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8 @titlepage | 8 @titlepage |
9 @title XEmacs FAQ | 9 @title XEmacs FAQ |
10 @subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs | 10 @subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs |
11 @subtitle Last Modified: 1995/08/29 | 11 @subtitle Last Modified: 1997/01/16 |
12 @sp 1 | 12 @sp 1 |
13 @author Anthony Rossini <arossini@@biostats.hmc.psu.edu> | 13 @author Anthony Rossini <arossini@@biostats.hmc.psu.edu> |
14 @author Ben Wing <wing@@netcom.com> | 14 @author Ben Wing <wing@@netcom.com> |
15 @author Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@cs.uiuc.edu> | 15 @author Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@cs.uiuc.edu> |
16 @author Steve Baur <steve@@miranova.com> | |
16 @page | 17 @page |
17 @end titlepage | 18 @end titlepage |
18 | 19 |
19 @c Some of this stuff needs to go in the HTML version which means it | 20 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir) |
20 @c needs to be put outside of the ifinfo statement. | 21 @top XEmacs FAQ |
21 | 22 |
22 @ifinfo | 23 This is the guide to the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list---a |
23 @node top, 1. Introductory Questions, (dir), (dir) | 24 compendium of questions and answers pertaining to one of the finest |
24 @unnumbered XEmacs FAQ | 25 programs ever written. It is much more than just a Text Editor. |
25 | 26 |
26 Version: OUT OF DATE | 27 This FAQ is freely redistributable. I take no liability for the |
27 | 28 correctness and safety of any procedures or advice given here. This |
28 Current-Editor: Steven L Baur <steve@@miranova.com> | 29 FAQ is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY |
29 | 30 WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
30 Copying Status: Freely Redistributable. I take no liability for the | 31 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. |
31 correctness and safety of any procedures or advice given | 32 |
32 here. This FAQ is distributed in the hope that it will | 33 If you have a Web browser, the official hypertext version is at |
33 be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the | 34 <URL:http://www.miranova.com/~steve/xemacs-faq.html> and also at |
34 implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A | 35 <URL:http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html>. This version is much |
35 PARTICULAR PURPOSE. | 36 nicer than the unofficial hypertext versions that are archived at |
36 | 37 Utrecht, Oxford, Smart Pages, and other FAQ archives. |
37 WARNING! WARNING! Danger Will Robinson! | |
38 | |
39 This file was not updated for the 19.14 release and is very out-of-date. | |
40 Our apologies. This situation will be corrected for 19.15. Steven Baur | |
41 has taken over as the FAQ maintainer and is keeping a very up-to-date | |
42 copy on the Web at <http://www.miranova.com/~steve/xemacs-faq.html>. Of | |
43 course, it is also available at <http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html>. | |
44 | |
45 Out of date FAQ starts here: | |
46 | |
47 This is a list of frequently asked questions for XEmacs users and | |
48 maintainers. | |
49 | |
50 You can obtain the latest version of this file by anonymous FTP from | |
51 site @file{ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/faq/xemacs-faq.FORMAT} where FORMAT | |
52 is text, texinfo (the master copy), postscript, dvi, html, info. Note that | |
53 the html version has 2 files. | |
54 | |
55 Thanks to the many who contributed, especially to JWZ <jwz@@netscape.com> for | |
56 starting this whole wonderful mess... Special thanks to Tim Geisler | |
57 <tmgeisle@@faui80.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> for the initial texinfo | |
58 version and to Giacomo Boffi <sboff@@hp735.stru.polimi.it> for the initial | |
59 HTML version. Other contributors (many left out, unfortunately, due to an | |
60 old mail-purge) include: | |
61 @itemize @bullet | |
62 @item | |
63 Juergen Nickelsen <nickel@@prz.tu-berlin.de> | |
64 @item | |
65 Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@@adra.com> | |
66 @item | |
67 d3h554@@foghorn.pnl.gov | |
68 @item | |
69 Marty Hall <hall@@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> | |
70 @item | |
71 Richard Caley <rjc@@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> | |
72 @item | |
73 fcg@@philabs.Philips.COM | |
74 @item | |
75 Stig <stig@@hackvan.com> | |
76 @item | |
77 Arup Mukherjee <arup+@@cmu.edu> | |
78 @item | |
79 Kevin R. Powell <powell@@csl.ncsa.uiuc.edu> | |
80 @item | |
81 Eric Eide <eeide@@cs.utah.edu> | |
82 @item | |
83 William G. Dubuque <wgd@@martigny.ai.mit.edu> | |
84 @item | |
85 Chris Flatters <cflatter@@nrao.edu> | |
86 @item | |
87 John A. Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> | |
88 @end itemize | |
89 | |
90 @end ifinfo | |
91 | 38 |
92 @menu | 39 @menu |
93 * top:: XEmacs FAQ | 40 * Introduction:: Introduction, Policy, Credits. |
94 * 1. Introductory Questions::. | 41 * Installation:: Installation and Trouble Shooting. |
95 * 2. Compiling XEmacs::. | 42 * Customization:: Customization and Options. |
96 * 3. Problems running XEmacs / weird messages::. | 43 * Subsystems:: Major Subsystems. |
97 * 4. Customization -- Emacs Lisp and the .emacs file::. | 44 * Miscellaneous:: The Miscellaneous Stuff. |
98 * 5. Customization -- X resources::. | 45 * Current Events:: What the Future Holds. |
99 * 6. Changing textual fonts and colors::. | |
100 * 7. The modeline::. | |
101 * 8. The keyboard::. | |
102 * 9. The cursor::. | |
103 * 10. The mouse; cutting and pasting::. | |
104 * 11. Highlighting::. | |
105 * 12. The menubar and toolbar::. | |
106 * 13. Scrollbars::. | |
107 * 14. Frame Geometry::. | |
108 * 15. Window/icon title; window manager problems::. | |
109 * 16. Editing source code (C mode; Lisp mode; etc.)::. | |
110 * 17. Text mode::. | |
111 * 18. Shell mode::. | |
112 * 19. Mail; VM; GNUS; BBDB; and related::. | |
113 * 20. Printing::. | |
114 * 21. Gnuserv::. | |
115 * 22. Miscellaneous::. | |
116 @end menu | 46 @end menu |
117 | 47 |
118 | 48 @node Introduction, Installation, Top, Top |
119 | 49 @chapter Introduction, Policy, Credits |
120 @node 1. Introductory Questions, 2. Compiling XEmacs, top, top | 50 |
121 @chapter 1. Introductory Questions | 51 Learning XEmacs is a lifelong activity. I've been using Emacs for |
52 over a decade now, and I'm still discovering new features. Therefore | |
53 this document cannot be complete. Instead it is aimed at the person | |
54 who is either considering XEmacs for their own use, or has just | |
55 obtained it and is wondering what to do next. It is also useful as a | |
56 reference to available resources. | |
57 | |
58 The previous maintainer of the FAQ was Anthony Rossini | |
59 <rossini@@stat.sc.edu>, who started it, after getting tired of hearing | |
60 JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions. Ben Wing | |
61 <ben@@666.com> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org>, the principal | |
62 authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive update | |
63 reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back over, | |
64 but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors to | |
65 this FAQ are listed later in this document. | |
66 | |
67 This version was converted to hypertext format, and edited by Steven | |
68 L. Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org>. It was converted back to texinfo by | |
69 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr>. | |
122 | 70 |
123 @menu | 71 @menu |
124 * 1.1.:: 1.1. Preface | 72 Introduction: |
125 * 1.2.:: 1.2. What is XEmacs? | 73 * Q1.0.1:: What is XEmacs? |
126 * 1.3.:: 1.3. What is the current version of XEmacs? | 74 * Q1.0.2:: What is the current version of XEmacs? |
127 * 1.4.:: 1.4. Where can I find it? | 75 * Q1.0.3:: Where can I find it? |
128 * 1.5.:: 1.5. Why another version of Emacs? | 76 * Q1.0.4:: Why Another Version of Emacs? |
129 * 1.6.:: 1.6. What do @kbd{M-x}, GNU, etc. mean? | 77 * Q1.0.5:: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged? |
130 * 1.7.:: 1.7. Where can I get help for using XEmacs? | 78 * Q1.0.6:: Where can I get help? |
131 * 1.8.:: 1.8. Where is the mailing list archived? | 79 * Q1.0.7:: Where is the mailing list archived? |
132 * 1.9.:: 1.9. What is InfoDock, how does it relate to XEmacs, and how can I obtain it? | 80 * Q1.0.8:: How do you pronounce XEmacs? |
81 * Q1.0.9:: What does XEmacs look like? | |
82 * Q1.0.10:: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)? | |
83 * Q1.0.11:: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh? | |
84 * Q1.0.12:: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep? | |
85 * Q1.0.13:: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2? | |
86 * Q1.0.14:: Where can I get a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual? | |
87 | |
88 Policies: | |
89 * Q1.1.1:: What is the FAQ editorial policy? | |
90 * Q1.1.2:: How do I become a Beta Tester? | |
91 * Q1.1.3:: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself? | |
92 | |
93 Credits: | |
94 * Q1.2.1:: Who wrote XEmacs? | |
95 * Q1.2.2:: Who contributed to this version of the FAQ? | |
96 * Q1.2.3:: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past? | |
97 | |
98 Internationalization: | |
99 * Q1.3.1:: What is the status of XEmacs v20? | |
100 * Q1.3.2:: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka @var{mule}? | |
101 * Q1.3.3:: How do I type non-ASCII characters? | |
102 * Q1.3.4:: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language? | |
103 * Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0 | |
104 * Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0? | |
105 * Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes? | |
106 | |
107 Getting Started: | |
108 * Q1.4.1:: What is a @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one? | |
109 * Q1.4.2:: Can I use the same @file{.emacs} with the other Emacs? | |
110 * Q1.4.3:: Any good XEmacs tutorials around? | |
111 * Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function? | |
112 * Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key? | |
113 * Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function? | |
114 * Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or 20.0? | |
133 @end menu | 115 @end menu |
134 | 116 |
135 | 117 @node Q1.0.1, Q1.0.2, Introduction, Introduction |
136 @node 1.1. | 118 @section What is XEmacs? |
137 @section 1.1. Preface | |
138 | |
139 This is the introduction to a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ's) | |
140 about XEmacs with answers. This article contains a listing of the | |
141 questions; subsequent articles contain the questions and answers. | |
142 | |
143 This is not a substitute for general Emacs questions, and actually | |
144 includes nothing that might help a novice learn to use Emacs or XEmacs. | |
145 For that, check out the regular Emacs lists, the tutorial inside of | |
146 XEmacs (look on the Help menu), or the O'Reilly book @cite{Learning GNU | |
147 Emacs}. This FAQ focuses on specific issues regarding XEmacs. If you | |
148 don't find the answer here, perhaps it really is a more general | |
149 question, and check the GNU Emacs FAQ for more information, as well. | |
150 | |
151 The FAQ list is posted to reduce the noise level in the | |
152 @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs} newsgroup which results from the repetition of | |
153 frequently asked questions, wrong answers to these questions, | |
154 corrections to the wrong answers, corrections to the corrections, | |
155 debate, name calling, etc. Also, it serves as a repository of the | |
156 canonical ``best'' answers to these questions. However, if you know a | |
157 better answer or even a slight change that improves an answer, please | |
158 tell me! | |
159 | |
160 If you know the answer of a question is in the FAQ list, please reply to | |
161 the question by e-mail instead of posting. Help reduce noise! | |
162 | |
163 Please suggest new questions, answers, wording changes, deletions, etc. | |
164 The most helpful form for suggestions is a context diff (i.e. the output | |
165 of @samp{diff -c}). Include @samp{FAQ} in the subject of messages sent | |
166 to us about the FAQ list. | |
167 | |
168 Please do not send questions to us just because you do not want to | |
169 disturb a lot of people and you think we would know the answer. We do | |
170 not have time to answer questions individually and keep up with | |
171 everything else we have to get done. | |
172 | |
173 Many thanks need to go to all contributors on the old alt.lucid-emacs.* | |
174 and current comp.emacs.xemacs groups. This would never have been | |
175 collected without you. | |
176 | |
177 Any directories given are usually in reference to the base directory | |
178 formed by unpacking XEmacs. | |
179 | |
180 | |
181 @node 1.2. | |
182 @section 1.2. What is XEmacs? | |
183 | 119 |
184 An alternative to GNU Emacs, originally based on an early alpha version | 120 An alternative to GNU Emacs, originally based on an early alpha version |
185 of FSF's version 19. XEmacs was known as Lucid Emacs through version | 121 of FSF's version 19, and has diverged quite a bit since then. XEmacs |
186 19.10. Almost all features of GNU Emacs are supported in XEmacs (the | 122 was known as Lucid Emacs through version 19.10. Almost all features of |
187 ones that aren't supported are generally implemented in a better way in | 123 GNU Emacs are supported in XEmacs The maintainers of XEmacs actively |
188 XEmacs). The maintainers of XEmacs actively track changes to GNU Emacs | 124 track changes to GNU Emacs while also working to add new features. |
189 while also working to add new features never before seen in Emacs. | 125 |
190 | 126 @node Q1.0.2, Q1.0.3, Q1.0.1, Introduction |
191 | 127 @section What is the current version of XEmacs? |
192 @node 1.3. | 128 |
193 @section 1.3. What is the current version of XEmacs? | 129 The current version is 19.15, released in January, 1997. |
194 | 130 |
195 The current version is 19.13, released on September 1, 1995. | 131 It has been decided that XEmacs 19.15 will be the final release of v19. |
196 | 132 XEmacs 19.15 is scheduled for release in mid January. After a brief |
197 | 133 period of further testing, XEmacs v20 will be released shortly after |
198 @node 1.4. | 134 that. |
199 @section 1.4. Where can I find it? | 135 |
200 | 136 @node Q1.0.3, Q1.0.4, Q1.0.2, Introduction |
201 The canonical source and binaries is found via anonymous FTP at | 137 @section Where can I find it? |
202 @ifinfo | 138 |
203 @file{ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs}. | 139 The canonical source and binaries is found via anonymous FTP at: |
204 @end ifinfo | 140 |
205 @ifhtml | 141 @example |
206 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/xemacs/">ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/</A> | 142 <URL:ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/> |
207 @end ifhtml | 143 @end example |
208 | 144 |
209 @node 1.5. | 145 @node Q1.0.4, Q1.0.5, Q1.0.3, Introduction |
210 @section 1.5. Why Another Version of Emacs? | 146 @section Why Another Version of Emacs? |
211 | 147 |
212 @ifinfo | |
213 For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and | |
214 XEmacs, and a detailed history of XEmacs, see the file @file{etc/NEWS} | |
215 in the source distribution. However, here is a list of some of the | |
216 reasons why we think you might consider using it: | |
217 @end ifinfo | |
218 @ifhtml | |
219 For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and | 148 For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and |
220 XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the | 149 XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the |
221 <A HREF="http://xemacs.cs.uiuc.edu/NEWS.html/">NEWS</A> file. However, | 150 @example |
222 here is a list of some of the reasons why we think you might consider | 151 <URL:http://www.xemacs.org/NEWS.html> |
223 using it: | 152 @end example |
224 @end ifhtml | 153 |
154 However, here is a list of some of the reasons why we think you might | |
155 consider using it: | |
225 | 156 |
226 @itemize @bullet | 157 @itemize @bullet |
227 @item | 158 @item |
228 It looks nicer | 159 It looks nicer. |
160 | |
229 @item | 161 @item |
230 The XEmacs maintainers are generally more receptive to suggestions than | 162 The XEmacs maintainers are generally more receptive to suggestions than |
231 the GNU Emacs maintainers | 163 the GNU Emacs maintainers. |
232 @item | 164 |
233 Many more bundled packages than GNU Emacs, all properly integrated with | 165 @item |
234 XEmacs | 166 Many more bundled packages than GNU Emacs |
235 @item | 167 |
236 Binaries are available for many common operating systems | 168 @item |
237 @item | 169 Binaries are available for many common operating systems. |
238 Face support on TTY's | 170 |
239 @item | 171 @item |
240 A built-in toolbar | 172 Face support on TTY's. |
241 @item | 173 |
242 Better Motif compliance | 174 @item |
243 @item | 175 A built-in toolbar. |
244 Some internationalization support for European languages. Full MULE | 176 |
245 (Multi-Lingual EMacs) support is being actively worked on. | 177 @item |
246 @item | 178 Better Motif compliance. |
247 Variable-width fonts | 179 |
248 @item | 180 @item |
249 Variable-height lines | 181 Some internationalization support (full MULE support starting with 20.0). |
250 @item | 182 |
251 Marginal annotations | 183 @item |
252 @item | 184 Variable-width fonts. |
253 ToolTalk support | 185 |
186 @item | |
187 Variable-height lines. | |
188 | |
189 @item | |
190 Marginal annotations. | |
191 | |
192 @item | |
193 ToolTalk support. | |
194 | |
254 @item | 195 @item |
255 XEmacs can be used as an Xt widget, and can be embedded within another | 196 XEmacs can be used as an Xt widget, and can be embedded within another |
256 application | 197 application. |
257 @item | 198 |
258 Horizontal and vertical scrollbars (using real toolkit scrollbars) | 199 @item |
200 Horizontal and vertical scrollbars (using real toolkit scrollbars). | |
201 | |
259 @item | 202 @item |
260 Better APIs (and performance) for attaching fonts, colors, and other | 203 Better APIs (and performance) for attaching fonts, colors, and other |
261 properties to text | 204 properties to text. |
262 @item | 205 |
263 The ability to embed arbitrary graphics in a buffer | 206 @item |
264 @item | 207 The ability to embed arbitrary graphics in a buffer. |
265 Completely compatible (at the C level) with the Xt-based toolkits | 208 |
209 @item | |
210 Completely compatible (at the C level) with the Xt-based toolkits. | |
211 | |
212 @item | |
213 First production Web Browser supporting Style Sheets. | |
266 @end itemize | 214 @end itemize |
267 | 215 |
268 | 216 @node Q1.0.5, Q1.0.6, Q1.0.4, Introduction |
269 @node 1.6. | 217 @section Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged? |
270 @section 1.6. What do @kbd{M-x}, GNU, etc. mean? | 218 |
271 | 219 There are currently irreconcilable differences in the views about |
272 This is really a general Emacs question, but a table of some common | 220 technical, programming, design and organizational matters between RMS |
273 terms/acronyms is provided here for your convenience. | 221 and the XEmacs development team which provide little hope for a merge to |
274 @ifinfo | 222 take place in the short-term future. |
275 See the @cite{GNU Emacs FAQ} for a more complete list. | 223 |
276 @end ifinfo | 224 @node Q1.0.6, Q1.0.7, Q1.0.5, Introduction |
277 @ifhtml | 225 @section Where can I get help? |
278 See the <A HREF="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq">GNU Emacs FAQ</A> | |
279 for a more complete list. | |
280 @end ifhtml | |
281 | |
282 @table @samp | |
283 @item BLAT FOOP | |
284 Historical XEmacs error message | |
285 @item C-x | |
286 @dfn{C-x} means that the @key{Control} key and the @key{X} key should be | |
287 pressed together, like when you use the @key{Shift} key. | |
288 @item E-Lisp | |
289 Same as @dfn{Emacs-Lisp}. | |
290 @item Emacs-Lisp | |
291 The dialect of Lisp supported by Emacs and XEmacs. You use this to | |
292 customize XEmacs. | |
293 @item FAQ | |
294 Frequently asked question(s). | |
295 @item FSF | |
296 The Free Software Foundation. | |
297 @item GNU | |
298 @dfn{GNU} refers to products written by the Free Software Foundation. | |
299 @item JWZ | |
300 Jamie Zawinski <jwz@@netscape.com>, the former maintainer of Lucid Emacs | |
301 (which XEmacs evolved from). | |
302 @item M-x | |
303 @dfn{M-x} means that the @key{Meta} key and the @key{X} key should be | |
304 pressed together, like when you use the @key{Shift} key. Sometimes | |
305 the @key{Meta} key is labelled @samp{Alt} or with a diamond. Some | |
306 keyboards don't have a @key{Meta} key at all; then you can get the | |
307 equivalent by typing the @key{Esc} key followed by the @key{X} key. | |
308 @item RMS | |
309 Richard Stallman <rms@@gnu.ai.mit.edu>, the author of GNU Emacs. | |
310 @item VI | |
311 An editor used by those heretics that don't subscribe to the Emacs religion. | |
312 @end table | |
313 | |
314 | |
315 @node 1.7. | |
316 @section 1.7. Where can I get help for using XEmacs? | |
317 | 226 |
318 Probably the easiest way, if everything is installed, is to use info, by | 227 Probably the easiest way, if everything is installed, is to use info, by |
319 pressing @kbd{C-h i}, or selecting @samp{Emacs Info} from the Help Menu. | 228 pressing @kbd{C-h i}, or selecting @code{Emacs Info} from the Help Menu. |
229 | |
320 Also, @kbd{M-x apropos} will look for commands for you. | 230 Also, @kbd{M-x apropos} will look for commands for you. |
321 | 231 |
322 Try reading this FAQ, examining the regular GNU Emacs FAQ (which can be | 232 Try reading this FAQ, examining the regular GNU Emacs FAQ (which can be |
323 found with the Emacs 19 distribution) as well as at | 233 found with the Emacs 19 distribution) as well as at |
324 @ifinfo | 234 @example |
325 @file{http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq/} and reading the Usenet group | 235 <URL:http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq/> |
326 @end ifinfo | 236 @end example |
327 @ifhtml | 237 and reading the Usenet group comp.emacs.xemacs. |
328 <A HREF="http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq/">http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq/</A> | 238 |
329 and reading the Usenet group | 239 If that does not help, try posting your question to comp.emacs.xemacs. |
330 @end ifhtml | 240 Please @strong{do not} post XEmacs related questions to gnu.emacs.help. |
331 @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs}. If that does not help, try posting your | 241 |
332 question to @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs}. If you cannot post or read | 242 If you cannot post or read Usenet news, there is a corresponding mailing |
333 Usenet news, there is a corresponding mailing list which is available. | 243 list which is available. It can be subscribed to by sending a message |
334 It can be subscribed to by sending mail to | 244 with a subject of @samp{subscribe} to |
335 | 245 @example |
336 @example | 246 <xemacs-request@@xemacs.org> |
337 xemacs-request@@cs.uiuc.edu | 247 @end example |
338 @end example | 248 for subscription information and |
339 | 249 @example |
340 for subscription information and | 250 <xemacs@@xemacs.org> |
341 | 251 @end example |
342 @example | |
343 xemacs@@cs.uiuc.edu | |
344 @end example | |
345 | |
346 to send messages to the list. | 252 to send messages to the list. |
347 | 253 |
348 To cancel a subscription, YOU MUST use the xemacs-request address. | 254 To cancel a subscription, you @strong{must} use the xemacs-request |
349 | 255 address. Send a message with a subject of @samp{unsubscribe} to be |
350 Bug reports should be sent to the same locations. | 256 removed. |
351 | 257 |
352 | 258 @node Q1.0.7, Q1.0.8, Q1.0.6, Introduction |
353 @node 1.8. | 259 @section Where is the mailing list archived? |
354 @section 1.8. Where is the mailing list archived? | |
355 | 260 |
356 The mailing list is archived in the directory | 261 The mailing list is archived in the directory |
357 @ifinfo | 262 @example |
358 @file{ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/mlists/}. | 263 <URL:ftp://ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/mlists/>. |
359 @end ifinfo | 264 @end example |
360 @ifhtml | 265 |
361 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/xemacs/mlists/">ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/mlists/</A> | 266 @node Q1.0.8, Q1.0.9, Q1.0.7, Introduction |
362 @end ifhtml | 267 @section How do you pronounce XEmacs? |
363 | 268 |
364 | 269 I pronounce it @samp{Eks eemax}. |
365 @node 1.9. | 270 |
366 @section 1.9. What is InfoDock, how does it relate to XEmacs, and how can I obtain it? | 271 @node Q1.0.9, Q1.0.10, Q1.0.8, Introduction |
272 @section What does XEmacs look like? | |
273 | |
274 Screen snapshots are available in the WWW version of the FAQ. | |
275 | |
276 @node Q1.0.10, Q1.0.11, Q1.0.9, Introduction | |
277 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)? | |
278 | |
279 The closest is @dfn{Win-Emacs}, which is based on Lucid Emacs 19.6. | |
280 Available from <URL:http://www.pearlsoft.com/>. Someone at Microsoft | |
281 expressed some interest in working on a port of 19.14 to NT, but never | |
282 went any farther. | |
283 | |
284 There's a port of GNU Emacs (not XEmacs) at | |
285 @example | |
286 <URL:http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html>. | |
287 @end example | |
288 | |
289 @node Q1.0.11, Q1.0.12, Q1.0.10, Introduction | |
290 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh? | |
291 | |
292 There has been a port to the MachTen environment of XEmacs 19.13, but no | |
293 patches have been submitted to the maintainers to get this in the | |
294 mainstream distribution. | |
295 | |
296 @node Q1.0.12, Q1.0.13, Q1.0.11, Introduction | |
297 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep? | |
298 | |
299 Carl Edman, apparently no longer at <cedman@@princeton.edu>, did the | |
300 port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep and expressed interest in doing the XEmacs | |
301 port, but never went any farther. | |
302 | |
303 @node Q1.0.13, Q1.0.14, Q1.0.12, Introduction | |
304 @section Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2? | |
305 | |
306 No, and there is no news of anyone working on it. | |
307 | |
308 @node Q1.0.14, Q1.1.1, Q1.0.13, Introduction | |
309 @section Where can I obtain a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual? | |
310 | |
311 InfoDock Associates, a firm specializing in Emacs-related support and | |
312 development, will be maintaining the XEmacs user manual. The firm plans | |
313 to begin publishing printed copies of the manual in March 1997. | |
314 | |
315 @example | |
316 Web: http://www.xemacs.com | |
317 E-mail: <info@xemacs.com> | |
318 Tel: +1 408 243 3300 | |
319 @end example | |
320 | |
321 @node Q1.1.1, Q1.1.2, Q1.0.13, Introduction | |
322 @section What is the FAQ editorial policy? | |
323 | |
324 The FAQ is actively maintained and modified regularly. All links should | |
325 be up to date. | |
326 | |
327 Changes are displayed on a monthly basis. @dfn{Months}, for this | |
328 purpose are defined as the 5th of the month through the 5th of the | |
329 month. Preexisting questions that have been changed are marked as such. | |
330 Brand new questions are tagged. | |
331 | |
332 All submissions are welcome. E-mail submissions to | |
333 <steve@@altair.xemacs.org>. | |
334 | |
335 Please make sure that @samp{XEmacs FAQ} appears on the Subject: line. | |
336 If you think you have a better way of answering a question, or think a | |
337 question should be included, I'd like to hear about it. Questions and | |
338 answers included into the FAQ will be edited for spelling and grammar, | |
339 and will be attributed. Answers appearing without attribution are | |
340 either from versions of the FAQ dated before May 1996, or are from one | |
341 of the four people listed at the top of this document. Answers quoted | |
342 from Usenet news articles will always be attributed, regardless of the | |
343 author. | |
344 | |
345 @node Q1.1.2, Q1.1.3, Q1.1.1, Introduction | |
346 @section How do I become a Beta Tester? | |
347 | |
348 Send an email message to <xemacs-beta-request@@xemacs.org> with a | |
349 subject line of @samp{subscribe}. Fill out and return the questionaire | |
350 you get back, and you will receive the password to get at the current | |
351 beta. | |
352 | |
353 Be prepared to get your hands dirty, as beta testers are expected to | |
354 identify problems as best they can. | |
355 | |
356 @node Q1.1.3, Q1.2.1, Q1.1.2, Introduction | |
357 @section How do I contribute to XEmacs itself? | |
358 | |
359 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
360 | |
361 @quotation | |
