of December 1996, Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> has become
|
|
|
5803 the lead maintainer of XEmacs.
|
|
163
|
5804 @end enumerate
|
|
82
|
5805
|
|
0
|
5806 @bye
|
