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[xemacs-hg @ 2005-11-13 10:48:01 by ben] further error-checking, etc. alloc.c, lrecord.h: Move around the handling of setting of lheader->uid so it's in set_lheader_implementation() -- that way, even non-MC-ALLOC builds get useful uid's in their bare lrecords. Redo related code for strings so the non-ascii count that is stored in the uid isn't hosed. events.c: Save and restore the uid around event zeroing/deadbeefing. lisp.h: Set the correct value of MAX_STRING_ASCII_BEGIN under MC_ALLOC. lisp.h: rearrange the basic code handling ints and chars. basic int stuff goes first, followed by basic char stuff, followed in turn by stuff that mixes ints and chars. this is required since some basic defn's have become inline functions. XCHAR and CHARP have additional error-checking in that they check to make sure that the value in question is not just a character but a valid character (i.e. its numeric value is valid). print.c: debug_p4 now has a useful UID in all cases and uses it; but it also prints the raw header address (previously, you just got one of them). text.h: some basic char defn's that belonged in lisp.h have been moved there. valid_ichar_p() is moved too since the inline functions need it.
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1 This directory contains a number of XEmacs dynamic modules. These
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2 modules can be loaded directly with the command 'M-x load-module'.
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3 However, the preferred method of loading a module is to issue a
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4 "(require 'module-name)" command to the Lisp interpreter. This will
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5 store information so that a later "(unload-feature 'module-name)" can
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8 To compile one of these modules, simply enter the desired directory,
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9 type 'configure', and then 'make'. If you are building the module for
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10 an installed XEmacs, then 'make install' will place the module in the
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11 appropriate directory for XEmacs to find it later (assuming you have
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12 permission to write to that directory). A subsequent 'load-module' or
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13 'require' will then load the module, as described above.
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15 Each of these demonstrates different features and limitations of the
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16 XEmacs module loading technology. For a complete discussion on XEmacs
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17 dynamic modules, please consult the XEmacs Module Writers Guide, which
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18 can be found in the ../info directory.
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20 For those wanting to get started with module writing, please see the
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21 'sample' directory. It contains two subdirectories: internal and
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22 external. The 'internal' subdirectory contains the framework needed to
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23 migrate some core piece of XEmacs functionality into code that can
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24 either be compiled into the core or built as a separate module. The
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25 'external' subdirectory contains the somewhat simpler framework needed
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26 to build a module separately from XEmacs. These should be considered
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27 starting places for module writing.