362 BTW if you have a wish list of things that you want added, you have to | |
363 speak up about it! More specifically, you can do the following if you | |
364 want a feature added (in increasing order of usefulness): | |
365 | |
366 @itemize @bullet | |
367 @item | |
368 Make a posting about a feature you want added. | |
369 | |
370 @item | |
371 Become a beta tester and make more postings about those same features. | |
372 | |
373 @item | |
374 Convince us that you're going to use the features in some cool and | |
375 useful way. | |
376 | |
377 @item | |
378 Come up with a clear and well-thought-out API concerning the features. | |
379 | |
380 @item | |
381 Write the code to implement a feature and send us a patch. | |
382 @end itemize | |
383 | |
384 (not that we're necessarily requiring you to write the code, but we can | |
385 always hope :) | |
386 @end quotation | |
387 | |
388 @node Q1.2.1, Q1.2.2, Q1.1.3, Introduction | |
389 @section Who wrote XEmacs? | |
390 | |
391 XEmacs is the result of the time and effort of many people. The | |
392 developers responsible for the 19.15/20.0 release are: | |
393 | |
394 @itemize @bullet | |
395 @item Martin Buchholz <mrb@@eng.sun.com> | |
396 | |
397 @item Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> | |
398 @end itemize | |
399 | |
400 The developers responsible for the 19.14 release are: | |
401 | |
402 @itemize @bullet | |
403 @item Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org> | |
404 | |
405 Chuck was Mr. XEmacs from 19.11 through 19.14, and is responsible | |
406 for XEmacs becoming a widely distributed program over the Internet. | |
407 | |
408 @item Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> | |
409 @end itemize | |
410 | |
411 Jamie Zawinski was Mr. Lucid Emacs from 19.0 through 19.10, the last | |
412 release actually named Lucid Emacs. Richard Mlynarik was crucial to | |
413 most of those releases. | |
414 | |
415 @itemize @bullet | |
416 @item Jamie Zawinski <jwz@@netscape.com> | |
417 | |
418 @item Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com> | |
419 @end itemize | |
420 | |
421 Along with many other contributors, partially enumerated in the | |
422 @samp{About XEmacs} option in the Help menu. | |
423 | |
424 @node Q1.2.2, Q1.2.3, Q1.2.1, Introduction | |
425 @section Who contributed to this version of the FAQ? | |
426 | |
427 The following people contributed valuable suggestions to building this | |
428 version of the FAQ (listed in alphabetical order): | |
429 | |
430 @itemize @bullet | |
431 @item Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> | |
432 | |
433 @item Vladimir Alexiev <vladimir@@cs.ualberta.ca> | |
434 | |
435 @item Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> | |
436 | |
437 @item Brian Denheyer <briand@@iccom.com> | |
438 | |
439 @item Markus Gutschke <gutschk@@ESCHER.UNI-MUENSTER.DE> | |
440 | |
441 @item David Kastrup <dak@@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> | |
442 | |
443 @item Natalie Kershaw <nataliek@@rd.scitec.com.au> | |
444 | |
445 @item John Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> | |
446 | |
447 @item David Vanderschel <DvdS@@eden.com> | |
448 @end itemize | |
449 | |
450 @node Q1.2.3, Q1.3.1, Q1.2.2, Introduction | |
451 @section Who contributed to the FAQ in the past? | |
452 | |
453 This is only a partial list, as many names were lost in a hard disk | |
454 crash some time ago. | |
455 | |
456 @itemize @bullet | |
457 @item Curtis.N.Bingham <binge@@aloft.att.com> | |
458 | |
459 @item Richard Caley <rjc@@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> | |
460 | |
461 @item William G. Dubuque <wgd@@martigny.ai.mit.edu> | |
462 | |
463 @item Eric Eide <eeide@@cs.utah.edu> | |
464 | |
465 @item Chris Flatters <cflatter@@nrao.edu> | |
466 | |
467 @item Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@@adra.com> | |
468 | |
469 @item Marty Hall <hall@@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu> | |
470 | |
471 @item Arup Mukherjee <arup+@@cmu.edu> | |
472 | |
473 @item Juergen Nickelsen <nickel@@prz.tu-berlin.de> | |
474 | |
475 @item Kevin R. Powell <powell@@csl.ncsa.uiuc.edu> | |
476 | |
477 @item Stig <stig@@hackvan.com> | |
478 @end itemize | |
479 | |
480 @node Q1.3.1, Q1.3.2, Q1.2.3, Introduction | |
481 @section What is the status of XEmacs v20? | |
482 | |
483 XEmacs v20 is the version of XEmacs that includes MULE (Asian-language) | |
484 support. It's currently in late beta and the tentative release date for | |
485 20.0 is for mid February. When compiled without MULE support 20.0 is | |
486 currently very similar to 19.15 (except for some changes to the | |
487 byte-code format, some new primitive types including @code{char}, | |
488 @code{char-table}, and @code{range-table}) and equally stable. | |
489 | |
490 @node Q1.3.2, Q1.3.3, Q1.3.1, Introduction | |
491 @section What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE? | |
492 | |
493 The MULE support works OK but still needs a fair amount of work before | |
494 it's really solid. We could definitely use some help here, esp. people | |
495 who speak Japanese and will use XEmacs/MULE to work with Japanese and | |
496 have some experience with E-Lisp. Martin Buchholz | |
497 <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> is working full-time on this currently. If | |
498 you can help out here, @xref{Q1.1.2}. | |
499 | |
500 @node Q1.3.3, Q1.3.4, Q1.3.2, Introduction | |
501 @section How do I type non-ASCII characters? | |
502 | |
503 See question 3.5.7 (@xref{Q3.5.7}) in part 3 of this FAQ. | |
504 | |
505 @node Q1.3.4, Q1.3.5, Q1.3.3, Introduction | |
506 @section Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language? | |
507 | |
508 The message-catalog support has mostly been written but doesn't | |
509 currently work. The first release of XEmacs 20 will @emph{not} support | |
510 it. However, menubar localization @emph{does} work, even in 19.14. To | |
511 enable it, add to your @file{Emacs} file entries like this: | |
512 | |
513 @example | |
514 Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True | |
515 Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier | |
516 Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen | |
517 @end example | |
518 | |
519 The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by | |
520 removing punctuation and capitalizing as above. Martin Buchholz | |
521 <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> is working on adding support for Asian | |
522 language menubar localization to XEmacs 20. | |
523 | |
524 @node Q1.3.5, Q1.3.6, Q1.3.4, Introduction | |
525 @section Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0 | |
526 | |
527 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> writes: | |
528 | |
529 @quotation | |
530 Original Mule supports following input methods: Wnn4, Wnn6, Canna, SJ3 | |
531 and XIM. Interfaces for Wnn and SJ3 uses the @code{egg} user | |
532 interface. Interface for Canna does not use @samp{egg}. I don't know | |
533 about XIM. It is to support ATOK, of course, it may work for another | |
534 servers. | |
535 | |
536 Wnn supports Japanese, Chinese and Korean. It is made by OMRON and Kyôto | |
537 university. It is a powerful and complex system. Wnn4 is free and Wnn6 | |
538 is not free. | |
539 | |
540 Canna supports only Japanese. It is made by NEC. It is a simple and | |
541 powerful system. Canna uses only grammar (Wnn uses grammar and | |
542 probability between words), so I think Wnn is cleverer than Canna, | |
543 however Canna users made a good grammar and dictionary. So for standard | |
544 modern Japanese, Canna seems cleverer than Wnn4. In addition, the UNIX | |
545 version of Canna is free (now there is a Microsoft Windows version). | |
546 | |
547 SJ3 supports only Japanese. It is made by Sony. XIM supports was made | |
548 to use ATOK (a major input method in personal computer world). XIM is | |
549 the standard for accessing input methods bundled in Japanese versions of | |
550 Solaris. (XEmacs 20 will support XIM input). | |
551 | |
552 Egg consists of following parts: | |
553 | |
554 @enumerate | |
555 @item Input character Translation System (ITS) layer. | |
556 It translates ASCII inputs to Kana/PinYin/Hangul characters. | |
557 | |
558 @item Kana/PinYin/Hangul to Kanji transfer layer. | |
559 It is | |
560 interface layer for network Kana-Kanji server (Wnn and Sj3). | |
561 @end enumerate | |
562 | |
563 These input methods are modal, namely there are mode, alphabet mode and | |
564 Kana-Kanji transfer mode. However there are mode-less input methods for | |
565 Egg and Canna. @samp{Boiled-egg} is a mode-less input method running on | |
566 Egg. For Canna, @samp{canna.el} has a tiny boiled-egg like command, | |
567 @code{(canna-boil)}, and there are some boiled-egg like utilities. In | |
568 addition, it was planned to make an abstraction for all transfer type | |
569 input methods. However authors of input methods are busy, so maybe this | |
570 plan is stopped. Perhaps after Mule merged GNU Emacs will be released, | |
571 it will be continued. | |
572 @end quotation | |
573 | |
574 @node Q1.3.6, Q1.3.7, Q1.3.5, Introduction | |
575 @section How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0? | |
576 | |
577 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> writes: | |
578 | |
579 @quotation | |
580 MULE and XEmacs are quite different. So the application | |
581 implementor must write separate code for these mule variants. | |
582 | |
583 MULE and the next version of Emacs are similar but the symbols are very | |
584 different---requiring separate code as well. | |
585 | |
586 Namely we must support 3 kinds of mule variants and 4 or 5 or 6 kinds of | |
587 emacs variants... (;_;) I'm shocked, so I wrote a wrapper package called | |
588 @code{emu} to provide a common interface. | |
589 | |
590 I have the following suggestions about dealing with mule variants: | |
591 | |
592 @itemize @bullet | |
593 @item | |
594 @code{(featurep 'mule)} @code{t} on all mule variants | |
595 | |
596 @item | |
597 @code{(boundp 'MULE)} is @code{t} on only MULE. Maybe the next version | |
598 of Emacs will not have this symbol. | |
599 | |
600 @item | |
601 MULE has a variable @code{mule-version}. Perhaps the next version of | |
602 Emacs will have this variable as well. | |
603 @end itemize | |
604 | |
605 Following is a sample to distinguish mule variants: | |
606 | |
607 @lisp | |
608 (if (featurep 'mule) | |
609 (cond ((boundp 'MULE) | |
610 ;; for original Mule | |
611 ) | |
612 ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version) | |
613 ;; for XEmacs with Mule | |
614 ) | |
615 (t | |
616 ;; for next version of Emacs | |
617 )) | |
618 ;; for old emacs variants | |
619 ) | |
620 @end lisp | |
621 @end quotation | |
622 | |
623 @node Q1.3.7, Q1.4.1, Q1.3.6, Introduction | |
624 @section How about Cyrillic Modes? | |
625 | |
626 Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@@math.ohio-state.edu> writes: | |
627 | |
628 @quotation | |
629 There is a cyrillic mode in the file @file{mysetup.zip} in | |
630 <URL:ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/emacs/>. This is a | |
631 modification to Valery Alexeev's <ava@@math.jhu.ed> @file{russian.el} | |
632 which can be obtained from | |
633 <URL:ftp://tut.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/russian.el.Z>. | |
634 @end quotation | |
635 | |
636 Dima Barsky <d.barsky@@ee.surrey.ac.uk> writes: | |
637 | |
638 @quotation | |
639 There is another cyrillic mode for both GNU Emacs and XEmacs by Dmitrii | |
640 (Mitya) Manin <manin@@camelot.mssm.edu> at | |
641 <URL:http://camelot.mssm.edu/~manin/cyr.el>. | |
642 @end quotation | |
643 | |
644 @node Q1.4.1, Q1.4.2, Q1.3.7, Introduction | |
645 @section What is a @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one? | |
646 | |
647 The @file{.emacs} file is used to customize XEmacs to your tastes. No | |
648 two are alike, nor are they expected to be alike, but that's the point. | |
649 The XEmacs distribution contains an excellent starter example in the etc | |
650 directory called @file{sample.emacs}. Copy this file from there to your | |
651 home directory and rename it @file{.emacs}. Then edit it to suit. | |
652 | |
653 Starting with 19.14, you may bring the @file{sample.emacs} into an | |
654 XEmacs buffer by selecting @samp{Help->Sample .emacs} from the menubar. | |
655 To determine the location of the @file{etc} directory type the command | |
656 @kbd{C-h v data-directory RET}. | |
657 | |
658 @node Q1.4.2, Q1.4.3, Q1.4.1, Introduction | |
659 @section Can I use the same @file{.emacs} with the other Emacs? | |
660 | |
661 Yes. The sample @file{.emacs} included in the XEmacs distribution will | |
662 show you how to handle different versions and flavors of Emacs. | |
663 | |
664 @node Q1.4.3, Q1.4.4, Q1.4.2, Introduction | |
665 @section Any good tutorials around? | |
666 | |
667 There's the XEmacs tutorial available from the Help Menu, or by typing | |
668 @kbd{C-h t}. | |
669 | |
670 There's an Emacs Lisp tutorial at | |
671 | |
672 @example | |
673 <URL:ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp-intro-1.04.tar.gz>. | |
674 @end example | |
675 | |
676 Erik Sundermann <erik@@petaxp.rug.ac.be> has made a tutorial web page at | |
677 <URL:http://petaxp.rug.ac.be/~erik/xemacs/>. | |
678 | |
679 @node Q1.4.4, Q1.4.5, Q1.4.3, Introduction | |
680 @section May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function? | |
681 | |
682 The following function does a little bit of everything useful. It does | |
683 something with the prefix argument, it examines the text around the | |
684 cursor, and it's interactive so it may be bound to a key. It inserts | |
685 copies of the current word the cursor is sitting on at the cursor. If | |
686 you give it a prefix argument: @kbd{C-u 3 M-x double-word} then it will | |
687 insert 3 copies. | |
688 | |
689 @lisp | |
690 (defun double-word (count) | |
691 "Insert a copy of the current word underneath the cursor" | |
692 (interactive "*p") | |
693 (let (here there string) | |
694 (save-excursion | |
695 (forward-word -1) | |
696 (setq here (point)) | |
697 (forward-word 1) | |
698 (setq there (point)) | |
699 (setq string (buffer-substring here there))) | |
700 (while (>= count 1) | |
701 (progn | |
702 (insert string) | |
703 (setq count (1- count)))))) | |
704 @end lisp | |
705 | |
706 The best way to see what is going on here is to let XEmacs tell you. | |
707 Put the code into an XEmacs buffer, and do a @kbd{C-h f} with the cursor | |
708 sitting just to the right of the function you want explained. Eg. move | |
709 the cursor to the SPACE between @code{interactive} and @samp{"*p"} and | |
710 hit @kbd{C-h f} to see what the function @code{interactive} does. Doing | |
711 this will tell you that the @code{*} requires a writable buffer, and | |
712 @code{p} converts the prefix argument to a number, and | |
713 @code{interactive} allows you to execute the command with @kbd{M-x}. | |
714 | |
715 @node Q1.4.5, Q1.4.6, Q1.4.4, Introduction | |
716 @section And how do I bind it to a key? | |
717 | |
718 To bind to a key do: | |
719 | |
720 @lisp | |
721 (global-set-key "\C-cd" 'double-word) | |
722 @end lisp | |
723 | |
724 Or interactively, @kbd{M-x global-set-key} and follow the prompts. | |
725 | |
726 Jari Aalto has written a guide to Emacs keys binding, available at | |
727 <URL:ftp://cs.uta.fi/pub/ssjaaa/ema-keys.gui>. | |
728 | |
729 @node Q1.4.6, Q1.4.7, Q1.4.5, Introduction | |
730 @section What's the difference between a macro and a function? | |
731 | |
732 Quoting from the Lisp Reference (a.k.a @dfn{lispref}) Manual: | |
733 | |
734 @dfn{Macros} enable you to define new control constructs and other | |
735 language features. A macro is defined much like a function, but instead | |
736 of telling how to compute a value, it tells how to compute another Lisp | |
737 expression which will in turn compute the value. We call this | |
738 expression the @dfn{expansion} of the macro. | |
739 | |
740 Macros can do this because they operate on the unevaluated expressions | |
741 for the arguments, not on the argument values as functions do. They can | |
742 therefore construct an expansion containing these argument expressions | |
743 or parts of them. | |
744 | |
745 @node Q1.4.7, , Q1.4.6, Introduction | |
746 @section How come options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or 20.0? | |
747 | |
748 There's a problem with options of the form: | |
749 | |
750 @lisp | |
751 (add-spec-list-to-specifier (face-property 'searchm-field 'font) | |
752 '((global (nil)))) | |
753 @end lisp | |
754 | |
755 saved by a 19.13 XEmacs that causes a 19.14 XEmacs grief. You must | |
756 delete these options. 19.14 and later no longer write the options | |
757 directly to @file{.emacs} which should allow us to deal with version | |
758 incompatibilities better in the future. | |
759 | |
760 Options saved under XEmacs 19.13 are protected by code that specifically | |
761 requires a version 19 XEmacs. This won't be a problem unless you're | |
762 testing XEmacs v20. You should consider changing the code to read: | |
763 | |
764 @lisp | |
765 (cond | |
766 ((and (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version) | |
767 (boundp 'emacs-major-version) | |
768 (or (and (= emacs-major-version 19) | |
769 (>= emacs-minor-version 12)) | |
770 (>= emacs-major-version 20))) | |
771 ... | |
772 @end lisp | |
773 | |
774 @node Installation, Customization, Introduction, Top | |
775 @chapter Installation and Trouble Shooting | |
776 | |
777 This is part 2 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This | |
778 section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting. | |
779 | |
780 @menu | |
781 Installation: | |
782 * Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing. | |
783 * Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big. | |
784 * Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio. | |
785 * Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses. | |
786 * Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs? | |
787 * Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do? | |
788 * Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations. | |
789 * Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno | |
790 * Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries? | |
791 * Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong? | |
792 * Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names. | |
793 * Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs? | |
794 * Q2.0.13:: Can't link XEmacs on Solaris with Gcc. | |
795 | |
796 Trouble Shooting: | |
797 * Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me! | |
798 * Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages. | |
799 * Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup. | |
800 * Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? | |
801 * Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal. | |
802 * Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server. | |
803 * Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta. | |
804 * Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)! | |
805 * Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash. | |
806 * Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers. | |
807 * Q2.1.11:: @samp{wrong type argument: bufferp, "......"}. | |
808 * Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1. | |
809 * Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and @code{create_process} failure | |
810 * Q2.1.14:: @kbd{C-g} doesn't work for me. Is it broken? | |
811 * Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger. | |
812 * Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in @code{strcat} on HP/UX 10. | |
813 * Q2.1.17:: @samp{Marker does not point anywhere}. | |
814 * Q2.1.18:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10. | |
815 * Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone. | |
816 * Q2.1.20:: @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.} | |
817 * Q2.1.21:: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes. | |
818 @end menu | |
819 | |
820 @node Q2.0.1, Q2.0.2, Installation, Installation | |
821 @section Running XEmacs without installing | |
822 | |
823 The @file{INSTALL} file says that up to 108 MB of space is needed | |
824 temporarily during installation! How can I just try it out? | |
825 | |
826 XEmacs will run in place without requiring installation and copying of | |
827 the Lisp directories, and without having to specify a special build-time | |
828 flag. It's the copying of the Lisp directories that requires so much | |
829 space. XEmacs is largely written in Lisp. | |
830 | |
831 A good method is to make a shell alias for xemacs: | |
832 | |
833 @example | |
834 alias xemacs=/i/xemacs-19.14/src/xemacs | |
835 @end example | |
836 | |
837 (You will obviously use whatever directory you downloaded the source | |
838 tree to instead of @file{/i/xemacs-19.14}). | |
839 | |
840 This will let you run XEmacs without massive copying. | |
841 | |
842 @node Q2.0.2, Q2.0.3, Q2.0.1, Installation | |
843 @section XEmacs is too big | |
844 | |
845 Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> writes: | |
846 | |
847 @quotation | |
848 The 45MB of space required by the installation directories can be | |
849 reduced dramatically if desired. Gzip all the .el files. Remove all | |
850 the packages you'll never want to use (or even ones you do like the two | |
851 obsolete mailcrypts and Gnus 4 in 19.13). Remove the TexInfo manuals. | |
852 Remove the Info (and use just hardcopy versions of the manual). Remove | |
853 most of the stuff in etc. Remove or gzip all the source code. Gzip or | |
854 remove the C source code. Configure it so that copies are not made of | |
855 the support lisp. I'm not advocating any of these things, just pointing | |
856 out ways to reduce the disk requirements if desired. | |
857 | |
858 Now examine the space used by directory: | |
859 | |
860 @example | |
861 0 /usr/local/bin/xemacs | |
862 2048 /usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.13 | |
863 | |
864 1546 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-miranova-sco3.2v4.2 | |
865 1158 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-unknown-linux1.2.13 | |
866 @end example | |
867 | |
868 You need to keep these. XEmacs isn't stripped by default in | |
869 installation, you should consider stripping. That will save you about | |
870 5MB right there. | |
871 | |
872 @example | |
873 207 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/w3 | |
874 122 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sounds | |
875 18 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sparcworks | |
876 159 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/vm | |
877 6 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/e | |
878 21 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/eos | |
879 172 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/toolbar | |
880 61 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/ns | |
881 43 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/gnus | |
882 @end example | |
883 | |
884 These are support directories for various packages. In general they | |
885 match a directory under ./xemacs-19.13/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/. If you | |
886 do not require the package, you may delete or gzip the support too. | |
887 | |
888 @example | |
889 1959 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc | |
890 175 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/bytecomp | |
891 340 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/calendar | |
892 342 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/comint | |
893 517 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/dired | |
894 42 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/electric | |
895 212 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/emulators | |
896 238 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/energize | |
897 289 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/gnus | |
898 457 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ilisp | |
899 1439 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/modes | |
900 2276 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/packages | |
901 1040 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/prim | |
902 176 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/pcl-cvs | |
903 154 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/rmail | |
904 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/epoch | |
905 45 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/term | |
906 860 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/utils | |
907 851 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vm | |
908 13 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vms | |
909 157 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/x11 | |
910 19 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/tooltalk | |
911 14 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/sunpro | |
912 291 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/games | |
913 198 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/edebug | |
914 619 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/w3 | |
915 229 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eos | |
916 55 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/iso | |
917 59 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mailcrypt | |
918 187 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eterm | |
919 356 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ediff | |
920 408 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole/kotl | |
921 1262 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole | |
922 247 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hm--html-menus | |
923 161 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mh-e | |
924 299 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/viper | |
925 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-x | |
926 4 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/DocWindow.nib | |
927 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/InfoPanel.nib | |
928 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/TreeView.nib | |
929 11 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj | |
930 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx | |
931 466 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr | |
932 14142 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp | |
933 @end example | |
934 | |
935 These are all Emacs Lisp source code and bytecompiled object code. You | |
936 may safely gzip everything named *.el here. You may remove any package | |
937 you don't use. @emph{Nothing bad will happen if you delete a package | |
938 that you do not use}. You must be sure you do not use it though, so be | |
939 conservative at first. | |
940 | |
941 Possible candidates for deletion include w3 (newer versions exist, or | |
942 you may just use Lynx or Netscape for web browsing), games, hyperbole, | |
943 mh-e, hm--html-menus (better packages exist), vm, viper, oobr, gnus (new | |
944 versions exist), etc. Ask yourself, @emph{Do I ever want to use this | |
945 package?} If the answer is no, then it is a candidate for removal. | |
946 | |
947 First, gzip all the .el files. Then go about package by package and | |
948 start gzipping the .elc files. Then run XEmacs and do whatever it is | |
949 you normally do. If nothing bad happens, then delete the directory. Be | |
950 conservative about deleting directories, and it would be handy to have a | |
951 backup tape around in case you get too zealous. | |
952 | |
953 @file{prim}, @file{modes}, @file{packages}, and @file{utils} are four | |
954 directories you definitely do @strong{not} want to delete, although | |
955 certain packages can be removed from them if you do not use them. | |
956 | |
957 @example | |
958 1972 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/info | |
959 @end example | |
960 | |
961 These are online texinfo sources. You may either gzip them or remove | |
962 them. In either case, @kbd{C-h i} (info mode) will no longer work. | |
963 | |
964 @example | |
965 20778 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13 | |
966 @end example | |
967 | |
968 The 20MB achieved is less than half of what the full distribution takes up, | |
969 @strong{and} can be achieved without deleting a single file. | |
970 @end quotation | |
971 | |
972 giacomo boffi <boffi@@hp735.stru.polimi.it> provides this procedure: | |
973 | |
974 @quotation | |
975 Substitute @file{/usr/local/lib/} with the path where the xemacs tree is | |
976 rooted, then use this script: | |
977 | |
978 @example | |
979 #!/bin/sh | |
980 | |
981 r=/usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp | |
982 | |
983 cd $r ; rm -f cmpr ; touch cmpr | |
984 | |
985 du -s . | |
986 | |
987 for d in * ; do | |
988 if test -d $d ; then | |
989 cd $d | |
990 for f in *.el ; do | |
991 # compress (remove) only (ONLY) the sources that have a | |
992 # corresponding compiled file --- do not (DO NOT) touch other | |
993 # sources | |
994 if test -f $@{f@}c ; then gzip -v9 $f >> $r/cmpr ; fi | |
995 done | |
996 cd .. | |
997 fi | |
998 done | |
999 | |
1000 du -s . | |
1001 @end example | |
1002 | |
1003 A step beyond would be substituting @samp{rm -f} for @samp{gzip -v9}, | |
1004 but you have to be desperate for removing the sources (remember that | |
1005 emacs can access compressed files transparently). | |
1006 | |
1007 Also, a good megabyte could easily be trimmed from the $r/../etc | |
1008 directory, e.g., the termcap files, some O+NEWS, others that I don't | |
1009 remember as well. | |
1010 @end quotation | |
1011 | |
1012 @node Q2.0.3, Q2.0.4, Q2.0.2, Installation | |
1013 @section Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio. | |
1014 | |
1015 What is the best way to compile XEmacs with the netaudio system, since I | |
1016 have got the netaudio system compiled but installed at a weird place, I | |
1017 am not root. Also in the READMEs it does not say anything about | |
1018 compiling with the audioserver? | |
1019 | |
1020 You should only need to add some stuff to the configure command line. | |
1021 To tell it to compile in netaudio support: @samp{--with-sound=both}, or | |
1022 @samp{--with-sound=nas} if you don't want native sound support for some | |
1023 reason.) To tell it where to find the netaudio includes and libraries: | |
1024 | |
1025 @example | |
1026 --site-libraries=WHATEVER | |
1027 --site-includes=WHATEVER | |
1028 @end example | |
1029 | |
1030 Then (fingers crossed) it should compile and it will use netaudio if you | |
1031 have a server running corresponding to the X server. The netaudio server | |
1032 has to be there when XEmacs starts. If the netaudio server goes away and | |
1033 another is run, XEmacs should cope (fingers crossed, error handling in | |
1034 netaudio isn't perfect). | |
1035 | |
1036 BTW, netaudio has been renamed as it has a name clash with something | |
1037 else, so if you see references to NAS or Network Audio System, it's the | |
1038 same thing. It also might be found at | |
1039 <URL:ftp.x.org:/contrib/audio/nas/>. | |
1040 | |
1041 @node Q2.0.4, Q2.0.5, Q2.0.3, Installation | |
1042 @section Problems with Linux and ncurses. | |
1043 | |
1044 On Linux 1.3.98 with termcap 2.0.8 and the ncurses that came with libc | |
1045 5.2.18, xemacs 20.0b20 is unable to open a tty device: | |
1046 | |
1047 @example | |
1048 src/xemacs -nw -q | |
1049 Initialization error: Terminal type `xterm' undefined (or can't access database?) | |
1050 @end example | |
1051 | |
1052 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
1053 | |
1054 @quotation | |
1055 Your ncurses configuration is messed up. Your /usr/lib/terminfo is a | |
1056 bad pointer, perhaps to a CD-ROM that is not inserted. | |
1057 @end quotation | |
1058 | |
1059 @node Q2.0.5, Q2.0.6, Q2.0.4, Installation | |
1060 @section Do I need X11 to run XEmacs? | |
1061 | |
1062 No. The name @dfn{XEmacs} is unfortunate in the sense that it is | |
1063 @strong{not} an X Window System-only version of Emacs. Starting with | |
1064 19.14 XEmacs has full color support on a color capable character | |
1065 terminal. | |
1066 | |
1067 @node Q2.0.6, Q2.0.7, Q2.0.5, Installation | |
1068 @section I'm having strange crashes. What do I do? | |
1069 | |
1070 There have been a variety of reports of crashes due to compilers with | |
1071 buggy optimizers. Please see the @file{PROBLEMS} file that comes with | |
1072 XEmacs to read what it says about your platform. | |
1073 | |
1074 @node Q2.0.7, Q2.0.8, Q2.0.6, Installation | |
1075 @section Libraries in non-standard locations | |
1076 | |
1077 I have x-faces, jpeg, xpm etc. all in different places. I've tried | |
1078 space-separated, comma-separated, several --site-libraries, all to no | |
1079 avail. | |
1080 | |
1081 @example | |
1082 --site-libraries='/path/one /path/two /path/etc' | |
1083 @end example | |
1084 | |
1085 @node Q2.0.8, Q2.0.9, Q2.0.7, Installation | |
1086 @section can't resolve symbol _h_errno | |
1087 | |
1088 You are using the Linux/ELF distribution of XEmacs 19.14, and your ELF | |
1089 libraries are out of date. You have the following options: | |
1090 | |
1091 @enumerate | |
1092 @item | |
1093 Upgrade your libc to at least 5.2.16 (better is 5.2.18, 5.3.12, or | |
1094 5.4.10). | |
1095 | |
1096 @item | |
1097 Patch the XEmacs binary by replacing all occurrences of | |
1098 @samp{_h_errno^@@} with @samp{h_errno^@@^@@}. Any version of Emacs will | |
1099 suffice. If you don't understand how to do this, don't do it. | |
1100 | |
1101 @item | |
1102 Rebuild XEmacs yourself -- any working ELF version of libc should be | |
1103 O.K. | |
1104 @end enumerate | |
1105 | |
1106 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@@srce.hr> writes: | |
1107 | |
1108 @quotation | |
1109 Why not use a Perl one-liner for No. 2? | |
1110 | |
1111 @example | |
1112 perl -pi -e 's/_h_errno\0/h_errno\0\0/g' /usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.14 | |
1113 @end example | |
1114 | |
1115 NB: You @emph{must} patch @file{/usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.14}, and not | |
1116 @file{xemacs} because @file{xemacs} is a link to @file{xemacs-19.14}; | |
1117 the Perl @samp{-i} option will cause unwanted side-effects if applied to | |
1118 a symbolic link. | |
1119 @end quotation | |
1120 | |
1121 @node Q2.0.9, Q2.0.10, Q2.0.8, Installation | |
1122 @section Where do I find external libraries? | |
1123 | |
1124 All external libraries used by XEmacs can be found at the XEmacs FTP | |
1125 site <URL:ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/aux/>. | |
1126 | |
1127 The canonical locations are as follows: | |
1128 | |
1129 @table @asis | |
1130 @item JPEG | |
1131 <URL:ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/tg/tgl/uunet/>, mirrored at | |
1132 <URL:ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/jpeg/>. Version 6a is current. | |
1133 | |
1134 @item XPM | |
1135 <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/libraries/>. Version 3.4j is current. | |
1136 Older versions of this package are known to cause XEmacs crashes. | |
1137 | |
1138 @item TIFF | |
1139 <URL:ftp://ftp.sgi.com/graphics/tiff/>. v3.4 is current. The latest | |
1140 beta is v3.4b035. There is a HOWTO here. | |
1141 | |
1142 @item PNG | |
1143 <URL:ftp://ftp.uu.net/graphics/png/>. 0.89c is current. XEmacs | |
1144 requires a fairly recent version to avoid using temporary files. | |
1145 | |
1146 <URL:ftp://swrinde.nde.swri.edu/pub/png/src/> | |
1147 | |
1148 @item Compface | |
1149 <URL:ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/faces/compface/>. This library has | |
1150 been frozen for about 6 years, and is distributed without version | |
1151 numbers. @emph{It should be compiled with the same options that X11 was | |
1152 compiled with on your system}. The version of this library at | |
1153 XEmacs.org includes the @file{xbm2xface.pl} script, written by | |
1154 stig@@hackvan.com, which may be useful when generating your own xface. | |
1155 | |
1156 @item NAS | |
1157 <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/audio/nas/>. | |
1158 Version 1.2p5 is current. There is a FAQ here. | |
1159 @end table | |
1160 | |
1161 @node Q2.0.10, Q2.0.11, Q2.0.9, Installation | |
1162 @section After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong? | |
1163 | |
1164 Not necessarily. If you have GNU sed 3.0 you should downgrade it to | |
1165 2.05. From the @file{README} at prep.ai.mit.edu: | |
1166 | |
1167 @quotation | |
1168 sed 3.0 has been withdrawn from distribution. It has major revisions, | |
1169 which mostly seem to be improvements; but it turns out to have bugs too | |
1170 which cause trouble in some common cases. | |
1171 | |
1172 Tom Lord won't be able to work fixing the bugs until May. So in the | |
1173 mean time, we've decided to withdraw sed 3.0 from distribution and make | |
1174 version 2.05 once again the recommended version. | |
1175 @end quotation | |
1176 | |
1177 It has also been observed that the vfork test on Solaris will leave a | |
1178 coredump. | |
1179 | |
1180 @node Q2.0.11, Q2.0.12, Q2.0.10, Installation | |
1181 @section XEmacs doesn't resolve hostnames. | |
1182 | |
1183 This is the result of a long-standing problem with SunOS and the fact | |
1184 that stock SunOS systems do not ship with DNS resolver code in libc. | |
1185 | |
1186 Christopher Davis <ckd@@loiosh.kei.com> writes: | |
1187 | |
1188 @quotation | |
1189 That's correct [The SunOS 4.1.3 precompiled binaries don't do name | |
1190 lookup]. Since Sun figured that everyone used NIS to do name lookups | |
1191 (that DNS thing was apparently only a passing fad, right?), the stock | |
1192 SunOS 4.x systems don't have DNS-based name lookups in libc. | |
1193 | |
1194 This is also why Netscape ships two binaries for SunOS 4.1.x. | |
1195 | |
1196 The best solution is to compile it yourself; the configure script will | |
1197 check to see if you've put DNS in the shared libc and will then proceed | |
1198 to link against the DNS resolver library code. | |
1199 @end quotation | |
1200 | |
1201 @node Q2.0.12, Q2.0.13, Q2.0.11, Installation | |
1202 @section Why can't I strip XEmacs? | |
1203 | |
1204 Richard Cognot <cognot@@fronsac.ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes: | |
1205 | |
1206 @quotation | |
1207 Because of the way XEmacs (and every other Emacsen, AFAIK) is built. The | |
1208 link gives you a bare-boned emacs (called temacs). temacs is then run, | |
1209 preloading some of the lisp files. The result is then dumped into a new | |
1210 executable, named xemacs, which will contain all of the preloaded lisp | |
1211 functions and data. | |
1212 | |
1213 Now, during the dump itself, the executable (code+data+symbols) is | |
1214 written on disk using a special unexec() function. This function is | |
1215 obviously heavily system dependent. And on some systems, it leads to an | |
1216 executable which, although valid, cannot be stripped without damage. If | |
1217 memory serves, this is especially the case for AIX binaries. On other | |
1218 architecture it might work OK. | |
1219 | |
1220 The Right Way to strip the emacs binary is to strip temacs prior to | |
1221 dumping xemacs. This will always work, although you can do that only if | |
1222 you install from sources (as temacs is @file{not} part of the binary | |
1223 kits). | |
1224 @end quotation | |
1225 | |
1226 Nat Makarevitch <nat@@nataa.fr.eu.org> writes: | |
1227 | |
1228 @quotation | |
1229 Here is the trick: | |
1230 | |
1231 @enumerate | |
1232 @item | |
1233 [ configure; make ] | |
1234 | |
1235 @item | |
1236 cd src | |
1237 | |
1238 @item | |
1239 rm xemacs | |
1240 | |
1241 @item | |
1242 strip temacs | |
1243 | |
1244 @item | |
1245 cd .. | |
1246 | |
1247 @item | |
1248 make | |
1249 | |
1250 @item | |
1251 cp src/xemacs /usr/local/bin/xemacs | |
1252 | |
1253 @item | |
1254 cp lib-src/DOC-19.14-XEmacs /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.14/i586-unknown-linuxaout | |
1255 @end enumerate | |
1256 @end quotation | |
1257 | |
1258 @node Q2.0.13, Q2.1.1, Q2.0.12, Installation | |
1259 @section Problems linking with Gcc on Solaris | |
1260 | |
1261 There are known difficulties linking with Gnu ld on Solaris. A typical | |
1262 error message might look like: | |
1263 | |
1264 @example | |
1265 unexec(): dlopen(../dynodump/dynodump.so): ld.so.1: ./temacs: | |
1266 fatal: relocation error: | |
1267 symbol not found: main: referenced in ../dynodump/dynodump.so | |
1268 @end example | |
1269 | |
1270 Martin Buchholz <mrb@@eng.sun.com> writes: | |
1271 | |
1272 @quotation | |
1273 You need to specify @samp{-fno-gnu-linker} as part of your flags to pass | |
1274 to ld. Future releases of XEmacs will try to do this automatically. | |
1275 @end quotation | |
1276 | |
1277 @node Q2.1.1, Q2.1.2, Q2.0.13, Installation | |
1278 @section Help! XEmacs just crashed on me! | |
1279 | |
1280 First of all, don't panic. Whenever XEmacs crashes, it tries extremely | |
1281 hard to auto-save all of your files before dying. (The main time that | |
1282 this will not happen is if the machine physically lost power or if you | |
1283 killed the XEmacs process using @code{kill -9}). The next time you try | |
1284 to edit those files, you will be informed that a more recent auto-save | |
1285 file exists. You can use @kbd{M-x recover-file} to retrieve the | |
1286 auto-saved version of the file. | |
1287 | |
1288 Starting with 19.14, you may use the command @kbd{M-x recover-session} | |
1289 after a crash to pick up where you left off. | |
1290 | |
1291 Now, XEmacs is not perfect, and there may occasionally be times, or | |
1292 particular sequences of actions, that cause it to crash. If you can | |
1293 come up with a reproducible way of doing this (or even if you have a | |
1294 pretty good memory of exactly what you were doing at the time), the | |
1295 maintainers would be very interested in knowing about it. Post a | |
1296 message to comp.emacs.xemacs or send mail to <crashes@@xemacs.org>. | |
1297 Please note that the @samp{crashes} address is exclusively for crash | |
1298 reports. | |
1299 | |
1300 If at all possible, include a stack backtrace of the core dump that was | |
1301 produced. This shows where exactly things went wrong, and makes it much | |
1302 easier to diagnose problems. To do this, you need to locate the core | |
1303 file (it's called @file{core}, and is usually sitting in the directory | |
1304 that you started XEmacs from, or your home directory if that other | |
1305 directory was not writable). Then, go to that directory and execute a | |
1306 command like: | |
1307 | |
1308 @example | |
1309 gdb `which xemacs` core | |
1310 @end example | |
1311 | |
1312 and then issue the command @samp{where} to get the stack backtrace. You | |
1313 might have to use @code{dbx} or some similar debugger in place of | |
1314 @code{gdb}. If you don't have any such debugger available, complain to | |
1315 your system administrator. | |
1316 | |
1317 It's possible that a core file didn't get produced, in which case you're | |
1318 out of luck. Go complain to your system administrator and tell him not | |
1319 to disable core files by default. Also @xref{Q2.1.15} for tips and | |
1320 techniques for dealing with a debugger. | |
1321 | |
1322 When making a problem report make sure that: | |
1323 | |
1324 @enumerate | |
1325 @item | |
1326 Report @strong{all} of the information output by XEmacs during the | |
1327 crash. | |
1328 | |
1329 @item | |
1330 You mention what O/S & Hardware you are running XEmacs on. | |
1331 | |
1332 @item | |
1333 What version of XEmacs you are running. | |
1334 | |
1335 @item | |
1336 What build options you are using. | |
1337 | |
1338 @item | |
1339 If the problem is related to graphics, we will also need to know what | |
1340 version of the X Window System you are running, and what window manager | |
1341 you are using. | |
1342 | |
1343 @item | |
1344 If the problem happened on a tty, please include the terminal type. | |
1345 @end enumerate | |
1346 | |
1347 @node Q2.1.2, Q2.1.3, Q2.1.1, Installation | |
1348 @section Cryptic Minibuffer messages. | |
1349 | |
1350 When I try to use some particular option of some particular package, I | |
1351 get a cryptic error in the minibuffer. | |
1352 | |
1353 If you can't figure out what's going on, select Options/General | |
1354 Options/Debug on Error from the Menubar and then try and make the error | |
1355 happen again. This will give you a backtrace that may be enlightening. | |
1356 If not, try reading through this FAQ; if that fails, you could try | |
1357 posting to comp.emacs.xemacs (making sure to include the backtrace) and | |
1358 someone may be able to help. If you can identify which Emacs lisp | |
1359 source file the error is coming from you can get a more detailed stack | |
1360 backtrace by doing the following: | |
1361 | |
1362 @enumerate | |
1363 @item | |
1364 Visit the .el file in an XEmacs buffer. | |
1365 | |
1366 @item | |
1367 Issue the command @kbd{M-x eval-current-buffer}. | |
1368 | |
1369 @item | |
1370 Reproduce the error. | |
1371 @end enumerate | |
1372 | |
1373 Depending on the version of XEmacs, you may either select Edit->Show | |
1374 Messages (19.13 and earlier) or Help->Recent Keystrokes/Messages (19.14 | |
1375 and later) from the menubar to see the most recent messages. This | |
1376 command is bound to @kbd{C-h l} by default. | |
1377 | |
1378 @node Q2.1.3, Q2.1.4, Q2.1.2, Installation | |
1379 @section Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup | |
1380 | |
1381 I get tons of translation table syntax error messages during startup. | |
1382 How do I get rid of them? | |
1383 | |
1384 There are two causes of this problem. The first usually only strikes | |
1385 people using the prebuilt binaries. The culprit in both cases is the | |
1386 file @file{XKeysymDB}. | |
1387 | |
1388 @itemize @bullet | |
1389 @item | |
1390 The binary cannot find the @file{XKeysymDB} file. The location is | |
1391 hardcoded at compile time so if the system the binary was built on puts | |
1392 it a different place than your system does, you have problems. To fix, | |
1393 set the environment variable @var{XKEYSYMDB} to the location of the | |
1394 @file{XKeysymDB} file on your system or to the location of the one | |
1395 included with XEmacs which should be at | |
1396 @file{<xemacs_root_directory>/lib/xemacs-19.14/etc/XKeysymDB}. | |
1397 | |
1398 @item | |
1399 The binary is finding the XKeysymDB but it is out-of-date on your system | |
1400 and does not contain the necessary lines. Either ask your system | |
1401 administrator to replace it with the one which comes with XEmacs (which | |
1402 is the stock R6 version and is backwards compatible) or set your | |
1403 @var{XKEYSYMDB} variable to the location of XEmacs's described above. | |
1404 @end itemize | |
1405 | |
1406 @node Q2.1.4, Q2.1.5, Q2.1.3, Installation | |
1407 @section Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? | |
1408 | |
1409 How can I avoid the startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? | |
1410 | |
1411 This is highly dependent on your installation, but try with the | |
1412 following font as your base font for XEmacs and see what it does: | |
1413 | |
1414 @example | |
1415 -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 | |
1416 @end example | |
1417 | |
1418 More precisely, do the following in your resource file: | |
1419 | |
1420 @example | |
1421 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 | |
1422 @end example | |
1423 | |
1424 If you just don't want to see the @samp{*Warnings*} buffer at startup | |
1425 time, you can set this: | |
1426 | |
1427 @lisp | |
1428 (setq display-warning-minimum-level 'error) | |
1429 @end lisp | |
1430 | |
1431 The buffer still exists; it just isn't in your face. | |
1432 | |
1433 @node Q2.1.5, Q2.1.6, Q2.1.4, Installation | |
1434 @section XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal! | |
1435 | |
1436 Help! I can not get XEmacs to display on my Envizex X-terminal! | |
1437 | |
1438 Try setting the @var{DISPLAY} variable using the numeric IP address of | |
1439 the host you are running XEmacs from. | |
1440 | |
1441 @node Q2.1.6, Q2.1.7, Q2.1.5, Installation | |
1442 @section XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server! | |
1443 | |
1444 Help! XEmacs just locked up my X server on my Linux box! | |
1445 | |
1446 There have been several reports of the X server locking up under Linux. | |
1447 In all reported cases removing speedo and scaled fonts from the font | |
1448 path corrected the problem. This can be done with the command | |
1449 '@code{xset}. | |
1450 | |
1451 It is possible that using a font server may also solve the problem. | |
1452 | |
1453 @node Q2.1.7, Q2.1.8, Q2.1.6, Installation | |
1454 @section HP Alt key as Meta. | |
1455 | |
1456 How can I make XEmacs recognize the Alt key of my HP workstation as a | |
1457 Meta key? | |
1458 | |
1459 Put the following line into a file and load it with xmodmap(1) before | |
1460 starting XEmacs: | |
1461 | |
1462 @example | |
1463 remove Mod1 = Mode_switch | |
1464 @end example | |
1465 | |
1466 @node Q2.1.8, Q2.1.9, Q2.1.7, Installation | |
1467 @section got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil) | |
1468 | |
1469 Natalie Kershaw <nataliek@@rd.scitec.com.au> writes: | |
1470 | |
1471 @quotation | |
1472 I am trying to run xemacs 19.13 under X11R4. Whenever I move the mouse I | |
1473 get the following error. Has anyone seen anything like this? This | |
1474 doesn't occur on X11R5. | |
1475 | |
1476 @lisp | |
1477 Signalling: (error "got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil) and I don't know why!") | |
1478 @end lisp | |
1479 @end quotation | |
1480 | |
1481 dinos <map01kd@@gold.ac.uk> writes: | |
1482 | |
1483 @quotation | |
1484 I think this is due to undefined resources; You need to define color | |
1485 backgrounds and foregrounds into your @file{.../app-defaults/Emacs} | |
1486 like: | |
1487 | |
1488 @example | |
1489 *Foreground: Black ;everything will be of black on grey95, | |
1490 *Background: Grey95 ;unless otherwise specified. | |
1491 *cursorColor: Red3 ;red3 cursor with grey95 border. | |
1492 *pointerColor: Red3 ;red3 pointer with grey95 border. | |
1493 @end example | |
1494 @end quotation | |
1495 | |
1496 Natalie Kershaw adds: | |
1497 | |
1498 @quotation | |
1499 What fixed the problem was adding some more colors to the X color | |
1500 database (copying the X11R5 colors over), and also defining the | |
1501 following resources: | |
1502 | |
1503 @example | |
1504 xemacs*cursorColor: black | |
1505 xemacs*pointerColor: black | |
1506 @end example | |
1507 | |
1508 With the new colours installed the problem still occurs if the above | |
1509 resources are not defined. | |
1510 | |
1511 If the new colours are not present then an additional error occurs on | |
1512 XEmacs startup, which says @samp{Color Red3} not defined. | |
1513 @end quotation | |
1514 | |
1515 @node Q2.1.9, Q2.1.10, Q2.1.8, Installation | |
1516 @section XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash. | |
1517 | |
1518 The OpenWindows 3.0 server is incredibly buggy. Your best bet is to | |
1519 replace it with one from the generic MIT X11 release. You might also | |
1520 try disabling parts of your @file{.emacs}, like enabling background | |
1521 pixmaps. | |
1522 | |
1523 @node Q2.1.10, Q2.1.11, Q2.1.9, Installation | |
1524 @section Warnings from incorrect key modifiers. | |
1525 | |
1526 The following information comes from the @file{PROBLEMS} file that comes | |
1527 with XEmacs. | |
1528 | |
1529 If you're having troubles with HP/UX it is because HP/UX defines the | |
1530 modifiers wrong in X. Here is a shell script to fix the problem; be | |
1531 sure that it is run after VUE configures the X server. | |
1532 | |
1533 @example | |
1534 #! /bin/sh | |
1535 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF | |
1536 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L | |
1537 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R | |
1538 EOF | |
1539 | |
1540 xmodmap - << EOF | |
1541 clear mod1 | |
1542 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol | |
1543 add mod1 = Meta_L | |
1544 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch | |
1545 add mod2 = Mode_switch | |
1546 EOF | |
1547 @end example | |
1548 | |
1549 @node Q2.1.11, Q2.1.12, Q2.1.10, Installation | |
1550 @section @samp{wrong type argument: bufferp, "......"}. | |
1551 | |
1552 I'm using XEmacs 19.13 on Solaris 2.5. I'm having problem using the | |
1553 bookmark. When I try to set a bookmark, I always get the following error | |
1554 message: | |
1555 | |
1556 @lisp | |
1557 wrong type argument: bufferp, "......" | |
1558 @end lisp | |
1559 | |
1560 You are using the wrong version of @code{set-text-properties}. Please | |
1561 use the one given with Q5.1.3 (@xref{Q5.1.3}). | |
1562 | |
1563 @node Q2.1.12, Q2.1.13, Q2.1.11, Installation | |
1564 @section Problems with Regular Expressions on DEC OSF1. | |
1565 | |
1566 I have xemacs 19.13 running on an alpha running OSF1 V3.2 148 and ispell | |
1567 would not run because it claimed the version number was incorrect | |
1568 although it was indeed OK. I traced the problem to the regular | |
1569 expression handler. | |
1570 | |
1571 Douglas Kosovic <douglask@@dstc.edu.au> writes: | |
1572 | |
1573 @quotation | |
1574 Actually it's a DEC cc optimisation bug that screws up the regexp | |
1575 handling in XEmacs. | |
1576 | |
1577 Rebuilding using the @samp{-migrate} switch for DEC cc (which uses a | |
1578 different sort of optimisation) works fine. | |
1579 @end quotation | |
1580 | |
1581 See @file{xemacs-19_13-dunix-3_2c.patch} at the following URL on how to | |
1582 build with the @samp{-migrate} flag: | |
1583 | |
1584 @example | |
1585 <URL:http://www-digital.cern.ch/carney/emacs/emacs.html> | |
1586 @end example | |
1587 | |
1588 NOTE: There have been a variety of other problems reported that are | |
1589 fixed in this fashion. | |
1590 | |
1591 @node Q2.1.13, Q2.1.14, Q2.1.12, Installation | |
1592 @section HP/UX 10.10 and @code{create_process} failure. | |
1593 | |
1594 Dave Carrigan <Dave.Carrigan@@ipl.ca> writes: | |
1595 | |
1596 @quotation | |
1597 With XEmacs 19.13 and HP/UX 10.10, anything that relies on the | |
1598 @code{create_process} function fails. This breaks a lot of things | |
1599 (shell-mode, compile, ange-ftp, to name a few). | |
1600 @end quotation | |
1601 | |
1602 Phil Johnson <johnson@@dtc.hp.com> writes: | |
1603 | |
1604 @quotation | |
1605 This is a problem specific to HP-UX 10.10. It only occurs when XEmacs | |
1606 is compiled for shared libraries (the default), so you can work around | |
1607 it by compiling a statically-linked binary (run configure with | |
1608 @samp{--dynamic=no}). | |
1609 | |
1610 I'm not sure whether the problem is with a particular shared library or | |
1611 if it's a kernel problem which crept into 10.10. | |
1612 @end quotation | |
1613 | |
1614 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes: | |
1615 | |
1616 @quotation | |
1617 I had a few problems with 10.10. Apparently, some of them were solved by | |
1618 forcing a static link of libc (manually). | |
1619 @end quotation | |
1620 | |
1621 @node Q2.1.14, Q2.1.15, Q2.1.13, Installation | |
1622 @section @kbd{C-g} doesn't work for me. Is it broken? | |
1623 | |
1624 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
1625 | |
1626 @quotation | |
1627 @kbd{C-g} does work for most people in most circumstances. If it | |
1628 doesn't, there are only two explanations: | |
1629 | |
1630 @enumerate | |
1631 @item | |
1632 The code is wrapped with a binding of @code{inhibit-quit} to | |
1633 @code{t}. @kbd{Ctrl-Shift-G} should still work, I think. | |
1634 | |
1635 @item | |
1636 SIGIO is broken on your system, but BROKEN_SIGIO isn't defined. | |
1637 @end enumerate | |
1638 | |
1639 To test #2, try executing @code{(while t)} from the @samp{*scratch*} | |
1640 buffer. If @kbd{C-g} doesn't interrupt, then you're seeing #2. | |
1641 @end quotation | |
1642 | |
1643 Morten Welinder <terra@@diku.dk> writes: | |
1644 | |
1645 @quotation | |
1646 On some (but @emph{not} all) machines a hung XEmacs can be revived by | |
1647 @code{kill -FPE <pid>}. This is a hack, of course, not a solution. | |
1648 This technique works on a Sun4 running 4.1.3_U1. To see if it works for | |
1649 you, start another XEmacs and test with that first. If you get a core | |
1650 dump the method doesn't work and if you get @samp{Arithmetic error} then | |
1651 it does. | |
1652 @end quotation | |
1653 | |
1654 @node Q2.1.15, Q2.1.16, Q2.1.14, Installation | |
1655 @section How to Debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger | |
1656 | |
1657 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
1658 | |
1659 @quotation | |
1660 If XEmacs does crash on you, one of the most productive things you can | |
1661 do to help get the bug fixed is to poke around a bit with the debugger. | |
1662 Here are some hints: | |
1663 | |
1664 @itemize @bullet | |
1665 @item | |
1666 First of all, if the crash is at all reproducible, consider very | |
1667 strongly recompiling your XEmacs with debugging symbols, with no | |
1668 optimization, and with the configure options @samp{--debug=yes}, | |
1669 @samp{--error-checking=all}, and @samp{--dynamic=no}. This will make | |
1670 your XEmacs run somewhat slower but make it a lot more likely to catch | |
1671 the problem earlier (closer to its source), and a lot easier to | |
1672 determine what's going on with a debugger. | |
1673 | |
1674 @item | |
1675 If you're able to run XEmacs under a debugger and reproduce the crash | |
1676 (if it's inconvenient to do this because XEmacs is already running or is | |
1677 running in batch mode as part of a bunch of scripts, consider attaching | |
1678 to the existing process with your debugger; most debuggers let you do | |
1679 this by substituting the process ID for the core file when you invoke | |
1680 the debugger from the command line, or by using the @code{attach} | |
1681 command or something similar), here are some things you can do: | |
1682 | |
1683 @item | |
1684 If XEmacs is hitting an assertion failure, put a breakpoint on | |
1685 @code{assert_failed()}. | |
1686 | |
1687 @item | |
1688 If XEmacs is hitting some weird Lisp error that's causing it to crash | |
1689 (e.g. during startup), put a breakpoint on @code{signal_1()}---this is | |
1690 declared static in eval.c. | |
1691 | |
1692 @item | |
1693 Internally, you will probably see lots of variables that hold objects of | |
1694 type @code{Lisp_Object}. These are exactly what they appear to be, | |
1695 i.e. references to Lisp objects. Printing them out with the debugger | |
1696 probably won't be too useful---you'll just see a number. To decode | |
1697 them, do this: | |
1698 | |
1699 @example | |
1700 call debug_print (OBJECT) | |
1701 @end example | |
1702 | |
1703 where @var{OBJECT} is whatever you want to decode (it can be a variable, | |
1704 a function call, etc.). This will print out a readable representation | |
1705 on the TTY from which the xemacs process was invoked. | |
1706 | |
1707 @item | |
1708 If you want to get a Lisp backtrace showing the Lisp call | |
1709 stack, do this: | |
1710 | |
1711 @example | |
1712 call debug_backtrace () | |
1713 @end example | |
1714 | |
1715 @item | |
1716 If all you've got is a core dump, all is not lost. You can still poke | |
1717 around somewhat, and if you're using GDB, there are some macros in the | |
1718 file @file{gdbinit} in the @file{src} directory of the XEmacs | |
1719 distribution that should make it easier for you to decode Lisp objects. | |
1720 | |
1721 If you're using DBX, you may be able to get further help from Martin | |
1722 Buchholz, the engineer at Sun who works on XEmacs. Write to him at | |
1723 <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com>. | |
1724 | |
1725 @item | |
1726 If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're seeing | |
1727 stack traces with some of the innermost frames mangled, it may be due to | |
1728 dynamic linking. (This happens especially under Linux.) Consider | |
1729 reconfiguring with @samp{--dynamic=no}. Also, sometimes (again under | |
1730 Linux), stack backtraces of core dumps will have the frame where the | |
1731 fatal signal occurred mangled; if you can obtain a stack trace while | |
1732 running the XEmacs process under a debugger, the stack trace should be | |
1733 clean. | |
1734 | |
1735 Curtiss <1CMC3466@@ibm.mtsac.edu> suggests upgrading to ld.so version 1.8 | |
1736 if dynamic linking and debugging is a problem on Linux. | |
1737 | |
1738 @item | |
1739 If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're | |
1740 getting a completely mangled and bogus stack trace, it's probably due to | |
1741 one of the following: | |
1742 | |
1743 @enumerate a | |
1744 @item | |
1745 Your executable has been stripped. Bad news. Tell your sysadmin not to | |
1746 do this---it doesn't accomplish anything except to save a bit of disk | |
1747 space, and makes debugging much much harder. | |
1748 | |
1749 @item | |
1750 Your stack is getting trashed. Debugging this is hard; you have to do a | |
1751 binary-search-type of narrowing down where the crash occurs, until you | |
1752 figure out exactly which line is causing the problem. Of course, this | |
1753 only works if the bug is highly reproducible. | |
1754 | |
1755 @item | |
1756 If your stack trace has exactly one frame in it, with address 0x0, this | |
1757 could simply mean that XEmacs attempted to execute code at that address, | |
1758 e.g. through jumping to a null function pointer. Unfortunately, under | |
1759 those circumstances, GDB under Linux doesn't know how to get a stack | |
1760 trace. (Yes, this is the third Linux-related problem I've mentioned. I | |
1761 have no idea why GDB under Linux is so bogus. Complain to the GDB | |
1762 authors, or to comp.os.linux.development.system). Again, you'll have to | |
1763 use the narrowing-down process described above. | |
1764 | |
1765 @item | |
1766 If you compiled 19.14 with @samp{--debug} (or by default in 19.15), you | |
1767 will get a Lisp backtrace output when XEmacs crashes, so you'll have | |
1768 something useful. If you're in 19.13, you could try doing @code{call | |
1769 debug_backtrace()}---sometimes this works even after a fatal signal has | |
1770 been received. | |
1771 @end enumerate | |
1772 @end itemize | |
1773 @end quotation | |
1774 | |
1775 Here's some more info about using gdbinit: | |
1776 | |
1777 Different version of @code{gdbinit} are provided for different | |
1778 platforms. One of these should be installed as @file{.gdbinit} in your | |
1779 home directory. If you're using XEmacs 19.14 or better, you should | |
1780 install the default @code{gdbinit} in the @file{src/} directory if you | |
1781 have GDB 4.14 or better. With GDB 4.13 or earlier, install | |
1782 @file{gdbinit.pre-4.14}; however, this is noticeably harder to use. If | |
1783 you're on a machine that uses a union type for Lisp_Objects (only the | |
1784 DEC Alpha, I think), you'll have to use @code{gdbinit.union}, which is | |
1785 of the pre-4.14 variety but should be easily upgradable. | |
1786 | |
1787 With XEmacs 19.13 and earlier, only one @code{gdbinit} is provided (I | |
1788 think); it's of the pre-4.14 variety and of the union-type | |
1789 variety. (Many more machines used the union type under 19.13). | |
1790 | |
1791 With the GDB 4.14+ gdbinit, you can print out a Lisp_Object using | |
1792 @code{p1 OBJECT} (which calls @code{debug_print()}, and hence only works | |
1793 if you have a running process) or @code{frob OBJECT} (which works even | |
1794 on core dumps, and does its own decoding of the object, but its output | |
1795 isn't always so convenient). | |
1796 | |
1797 With the pre-GDB 4.14 gdbinit, you have to do these steps: | |
1798 | |
1799 @example | |
1800 print OBJECT | |
1801 xtype | |
1802 <then type "xcons" or "xstring" or whatever, depending on the type> | |
1803 @end example | |
1804 | |
1805 If the object is a record type, you'll probably have to the following | |
1806 steps: | |
1807 | |
1808 @example | |
1809 print OBJECT | |
1810 xtype | |
1811 xrecord | |
1812 <remember what type is printed> | |
1813 print OBJECT | |
1814 <then type "xbuffer" or "xsymbol" or whatever> | |
1815 @end example | |
1816 | |
1817 Of course, if you know in advance what type the object is of, you can | |
1818 omit all but the last two steps. | |
1819 | |
1820 @node Q2.1.16, Q2.1.17, Q2.1.15, Installation | |
1821 @section XEmacs crashes in @code{strcat} on HP/UX 10 | |
1822 | |
1823 >From the problems database (through | |
1824 <URL:http://support.mayfield.hp.com/>): | |
1825 | |
1826 @example | |
1827 Problem Report: 5003302299 | |
1828 Status: Open | |
1829 | |
1830 System/Model: 9000/700 | |
1831 Product Name: HPUX S800 10.0X | |
1832 Product Vers: 9245XB.10.00 | |
1833 | |
1834 Description: strcat(3C) may read beyond end of source string, can cause | |
1835 SIGSEGV | |
1836 | |
1837 | |
1838 *** PROBLEM TEXT *** | |
1839 strcat(3C) may read beyond the source string onto an unmapped page, | |
1840 causing a segmentation violation. | |
1841 @end example | |
1842 | |
1843 @node Q2.1.17, Q2.1.18, Q2.1.16, Installation | |
1844 @section @samp{Marker does not point anywhere} | |
1845 | |
1846 This is a problem with line-number-mode in XEmacs 19.14, and affects a | |
1847 large number of other packages. If you see this error message, turn off | |
1848 line-number-mode. | |
1849 | |
1850 @node Q2.1.18, Q2.1.19, Q2.1.17, Installation | |
1851 @section 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10. | |
1852 | |
1853 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes: | |
1854 | |
1855 @quotation | |
1856 For the record, compiling on hpux 10.10 leads to a hang in Gnus when | |
1857 compiled with optimization on. | |
1858 | |
1859 I've just discovered that my hpux 10.01 binary was working less well | |
1860 than expected. In fact, on a 10.10 system, @code{(while t)} was not | |
1861 interupted by @kbd{C-g}. I defined @code{BROKEN_SIGIO} and recompiled on | |
1862 10.10, and... the hang is now gone. | |
1863 | |
1864 As far as configure goes, this will be a bit tricky: @code{BROKEN_SIGIO} | |
1865 is needed on 10.10, but @strong{not} on 10.01: if I run my 10.01 binary | |
1866 on a 10.01 machine, without @code{BROKEN_SIGIO} being defined, @kbd{C-g} | |
1867 works as expected. | |
1868 @end quotation | |
1869 | |
1870 Richard Cognot <cognot@@ensg.u-nancy.fr> adds: | |
1871 | |
1872 @quotation | |
1873 Apparently somebody has found the reason why there is this @samp{poll: | |
1874 interrupted...} message for each event. For some reason, libcurses | |
1875 reimplements a @code{select()} system call, in a highly broken fashion. | |
1876 The fix is to add a -lc to the link line @emph{before} the | |
1877 -lxcurses. XEmacs will then use the right version of @code{select()}. | |
1878 @end quotation | |
1879 | |
1880 | |
1881 Alain Fauconnet <af@@biomath.jussieu.fr> writes: | |
1882 | |
1883 @quotation | |
1884 The @emph{real} solution is to @emph{not} link -lcurses in! I just | |
1885 changed -lcurses to -ltermcap in the Makefile and it fixed: | |
1886 | |
1887 @enumerate | |
1888 @item | |
1889 The @samp{poll: interrupted system call} message. | |
1890 | |
1891 @item | |
1892 A more serious problem I had discovered in the meantime, that is the | |
1893 fact that subprocess handling was seriously broken: subprocesses | |
1894 e.g. started by AUCTeX for TeX compilation of a buffer would | |
1895 @emph{hang}. Actually they would wait forever for emacs to read the | |
1896 socket which connects stdout... | |
1897 @end enumerate | |
1898 @end quotation | |
1899 | |
1900 @node Q2.1.19, Q2.1.20, Q2.1.18, Installation | |
1901 @section XEmacs does not follow the local timezone. | |
1902 | |
1903 When using one of the prebuilt binaries many users have observed that | |
1904 XEmacs uses the timezone under which it was built, but not the timezone | |
1905 under which it is running. The solution is to add: | |
1906 | |
1907 @lisp | |
1908 (set-time-zone-rule "MET") | |
1909 @end lisp | |
1910 | |
1911 to your @file{.emacs} or the @file{site-start.el} file if you can. | |
1912 Replace @code{MET} with your local timezone. | |
1913 | |
1914 @node Q2.1.20, Q2.1.21, Q2.1.19, Installation | |
1915 @section @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.} | |
1916 | |
1917 This is a problem with a partially loaded hyperbole. Try adding: | |
1918 | |
1919 @lisp | |
1920 (require 'hmouse-drv) | |
1921 @end lisp | |
1922 | |
1923 where you load hyperbole and the problem should go away. | |
1924 | |
1925 @node Q2.1.21, , Q2.1.20, Installation | |
1926 @section Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes | |
1927 | |
1928 This problem has been fixed in 19.15, and was due to a not easily | |
1929 reproducible race condition. | |
1930 | |
1931 @node Customization, Subsystems, Installation, Top | |
1932 @chapter Customization and Options | |
1933 | |
1934 This is part 3 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This | |
1935 section is devoted to Customization and screen settings. | |
1936 | |
1937 @menu | |
1938 Customization---Emacs Lisp and @file{.emacs}: | |
1939 * Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running? | |
1940 * Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions? | |
1941 * Q3.0.3:: @code{(setq tab-width 6)} behaves oddly. | |
1942 * Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the @code{load-path}? | |
1943 * Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined? | |
1944 * Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of @code{(face-list)} to a buffer? | |
1945 * Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after @code{Save Options}. | |
1946 * Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame? | |
1947 | |
1948 X Window System & Resources: | |
1949 * Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources? | |
1950 * Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display? | |
1951 * Q3.1.3:: @code{(set-screen-width)} worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13? | |
1952 * Q3.1.4:: Specifiying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in @file{.emacs} does not work in 19.13? | |
1953 * Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}? | |
1954 * Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path? | |
1955 * Q3.1.7:: @samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work? | |
1956 * Q3.1.8:: @samp{-iconic} it doesn't work. | |
1957 | |
1958 Textual Fonts & Colors: | |
1959 * Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from @file{.emacs}? | |
1960 * Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts? | |
1961 * Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region? | |
1962 * Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage? | |
1963 * Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them. | |
1964 | |
1965 The Modeline: | |
1966 * Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away? | |
1967 * Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline? | |
1968 * Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline? | |
1969 * Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC-TeX modeline? | |
1970 * Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used? | |
1971 | |
1972 3.4 Multiple Device Support: | |
1973 * Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display? | |
1974 * Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How? | |
1975 | |
1976 3.5 The Keyboard: | |
1977 * Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys? | |
1978 * Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers? | |
1979 * Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down? | |
1980 * Q3.5.4:: Globally binding @kbd{Delete}? | |
1981 * Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time. | |
1982 * Q3.5.6:: How to map @kbd{Help} key alone on Sun type4 keyboard? | |
1983 * Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs? | |
1984 * Q3.5.8:: Why does @code{(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)} complain? | |
1985 * Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward? | |
1986 * Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on @dfn{sticky} modifier keys? | |
1987 | |
1988 The Cursor: | |
1989 * Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker? | |
1990 * 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? | |
1991 * Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink? | |
1992 | |
1993 The Mouse and Highlighting: | |
1994 * Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting? | |
1995 * Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons? | |
1996 * Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list. | |
1997 * Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3? | |
1998 * Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool? | |
1999 * Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is? | |
2000 * Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region? | |
2001 * Q3.7.8:: Why does @kbd{M-w} take so long? | |
2002 | |
2003 The Menubar and Toolbar: | |
2004 * Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)? | |
2005 * Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar? | |
2006 * Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu @code{Buffers} list? | |
2007 * Q3.8.4:: Resources like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} are not working? | |
2008 * Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar? | |
2009 | |
2010 Scrollbars: | |
2011 * Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar? | |
2012 * Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors? | |
2013 * Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this? | |
2014 * Q3.9.4:: How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling? | |
2015 | |
2016 Text Selections: | |
2017 * Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections? | |
2018 * Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it? | |
2019 * Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch? | |
2020 * Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after @kbd{C-x C-p} (mark-page)? | |
2021 * Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling. | |
2022 @end menu | |
2023 | |
2024 @node Q3.0.1, Q3.0.2, Customization, Customization | |
2025 @section What version of Emacs am I running? | |
2026 | |
2027 How can @file{.emacs} determine which of the family of Emacsen I am | |
2028 using? | |
2029 | |
2030 To determine if you are currently running GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19, | |
2031 XEmacs 19, or Epoch, and use appropriate code, check out the example | |
2032 given in @file{etc/sample.emacs}. There are other nifty things in there | |
2033 as well! | |
2034 | |
2035 For all new code, all you really need to do is: | |
2036 | |
2037 @lisp | |
2038 (defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version)) | |
2039 @end lisp | |
2040 | |
2041 @node Q3.0.2, Q3.0.3, Q3.0.1, Customization | |
2042 @section How can I evaluate Emacs-Lisp expressions? | |
2043 | |
2044 I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from @code{*scratch*} buffer | |
2045 with @kbd{C-j} after the expression. How do I do it from another | |
2046 buffer? | |
2047 | |
2048 Use the following code: | |
2049 | |
2050 @lisp | |
2051 (put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil) | |
2052 @end lisp | |
2053 | |
2054 This sets it so that hitting @kbd{M-:} lets you type a single expression | |
2055 to be evaluated. This line can also be put into your @file{.emacs}. | |
2056 | |
2057 @node Q3.0.3, Q3.0.4, Q3.0.2, Customization | |
2058 @section @code{(setq tab-width 6)} behaves oddly. | |
2059 | |
2060 If you put @code{(setq tab-width 6)} in your @file{.emacs} file it does | |
2061 not work! Is there a reason for this? If you do it at the EVAL prompt | |
2062 it works fine!! How strange. | |
2063 | |
2064 Use @code{setq-default} instead, since @code{tab-width} is | |
2065 all-buffer-local. | |
2066 | |
2067 @node Q3.0.4, Q3.0.5, Q3.0.3, Customization | |
2068 @section How can I add directories to the @code{load-path}? | |
2069 | |
2070 Here are two ways to do that, one that puts your directories at the | |
2071 front of the load-path, the other at the end: | |
2072 | |
2073 @lisp | |
2074 ;;; Add things at the beginning of the load-path, do not add | |
2075 ;;; duplicate directories: | |
2076 (if (null (member "bar" load-path)) | |
2077 (setq load-path (cons "bar" load-path))) | |
2078 | |
2079 (if (null (member "foo" load-path)) | |
2080 (setq load-path (cons "foo" load-path))) | |
2081 | |
2082 ;;; Add things at the end, unconditionally | |
2083 (setq load-path (append load-path '("foo" "bar"))) | |
2084 @end lisp | |
2085 | |
2086 keith (k.p.) hanlan <keithh@@nortel.ca> writes: | |
2087 | |
2088 @quotation | |
2089 To add directories using Unix shell metacharacters use | |
2090 @file{expand-file-name} like this: | |
2091 | |
2092 @lisp | |
2093 (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~keithh/.emacsdir") load-path)) | |
2094 @end lisp | |
2095 @end quotation | |
2096 | |
2097 @node Q3.0.5, Q3.0.6, Q3.0.4, Customization | |
2098 @section How to check if a lisp function is defined? | |
2099 | |
2100 Use the following elisp: | |
2101 | |
2102 @lisp | |
2103 (fboundp 'foo) | |
2104 @end lisp | |
2105 | |
2106 It's almost always a mistake to test @code{emacs-version} or any similar | |
2107 variables. | |
2108 | |
2109 Instead, use feature-tests, such as @code{featurep}, @code{boundp}, | |
2110 @code{fboundp}, or even simple behavioural tests, eg.: | |
2111 | |
2112 @lisp | |
2113 (defvar foo-old-losing-code-p | |
2114 (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil) | |
2115 (wrong-number-of-arguments t))) | |
2116 @end lisp | |
2117 | |
2118 There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could work | |
2119 much better more often in more places if it did the above instead of | |
2120 trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable. | |
2121 | |
2122 @node Q3.0.6, Q3.0.7, Q3.0.5, Customization | |
2123 @section Can I force the output of @code{(face-list)} to a buffer? | |
2124 | |
2125 It would be good having it in a buffer, as the output of | |
2126 @code{(face-list)} is too wide to fit to a minibuffer. | |
2127 | |
2128 Evaluate the expression in the @samp{*scratch*} buffer with point after | |
2129 the rightmost paren and typing @kbd{C-j}. | |
2130 | |
2131 @node Q3.0.7, Q3.0.8, Q3.0.6, Customization | |
2132 @section Font selections don't get saved after @code{Save Options}. | |
2133 | |
2134 John Mann <mannj@@ll.mit.edu> writes: | |
2135 | |
2136 @quotation | |
2137 You have to go to Options->Menubar Appearance and unselect | |
2138 @samp{Frame-Local Font Menu}. If this option is selected, font changes | |
2139 are only applied to the @emph{current} frame and do @emph{not} get saved | |
2140 when you save options. | |
2141 @end quotation | |
2142 | |
2143 @node Q3.0.8, Q3.1.1, Q3.0.7, Customization | |
2144 @section How do I get a single minibuffer frame? | |
2145 | |
2146 Vin Shelton <acs@@acm.org> writes: | |
2147 | |
2148 @lisp | |
2149 (setq initial-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil)) | |
2150 (setq default-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil)) | |
2151 (setq default-minibuffer-frame | |
2152 (make-frame | |
2153 '(minibuffer only | |
2154 width 86 | |
2155 height 1 | |
2156 menubar-visible-p nil | |
2157 default-toolbar-visible-p nil | |
2158 name "minibuffer" | |
2159 top -2 | |
2160 left -2 | |
2161 has-modeline-p nil))) | |
2162 (frame-notice-user-settings) | |
2163 @end lisp | |
2164 | |
2165 @strong{NOTE:} The single minibuffer frame may not be to everyone's | |
2166 taste, and there any number of other XEmacs options settings that may | |
2167 make it difficult or inconvenient to use. | |
2168 | |
2169 @node Q3.1.1, Q3.1.2, Q3.0.8, Customization | |
2170 @section Where is a list of X resources? | |
2171 | |
2172 Search through the @file{NEWS} file for @samp{X Resources}. A fairly | |
2173 comprehensive list is given after it. | |
2174 | |
2175 In addition, an @file{app-defaults} file is supplied, | |
2176 @file{etc/Emacs.ad} listing the defaults. The file | |
2177 @file{etc/sample.Xdefaults} gives a set of defaults that you might | |
2178 consider. It is essentially the same as @file{etc/Emacs.ad} but some | |
2179 entries are slightly altered. Be careful about installing the contents | |
2180 of this file into your @file{.Xdefaults} or @file{.Xresources} file if | |
2181 you use GNU Emacs under X11 as well. | |
2182 | |
2183 @node Q3.1.2, Q3.1.3, Q3.1.1, Customization | |
2184 @section How can I detect a color display? | |
2185 | |
2186 You can test the return value of the function @code{(device-class)}, as | |
2187 in: | |
2188 | |
2189 @lisp | |
2190 (when (eq (device-class) 'color) | |
2191 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey") | |
2192 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red") | |
2193 .... | |
2194 ) | |
2195 @end lisp | |
2196 | |
2197 @node Q3.1.3, Q3.1.4, Q3.1.2, Customization | |
2198 @section @code{(set-screen-width)} worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13? | |
2199 | |
2200 In Lucid Emacs 19.6 I did @code{(set-screen-width @var{characters})} and | |
2201 @code{(set-screen-height @var{lines})} in my @file{.emacs} instead of | |
2202 specifying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.Xdefaults} but | |
2203 this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
2204 | |
2205 These two functions now take frame arguments: | |
2206 | |
2207 @lisp | |
2208 (set-frame-width (selected-frame) @var{characters}) | |
2209 (set-frame-height (selected-frame) @var{lines}) | |
2210 @end lisp | |
2211 | |
2212 @node Q3.1.4, Q3.1.5, Q3.1.3, Customization | |
2213 @section Specifiying @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in @file{.emacs} does not work in 19.13? | |
2214 | |
2215 In XEmacs 19.11 I specified @code{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in | |
2216 my @file{.emacs} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
2217 | |
2218 We have switched from using the term @dfn{screen} to using the term | |
2219 @dfn{frame}. | |
2220 | |
2221 The correct entry for your @file{.Xdefaults} is now: | |
2222 | |
2223 @example | |
2224 Emacs*EmacsFrame.geometry | |
2225 @end example | |
2226 | |
2227 @node Q3.1.5, Q3.1.6, Q3.1.4, Customization | |
2228 @section How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}? | |
2229 | |
2230 I'd like the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs}, and not include the name of | |
2231 the current file in it. | |
2232 | |
2233 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
2234 | |
2235 @lisp | |
2236 (setq frame-icon-title-format "XEmacs") | |
2237 @end lisp | |
2238 | |
2239 @node Q3.1.6, Q3.1.7, Q3.1.5, Customization | |
2240 @section How can I have the window title area display the full path? | |
2241 | |
2242 I'd like to have the window title area display the full directory/name | |
2243 of the current buffer file and not just the name. | |
2244 | |
2245 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
2246 | |
2247 @lisp | |
2248 (setq frame-title-format "%S: %f") | |
2249 @end lisp | |
2250 | |
2251 A more sophisticated title might be: | |
2252 | |
2253 @lisp | |
2254 (setq frame-title-format | |
2255 '("%S: " (buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory dired-directory "%b")))) | |
2256 @end lisp | |
2257 | |
2258 That is, use the file name, or the dired-directory, or the buffer name. | |
2259 | |
2260 @node Q3.1.7, Q3.1.8, Q3.1.6, Customization | |
2261 @section @samp{xemacs -name junk} doesn't work? | |
2262 | |
2263 When I run @samp{xterm -name junk}, I get an xterm whose class name | |
2264 according to xprop, is @samp{junk}. This is the way it's supposed to | |
2265 work, I think. When I run @samp{xemacs -name junk} the class name is | |
2266 not set to @samp{junk}. It's still @samp{emacs}. What does | |
2267 @samp{xemacs -name} really do? The reason I ask is that my window | |
2268 manager (fvwm) will make a window sticky and I use XEmacs to read my | |
2269 mail. I want that XEmacs window to be sticky, without having to use the | |
2270 window manager's function to set the window sticky. What gives? | |
2271 | |
2272 @samp{xemacs -name} sets the application name for the program (that is, | |
2273 the thing which normally comes from @samp{argv[0]}). Using @samp{-name} | |
2274 is the same as making a copy of the executable with that new name. The | |
2275 @code{WM_CLASS} property on each frame is set to the frame-name, and the | |
2276 application-class. So, if you did @samp{xemacs -name FOO} and then | |
2277 created a frame named @var{BAR}, you'd get an X window with WM_CLASS = | |
2278 @code{( "BAR", "Emacs")}. However, the resource hierarchy for this | |
2279 widget would be: | |
2280 | |
2281 @example | |
2282 Name: FOO .shell .container .BAR | |
2283 Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame | |
2284 @end example | |
2285 | |
2286 instead of the default | |
2287 | |
2288 @example | |
2289 Name: xemacs.shell .container .emacs | |
2290 Class: Emacs .TopLevelEmacsShell.EmacsManager.EmacsFrame | |
2291 @end example | |
2292 | |
2293 | |
2294 It is arguable that the first element of WM_CLASS should be set to the | |
2295 application-name instead of the frame-name, but I think that's less | |
2296 flexible, since it does not give you the ability to have multiple frames | |
2297 with different WM_CLASS properties. Another possibility would be for | |
2298 the default frame name to come from the application name instead of | |
2299 simply being @samp{emacs}. However, at this point, making that change | |
2300 would be troublesome: it would mean that many users would have to make | |
2301 yet another change to their resource files (since the default frame name | |
2302 would suddenly change from @samp{emacs} to @samp{xemacs}, or whatever | |
2303 the executable happened to be named), so we'd rather avoid it. | |
2304 | |
2305 To make a frame with a particular name use: | |
2306 | |
2307 @lisp | |
2308 (make-frame '((name . "the-name"))) | |
2309 @end lisp | |
2310 | |
2311 @node Q3.1.8, Q3.2.1, Q3.1.7, Customization | |
2312 @section @samp{-iconic} doesn't work. | |
2313 | |
2314 When I start up XEmacs using @samp{-iconic} it doesn't work right. | |
2315 Using @samp{-unmapped} on the command line, and setting the | |
2316 @code{initiallyUnmapped} X Resource don't seem to help much either... | |
2317 | |
2318 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
2319 | |
2320 @quotation | |
2321 Ugh, this stuff is such an incredible mess that I've about given up | |
2322 getting it to work. The principal problem is numerous window-manager | |
2323 bugs... | |
2324 @end quotation | |
2325 | |
2326 @node Q3.2.1, Q3.2.2, Q3.1.8, Customization | |
2327 @section How can I set color options from @file{.emacs}? | |
2328 | |
2329 How can I set the most commonly used color options from my @file{.emacs} | |
2330 instead of from my @file{.Xdefaults}? | |
2331 | |
2332 Like this: | |
2333 | |
2334 @lisp | |
2335 (set-face-background 'default "bisque") ; frame background | |
2336 (set-face-foreground 'default "black") ; normal text | |
2337 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") ; When selecting w/ | |
2338 ; mouse | |
2339 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow") | |
2340 (set-face-font 'default "*courier-bold-r*120-100-100*") | |
2341 (set-face-background 'highlight "blue") ; Ie when selecting buffers | |
2342 (set-face-foreground 'highlight "yellow") | |
2343 (set-face-background 'modeline "blue") ; Line at bottom of buffer | |
2344 (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white") | |
2345 (set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*") | |
2346 (set-face-background 'isearch "yellow") ; When highlighting while | |
2347 ; searching | |
2348 (set-face-foreground 'isearch "red") | |
2349 (setq x-pointer-foreground-color "black") ; Adds to bg color, | |
2350 ; so keep black | |
2351 (setq x-pointer-background-color "blue") ; This is color you really | |
2352 ; want ptr/crsr | |
2353 @end lisp | |
2354 | |
2355 @node Q3.2.2, Q3.2.3, Q3.2.1, Customization | |
2356 @section How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts? | |
2357 | |
2358 Note that you should use @samp{Emacs.} and not @samp{Emacs*} when | |
2359 setting face values. | |
2360 | |
2361 In @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
2362 | |
2363 @example | |
2364 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-*-* | |
2365 Emacs*menubar*font: fixed | |
2366 Emacs.modeline.attributeFont: fixed | |
2367 @end example | |
2368 | |
2369 This is confusing because modeline is a face, and can be found listed | |
2370 with all faces in the current mode by using @kbd{M-x set-face-font | |
2371 (enter) ?}. It uses the face specification of @code{attributeFont}, | |
2372 while menubar is a normal X thing that uses the specification | |
2373 @code{font}. With Motif it may be necessary to use @code{fontList} | |
2374 instead of @code{font}. | |
2375 | |
2376 Suggestions on improving the answer to this question would be | |
2377 appreciated. | |
2378 | |
2379 @node Q3.2.3, Q3.2.4, Q3.2.2, Customization | |
2380 @section How can I set the colors when highlighting a region? | |
2381 | |
2382 How can I set the background/foreground colors when highlighting a | |
2383 region? | |
2384 | |
2385 You can change the face @code{zmacs-region} either in your | |
2386 @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
2387 | |
2388 @example | |
2389 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeForeground: firebrick | |
2390 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeBackground: lightseagreen | |
2391 @end example | |
2392 | |
2393 or in your @file{.emacs}: | |
2394 | |
2395 @lisp | |
2396 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") | |
2397 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow") | |
2398 @end lisp | |
2399 | |
2400 @node Q3.2.4, Q3.2.5, Q3.2.3, Customization | |
2401 @section How can I limit color map usage? | |
2402 | |
2403 I'm using Netscape (or another color grabber like XEmacs); | |
2404 is there anyway to limit the number of available colors in the color map? | |
2405 | |
2406 XEmacs 19.13 doesn't have such a mechanism (unlike netscape, or other | |
2407 color-hogs). One solution is to start XEmacs prior to netscape, since | |
2408 this will prevent Netscape from grabbing all colors (but Netscape will | |
2409 complain). You can use the flags for Netscape, like -mono, -ncols <#> | |
2410 or -install (for mono, limiting to <#> colors, or for using a private | |
2411 color map). Since Netscape will take the entire colormap and never | |
2412 release it, the only reasonable way to run it is with @samp{-install}. | |
2413 | |
2414 If you have the money, another solution would be to use a truecolor or | |
2415 direct color video. | |
2416 | |
2417 Starting with XEmacs 19.14, XEmacs uses the closest available color if | |
2418 the colormap is full, so it's O.K. now to start Netscape first. | |
2419 | |
2420 @node Q3.2.5, Q3.3.1, Q3.2.4, Customization | |
2421 @section My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them. | |
2422 | |
2423 XEmacs tries to automatically determine whether your tty supports color, | |
2424 but sometimes guesses wrong. In that case, you can make XEmacs Do The | |
2425 Right Thing using this Lisp code: | |
2426 | |
2427 @lisp | |
2428 (if (eq 'tty (device-type)) | |
2429 (set-device-class nil 'color)) | |
2430 @end lisp | |
2431 | |
2432 @node Q3.3.1, Q3.3.2, Q3.2.5, Customization | |
2433 @section How can I make the modeline go away? | |
2434 | |
2435 @lisp | |
2436 (set-specifier has-modeline-p nil) | |
2437 @end lisp | |
2438 | |
2439 Starting with XEmacs 19.14 the modeline responds to mouse clicks, so if | |
2440 you haven't liked or used the modeline in the past, you might want to | |
2441 try the new version out. | |
2442 | |
2443 @node Q3.3.2, Q3.3.3, Q3.3.1, Customization | |
2444 @section How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline? | |
2445 | |
2446 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file to display the | |
2447 line number: | |
2448 | |
2449 @lisp | |
2450 (setq line-number-mode t) | |
2451 @end lisp | |
2452 | |
2453 Use the following to display the column number: | |
2454 | |
2455 @lisp | |
2456 (display-column-mode) | |
2457 @end lisp | |
2458 | |
2459 @node Q3.3.3, Q3.3.4, Q3.3.2, Customization | |
2460 @section How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline? | |
2461 | |
2462 @lisp | |
2463 (display-time) | |
2464 @end lisp | |
2465 | |
2466 @node Q3.3.4, Q3.3.5, Q3.3.3, Customization | |
2467 @section How do I turn off current chapter from AUC-TeX modeline? | |
2468 | |
2469 With AUC-TeX, fast typing is hard because the current chapter, section | |
2470 etc. are given in the modeline. How can I turn this off? | |
2471 | |
2472 It's not auc-tex, it comes from @code{func-menu} in @file{func-menu.el}. | |
2473 Add this code to your @file{.emacs} to turn it off: | |
2474 | |
2475 @lisp | |
2476 (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil) | |
2477 @end lisp | |
2478 | |
2479 Or just add a hook to @code{TeX-mode-hook} to turn it off only for TeX | |
2480 mode: | |
2481 | |
2482 @lisp | |
2483 (add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook '(lambda () (setq fume-display-in-modeline-p nil))) | |
2484 @end lisp | |
2485 | |
2486 David Hughes <dhughes@@origin-at.co.uk> writes: | |
2487 | |
2488 @quotation | |
2489 If you have 19.14 or later, try this instead; you'll still get the | |
2490 function name displayed in the modeline, but it won't attempt to keep | |
2491 track when you modify the file. To refresh when it gets out of synch, | |
2492 you simply need click on the @samp{Rescan Buffer} option in the | |
2493 function-menu. | |
2494 | |
2495 @lisp | |
2496 (setq-default fume-auto-rescan-buffer-p nil) | |
2497 @end lisp | |
2498 @end quotation | |
2499 | |
2500 @node Q3.3.5, Q3.4.1, Q3.3.4, Customization | |
2501 @section How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used? | |
2502 | |
2503 You can use something like the following: | |
2504 | |
2505 @lisp | |
2506 (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook | |
2507 '(lambda () (set-face-background 'modeline "red" (current-buffer)) | |
2508 (set-face-foreground 'modeline "yellow" (current-buffer)))) | |
2509 @end lisp | |
2510 | |
2511 Then, when editing a Lisp file (i.e. when in Lisp mode), the modeline | |
2512 colors change from the default set in your @file{.emacs}. The change | |
2513 will only be made in the buffer you just entered (which contains the | |
2514 Lisp file you are editing) and will not affect the modeline colors | |
2515 anywhere else. | |
2516 | |
2517 Notes: | |
2518 | |
2519 @itemize @bullet | |
2520 | |
2521 @item | |
2522 The hook is the mode name plus @code{-hook}. eg. c-mode-hook, | |
2523 c++-mode-hook, emacs-lisp-mode-hook (used for your @file{.emacs} or a | |
2524 @file{xx.el} file), lisp-interaction-mode-hook (the @samp{*scratch*} | |
2525 buffer), text-mode-hook, etc. | |
2526 | |
2527 @item | |
2528 Be sure to use @code{add-hook}, not @code{(setq c-mode-hook xxxx)}, | |
2529 otherwise you will erase anything that anybody has already put on the | |
2530 hook. | |
2531 | |
2532 @item | |
2533 You can also do @code{(set-face-font 'modeline @var{font})}, | |
2534 eg. @code{(set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*" | |
2535 (current-buffer))} if you wish the modeline font to vary based on the | |
2536 current mode. | |
2537 @end itemize | |
2538 | |
2539 This works in 19.14 as well, but there are additional modeline faces, | |
2540 @code{modeline-buffer-id}, @code{modeline-mousable}, and | |
2541 @code{modeline-mousable-minor-mode}, which you may want to customize. | |
2542 | |
2543 @node Q3.4.1, Q3.4.2, Q3.3.5, Customization | |
2544 @section How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display? | |
2545 | |
2546 The support for this has been revamped for 19.14. Use the command | |
2547 @kbd{M-x make-frame-on-display}. This command is also on the File menu | |
2548 in the menubar. | |
2549 | |
2550 XEmacs 19.14 also has the command @code{make-frame-on-tty} which will | |
2551 establish a connection to any tty-like device. | |
2552 | |
2553 @node Q3.4.2, Q3.5.1, Q3.4.1, Customization | |
2554 @section Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How? | |
2555 | |
2556 If you're not running at least XEmacs 19.14, you can't. Otherwise check | |
2557 out the @code{gnuattach} program supplied with XEmacs. | |
2558 | |
2559 @node Q3.5.1, Q3.5.2, Q3.4.2, Customization | |
2560 @section How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys? | |
2561 | |
2562 As an example, say you want the @kbd{paste} key on a Sun keyboard to | |
2563 insert the current Primary X selection at point. You can accomplish this | |
2564 with: | |
2565 | |
2566 @lisp | |
2567 (define-key global-map [f18] 'x-insert-selection) | |
2568 @end lisp | |
2569 | |
2570 However, this only works if there is a current X selection (the | |
2571 selection will be highlighted). The functionality I like is for the | |
2572 @kbd{paste} key to insert the current X selection if there is one, | |
2573 otherwise insert the contents of the clipboard. To do this you need to | |
2574 pass arguments to @code{x-insert-selection}. This is done by wrapping | |
2575 the call in a 'lambda form: | |
2576 | |
2577 @lisp | |
2578 (define-key global-map [f18] | |
2579 (function (lambda () (interactive) (x-insert-selection t nil)))) | |
2580 @end lisp | |
2581 | |
2582 This binds the f18 key to a @dfn{generic} functional object. The | |
2583 interactive spec is required because only interactive functions can be | |
2584 bound to keys. Also take a look at the doc for @code{function}. | |
2585 | |
2586 For the FAQ example you could use: | |
2587 | |
2588 @lisp | |
2589 (global-set-key [(control ?.)] | |
2590 (function (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up 1)))) | |
2591 (global-set-key [(control ?;)] | |
2592 (function (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up -1)))) | |
2593 @end lisp | |
2594 | |
2595 This is fine if you only need a few functions within the lambda body. | |
2596 If you're doing more it's cleaner to define a separate function as in | |
2597 question 3.5.3 (@xref{Q3.5.3}). | |
2598 | |
2599 @node Q3.5.2, Q3.5.3, Q3.5.1, Customization | |
2600 @section How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers? | |
2601 | |
2602 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
2603 | |
2604 @lisp | |
2605 (setq next-line-add-newlines nil) | |
2606 @end lisp | |
2607 | |
2608 @node Q3.5.3, Q3.5.4, Q3.5.2, Customization | |
2609 @section How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down? | |
2610 | |
2611 Add the following (Thanks to Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com> and | |
2612 Wayne Newberry <wayne@@zen.cac.stratus.com>) to @file{.emacs}: | |
2613 | |
2614 @lisp | |
2615 (defun scroll-up-one-line () | |
2616 (interactive) | |
2617 (scroll-up 1)) | |
2618 | |
2619 (defun scroll-down-one-line () | |
2620 (interactive) | |
2621 (scroll-down 1)) | |
2622 | |
2623 (global-set-key [(control ?.)] 'scroll-up-one-line) ; C-. | |
2624 (global-set-key [(control ?;)] 'scroll-down-one-line) ; C-; | |
2625 @end lisp | |
2626 | |
2627 The key point is that you can only bind simple functions to keys; you | |
2628 can not bind a key to a function that you're also passing arguments to. | |
2629 (@xref{Q3.5.1} for a better answer). | |
2630 | |
2631 @node Q3.5.4, Q3.5.5, Q3.5.3, Customization | |
2632 @section Globally binding @kbd{Delete}? | |
2633 | |
2634 I cannot manage to globally bind my @kbd{Delete} key to something other | |
2635 than the default. How does one do this? | |
2636 | |
2637 @lisp | |
2638 (defun Foo () | |
2639 (interactive) | |
2640 (message "You hit DELETE")) | |
2641 | |
2642 (global-set-key 'delete 'Foo) | |
2643 @end lisp | |
2644 | |
2645 However, some modes explicitly bind @kbd{Delete}, so you would need to | |
2646 add a hook that does @code{local-set-key} for them. If what you want to | |
2647 do is make the Backspace and Delete keys work more PC/Motif-like, then | |
2648 take a look at the @file{delbackspace.el} package. | |
2649 | |
2650 New in XEmacs 19.14 is a variable called @code{key-translation-map} | |
2651 which makes it easier to bind @kbd{Delete}. @file{delbackspace.el} is a | |
2652 good example of how to do this correctly. | |
2653 | |
2654 @node Q3.5.5, Q3.5.6, Q3.5.4, Customization | |
2655 @section Scrolling one line at a time. | |
2656 | |
2657 Can the cursor keys scroll the screen a line at a time, rather than the | |
2658 default half page jump? I tend it to find it disorienting. | |
2659 | |
2660 Try this: | |
2661 | |
2662 @lisp | |
2663 (defun scroll-one-line-up (&optional arg) | |
2664 "Scroll the selected window up (forward in the text) one line (or N lines)." | |
2665 (interactive "p") | |
2666 (scroll-up (or arg 1))) | |
2667 | |
2668 (defun scroll-one-line-down (&optional arg) | |
2669 "Scroll the selected window down (backward in the text) one line (or N)." | |
2670 (interactive "p") | |
2671 (scroll-down (or arg 1))) | |
2672 | |
2673 (global-set-key 'up 'scroll-one-line-up) | |
2674 (global-set-key 'down 'scroll-one-line-down) | |
2675 @end lisp | |
2676 | |
2677 | |
2678 The following will also work but will affect more than just the cursor | |
2679 keys (i.e. @kbd{C-n} and @kbd{C-p}): | |
2680 | |
2681 @lisp | |
2682 (setq scroll-step 1) | |
2683 @end lisp | |
2684 | |
2685 @node Q3.5.6, Q3.5.7, Q3.5.5, Customization | |
2686 @section How to map @kbd{Help} key alone on Sun type4 keyboard? | |
2687 | |
2688 The following works in GNU Emacs 19: | |
2689 | |
2690 @lisp | |
2691 (global-set-key [help] 'help-command) ;; Help | |
2692 @end lisp | |
2693 | |
2694 The following works in XEmacs 19.13 with the addition of shift: | |
2695 | |
2696 @lisp | |
2697 (global-set-key [(shift help)] 'help-command) ;; Help | |
2698 @end lisp | |
2699 | |
2700 But it doesn't work alone. This is in the file @file{PROBLEMS} which | |
2701 should have come with your XEmacs installation: @emph{Emacs ignores the | |
2702 @kbd{help} key when running OLWM}. | |
2703 | |
2704 OLWM grabs the @kbd{help} key, and retransmits it to the appropriate | |
2705 client using @code{XSendEvent}. Allowing Emacs to react to synthetic | |
2706 events is a security hole, so this is turned off by default. You can | |
2707 enable it by setting the variable @code{x-allow-sendevents} to t. You | |
2708 can also cause fix this by telling OLWM to not grab the help key, with | |
2709 the null binding @code{OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand.Help:}. | |
2710 | |
2711 @node Q3.5.7, Q3.5.8, Q3.5.6, Customization | |
2712 @section How can you type in special characters in XEmacs? | |
2713 | |
2714 One way is to use the package @samp{x-compose}. Then you can use | |
2715 sequences like @kbd{Compose " a} to get ä, etc. | |
2716 | |
2717 Another way is to use the iso8859-1 package. | |
2718 | |
2719 @node Q3.5.8, Q3.5.9, Q3.5.7, Customization | |
2720 @section Why does @code{(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)} complain? | |
2721 | |
2722 Why does @code{(define-key global-map [ delete-forward ] 'delete-char)} | |
2723 complain of not being able to bind an unknown key? | |
2724 | |
2725 Try this instead: | |
2726 | |
2727 @lisp | |
2728 (define-key global-map [delete_forward] 'delete-char) | |
2729 @end lisp | |
2730 | |
2731 and it will work. | |
2732 | |
2733 What you are seeing above is a bug due to code that is trying to check | |
2734 for GNU Emacs syntax like: | |
2735 | |
2736 (define-key global-map [C-M-a] 'delete-char) | |
2737 | |
2738 which otherwise would cause no errors but would not result in the | |
2739 expected behavior. | |
2740 | |
2741 This bug has been fixed in 19.14. | |
2742 | |
2743 @node Q3.5.9, Q3.5.10, Q3.5.8, Customization | |
2744 @section How do I make the Delete key delete forward? | |
2745 | |
2746 Use the @file{delbackspace} package: | |
2747 | |
2748 @lisp | |
2749 (load-library "delbackspace") | |
2750 @end lisp | |
2751 | |
2752 Also @xref{Q3.5.4}. | |
2753 | |
2754 @node Q3.5.10, Q3.6.1, Q3.5.9, Customization | |
2755 @section Can I turn on @dfn{sticky} modifier keys? | |
2756 | |
2757 Yes, with @code{(setq modifier-keys-are-sticky t)}. This will give the | |
2758 effect of being able to press and release Shift and have the next | |
2759 character typed come out in upper case. This will affect all the other | |
2760 modifier keys like Control and Meta as well. | |
2761 | |
2762 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
2763 | |
2764 @quotation | |
2765 One thing about the sticky modifiers is that if you move the mouse out | |
2766 of the frame and back in, it cancels all currently "stuck" modifiers. | |
2767 @end quotation | |
2768 | |
2769 @node Q3.6.1, Q3.6.2, Q3.5.10, Customization | |
2770 @section Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker? | |
2771 | |
2772 I'd like to have the bar cursor a little thicker, as I tend to "lose" it | |
2773 often. | |
2774 | |
2775 For a 1 pixel bar cursor, use: | |
2776 | |
2777 @lisp | |
2778 (setq bar-cursor t) | |
2779 @end lisp | |
2780 | |
2781 For a 2 pixel bar cursor, use: | |
2782 | |
2783 @lisp | |
2784 (setq bar-cursor 'anything-else) | |
2785 @end lisp | |
2786 | |
2787 You can use a color to make it stand out better: | |
2788 | |
2789 @example | |
2790 Emacs*cursorColor: Red | |
2791 @end example | |
2792 | |
2793 @node Q3.6.2, Q3.6.3, Q3.6.1, Customization | |
2794 @section Is there a way to get back the block cursor? | |
2795 | |
2796 @lisp | |
2797 (setq bar-cursor nil) | |
2798 @end lisp | |
2799 | |
2800 @node Q3.6.3, Q3.7.1, Q3.6.2, Customization | |
2801 @section Can I make the cursor blink? | |
2802 | |
2803 If you are running a version of XEmacs older than 19.14, no. Otherwise | |
2804 you can do the following: | |
2805 | |
2806 @lisp | |
2807 (blink-cursor-mode) | |
2808 @end lisp | |
2809 | |
2810 This function toggles between a steady cursor and a blinking cursor. | |
2811 You may also set this mode from the menu bar by selecting @samp{Options | |
2812 => Frame Appearance => Blinking Cursor}. | |
2813 | |
2814 @node Q3.7.1, Q3.7.2, Q3.6.3, Customization | |
2815 @section How can I turn off Mouse pasting? | |
2816 | |
2817 I keep hitting the middle mouse button by accident and getting stuff | |
2818 pasted into my buffer so how can I turn this off? | |
2819 | |
2820 Here is an alternative binding, whereby the middle mouse button selects | |
2821 (but does not cut) the expression under the mouse. Clicking middle on a | |
2822 left or right paren will select to the matching one. Note that you can | |
2823 use @code{define-key} or @code{global-set-key}. | |
2824 | |
2825 @lisp | |
2826 (defun Mouse-Set-Point-and-Select (event) | |
2827 "Sets the point at the mouse location, then marks following form" | |
2828 (interactive "@@e") | |
2829 (mouse-set-point event) | |
2830 (mark-sexp 1) | |
2831 ) | |
2832 (define-key global-map 'button2 'Mouse-Set-Point-and-Select) | |
2833 @end lisp | |
2834 | |
2835 @node Q3.7.2, Q3.7.3, Q3.7.1, Customization | |
2836 @section How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons? | |
2837 | |
2838 Use, for instance, @code{[(meta button1)]}. For example, here is a | |
2839 common setting for Common Lisp programmers who use the bundled ilisp | |
2840 package, whereby meta-button1 on a function name will find the file | |
2841 where the function name was defined, and put you at that location in the | |
2842 source file. | |
2843 | |
2844 [Inside a function that gets called by the lisp-mode-hook and | |
2845 ilisp-mode-hook] | |
2846 | |
2847 @lisp | |
2848 (local-set-key [(meta button1)] 'edit-definitions-lisp) | |
2849 @end lisp | |
2850 | |
2851 @node Q3.7.3, Q3.7.4, Q3.7.2, Customization | |
2852 @section Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list. | |
2853 | |
2854 I do @kbd{C-x C-b} to get a list of buffers and the entries get | |
2855 highlighted when I move the mouse over them but clicking the left mouse | |
2856 does not do anything. | |
2857 | |
2858 Use the middle mouse button. | |
2859 | |
2860 @node Q3.7.4, Q3.7.5, Q3.7.3, Customization | |
2861 @section How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3? | |
2862 | |
2863 The following code will actually replace the default popup on button3: | |
2864 | |
2865 @lisp | |
2866 (defun cw-build-buffers () | |
2867 "Popup buffer menu." | |
2868 (interactive "@@") | |
2869 (run-hooks 'activate-menubar-hook) | |
2870 (popup-menu (car (find-menu-item current-menubar '("Buffers"))))) | |
2871 | |
2872 (define-key global-map [(button3)] 'cw-build-buffers) | |
2873 @end lisp | |
2874 | |
2875 @node Q3.7.5, Q3.7.6, Q3.7.4, Customization | |
2876 @section Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool? | |
2877 | |
2878 We don't know. It's a bug. There does seem to be a work-around, | |
2879 however. Try running xclipboard first. It appears to fix the problem | |
2880 even if you exit it. (This should be mostly fixed in 19.13, but we | |
2881 haven't yet verified that). | |
2882 | |
2883 @node Q3.7.6, Q3.7.7, Q3.7.5, Customization | |
2884 @section How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is? | |
2885 | |
2886 By default XEmacs pastes X selections where the mouse pointer is. How | |
2887 do I disable this? | |
2888 | |
2889 Examine the function @code{mouse-yank}, by typing @kbd{C-h f mouse-yank | |
2890 RET}. | |
2891 | |
2892 To get XEmacs to paste at the text cursor, add this your @file{.emacs}: | |
2893 | |
2894 @lisp | |
2895 (setq mouse-yank-at-point t) | |
2896 @end lisp | |
2897 | |
2898 @node Q3.7.7, Q3.7.8, Q3.7.6, Customization | |
2899 @section How do I select a rectangular region? | |
2900 | |
2901 Just select the region normally, then use the rectangle commands (e.g. | |
2902 @code{kill-rectangle} on it. The region does not highlight as a | |
2903 rectangle, but the commands work just fine. | |
2904 | |
2905 To actually sweep out rectangular regions with the mouse do the | |
2906 following: | |
2907 | |
2908 @lisp | |
2909 (setq mouse-track-rectangle-p t) | |
2910 @end lisp | |
2911 | |
2912 Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@@hut.fi> writes: | |
2913 | |
2914 @quotation | |
2915 To actually sweep out rectangular regions with the mouse you can also | |
2916 use @code{mouse-track-do-rectangle} which is assigned to | |
2917 @kbd{M-button1}. Then use rectangle commands. | |
2918 | |
2919 @example | |
2920 mouse-track-do-rectangle: (event) | |
2921 -- an interactive compiled Lisp function. | |
2922 Like `mouse-track' but selects rectangles instead of regions. | |
2923 @end example | |
2924 @end quotation | |
2925 | |
2926 @node Q3.7.8, Q3.8.1, Q3.7.7, Customization | |
2927 @section Why does @kbd{M-w} take so long? | |
2928 | |
2929 It actually doesn't. It leaves the region visible for a second so that | |
2930 you can see what area is being yanked. If you start working, though, it | |
2931 will immediately complete its operation. In other words, it will only | |
2932 delay for a second if you let it. | |
2933 | |
2934 @node Q3.8.1, Q3.8.2, Q3.7.8, Customization | |
2935 @section How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)? | |
2936 | |
2937 If you are running XEmacs 19.13 and earlier, add this command to your | |
2938 @file{.emacs}. | |
2939 | |
2940 @lisp | |
2941 (set-menubar nil) | |
2942 @end lisp | |
2943 | |
2944 Starting with XEmacs 19.14 the preferred method is: | |
2945 | |
2946 @lisp | |
2947 (set-specifier menubar-visible-p nil) | |
2948 @end lisp | |
2949 | |
2950 @node Q3.8.2, Q3.8.3, Q3.8.1, Customization | |
2951 @section Can I customize the basic menubar? | |
2952 | |
2953 For an extensive menubar, add this line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
2954 | |
2955 @lisp | |
2956 (load "big-menubar") | |
2957 @end lisp | |
2958 | |
2959 If you'd like to write your own, this file provides as good a set of | |
2960 examples as any to start from. The file is located in | |
2961 @file{lisp/packages/big-menubar.el} in the XEmacs installation | |
2962 directory. | |
2963 | |
2964 @node Q3.8.3, Q3.8.4, Q3.8.2, Customization | |
2965 @section How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu @code{Buffers List}? | |
2966 | |
2967 Add the following to your @file{.emacs} (suit to fit): | |
2968 | |
2969 @lisp | |
2970 (setq buffers-menu-max-size 20) | |
2971 @end lisp | |
2972 | |
2973 For no limit, use an argument of @samp{nil}. | |
2974 | |
2975 @node Q3.8.4, Q3.8.5, Q3.8.3, Customization | |
2976 @section Resources like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} are not working? | |
2977 | |
2978 I am trying to use a resource like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} to set the | |
2979 font of the menubar but it's not working. | |
2980 | |
2981 If you are using the real Motif menubar, this resource is not | |
2982 recognized; you have to say: | |
2983 | |
2984 @example | |
2985 Emacs*menubar*fontList: FONT | |
2986 @end example | |
2987 | |
2988 If you are using the Lucid menubar, the former resource will be | |
2989 recognized only if the latter resource is unset. This means that the | |
2990 resource | |
2991 | |
2992 @example | |
2993 *fontList: FONT | |
2994 @end example | |
2995 | |
2996 will override | |
2997 | |
2998 @example | |
2999 Emacs*menubar*font: FONT | |
3000 @end example | |
3001 | |
3002 even though the latter is more specific. | |
3003 | |
3004 @node Q3.8.5, Q3.9.1, Q3.8.4, Customization | |
3005 @section How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar? | |
3006 | |
3007 Try something like: | |
3008 | |
3009 @lisp | |
3010 (global-set-key [(control x) T] | |
3011 '(lambda () (interactive) | |
3012 (set-specifier default-toolbar-visible-p | |
3013 (not (specifier-instance | |
3014 default-toolbar-visible-p))))) | |
3015 @end lisp | |
3016 | |
3017 There are redisplay bugs in 19.14 that may make the preceding result in | |
3018 a messed-up display, especially for frames with multiple windows. You | |
3019 may need to resize the frame before XEmacs completely realizes the | |
3020 toolbar is really gone. | |
3021 | |
3022 Thanks to Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> for the correct | |
3023 code. | |
3024 | |
3025 @node Q3.9.1, Q3.9.2, Q3.8.5, Customization | |
3026 @section How can I disable the scrollbar? | |
3027 | |
3028 To disable them for all frames, add the following line to | |
3029 your @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
3030 | |
3031 @example | |
3032 Emacs.scrollBarWidth: 0 | |
3033 @end example | |
3034 | |
3035 To turn the scrollbar off on a per-frame basis, use the following | |
3036 function: | |
3037 | |
3038 @lisp | |
3039 (set-specifier scrollbar-width (cons (selected-frame) 0)) | |
3040 @end lisp | |
3041 | |
3042 You can actually turn the scrollbars on at any level you want by | |
3043 substituting for (selected-frame) in the above command. For example, to | |
3044 turn the scrollbars off only in a single buffer: | |
3045 | |
3046 @lisp | |
3047 (set-specifier scrollbar-width (cons (current-buffer) 0)) | |
3048 @end lisp | |
3049 | |
3050 Starting with 19.14 you can use the more logical form: | |
3051 | |
3052 @lisp | |
3053 (set-specifier scrollbar-width 0 (selected-frame)) | |
3054 @end lisp | |
3055 | |
3056 @node Q3.9.2, Q3.9.3, Q3.9.1, Customization | |
3057 @section How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors? | |
3058 | |
3059 Here's a recap of how to use resources to change your scrollbar colors: | |
3060 | |
3061 @example | |
3062 ! Motif scrollbars | |
3063 | |
3064 Emacs*XmScrollBar.Background: skyblue | |
3065 Emacs*XmScrollBar.troughColor: lightgray | |
3066 | |
3067 ! Athena scrollbars | |
3068 | |
3069 Emacs*Scrollbar.Foreground: skyblue | |
3070 Emacs*Scrollbar.Background: lightgray | |
3071 @end example | |
3072 | |
3073 Note the capitalization of @code{Scrollbar} for the Athena widget. | |
3074 | |
3075 @node Q3.9.3, Q3.9.4, Q3.9.2, Customization | |
3076 @section Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this? | |
3077 | |
3078 When I move the scrollbar in an XEmacs window, it moves the point as | |
3079 well, which should not be the default behavior. Is this a bug or a | |
3080 feature? Can I disable it? | |
3081 | |
3082 The current behavior is a feature, not a bug. Point remains at the same | |
3083 buffer position as long as that position does not scroll off the screen. | |
3084 In that event, point will end up in either the upper-left or lower-left | |
3085 hand corner. | |
3086 | |
3087 This cannot be changed. | |
3088 | |
3089 @node Q3.9.4, Q3.10.1, Q3.9.3, Customization | |
3090 @section How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling? | |
3091 | |
3092 By the same token, how can I turn it off in specific modes? | |
3093 | |
3094 To do this, add to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
3095 | |
3096 @lisp | |
3097 (require 'auto-show) | |
3098 @end lisp | |
3099 | |
3100 Then do @code{(setq truncate-lines t)} in the mode-hooks for any modes | |
3101 in which you want lines truncated. | |
3102 | |
3103 More precisely: If @code{truncate-lines} is nil, horizontal scrollbars | |
3104 will never appear. Otherwise, they will appear only if the value of | |
3105 @code{scrollbar-height} for that buffer/window/etc. is non-zero. If you | |
3106 do | |
3107 | |
3108 @lisp | |
3109 (set-specifier scrollbar-height 0) | |
3110 @end lisp | |
3111 | |
3112 then horizontal scrollbars will not appear in truncated buffers unless | |
3113 the package specifically asked for them. | |
3114 | |
3115 Automatic horizontal scrolling is now standard, starting with 19.14. | |
3116 | |
3117 @node Q3.10.1, Q3.10.2, Q3.9.4, Customization | |
3118 @section How can I turn off or change highlighted selections? | |
3119 | |
3120 The @code{zmacs} mode allows for what some might call gratuitous | |
3121 highlighting for selected regions (either by setting mark or by using | |
3122 the mouse). This is the default behavior. To turn off, add the | |
3123 following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
3124 | |
3125 @lisp | |
3126 (setq zmacs-regions nil) | |
3127 @end lisp | |
3128 | |
3129 To change the face for selection, look at @code{Options->Edit Faces} on | |
3130 the menubar. | |
3131 | |
3132 @node Q3.10.2, Q3.10.3, Q3.10.1, Customization | |
3133 @section How do I get that typing on an active region removes it? | |
3134 | |
3135 I want to change things so that if I select some text and start typing, | |
3136 the typed text replaces the selected text, similar to Motif. | |
3137 | |
3138 You want to use something called @dfn{pending delete}. Pending delete | |
3139 is what happens when you select a region (with the mouse or keyboard) | |
3140 and you press a key to replace the selected region by the key you typed. | |
3141 Usually backspace kills the selected region. | |
3142 | |
3143 To get this behavior, add the following line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
3144 | |
3145 @lisp | |
3146 (require 'pending-del) | |
3147 @end lisp | |
3148 | |
3149 Note that this will work with both Backspace and Delete. | |
3150 | |
3151 @node Q3.10.3, Q3.10.4, Q3.10.2, Customization | |
3152 @section Can I turn off the highlight during isearch? | |
3153 | |
3154 I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am not | |
3155 able to see what's underneath. How do I turn it off? | |
3156 | |
3157 Put the following in your @file{.emacs}: | |
3158 | |
3159 @lisp | |
3160 (setq isearch-highlight nil) | |
3161 @end lisp | |
3162 | |
3163 Note also that isearch-highlight affects query-replace and ispell. | |
3164 Instead of disabling isearch-highlight you may find that a better | |
3165 solution consists of customizing the @code{isearch} face. | |
3166 | |
3167 @node Q3.10.4, Q3.10.5, Q3.10.3, Customization | |
3168 @section How do I turn off highlighting after @kbd{C-x C-p} (mark-page)? | |
3169 | |
3170 Put this in your @code{.emacs}: | |
3171 | |
3172 @lisp | |
3173 (setq zmacs-regions nil) | |
3174 @end lisp | |
3175 | |
3176 @strong{Warning: This command turns off all region highlighting.} | |
3177 | |
3178 @node Q3.10.5, , Q3.10.4, Customization | |
3179 @section The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling. | |
3180 | |
3181 How do I turn this feature (if it indeed is a feature) off? | |
3182 | |
3183 Like this: | |
3184 | |
3185 @lisp | |
3186 (defadvice scroll-up (around scroll-up freeze) | |
3187 (interactive "_P") | |
3188 (let ((zmacs-region-stays t)) | |
3189 (if (interactive-p) | |
3190 (condition-case nil | |
3191 ad-do-it | |
3192 (end-of-buffer (goto-char (point-max)))) | |
3193 ad-do-it))) | |
3194 | |
3195 (defadvice scroll-down (around scroll-down freeze) | |
3196 (interactive "_P") | |
3197 (let ((zmacs-region-stays t)) | |
3198 (if (interactive-p) | |
3199 (condition-case nil | |
3200 ad-do-it | |
3201 (beginning-of-buffer (goto-char (point-min)))) | |
3202 ad-do-it))) | |
3203 @end lisp | |
3204 | |
3205 Thanks to T. V. Raman <raman@@adobe.com> for assistance in deriving this | |
3206 answer. | |
3207 | |
3208 @node Subsystems, Miscellaneous, Customization, Top | |
3209 @chapter Major Subsystems | |
3210 | |
3211 This is part 4 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This | |
3212 section is devoted to major XEmacs subsystems. | |
3213 | |
3214 @menu | |
3215 Reading Mail with VM: | |
3216 * Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP? | |
3217 * Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me? | |
3218 * Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail? | |
3219 * Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank] | |
3220 * Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived? | |
3221 * 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"? | |
3222 * Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM? | |
3223 * Q4.0.8:: Remote Mailreading with VM. | |
3224 * Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail. | |
3225 * Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame? | |
3226 * Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies? | |
3227 * Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here. | |
3228 | |
3229 Web browsing with W3: | |
3230 * Q4.1.1:: What is W3? | |
3231 * Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall? | |
3232 | |
3233 Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus: | |
3234 * Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus, argh! | |
3235 * Q4.2.2:: [This question intentionally left blank] | |
3236 * Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame? | |
3237 * Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line? | |
3238 | |
3239 Other Mail & News: | |
3240 * Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages? | |
3241 * Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it? | |
3242 * Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this @code{movemail} program working? | |
3243 * Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems? | |
3244 * Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)? | |
3245 | |
3246 Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop: | |
3247 * Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop | |
3248 | |
3249 Energize: | |
3250 * Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize? | |
3251 | |
3252 Infodock: | |
3253 * Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock? | |
3254 | |
3255 Other Unbundled Packages: | |
3256 * Q4.7.1:: What is AucTeX? Where do you get it? | |
3257 * Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets? | |
3258 * Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AucTeX on XEmacs 19.14 | |
3259 * Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AucTeX | |
3260 @end menu | |
3261 | |
3262 @node Q4.0.1, Q4.0.2, Subsystems, Subsystems | |
3263 @section How do I set up VM to retrieve mail from a remote site using POP? | |
3264 | |
3265 Use @code{vm-spool-files}, like this for example: | |
3266 | |
3267 @lisp | |
3268 (setq vm-spool-files '("/var/spool/mail/wing" | |
3269 "netcom23.netcom.com:110:pass:wing:MYPASS")) | |
3270 @end lisp | |
3271 | |
3272 Of course substitute your actual password for MYPASS. | |
3273 | |
3274 @node Q4.0.2, Q4.0.3, Q4.0.1, Subsystems | |
3275 @section How do I get VM to filter mail for me? | |
3276 | |
3277 One possibility is to use procmail to split your mail before it gets to | |
3278 VM. I prefer this personally, since there are many strange and | |
3279 wonderful things one can do with procmail. Procmail may be found at | |
3280 <URL:ftp://ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/packages/procmail/>. | |
3281 | |
3282 Also see the Mail Filtering FAQ at: | |
3283 <URL:http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/mail/filtering-faq/faq.html>. | |
3284 | |
3285 Another possibility is to check out Gnus 5. Gnus 5 has mail splitting | |
3286 capability, and can use VM as a mail reading backend. | |
3287 | |
3288 @node Q4.0.3, Q4.0.4, Q4.0.2, Subsystems | |
3289 @section How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail? | |
3290 | |
3291 John Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> writes: | |
3292 | |
3293 @quotation | |
3294 Use the following: | |
3295 | |
3296 @lisp | |
3297 (setq vm-auto-get-new-mail 60) | |
3298 @end lisp | |
3299 @end quotation | |
3300 | |
3301 @node Q4.0.4, Q4.0.5, Q4.0.3, Subsystems | |
3302 @section [This question intentionally left blank] | |
3303 | |
3304 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering. | |
3305 | |
3306 @node Q4.0.5, Q4.0.6, Q4.0.4, Subsystems | |
3307 @section How do I get my outgoing mail archived? | |
3308 | |
3309 @lisp | |
3310 (setq mail-archive-file-name "~/outbox") | |
3311 @end lisp | |
3312 | |
3313 @node Q4.0.6, Q4.0.7, Q4.0.5, Subsystems | |
3314 @section I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"? | |
3315 | |
3316 Set @code{vm-reply-ignored-addresses} to a list, like | |
3317 | |
3318 @lisp | |
3319 (setq vm-reply-ignored-addresses '("wing@@netcom[0-9]*.netcom.com" | |
3320 "wing@@netcom.com" "wing@@666.com")) | |
3321 @end lisp | |
3322 | |
3323 Note that each string is a regular expression. | |
3324 | |
3325 @node Q4.0.7, Q4.0.8, Q4.0.6, Subsystems | |
3326 @section Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM? | |
3327 | |
3328 There is no archived FAQ for VM. | |
3329 | |
3330 Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@@wonderworks.com> writes: | |
3331 | |
3332 @quotation | |
3333 No, I'm too atavistic to write one. For some reason I'd rather just | |
3334 answer the questions myself. I guess it serves a purpose in that the VM | |
3335 user community knows that I'm still alive, despite the 9 months since | |
3336 the last release. | |
3337 @end quotation | |
3338 | |
3339 VM has its own newsgroup gnu.emacs.vm.info. | |
3340 | |
3341 @node Q4.0.8, Q4.0.9, Q4.0.7, Subsystems | |
3342 @section Remote Mailreading with VM. | |
3343 | |
3344 My mailbox lives at the office on a big honkin server. My regular INBOX | |
3345 lives on my honkin desktop machine. I now can PPP to the office from | |
3346 home which is far from honking... I'd like to be able to read mail at | |
3347 home without storing it here and I'd like to use xemacs and VM at | |
3348 home... Is there a recommended setup? | |
3349 | |
3350 Joseph J. Nuspl Jr. <nuspl@@nvwls.cc.purdue.edu> writes: | |
3351 | |
3352 @quotation | |
3353 There are several ways to do this. | |
3354 | |
3355 @enumerate | |
3356 @item | |
3357 Set your display to your home machine and run dxpc or one of the other X | |
3358 compressors. | |
3359 | |
3360 @item | |
3361 NFS mount your desktop machine on your home machine and modify your pop | |
3362 command on your home machine to rsh to your desktop machine and actually | |
3363 do the pop get's. | |
3364 | |
3365 @item | |
3366 Run a POP server on your desktop machine as well and do a sort of two | |
3367 tiered POP get. | |
3368 @end enumerate | |
3369 @end quotation | |
3370 | |
3371 William Perry <wmperry@@monolith.spry.com> adds: | |
3372 | |
3373 @quotation | |
3374 Or you could run a pop script periodically on your desktop machine, and | |
3375 just use ange-ftp or NFS to get to your mailbox. I used to do this all | |
3376 the time back at IU. | |
3377 @end quotation | |
3378 | |
3379 @node Q4.0.9, Q4.0.10, Q4.0.8, Subsystems | |
3380 @section rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail. | |
3381 | |
3382 >From the XEmacs PROBLEMS file: | |
3383 | |
3384 @quotation | |
3385 rmail and VM get new mail from @file{/usr/spool/mail/$USER} using a | |
3386 program called @code{movemail}. This program interlocks with | |
3387 @code{/bin/mail} using the protocol defined by @code{/bin/mail}. | |
3388 | |
3389 There are two different protocols in general use. One of them uses the | |
3390 @code{flock} system call. The other involves creating a lock file; | |
3391 @code{movemail} must be able to write in @file{/usr/spool/mail} in order | |
3392 to do this. You control which one is used by defining, or not defining, | |
3393 the macro @code{MAIL_USE_FLOCK} in @file{config.h} or the m- or s- file | |
3394 it includes. | |
3395 | |
3396 @strong{IF YOU DON'T USE THE FORM OF INTERLOCKING THAT IS NORMAL ON YOUR | |
3397 SYSTEM, YOU CAN LOSE MAIL!} | |
3398 | |
3399 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions | |
3400 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in | |
3401 @file{/usr/spool/mail}, you may need to make @code{movemail} setgid to a | |
3402 suitable group such as @samp{mail}. You can use these commands (as | |
3403 root): | |
3404 | |
3405 @example | |
3406 chgrp mail movemail | |
3407 chmod 2755 movemail | |
3408 @end example | |
3409 | |
3410 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions | |
3411 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in | |
3412 @file{/usr/spool/mail}, you may need to make @code{movemail} setgid to a | |
3413 suitable group such as @code{mail}. To do this, use the following | |
3414 commands (as root) after doing the make install. | |
3415 | |
3416 @example | |
3417 chgrp mail movemail | |
3418 chmod 2755 movemail | |
3419 @end example | |
3420 | |
3421 Installation normally copies movemail from the build directory to an | |
3422 installation directory which is usually under @file{/usr/local/lib}. | |
3423 The installed copy of @code{movemail} is usually in the directory | |
3424 @file{/usr/local/lib/emacs/VERSION/TARGET}. You must change the group | |
3425 and mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the build | |
3426 directory copy is ineffective. | |
3427 @end quotation | |
3428 | |
3429 @node Q4.0.10, Q4.0.11, Q4.0.9, Subsystems | |
3430 @section How do I make VM stay in a single frame? | |
3431 | |
3432 John S Cooper <John.Cooper@@Eng.Sun.COM> writes: | |
3433 | |
3434 @quotation | |
3435 @lisp | |
3436 ; Don't use multiple frames | |
3437 (setq vm-frame-per-composition nil) | |
3438 (setq vm-frame-per-folder nil) | |
3439 (setq vm-frame-per-edit nil) | |
3440 (setq vm-frame-per-summary nil) | |
3441 @end lisp | |
3442 @end quotation | |
3443 | |
3444 @node Q4.0.11, Q4.0.12, Q4.0.10, Subsystems | |
3445 @section How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies? | |
3446 | |
3447 For mh-e use the following: | |
3448 | |
3449 @lisp | |
3450 (add-hook 'mh-show-mode-hook '(lambda () (smiley-region (point-min) | |
3451 (point-max)))) | |
3452 @end lisp | |
3453 | |
3454 For vm use the following: | |
3455 @lisp | |
3456 (require 'messagexmas) | |
3457 (require 'smiley) | |
3458 (add-hook 'vm-select-message-hook '(lambda () (smiley-region (point-min) | |
3459 (point-max)))) | |
3460 @end lisp | |
3461 | |
3462 For tm use the following: | |
3463 @lisp | |
3464 (autoload 'smiley-buffer "smiley" nil t) | |
3465 (add-hook 'mime-viewer/plain-text-preview-hook 'smiley-buffer) | |
3466 @end lisp | |
3467 | |
3468 @node Q4.0.12, Q4.1.1, Q4.0.11, Subsystems | |
3469 @section Customization of VM not covered in the manual, or here. | |
3470 | |
3471 giacomo boffi <boffi@@hp735.stru.polimi.it> writes: | |
3472 | |
3473 @quotation | |
3474 The meta-answer is to look into the file @file{vm-vars.el}, in the vm | |
3475 directory of the lisp library. | |
3476 | |
3477 @file{vm-vars.el} contains, initializes and carefully describes, with | |
3478 examples of usage, the plethora of user options that @emph{fully} | |
3479 control VM's behavior. | |
3480 | |
3481 Enter vm-vars, @code{forward-search} for toolbar, find the variables | |
3482 that control the toolbar placement, appearance, existence, copy to your | |
3483 @file{.emacs} or @file{.vm} and modify according to the detailed | |
3484 instructions. | |
3485 | |
3486 The above also applies to all the various features of VM: search for | |
3487 some keywords, maybe the first you conjure isn't appropriate, find the | |
3488 appropriate variables, copy and experiment. | |
3489 @end quotation | |
3490 | |
3491 @node Q4.1.1, Q4.1.2, Q4.0.12, Subsystems | |
3492 @section What is W3? | |
3493 | |
3494 W3 is an advanced graphical browser written in Emacs lisp that runs on | |
3495 XEmacs. It has full support for cascaded style sheets, and more... | |
3496 | |
3497 It has a home web page at | |
3498 <URL:http://www.cs.indiana.edu/elisp/w3/docs.html>. | |
3499 | |
3500 @node Q4.1.2, Q4.2.1, Q4.1.1, Subsystems | |
3501 @section How do I run W3 from behind a firewall? | |
3502 | |
3503 There is a long, well-written, detailed section in the W3 manual that | |
3504 describes how to do this. Look in the section entitled "Firewalls". | |
3505 | |
3506 @node Q4.2.1, Q4.2.2, Q4.1.2, Subsystems | |
3507 @section GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus, Mamey Sapote Gnus, argh! | |
3508 | |
3509 Please see <URL:http://www.ccs.neu.edu/software/gnus/> for details. | |
3510 | |
3511 @node Q4.2.2, Q4.2.3, Q4.2.1, Subsystems | |
3512 @section This question intentionally left blank. | |
3513 | |
3514 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering. | |
3515 | |
3516 @node Q4.2.3, Q4.2.4, Q4.2.2, Subsystems | |
3517 @section How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame? | |
3518 | |
3519 When starting Gnus from the toolbar it is automatically put into a new | |
3520 frame. Gnus not being frame-aware code, has no provision to disable | |
3521 this feature. If you feel this is a problem here are some workarounds: | |
3522 | |
3523 @enumerate | |
3524 @item | |
3525 Don't start Gnus from the toolbar, use @kbd{M-x gnus}. This is what I | |
3526 do. | |
3527 | |
3528 @item | |
3529 Redefine the function called by the toolbar: | |
3530 | |
3531 @lisp | |
3532 (defun toolbar-news () | |
3533 "Run Gnus in the frame it was started from." | |
3534 (interactive) | |
3535 (gnus)) | |
3536 @end lisp | |
3537 @end enumerate | |
3538 | |
3539 @node Q4.2.4, Q4.3.1, Q4.2.3, Subsystems | |
3540 @section How do I customize the From: line? | |
3541 | |
3542 How do I change the @code{From:} line? I have set gnus-user-from-line | |
3543 to Gail Gurman <gail.gurman@@sybase.com>, but XEmacs Gnus doesn't use | |
3544 it. Instead it uses Gail Mara Gurman <gailg@@deall> and then complains | |
3545 that it's incorrect. Also, as you perhaps can see, my Message-ID is | |
3546 screwy. How can I change that? | |
3547 | |
3548 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@@aegir.ifi.uio.no> writes: | |
3549 | |
3550 @quotation | |
3551 Set @code{user-mail-address} to @samp{gail.gurman@@sybase.com} or | |
3552 @code{mail-host-address} to @samp{sybase.com}. | |
3553 @end quotation | |
3554 | |
3555 @node Q4.3.1, Q4.3.2, Q4.2.4, Subsystems | |
3556 @section How can I read and/or compose MIME messages? | |
3557 | |
3558 One answer is @code{tra-vm-mime}. You may find it at | |
3559 <URL:http://lenkkari.cs.tut.fi/~tra/software/tra-vm-mime.el>. | |
3560 | |
3561 Another possibility is RMIME. You may find RMIME at | |
3562 <URL:http://www.cinti.net/~rmoody/rmime/index.html>. | |
3563 | |
3564 You probably want to use the Tools for MIME (tm). @xref{Q4.3.2} for | |
3565 details. | |
3566 | |
3567 Trey Jackson <trey@@cs.berkeley.edu> has an Emacs & MIME web page at | |
3568 <URL:http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/~trey/emacs/mime.html>. | |
3569 | |
3570 @node Q4.3.2, Q4.3.3, Q4.3.1, Subsystems | |
3571 @section What is TM and where do I get it? | |
3572 | |
3573 TM stands for @dfn{Tools for MIME} and not Tiny MIME. TM integrates | |
3574 with all major XEmacs packages like Gnus (all flavors), VM, MH-E, and | |
3575 mailcrypt. It provides totally transparent and trouble-free MIME | |
3576 support. When appropriate a message will be decoded in place in an | |
3577 XEmacs buffer. | |
3578 | |
3579 TM was written by MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp> and KOBAYASHI | |
3580 Shuhei <shuhei-k@@jaist.ac.jp>. It is based on the work of UMEDA | |
3581 Masanobu <umerin@@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>, the original writer of GNUS. | |
3582 | |
3583 The following information is from the @file{README}: | |
3584 | |
3585 @dfn{tm} is a MIME package for GNU Emacs. | |
3586 tm has following functions: | |
3587 | |
3588 @itemize @bullet | |
3589 @item MIME style multilingual header. | |
3590 @item MIME message viewer (mime/viewer-mode). | |
3591 @item MIME message composer (mime/editor-mode). | |
3592 @item MIME extenders for mh-e, GNUS, RMAIL and VM. | |
3593 @end itemize | |
3594 | |
3595 tm is available from following anonymous ftp sites: | |
3596 @itemize @bullet | |
3597 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/mime/> (Japan). | |
3598 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.nis.co.jp/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/tm/> (Japan). | |
3599 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.nisiq.net/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/tm/> (US). | |
3600 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/gnus/jaist.ac.jp/> (US). | |
3601 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/mail/mime/tm/> (Brasil). | |
3602 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.th-darmstadt.de/pub/editors/GNU-Emacs/lisp/mime/> (Germany). | |
3603 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/editors/xemacs/contrib/> (Germany). | |
3604 @end itemize | |
3605 | |
3606 Don't let the installation procedure & instructions stop you from trying | |
3607 this package out---it's much simpler than it looks, and once installed, | |
3608 trivial to use. | |
3609 | |
3610 @node Q4.3.3, Q4.3.4, Q4.3.2, Subsystems | |
3611 @section Why isn't this @code{movemail} program working? | |
3612 | |
3613 Ben Wing <ben@@666.com> writes: | |
3614 | |
3615 @quotation | |
3616 It wasn't chown'ed/chmod'd correctly. | |
3617 @end quotation | |
3618 | |
3619 @node Q4.3.4, Q4.3.5, Q4.3.3, Subsystems | |
3620 @section Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems? | |
3621 | |
3622 Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> writes: | |
3623 | |
3624 @quotation | |
3625 Yes. Always use the movemail installed with your XEmacs. Failure to do | |
3626 so can result in lost mail. | |
3627 @end quotation | |
3628 | |
3629 Please refer to Jamie Zawinski's <jwz@@netscape.com> notes at | |
3630 <URL:http://home.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/2.0/relnotes/demo/movemail.html>. | |
3631 In particular, this document will show you how to make Netscape use the | |
3632 version of movemail configured for your system by the person who built | |
3633 XEmacs. | |
3634 | |
3635 @node Q4.3.5, Q4.4.1, Q4.3.4, Subsystems | |
3636 @section Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)? | |
3637 | |
3638 pstogif is part of the latex2html package. | |
3639 | |
3640 Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@@math.ethz.ch> writes: | |
3641 | |
3642 latex2html is best found at the CTAN hosts and their mirrors | |
3643 in @file{tex-archive/support/latex2html}. | |
3644 | |
3645 CTAN hosts are: | |
3646 | |
3647 @itemize @bullet | |
3648 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex2html/>. | |
3649 @item <URL:ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/support/latex2html/>. | |
3650 @end itemize | |
3651 | |
3652 There is a good mirror at ftp.cdrom.com; | |
3653 <URL:ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/tex/ctan/support/latex2html/>. | |
3654 | |
3655 @node Q4.4.1, Q4.5.1, Q4.3.5, Subsystems | |
3656 @section What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop? | |
3657 | |
3658 John Turner <turner@@lanl.gov> writes: | |
3659 | |
3660 @quotation | |
3661 SPARCworks is SunSoft's development environment, comprising compilers | |
3662 (C, C++, FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, Ada, and Pascal), a debugger, and other | |
3663 tools such as TeamWare (for configuration management), MakeTool, etc. | |
3664 @end quotation | |
3665 | |
3666 See <URL:http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Developer-products/products.html> | |
3667 for more info. | |
3668 | |
3669 EOS stands for "Era on SPARCworks", but I don't know what Era stands | |
3670 for. | |
3671 | |
3672 EOS is the integration of XEmacs with the SPARCworks debugger. It | |
3673 allows one to use an XEmacs frame to view code (complete with | |
3674 fontification, etc.), set breakpoints, print variables, etc., while | |
3675 using the SPARCworks debugger. It works very well and I use it all the | |
3676 time. | |
3677 | |
3678 Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org> writes: | |
3679 | |
3680 @quotation | |
3681 Era stood for "Emacs Rewritten Again". It was what we were calling the | |
3682 modified version of Lucid Emacs for Sun when I was dragged, er, allowed | |
3683 to work on this wonderful editor. | |
3684 @end quotation | |
3685 | |
3686 Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> writes: | |
3687 | |
3688 @quotation | |
3689 EOS is being replaced with a new graphical development environment | |
3690 called Sun WorkShop, which is currently (07/96) in Alpha Test. For more | |
3691 details, check out | |
3692 <URL:http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/Developer-products/programs.html>. | |
3693 @end quotation | |
3694 | |
3695 @node Q4.5.1, Q4.6.1, Q4.4.1, Subsystems | |
3696 @section What is/was Energize? | |
3697 | |
3698 David N Gray <gray@@meteor.harlequin.com> writes: | |
3699 @quotation | |
3700 The files in @file{lisp/energize} are to enable Emacs to interface with | |
3701 the "Energize Programming System", a C and C++ development environment, | |
3702 which was a product of Lucid, Inc. Tragically, Lucid went out of | |
3703 business in 1994, so although Energize is still a great system, if you | |
3704 don't already have it, there isn't any way to get it now. (Unless you | |
3705 happen to be in Japan; INS Engineering may still be selling it there. | |
3706 Tartan bought the rights to sell it in the rest of the world, but never | |
3707 did so.) | |
3708 @end quotation | |
3709 | |
3710 @node Q4.6.1, Q4.7.1, Q4.5.1, Subsystems | |
3711 @section What is Infodock? | |
367 | 3712 |
368 InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly aimed at | 3713 InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly aimed at |
369 technical people. It is built atop the XEmacs variant of GNU Emacs and | 3714 technical people. It is developed and supported by InfoDock |
370 so has all of the power of Emacs, but with an easier to use and more | 3715 Associates, a firm that offers custom support and development |
371 comprehensive menu-based user interface. The next section describes how | 3716 for InfoDock, XEmacs and GNU Emacs. (http://www.infodock.com, |
372 it differs from XEmacs and GNU Emacs from the Free Software Foundation. | 3717 <info@infodock.com>, +1 408 243 3300). |
373 | 3718 |
374 The quickest way to get a feel for InfoDock is to browse the InfoDock | 3719 InfoDock is built atop the XEmacs variant of GNU Emacs and so has all of |
375 Manual, especially the section on tools. This will help you decide | 3720 the power of Emacs, but with an easier to use and more comprehensive |
376 whether or not to download InfoDock for local use. This manual is | 3721 menu-based user interface. The bottom portion of this text describes |
377 available in gzipped Postscript form, alongside the InfoDock | 3722 how it differs from XEmacs and GNU Emacs from the Free Software |
378 distribution. (See below for FTP retrieval instructions.) | 3723 Foundation. |
379 | 3724 |
380 InfoDock is aimed at people who want a free, turn-key productivity | 3725 InfoDock is aimed at people who want a free, turn-key productivity |
381 environment. Although InfoDock is customizable, it is not intended for | 3726 environment. Although InfoDock is customizable, it is not intended for |
382 people who like basic versions of Emacs which need to be customized | 3727 people who like basic versions of Emacs which need to be customized |
383 extensively for local use; standard Emacs distributions are better for | 3728 extensively for local use; standard Emacs distributions are better for |
384 such uses. InfoDock is for those people who want a complete, | 3729 such uses. InfoDock is for those people who want a complete, |
385 pre-customized environment in one package, which they need not touch | 3730 pre-customized environment in one package, which they need not touch |
386 more than once or twice a year to update to new revisions. | 3731 more than once or twice a year to update to new revisions. |
387 | 3732 |
388 InfoDock is pre-built for SPARCstations running SunOS V4 or V5 | 3733 InfoDock is pre-built for SPARC SunOS/Solaris systems, PA-RISC HP-UX, |
389 (Solaris). It is intended for use on a color display, although most | 3734 and Intel Linux systems. It is intended for use on a color display, |
390 features will work on monochrome monitors. Simply unpack InfoDock | 3735 although most features will work on monochrome monitors. Simply unpack |
391 according to the instructions in the ID-INSTALL file and you are ready | 3736 InfoDock according to the instructions in the ID-INSTALL file and you |
392 to run. | 3737 are ready to run. |
393 | 3738 |
394 The InfoDock Manual is concise, yet sufficient as a user guide for users | 3739 The InfoDock Manual is concise, yet sufficient as a user guide for users |
395 who have never used an Emacs-type editor before. For users who are | 3740 who have never used an Emacs-type editor before. For users who are |
396 already familiar with Emacs, it supplements the information in the GNU | 3741 already familiar with Emacs, it supplements the information in the GNU |
397 Emacs Manual. | 3742 Emacs Manual. |
398 | 3743 |
399 InfoDock menus are much more extensive and more mature than standard | 3744 InfoDock menus are much more extensive and more mature than standard |
400 Emacs menus. Each menu offers a @samp{Manual} item which displays | 3745 Emacs menus. Each menu offers a @samp{Manual} item which displays |
401 documentation associated with the menu's functions. | 3746 documentation associated with the menu's functions. |
402 | 3747 |
403 Three types of menubars are provided: | 3748 @noindent |
3749 Four types of menubars are provided: | |
404 @enumerate | 3750 @enumerate |
405 @item | 3751 @item |
406 An extensive menubar providing access to global InfoDock commands. | 3752 An extensive menubar providing access to global InfoDock commands. |
407 @item | 3753 @item |
408 Mode-specific menubars tailored to the current major mode. | 3754 Mode-specific menubars tailored to the current major mode. |
409 @item | 3755 @item |
410 A simple menubar for basic editing to help novices get started with InfoDock. | 3756 A simple menubar for basic editing to help novices get started with InfoDock. |
3757 @item | |
3758 The standard XEmacs menubar. | |
411 @end enumerate | 3759 @end enumerate |
412 | 3760 |
413 Most modes also include mode-specific popup menus. Additionally, region and | 3761 Most modes also include mode-specific popup menus. Additionally, region and |
414 rectangle popup menus are included. | 3762 rectangle popup menus are included. |
415 @itemize @bullet | 3763 |
416 @item | |
417 @samp{Hyperbole}, the everyday information manager, is a core part of | 3764 @samp{Hyperbole}, the everyday information manager, is a core part of |
418 InfoDock. This provides context-sensitive mouse keys, a rolodex-type | 3765 InfoDock. This provides context-sensitive mouse keys, a rolodex-type |
419 contact manager, programmable hypertext buttons, and an autonumbered | 3766 contact manager, programmable hypertext buttons, and an autonumbered |
420 outliner with embedded hyperlink anchors. | 3767 outliner with embedded hyperlink anchors. |
421 @item | 3768 |
422 @samp{PIEmail}, the prototype Personalized Information Environment Mail | |
423 Tool, is included. | |
424 @item | |
425 The @samp{OO-Browser}, a multi-language object-oriented code browser, is a | 3769 The @samp{OO-Browser}, a multi-language object-oriented code browser, is a |
426 standard part of InfoDock. | 3770 standard part of InfoDock. |
427 @end itemize | |
428 | 3771 |
429 InfoDock saves a more extensive set of user options than other Emacs | 3772 InfoDock saves a more extensive set of user options than other Emacs |
430 versions. | 3773 versions. |
431 | 3774 |
432 InfoDock inserts a useful file header in many file types, showing the | 3775 InfoDock inserts a useful file header in many file types, showing the |
442 | 3785 |
443 The @kbd{C-z} key prefix performs frame-based commands which parallel the | 3786 The @kbd{C-z} key prefix performs frame-based commands which parallel the |
444 @kbd{C-x} key prefix for window-based commands. | 3787 @kbd{C-x} key prefix for window-based commands. |
445 | 3788 |
446 The Smart Menu system is included for producing command menus on dumb | 3789 The Smart Menu system is included for producing command menus on dumb |
447 terminals. (InfoDock does not yet run on dumb terminals but will in 1995.) | 3790 terminals. |
448 | 3791 |
449 Lisp libraries are better categorized according to function. | 3792 Lisp libraries are better categorized according to function. |
450 | 3793 |
451 Extensions and improvements to many areas of Emacs are included, such as: | 3794 Extensions and improvements to many areas of Emacs are included, such as: |
452 paragraph filling, mail reading with Rmail, shell handling, outlining, code | 3795 paragraph filling, mail reading with Rmail, shell handling, outlining, code |
453 highlighting and browsing, and man page browsing. | 3796 highlighting and browsing, and man page browsing. |
454 | 3797 |
455 InfoDock questions, answers and discussion should go to the mail list | 3798 InfoDock questions, answers and discussion should go to the mail list |
456 @samp{infodock@@hub.ucsb.edu}. Use | 3799 @samp{infodock@@infodock.com}. Use |
457 @samp{infodock-request@@hub.ucsb.edu} to be added or removed from the | 3800 @samp{infodock-request@@infodock.com} to be added or removed from the |
458 list. Always include your InfoDock version number when sending help | 3801 list. Always include your InfoDock version number when sending help |
459 requests. | 3802 requests. |
460 | 3803 |
461 InfoDock is available across the Internet via anonymous FTP. To get | 3804 InfoDock is available across the Internet via anonymous FTP. To get |
462 it, first move to a directory into which you want the InfoDock archive | 3805 it, first move to a directory into which you want the InfoDock archive |
464 | 3807 |
465 @example | 3808 @example |
466 cd <DIST-DIR> | 3809 cd <DIST-DIR> |
467 @end example | 3810 @end example |
468 | 3811 |
469 FTP to ftp.cs.uiuc.edu (Internet Host ID = 128.174.252.1): | 3812 Ftp to ftp.xemacs.org (Internet Host ID = 128.174.252.16): |
470 | 3813 |
471 @example | 3814 @example |
472 prompt> ftp ftp.cs.uiuc.edu | 3815 prompt> ftp ftp.xemacs.org |
473 @end example | 3816 @end example |
474 | 3817 |
475 Login as @samp{anonymous} with your own <user-id>@@<site-name> as a password. | 3818 Login as @samp{anonymous} with your own <user-id>@@<site-name> as a password. |
476 | 3819 |
477 @example | 3820 @example |
478 Name (ftp.cs.uiuc.edu): anonymous | 3821 Name (ftp.xemacs.org): anonymous |
479 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. | 3822 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. |
480 Password: -<your-user-id@@your-domain> | 3823 Password: -<your-user-id@@your-domain> |
481 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. | 3824 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. |
482 @end example | 3825 @end example |
483 | 3826 |
484 Move to the location of the InfoDock archives: | 3827 Move to the location of the InfoDock archives: |
485 | 3828 |
486 @example | 3829 @example |
487 ftp> cd pub/xemacs/infodock | 3830 ftp> cd pub/infodock |
488 @end example | 3831 @end example |
489 | 3832 |
490 Set your transfer mode to binary: | 3833 Set your transfer mode to binary: |
491 | 3834 |
492 @example | 3835 @example |
518 @end example | 3861 @end example |
519 | 3862 |
520 Read the @file{ID-INSTALL} file which you just retrieved for | 3863 Read the @file{ID-INSTALL} file which you just retrieved for |
521 step-by-step installation instructions. | 3864 step-by-step installation instructions. |
522 | 3865 |
523 | 3866 @node Q4.7.1, Q4.7.2, Q4.6.1, Subsystems |
524 | 3867 @section What is AucTeX? Where do you get it? |
525 @node 2. Compiling XEmacs, 3. Problems running XEmacs / weird messages, 1. Introductory Questions, top | 3868 |
526 @chapter 2. Compiling XEmacs | 3869 AucTeX is a package written by Per Abrahamsen <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk>. |
3870 The following information is from the @file{README} and website. | |
3871 | |
3872 AUC TeX is an extensible package that supports writing and formatting | |
3873 TeX files for most variants of GNU Emacs. Many different macro packages | |
3874 are supported, including AMS TeX, LaTeX, and TeXinfo. | |
3875 | |
3876 The most recent version is always available by ftp at | |
3877 <URL:ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz>. | |
3878 | |
3879 In case you don't have access to anonymous ftp, you can get it by an | |
3880 email request to <URL:mailto:ftpmail@@decwrl.dec.com>. | |
3881 | |
3882 WWW users may want to check out the AUC TeX page at | |
3883 <URL:http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/>. | |
3884 | |
3885 @node Q4.7.2, Q4.7.3, Q4.7.1, Subsystems | |
3886 @section Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets? | |
3887 | |
3888 Yes. Check out @dfn{dismal} (which stands for Dis' Mode Ain't Lotus) at | |
3889 <URL:ftp://cs.nyu.edu/pub/local/fox/dismal/>. | |
3890 | |
3891 @node Q4.7.3, Q4.7.4, Q4.7.2, Subsystems | |
3892 @section Byte compiling AucTeX on XEmacs 19.14. | |
3893 | |
3894 Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@@dormeur.inria.fr> writes: | |
3895 | |
3896 @quotation | |
3897 When byte compiling auxtex-9.4g, you must use the command: | |
3898 | |
3899 @example | |
3900 xemacs -batch -l lpath.el | |
3901 @end example | |
3902 @end quotation | |
3903 | |
3904 @node Q4.7.4, , Q4.7.3, Subsystems | |
3905 @section Problems installing AucTeX. | |
3906 | |
3907 Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@@math.ethz.ch> writes: | |
3908 | |
3909 @quotation | |
3910 AucTeX works fine on both stock Emacs and XEmacs has been doing so for a | |
3911 very very long time. This is mostly due to the work of Per Abrahamsen | |
3912 <abraham@@dina.kvl.dk> (clap clap) in particular his @file{easymenu} | |
3913 package. Which leads to what is probably the problem... | |
3914 @end quotation | |
3915 | |
3916 Most problems with AucTeX are one of two things: | |
3917 | |
3918 @itemize @bullet | |
3919 @item | |
3920 The TeX-lisp-directory in @file{tex-site.el} and the makefile don't | |
3921 match. | |
3922 | |
3923 Fix: make sure you configure AucTeX properly @strong{before} installing. | |
3924 | |
3925 @item | |
3926 You have an old version of easymenu.el in your path. | |
3927 | |
3928 Fix: use @code{locate-library} and remove old versions to make sure it | |
3929 @strong{only} finds the one that came with XEmacs. | |
3930 @end itemize | |
3931 | |
3932 @node Miscellaneous, Current Events, Subsystems, Top | |
3933 @chapter The Miscellaneous Stuff | |
3934 | |
3935 This is part 5 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This | |
3936 section is devoted to anything that doesn't fit neatly into the other | |
3937 sections. | |
527 | 3938 |
528 @menu | 3939 @menu |
529 * 2.1.:: 2.1. What is the best way to compile XEmacs with the netaudio system, since I have got the netaudio system compiled but installed at a weird place, I am not root. Also in the READMEs it does not say anything about compiling with the audioserver? | 3940 Major & Minor Modes: |
3941 * Q5.0.1:: How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock? | |
3942 * Q5.0.2:: I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode? | |
3943 * Q5.0.3:: How do I get @samp{More} Syntax Highlighting on by default? | |
3944 * Q5.0.4:: How can I enable auto-indent? | |
3945 * Q5.0.5:: How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default? | |
3946 * Q5.0.6:: How do I start up a second shell buffer? | |
3947 * Q5.0.7:: Telnet from shell filters too much. | |
3948 * Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work? | |
3949 * Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode? | |
3950 * Q5.0.10:: What is @samp{Omit} minor mode? | |
3951 * Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.13? | |
3952 * Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame? | |
3953 * Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client? | |
3954 * Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode. | |
3955 * Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode? | |
3956 * Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off? | |
3957 * Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info? | |
3958 * Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working | |
3959 * Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode? | |
3960 | |
3961 Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques: | |
3962 * Q5.1.1:: The difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs? | |
3963 * Q5.1.2:: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events? | |
3964 * Q5.1.3:: How can I visit several marked files at once in dired? | |
3965 * Q5.1.4:: In 19.13, why do I get @samp{set-text-something} lisp errors with Gnus and AUC-TeX? | |
3966 * Q5.1.5:: How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer? | |
3967 | |
3968 Sound: | |
3969 * Q5.2.1:: How do I turn off the sound? | |
3970 * Q5.2.2:: How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep? | |
3971 * Q5.2.3:: What's NAS, how do I get it? | |
3972 * Q5.2.4:: Sunsite sounds don't play. | |
3973 | |
3974 Miscellaneous: | |
3975 * Q5.3.1:: How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly? | |
3976 * Q5.3.2:: Fontifying hangs when editing a postscript file. | |
3977 * Q5.3.3:: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer? | |
3978 * Q5.3.4:: Getting @kbd{M-x lpr} to work with postscript printer. | |
3979 * Q5.3.5:: How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files? | |
3980 * Q5.3.6:: [This question intentionally left blank] | |
3981 * Q5.3.7:: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way? | |
3982 * Q5.3.8:: How do I insert today's date into a buffer? | |
3983 * Q5.3.9:: Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs? | |
3984 * Q5.3.10:: How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines? | |
3985 * Q5.3.11:: How do I add new Info directories? | |
3986 * Q5.3.12:: What do I need to change to make printing work? | |
530 @end menu | 3987 @end menu |
531 | 3988 |
532 | 3989 @node Q5.0.1, Q5.0.2, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous |
533 @node 2.1. | 3990 @section How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock? |
534 @section 2.1. What is the best way to compile XEmacs with the netaudio system, since I have got the netaudio system compiled but installed at a weird place, I am not root. Also in the READMEs it does not say anything about compiling with the audioserver? | |
535 | |
536 You should only need to add some stuff to the configure command line. To tell | |
537 it to compile in netaudio support: | |
538 | |
539 @example | |
540 --with-sound=both | |
541 @end example | |
542 | |
543 (Or @samp{--with-sound=nas} if you don't want native sound support for | |
544 some reason.) To tell it where to find the netaudio includes and | |
545 libraries: | |
546 | |
547 @example | |
548 --site-libraries=WHATEVER | |
549 --site-includes=WHATEVER | |
550 @end example | |
551 | |
552 Then (fingers crossed) it should compile and it will use netaudio if you | |
553 have a server running corresponding to the X server. The netaudio server | |
554 has to be there when XEmacs starts. If the netaudio server goes away and | |
555 another is run, XEmacs should cope (fingers crossed, error handling in | |
556 netaudio isn't perfect). | |
557 | |
558 BTW, netaudio has been renamed as it has a name clash with something | |
559 else, so if you see references to NAS or Network Audio System, it's the | |
560 @ifinfo | |
561 same thing. It also might be found at | |
562 | |
563 @example | |
564 ftp.x.org:/contrib/audio/nas/ | |
565 ftp.ncd.com:/pub/ncd/technology/src/nas/ | |
566 @end example | |
567 @end ifinfo | |
568 @ifhtml | |
569 same thing. It also might be found at | |
570 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/audio/nas/">ftp.x.org:/contrib/audio/nas/</A> | |
571 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.ncd.com:/pub/ncd/technology/src/nas/">ftp.ncd.com:/pub/ncd/technology/src/nas/</A> | |
572 @end ifhtml | |
573 | |
574 @node 3. Problems running XEmacs / weird messages, 4. Customization -- Emacs Lisp and the .emacs file, 2. Compiling XEmacs, top | |
575 @chapter 3. Problems running XEmacs / weird messages | |
576 | |
577 @menu | |
578 * 3.1.:: 3.1. Help! XEmacs just crashed on me! | |
579 * 3.2.:: 3.2. When I try to use some particular option of some particular package, I get a cryptic error in the minibuffer. | |
580 * 3.3.:: 3.3. I get tons of translation table syntax error messages during startup. How do I get rid of them? | |
581 * 3.4.:: 3.4. How can I avoid the startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? | |
582 * 3.5.:: 3.5. Help! I can not get XEmacs to display on my Envizex X-terminal! | |
583 * 3.6.:: 3.6. Why do I get weird messages about giftoppm and ppmdither not being found? | |
584 * 3.7.:: 3.7. How can I avoid those messages about deleting excess backup files? | |
585 * 3.8.:: 3.8. Help! XEmacs just locked up my X server on my Linux box! | |
586 @end menu | |
587 | |
588 | |
589 @node 3.1. | |
590 @section 3.1. Help! XEmacs just crashed on me! | |
591 | |
592 First of all, don't panic. Whenever XEmacs crashes, it tries extremely | |
593 hard to auto-save all of your files before dying. (The main time that | |
594 this will not happen is if the machine physically lost power or if you | |
595 killed the XEmacs process using @samp{kill -9}.) The next time you | |
596 try to edit those files, you will be informed that a more recent | |
597 auto-save file exists. You can use @kbd{M-x recover-file} to retrieve | |
598 the auto-saved version of the file. | |
599 | |
600 Now, XEmacs is not perfect, and there may occasionally be times, or | |
601 particular sequences of actions, that cause it to crash. If you can | |
602 come up with a reproducible way of doing this (or even if you have a | |
603 pretty good memory of exactly what you were doing at the time), the | |
604 maintainers would be very interested in knowing about it. Post a | |
605 message to @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs} or send mail to | |
606 @samp{xemacs@@cs.uiuc.edu}. | |
607 | |
608 If at all possible, include a stack backtrace of the core dump that was | |
609 produced. This shows where exactly things went wrong, and makes it much | |
610 easier to diagnose problems. To do this, you need to locate the core | |
611 file (it's called @samp{core}, and is usually sitting in the directory | |
612 that you started XEmacs from, or your home directory if that other | |
613 directory was not writable). Then, go to that directory and execute a | |
614 command like | |
615 | |
616 @example | |
617 gdb `which xemacs` core | |
618 @end example | |
619 | |
620 and then issue the command @samp{where} to get the stack backtrace. | |
621 (You might have to use @samp{dbx} or some similar debugger in place | |
622 of @samp{gdb}. If you don't have any such debugger available, | |
623 complain to your system administrator.) | |
624 | |
625 It's possible that a core file didn't get produced, in which case | |
626 you're out of luck. Go complain to your system administrator and | |
627 tell him not to disable core files by default. (If you explicitly | |
628 disabled core files, then double shame on you!) | |
629 | |
630 | |
631 @node 3.2. | |
632 @section 3.2. When I try to use some particular option of some particular package, I get a cryptic error in the minibuffer. | |
633 | |
634 If you can't figure out what's going on, try typing @kbd{ESC ESC} and | |
635 issuing the command | |
636 | |
637 @example | |
638 (setq debug-on-error t) | |
639 @end example | |
640 | |
641 and then try and make the error happen again. This will give you a | |
642 backtrace that may be enlightening. If not, try reading farther down in | |
643 this FAQ; if that fails, you could try posting to | |
644 @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs} (making sure to include the backtrace) and | |
645 someone may be able to help. | |
646 | |
647 | |
648 @node 3.3. | |
649 @section 3.3. I get tons of translation table syntax error messages during startup. How do I get rid of them? | |
650 | |
651 There are two causes of this problem. The first usually only strikes | |
652 people using the prebuilt binaries. The culprit in both cases is the | |
653 file @file{XKeysymDB}. | |
654 @itemize @bullet | |
655 @item | |
656 The binary cannot find the XKeysymDB file. The location is hardcoded at | |
657 compile time so if the system the binary was built on puts it a | |
658 different place than your system does, you have problems. To fix, set | |
659 the environment variable @samp{XKEYSYMDB} to the location of the | |
660 XKeysymDB file on your system or to the location of the one included | |
661 with XEmacs which should be at: | |
662 | |
663 @example | |
664 <xemacs_root_directory>/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/XKeysymDB | |
665 @end example | |
666 | |
667 @item | |
668 The binary is finding the XKeysymDB but it is out-of-date on your system | |
669 and does not contain the necessary lines. Either ask your system | |
670 administrator to replace it with the one which comes with XEmacs (which | |
671 is the stock R6 version and is backwards compatible) or set your | |
672 @samp{XKEYSYMDB} variable to the location of XEmacs's described above. | |
673 @end itemize | |
674 | |
675 | |
676 @node 3.4. | |
677 @section 3.4. How can I avoid the startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? | |
678 | |
679 This is highly dependent on your installation, but try with the | |
680 following font as your base font for XEmacs and see what it does: | |
681 | |
682 @example | |
683 -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 | |
684 @end example | |
685 | |
686 More precisely, do the following in your resource file: | |
687 | |
688 @example | |
689 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 | |
690 @end example | |
691 | |
692 | |
693 @node 3.5. | |
694 @section 3.5. Help! I can not get XEmacs to display on my Envizex X-terminal! | |
695 | |
696 Try setting the DISPLAY variable using the numeric IP address of the | |
697 host you are running XEmacs from. | |
698 | |
699 | |
700 @node 3.6. | |
701 @section 3.6. Why do I get weird messages about giftoppm and ppmdither not being found? | |
702 | |
703 Because they are not. You are probably trying to read some HTML files, | |
704 or using W3-mode as your Web client. To display inline pictures, this | |
705 requires the above programs (which can be found in the netpbm package or | |
706 its older version, pbmplus). The netpbm package can be found at | |
707 @ifinfo | |
708 @samp{ftp.x.org}, or any of its mirror sites. It can also be found at | |
709 @samp{ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/aux}. | |
710 @end ifinfo | |
711 @ifhtml | |
712 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/utilities/">ftp.x.org:/contrib/utilities/</A> | |
713 . It can also be found at | |
714 <A HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/xemacs/aux/">ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/xemacs/aux/</A> | |
715 @end ifhtml | |
716 | |
717 | |
718 @node 3.7. | |
719 @section 3.7. How can I avoid those messages about deleting excess backup files? | |
720 | |
721 | |
722 Try the following Emacs-Lisp: | |
723 | |
724 @example | |
725 (setq version-control t) | |
726 (setq kept-old-versions 0) | |
727 (setq kept-new-versions 8) | |
728 (if (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version) | |
729 (setq trim-versions-without-asking t) | |
730 (setq delete-old-versions t)) | |
731 @end example | |
732 | |
733 @node 3.8. | |
734 @section 3.8. Help! XEmacs just locked up my X server on my Linux box! | |
735 | |
736 There have been several reports of the X server locking up under Linux. | |
737 In all reported cases removing speedo and scaled fonts from the font | |
738 path corrected the problem. This can be done with the command 'xset'. | |
739 | |
740 It is possible that using a font server may also solve the problem. | |
741 | |
742 | |
743 | |
744 @node 4. Customization -- Emacs Lisp and the .emacs file, 5. Customization -- X resources, 3. Problems running XEmacs / weird messages, top | |
745 @chapter 4. Customization -- Emacs Lisp and the .emacs file | |
746 | |
747 @menu | |
748 * 4.1.:: 4.1. How can @file{.emacs} determine which of the family of emacsen I am using? | |
749 * 4.2.:: 4.2. How can I detect a color display? | |
750 * 4.3.:: 4.3. How can I evaluate emacs-lisp expressions without switching to the *scratch* buffer? | |
751 * 4.4.:: 4.4. If you put (setq tab-width 6) in your @file{.emacs} file it does not work! Is there a reason for this. If you do it at the EVAL prompt it works fine!! How strange. | |
752 * 4.5.:: 4.5. How can I add directories to the load-path? | |
753 * 4.6.:: 4.6. How to check if a lisp function is defined or not? | |
754 * 4.7.:: 4.7. Can I force the output of (list-faces) to a buffer other than the minibuffer since it is too wide to fit? | |
755 @end menu | |
756 | |
757 | |
758 @node 4.1. | |
759 @section 4.1. How can @file{.emacs} determine which of the family of Emacsen I am using? | |
760 | |
761 To determine if you are currently running GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19, | |
762 XEmacs 19, or Epoch, and use appropriate code, check out the example | |
763 given in @file{etc/sample.emacs}. There are other nifty things in there | |
764 as well! Alternatively, there is a package, @file{emacs-vers.el}, | |
765 available at an Emacs-Lisp archive near you; try searching | |
766 | |
767 @example | |
768 archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/ | |
769 @end example | |
770 | |
771 | |
772 @node 4.2. | |
773 @section 4.2. How can I detect a color display? | |
774 | |
775 You can test the return value of the function | |
776 @code{(device-class)}, as in: | |
777 | |
778 @example | |
779 (if (eq (device-class) 'color) | |
780 (progn | |
781 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey") | |
782 (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red") | |
783 .... | |
784 )) | |
785 @end example | |
786 | |
787 | |
788 @node 4.3. | |
789 @section 4.3. How can I evaluate Emacs-Lisp expressions without switching to the *scratch* buffer? | |
790 | |
791 @example | |
792 (put 'eval-expression 'disabled nil) | |
793 @end example | |
794 | |
795 This sets it so that hitting @kbd{ESC ESC} lets you type a single | |
796 expression to be evaluated. This line can also be put into your | |
797 @file{.emacs}. | |
798 | |
799 | |
800 @node 4.4. | |
801 @section 4.4. If you put (setq tab-width 6) in your @file{.emacs} file it does not work! Is there a reason for this. If you do it at the EVAL prompt it works fine!! How strange. | |
802 | |
803 Use setq-default, since tab-width is all-buffer-local. | |
804 | |
805 | |
806 @node 4.5. | |
807 @section 4.5. How can I add directories to the load-path? | |
808 | |
809 Here are two ways to do that, one that puts your directories at the front of | |
810 the load-path, the other at the end: | |
811 | |
812 @example | |
813 ;;; Add things at the beginning of the load-path | |
814 (setq load-path (cons "bar" load-path)) | |
815 (setq load-path (cons "foo" load-path)) | |
816 | |
817 ;;; Add things at the end | |
818 (setq load-path (append load-path '("foo" "bar"))) | |
819 @end example | |
820 | |
821 | |
822 @node 4.6. | |
823 @section 4.6. How to check if a lisp function is defined or not? | |
824 | |
825 Use the following elisp: | |
826 | |
827 @example | |
828 (fboundp 'foo) | |
829 @end example | |
830 | |
831 It's always a mistake, under all circumstances, to test `emacs-version' or | |
832 any similar variables, in case they are not bound, unless you do the above. | |
833 | |
834 Instead, use feature-tests, such as featurep or boundp or fboundp, or | |
835 even simple behavioural tests, eg | |
836 (defvar foo-old-losing-code? (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil) | |
837 (wrong-number-of-arguments t))) | |
838 | |
839 There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could | |
840 work much better more often in more places if it did the above instead | |
841 of trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable. | |
842 | |
843 | |
844 @node 4.7. | |
845 @section 4.7. Can I force the output of (face-list) to a buffer other than the minibuffer since it is too wide to fit? | |
846 | |
847 Evaluate the expression in the "*scratch*" buffer with point on the rightmost | |
848 paren and typing @kbd{C-j}. | |
849 | |
850 | |
851 | |
852 @node 5. Customization -- X resources, 6. Changing textual fonts and colors, 4. Customization -- Emacs Lisp and the .emacs file, top | |
853 @chapter 5. Customization -- X resources | |
854 | |
855 @menu | |
856 * 5.1.:: 5.1. Where is a list of X resources? | |
857 @end menu | |
858 | |
859 | |
860 @node 5.1. | |
861 @section 5.1. Where is a list of X resources? | |
862 | |
863 Search through the NEWS file for ``X Resources''. A fairly comprehensive list | |
864 is given after it. | |
865 | |
866 In addition, an app-defaults file is supplied, @file{etc/Emacs.ad}, | |
867 listing the defaults. The file @file{etc/sample.Xdefaults} gives a set | |
868 of defaults that you might consider. It is essentially the same as | |
869 @file{etc/Emacs.ad} but some entries are slightly altered. Be careful | |
870 about installing the contents of this file into your @file{.Xdefaults} | |
871 (.Xresources) file if you use FSF GNU Emacs under X11 as well. | |
872 | |
873 | |
874 | |
875 @node 6. Changing textual fonts and colors, 7. The modeline, 5. Customization -- X resources, top | |
876 @chapter 6. Changing textual fonts and colors | |
877 | |
878 @menu | |
879 * 6.1.:: 6.1. How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts? | |
880 * 6.2.:: 6.2. How can I set the background/foreground colors when highlighting a region? | |
881 * 6.3.:: 6.3. How can I set the most commonly used color options from my @file{.emacs} instead of from my @file{.Xdefaults}? | |
882 @end menu | |
883 | |
884 | |
885 @node 6.1. | |
886 @section 6.1. How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts? | |
887 | |
888 Note that you should use @samp{Emacs.} and not @samp{Emacs*} when | |
889 setting face values. | |
890 | |
891 In @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
892 | |
893 @example | |
894 Emacs.default.attributeFont: -*-*-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-m-*-*-* | |
895 Emacs*menubar*font: fixed | |
896 Emacs.modeline.attributeFont: fixed | |
897 @end example | |
898 | |
899 This is confusing because modeline is a face, and can be found listed | |
900 with all faces in the current mode by using M-x set-face-font (enter) ?. | |
901 It uses the face specification of "attributeFont", while menubar is a | |
902 normal X thing that uses the specification "font". With Motif it may be | |
903 necessary to use "fontList" instead of "font". (Please rewrite this if | |
904 you understand this better than me ... A general description of faces | |
905 would be very useful. I am just saying that menubar is a FAQ because | |
906 it's not a face and not listed.) | |
907 | |
908 | |
909 @node 6.2. | |
910 @section 6.2. How can I set the background/foreground colors when highlighting a region? | |
911 | |
912 You can change the face `zmacs-region' either in your @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
913 | |
914 @example | |
915 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeForeground: firebrick | |
916 Emacs.zmacs-region.attributeBackground: lightseagreen | |
917 @end example | |
918 | |
919 or in your @file{.emacs}: | |
920 | |
921 @example | |
922 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") | |
923 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow") | |
924 @end example | |
925 | |
926 | |
927 @node 6.3. | |
928 @section 6.3. How can I set the most commonly used color options from my @file{.emacs} instead of from my @file{.Xdefaults}? | |
929 | |
930 @example | |
931 (set-face-background 'default "bisque") ; frame background | |
932 (set-face-foreground 'default "black") ; normal text | |
933 (set-face-background 'zmacs-region "red") ; When selecting w/ | |
934 ; mouse | |
935 (set-face-foreground 'zmacs-region "yellow") | |
936 (set-face-font 'default "*courier-bold-r*120-100-100*") | |
937 (set-face-background 'highlight "blue") ; Ie when selecting buffers | |
938 (set-face-foreground 'highlight "yellow") | |
939 (set-face-background 'modeline "blue") ; Line at bottom of buffer | |
940 (set-face-foreground 'modeline "white") | |
941 (set-face-font 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*") | |
942 (set-face-background 'isearch "yellow") ; When highlighting while | |
943 ; searching | |
944 (set-face-foreground 'isearch "red") | |
945 (setq x-pointer-foreground-color "black") ; Adds to bg color, | |
946 ; so keep black | |
947 (setq x-pointer-background-color "blue") ; This is color you really | |
948 @end example | |
949 ; want ptr/crsr | |
950 | |
951 | |
952 @node 7. The modeline, 8. The keyboard, 6. Changing textual fonts and colors, top | |
953 @chapter 7. The modeline | |
954 | |
955 @menu | |
956 * 7.1.:: 7.1. How can I make the modeline go away? | |
957 * 7.2.:: 7.2. How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline? | |
958 * 7.3.:: 7.3. How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline? | |
959 * 7.4.:: 7.4. How can one change the color of the modeline based on the mode used? i.e. red for C mode, green for TeX mode etc.? | |
960 @end menu | |
961 | |
962 | |
963 @node 7.1. | |
964 @section 7.1. How can I make the modeline go away? | |
965 | |
966 (set-specifier has-modeline-p nil) | |
967 | |
968 | |
969 @node 7.2. | |
970 @section 7.2. How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline? | |
971 | |
972 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
973 | |
974 @example | |
975 (setq line-number-mode t) | |
976 @end example | |
977 | |
978 | |
979 @node 7.3. | |
980 @section 7.3. How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline? | |
981 | |
982 @example | |
983 (display-time) | |
984 @end example | |
985 | |
986 | |
987 @node 7.4. | |
988 @section 7.4. How can one change the color of the modeline based on the mode used? i.e. red for C mode, green for TeX mode etc.? | |
989 | |
990 You can use something like the following: | |
991 | |
992 @example | |
993 (add-hook 'lisp-mode-hook | |
994 '(lambda () (set-face-background 'modeline "red" (current-buffer)) | |
995 (set-face-foreground 'modeline "yellow" (current-buffer)))) | |
996 @end example | |
997 | |
998 Then, when editing a Lisp file (ie went into Lisp mode), the modeline | |
999 colors change from the default set in your @file{.emacs}. The change | |
1000 will only be made in the buffer you just entered (which contains the | |
1001 Lisp file you are editing) and will not affect the modeline colors | |
1002 anywhere else. | |
1003 | |
1004 Notes: | |
1005 | |
1006 @itemize @bullet | |
1007 @item | |
1008 The hook is the mode name plus "-hook". Ie c-mode-hook, c++-mode-hook, | |
1009 emacs-lisp-mode-hook (ie your @file{.emacs} or a xx.el file), | |
1010 lisp-interaction-mode-hook (the *scratch* buffer), text-mode-hook, etc. | |
1011 @item | |
1012 Be sure to use add-hook, not (setq c-mode-hook xxxx), otherwise you will | |
1013 erase anything that anybody has already put on the hook. | |
1014 @item | |
1015 You can also do (set-face-font 'modeline @code{font}), eg (set-face-font | |
1016 'modeline "*bold-r-normal*140-100-100*" (current-buffer)) if you wish | |
1017 the modeline font to vary based on the current mode. | |
1018 @end itemize | |
1019 | |
1020 | |
1021 @node 8. The keyboard, 9. The cursor, 7. The modeline, top | |
1022 @chapter 8. The keyboard | |
1023 | |
1024 @menu | |
1025 * 8.1.:: 8.1. What is the difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs? | |
1026 * 8.2.:: 8.2. How can I make XEmacs recognize the Alt key of my HP workstation as a Meta key? | |
1027 * 8.3.:: 8.3. How can I stop the down-arrow-key from adding empty lines at the bottom of my buffers? | |
1028 * 8.4.:: 8.4. I wonder if there is an interactive function that can generate "fake" keyboard events. This way, I could simply map them inside XEmacs. | |
1029 * 8.5.:: 8.5. I am trying to bind C-. to scroll up by one line and C-; to scroll down by one line... | |
1030 * 8.6.:: 8.6. I cannot manage to globally bind my @key{Delete} key to something other than the default. How does one do this? | |
1031 * 8.7.:: 8.7. How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys? | |
1032 * 8.8.:: 8.8. Can the cursor keys scroll the screen a line at a time, rather than the default half page jump? I tend it to find it disorienting. | |
1033 * 8.9.:: 8.9. How to map "Help" key alone on Sun type4 keyboard? | |
1034 * 8.10.:: 8.10. How can you type in special characters in XEmacs? | |
1035 @end menu | |
1036 | |
1037 | |
1038 @node 8.1. | |
1039 @section 8.1. What is the difference in in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs? | |
1040 | |
1041 The real question might be rephrased as "When should one use the quoted list, | |
1042 vector, or escaped string representations of key sequences?" Is there any | |
1043 particular advantage to one representation over another? | |
1044 | |
1045 From Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com>: | |
1046 | |
1047 @table @asis | |
1048 @item (meta a) | |
1049 is a convenience shorthand for the sequence @code{[(meta a)]}. | |
1050 @code{(global-set-key 'a 'foo)} means the same thing as | |
1051 @code{(global-set-key '[a] 'foo)}. It could be argued that allowing | |
1052 such a shorthand just leads to sloppiness and bugs, but it's there, and | |
1053 it isn't likely to go away. | |
1054 | |
1055 @item [(meta a)] | |
1056 is The Right Thing. It corresponds in a one-to-one way with the | |
1057 internal representation of key-sequences in keymaps. | |
1058 | |
1059 @item [Meta-a] | |
1060 is typical FSF Emacs 19 brain damage. As is usual, an existing, | |
1061 functional design is ignored (XEmacs) and an incompatible and | |
1062 technically worse kludge is used. | |
1063 | |
1064 @item "\ea" | |
1065 is compatible with Emacs 18, but suffers from ASCII Seven-Bit Brain | |
1066 Damage. I also find it harder to read. Use this if you're trying to | |
1067 write code which works in every Emacs, but be aware that you can not | |
1068 express all Possible key-sequences (@kbd{control-9}, @kbd{f1}, etc.) | |
1069 using this. | |
1070 | |
1071 @end table | |
1072 | |
1073 | |
1074 @node 8.2. | |
1075 @section 8.2. How can I make XEmacs recognize the Alt key of my HP workstation as a Meta key? | |
1076 | |
1077 Put the following line into a file and load it with xmodmap(1) before | |
1078 starting XEmacs: | |
1079 | |
1080 @example | |
1081 remove Mod1 = Mode_switch | |
1082 @end example | |
1083 | |
1084 | |
1085 @node 8.3. | |
1086 @section 8.3. How can I stop the down-arrow-key from adding empty lines at the bottom of my buffers? | |
1087 | |
1088 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1089 | |
1090 @example | |
1091 (setq next-line-add-newlines nil) | |
1092 @end example | |
1093 | |
1094 | |
1095 @node 8.4. | |
1096 @section 8.4. I wonder if there is an interactive function that can generate "fake" keyboard events. This way, I could simply map them inside XEmacs. | |
1097 | |
1098 This seems to work: | |
1099 @example | |
1100 (defun cg--generate-char-event (ch) | |
1101 "Generate an event, as if ch has been typed" | |
1102 (dispatch-event (character-to-event ch))) | |
1103 | |
1104 ;; Backspace and Delete stuff | |
1105 (global-set-key '(backspace) | |
1106 '(lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 127))) | |
1107 (global-set-key '(unknown_keysym_0x4) | |
1108 '(lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 4))) | |
1109 @end example | |
1110 | |
1111 | |
1112 @node 8.5. | |
1113 @section 8.5. I am trying to bind C-. to scroll up by one line and C-; to scroll down by one line... | |
1114 | |
1115 Add the following (Thanks to Richard Mlynarik <mly@@adoc.xerox.com> and | |
1116 Wayne Newberry <wayne@@zen.cac.stratus.com>) to @file{.emacs}: | |
1117 | |
1118 @example | |
1119 (defun scroll-up-one-line () | |
1120 (interactive) | |
1121 (scroll-up 1)) | |
1122 | |
1123 (defun scroll-down-one-line () | |
1124 (interactive) | |
1125 (scroll-down 1)) | |
1126 | |
1127 (global-set-key [(control ?.)] 'scroll-up-one-line) ; C-. | |
1128 (global-set-key [(control ?;)] 'scroll-down-one-line) ; C-; | |
1129 @end example | |
1130 | |
1131 The key point is that you can only bind simple functions to keys; you can not | |
1132 bind a key to a function that you're also passing arguments to. (See <A | |
1133 HREF="#ss8.7">8.7 How can I bind complex functions</A> for a better answer.) | |
1134 | |
1135 @c Fix the above HTML specifier reference | |
1136 | |
1137 @node 8.6. | |
1138 @section 8.6. I cannot manage to globally bind my @key{Delete} key to something other than the default. How does one do this? | |
1139 | |
1140 @example | |
1141 (defun Foo () | |
1142 (interactive) | |
1143 (message "You hit DELETE")) | |
1144 | |
1145 (global-set-key "\C-?" 'Foo) | |
1146 @end example | |
1147 | |
1148 However, some modes explicitly bind @key{Delete}, so you would need to | |
1149 add a hook that does @code{local-set-key} for them. | |
1150 | |
1151 | |
1152 @node 8.7. | |
1153 @section 8.7. How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys? | |
1154 | |
1155 As an example, say you want the PASTE key on a Sun keyboard to insert the | |
1156 current Primary X selection at point. You can accomplish this with: | |
1157 | |
1158 @example | |
1159 (define-key global-map 'f18 'x-insert-selection) | |
1160 @end example | |
1161 | |
1162 However, this only works if there is a current X selection (the | |
1163 selection will be highlighted). The functionality I like is for the | |
1164 PASTE key to insert the current X selection if there is one, otherwise | |
1165 insert the contents of the clipboard. To do this you need to pass | |
1166 arguments to x-insert-selection. This is done by wrapping the call in a | |
1167 'lambda form: | |
1168 | |
1169 @example | |
1170 (define-key global-map 'f18 | |
1171 (function (lambda () (interactive) (x-insert-selection t nil)))) | |
1172 @end example | |
1173 | |
1174 This binds the 'f18 key to a "generic" functional object. The interactive | |
1175 spec is required because only interactive functions can be bound to keys. | |
1176 Also take a look at the doc for "function". | |
1177 | |
1178 For the FAQ example you could use: | |
1179 | |
1180 @example | |
1181 (global-set-key [(control ?.)] | |
1182 (function (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up 1)))) | |
1183 (global-set-key [(control ?;)] | |
1184 (function (lambda () (interactive) (scroll-up -1)))) | |
1185 @end example | |
1186 | |
1187 This is fine if you only need a few functions within the lambda body. If | |
1188 you're doing more it's cleaner to define a separate function as in the | |
1189 original FAQ example (<A HREF="#ss11.3">question 11.3</A>). | |
1190 | |
1191 @c Fix the above HTML specifier reference | |
1192 | |
1193 @node 8.8. | |
1194 @section 8.8. Can the cursor keys scroll the screen a line at a time, rather than the default half page jump? I tend it to find it disorienting. | |
1195 | |
1196 Try this: | |
1197 | |
1198 @example | |
1199 (defun scroll-one-line-up (&optional arg) | |
1200 "Scroll the selected window up (forward in the text) one line (or N lines)." | |
1201 (interactive "p") | |
1202 (scroll-up (or arg 1))) | |
1203 | |
1204 (defun scroll-one-line-down (&optional arg) | |
1205 "Scroll the selected window down (backward in the text) one line (or N)." | |
1206 (interactive "p") | |
1207 (scroll-down (or arg 1))) | |
1208 | |
1209 (global-set-key 'up 'scroll-one-line-up) | |
1210 (global-set-key 'down 'scroll-one-line-down) | |
1211 @end example | |
1212 | |
1213 The following will also work but will affect more than just the cursor | |
1214 keys (i.e. C-n and C-p): | |
1215 | |
1216 @example | |
1217 (setq scroll-step 1) | |
1218 @end example | |
1219 | |
1220 @node 8.9. | |
1221 @section 8.9. How to map "Help" key alone on Sun type4 keyboard? | |
1222 | |
1223 The following works in GNU Emacs 19: | |
1224 | |
1225 @example | |
1226 (global-set-key [help] 'help-command) ;; Help | |
1227 @end example | |
1228 | |
1229 The following works in XEmacs 19.13 with the addition of shift: | |
1230 | |
1231 @example | |
1232 (global-set-key [(shift help)] 'help-command) ;; Help | |
1233 @end example | |
1234 | |
1235 But it doesn't work alone. This is in the file @file{PROBLEMS} which | |
1236 should have come with your XEmacs installation: | |
1237 | |
1238 @emph{Emacs ignores the @key{help} key when running OLWM}. | |
1239 | |
1240 OLWM grabs the @key{help} key, and retransmits it to the appropriate | |
1241 client using XSendEvent. Allowing Emacs to react to synthetic events is | |
1242 a security hole, so this is turned off by default. You can enable it by | |
1243 setting the variable x-allow-sendevents to t. You can also cause fix | |
1244 this by telling OLWM to not grab the help key, with the null binding | |
1245 @samp{OpenWindows.KeyboardCommand.Help:}. | |
1246 | |
1247 | |
1248 @node 8.10. | |
1249 @section 8.10. How can you type in special characters in XEmacs? | |
1250 | |
1251 One way is to use the package @file{x-compose}. Then you can use sequences | |
1252 like @kbd{Compose " a} to get d (a-umlaut), etc. | |
1253 | |
1254 | |
1255 | |
1256 @node 9. The cursor, 10. The mouse; cutting and pasting, 8. The keyboard, top | |
1257 @chapter 9. The cursor | |
1258 | |
1259 @menu | |
1260 * 9.1.:: 9.1. Is there a way to make the bar cursor a little thicker than one-pixel thick since I lose it? | |
1261 * 9.2.:: 9.2. On the same subject -- is there a way to get back the old "block" cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point? | |
1262 @end menu | |
1263 | |
1264 | |
1265 @node 9.1. | |
1266 @section 9.1. Is there a way to make the bar cursor a little thicker than one-pixel thick since I lose it? | |
1267 | |
1268 For a 1 pixel bar cursor, use: | |
1269 | |
1270 @example | |
1271 (setq bar-cursor t) | |
1272 @end example | |
1273 | |
1274 For a 2 pixel bar cursor, use: | |
1275 | |
1276 @example | |
1277 (setq bar-cursor 'anything-else) | |
1278 @end example | |
1279 | |
1280 You can use a color to make it stand out better: | |
1281 | |
1282 @example | |
1283 Emacs*cursorColor: Red | |
1284 @end example | |
1285 | |
1286 | |
1287 @node 9.2. | |
1288 @section 9.2. On the same subject -- is there a way to get back the old "block" cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point? | |
1289 | |
1290 @example | |
1291 (setq bar-cursor nil) | |
1292 @end example | |
1293 | |
1294 | |
1295 | |
1296 @node 10. The mouse; cutting and pasting, 11. Highlighting, 9. The cursor, top | |
1297 @chapter 10. The mouse; cutting and pasting | |
1298 | |
1299 @menu | |
1300 * 10.1.:: 10.1. I keep hitting the middle mouse button by accident and getting stuff pasted into my buffer so how can I turn this off? | |
1301 * 10.2.:: 10.2. How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons? | |
1302 * 10.3.:: 10.3. I do "^x ^b" to get a list of buffers and the entries get highlighted when I move the mouse over them but clicking the left mouse does not do anything. | |
1303 * 10.4.:: 10.4. How can I get a list of buffers to popup when I hit button 3 on the mouse? | |
1304 * 10.5.:: 10.5. Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool? | |
1305 * 10.6.:: 10.6. How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the cursor is _not_ where the pointer lies? | |
1306 * 10.7.:: 10.7. How do I select a rectangular region? | |
1307 * 10.8.:: 10.8. Why does M-w take so long? | |
1308 @end menu | |
1309 | |
1310 | |
1311 @node 10.1. | |
1312 @section 10.1. I keep hitting the middle mouse button by accident and getting stuff pasted into my buffer so how can I turn this off? | |
1313 | |
1314 Here is an alternative binding, whereby the middle mouse button selects (but | |
1315 does not cut) the expression under the mouse. Clicking middle on a left or | |
1316 right paren will select to the matching one. Note that you can use | |
1317 @code{define-key} or @code{global-set-key}. | |
1318 | |
1319 @example | |
1320 (defun Mouse-Set-Point-and-Select (event) | |
1321 "Sets the point at the mouse location, then marks following form" | |
1322 (interactive "@@e") | |
1323 (mouse-set-point event) | |
1324 (mark-sexp 1) | |
1325 ) | |
1326 (define-key global-map 'button2 'Mouse-Set-Point-and-Select) | |
1327 @end example | |
1328 | |
1329 @c Get this fixed | |
1330 (Editor's Note -- there is a problem with texinfo/text/html conversion, so | |
1331 the double at-sign should only be a single, above. I'll fix it one of these | |
1332 days -- AJR) | |
1333 | |
1334 | |
1335 @node 10.2. | |
1336 @section 10.2. How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons? | |
1337 | |
1338 Use, for instance, @code{[(meta button1)]}. For example, here is a | |
1339 common setting for Common Lisp programmers who use the bundled ilisp | |
1340 package, whereby meta-button1 on a function name will find the file | |
1341 where the function name was defined, and put you at that location in | |
1342 the source file. | |
1343 | |
1344 [Inside a function that gets called by the lisp-mode-hook and ilisp-mode-hook] | |
1345 @example | |
1346 (local-set-key [(meta button1)] 'edit-definitions-lisp) | |
1347 @end example | |
1348 | |
1349 | |
1350 @node 10.3. | |
1351 @section 10.3. I do "^x ^b" to get a list of buffers and the entries get highlighted when I move the mouse over them but clicking the left mouse does not do anything. | |
1352 | |
1353 Use the middle mouse button. | |
1354 | |
1355 | |
1356 @node 10.4. | |
1357 @section 10.4. How can I get a list of buffers to popup when I hit button 3 on the mouse? | |
1358 | |
1359 The following code will actually replace the default popup on button3: | |
1360 | |
1361 @example | |
1362 (defun cw-build-buffers () | |
1363 "Popup buffer menu." | |
1364 (interactive "@@") | |
1365 (run-hooks 'activate-menubar-hook) | |
1366 (popup-menu (car (find-menu-item current-menubar '("Buffers"))))) | |
1367 | |
1368 (define-key global-map [(button3)] 'cw-build-buffers) | |
1369 @end example | |
1370 | |
1371 @c Get this fixed | |
1372 | |
1373 (Editor's Note -- there is a problem with texinfo/text/html conversion, so | |
1374 the double at-sign should only be a single, above. I'll fix it one of these | |
1375 days -- AJR) | |
1376 | |
1377 | |
1378 @node 10.5. | |
1379 @section 10.5. Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool? | |
1380 | |
1381 We don't know. It's a bug. There does seem to be a work-around, | |
1382 however. Try running xclipboard first. It appears to fix the problem | |
1383 even if you exit it. (This should be mostly fixed in 19.13, but we | |
1384 haven't yet verified that). | |
1385 | |
1386 | |
1387 @node 10.6. | |
1388 @section 10.6. How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the cursor is _not_ where the pointer lies? | |
1389 | |
1390 | |
1391 Try adding the following to your @file{.emacs}: | |
1392 | |
1393 @example | |
1394 (define-key global-map 'button2 'x-insert-selection) | |
1395 @end example | |
1396 | |
1397 This comes from the @file{sample.emacs} file in @file{etc/}, which has | |
1398 lots of goodies. | |
1399 | |
1400 | |
1401 @node 10.7. | |
1402 @section 10.7. How do I select a rectangular region? | |
1403 | |
1404 | |
1405 Just select the region normally, then use the rectangle commands (e.g. | |
1406 @code{kill-rectangle}) on it. The region does not highlight as a | |
1407 rectangle, but the commands work just fine. | |
1408 | |
1409 To actually sweep out rectangular regions with the mouse do the | |
1410 following: | |
1411 | |
1412 @example | |
1413 (setq mouse-track-rectangle-p t) | |
1414 @end example | |
1415 | |
1416 | |
1417 @node 10.8. | |
1418 @section 10.8. Why does M-w take so long? | |
1419 | |
1420 It actually doesn't. It leaves the region visible for a second so that | |
1421 you can see what area is being yanked. If you start working, though, it | |
1422 will immediately complete its operation. In other words, it will only | |
1423 delay for a second if you let it. | |
1424 | |
1425 | |
1426 @node 11. Highlighting, 12. The menubar and toolbar, 10. The mouse; cutting and pasting, top | |
1427 @chapter 11. Highlighting | |
1428 | |
1429 @menu | |
1430 * 11.1.:: 11.1. How can I highlight selections? | |
1431 * 11.2.:: 11.2. How do I get a pending-delete type of behavior? | |
1432 * 11.3.:: 11.3. I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am not able to see whats underneath. How do I turn it off? | |
1433 * 11.4.:: 11.4. The text gets highlighted when I do C-x C-p (mark-page). Is there a way to turn this feature off? | |
1434 @end menu | |
1435 | |
1436 | |
1437 @node 11.1. | |
1438 @section 11.1. How can I highlight selections? | |
1439 | |
1440 Use zmacs mode. This mode allows for what some might call gratuitous | |
1441 highlighting for selected regions (either by setting mark or by using the | |
1442 mouse). To use, add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1443 | |
1444 @example | |
1445 (setq zmacs-regions t) | |
1446 @end example | |
1447 | |
1448 This is the default behavior. | |
1449 | |
1450 | |
1451 @node 11.2. | |
1452 @section 11.2. How do I get a pending-delete type of behavior? | |
1453 | |
1454 @dfn{Pending delete} is what happens when you select a region (with the | |
1455 mouse or keyboard) and you press a key to replace the selected region by | |
1456 the key you typed. Usually backspace kills the selected region. | |
1457 | |
1458 To get this behavior, add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1459 | |
1460 @example | |
1461 (require 'pending-del) | |
1462 @end example | |
1463 | |
1464 | |
1465 @node 11.3. | |
1466 @section 11.3. I do not like my text highlighted while I am doing isearch as I am not able to see whats underneath. How do I turn it off? | |
1467 | |
1468 @example | |
1469 (setq isearch-highlight nil) | |
1470 @end example | |
1471 | |
1472 Note also that isearch-highlight affects query-replace and ispell. Instead | |
1473 of disabling isearch-highlight you may find that a better solution consists | |
1474 of customizing the 'isearch' face. | |
1475 | |
1476 | |
1477 @node 11.4. | |
1478 @section 11.4. The text gets highlighted when I do C-x C-p (mark-page). Is there a way to turn this feature off? | |
1479 | |
1480 @example | |
1481 (setq zmacs-regions nil) | |
1482 @end example | |
1483 | |
1484 | |
1485 | |
1486 @node 12. The menubar and toolbar, 13. Scrollbars, 11. Highlighting, top | |
1487 @chapter 12. The menubar and toolbar | |
1488 | |
1489 @menu | |
1490 * 12.1.:: 12.1. How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar) ? | |
1491 * 12.2.:: 12.2. Can I customize the basic menubar? | |
1492 * 12.3.:: 12.3. What controls how many buffers are listed in the menu "Buffers" list? | |
1493 * 12.4.:: 12.4. I am trying to use a resource like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} to set the font of the menubar but it's not working. | |
1494 | |
1495 @end menu | |
1496 | |
1497 | |
1498 @node 12.1. | |
1499 @section 12.1. How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar) ? | |
1500 | |
1501 Answer: To get rid of the menubar, add to @file{.emacs}: | |
1502 | |
1503 @example | |
1504 (set-menubar nil) | |
1505 @end example | |
1506 | |
1507 | |
1508 @node 12.2. | |
1509 @section 12.2. Can I customize the basic menubar? | |
1510 | |
1511 For an extensive menubar, add the line | |
1512 | |
1513 @example | |
1514 (load "big-menubar") | |
1515 @end example | |
1516 | |
1517 to your @file{.emacs} file. If you'd like to write your own, this file | |
1518 provides a good set of examples to start from: | |
1519 | |
1520 @example | |
1521 lisp/packages/big-menubar.el | |
1522 @end example | |
1523 | |
1524 (starting from your system XEmacs installation directory). | |
1525 | |
1526 | |
1527 @node 12.3. | |
1528 @section 12.3. What controls how many buffers are listed in the menu "Buffers" list? | |
1529 | |
1530 Add the following to your @file{.emacs}, modified as needed: | |
1531 | |
1532 @example | |
1533 (setq buffers-menu-max-size 20) | |
1534 @end example | |
1535 | |
1536 If you do not want a limit, try | |
1537 | |
1538 @example | |
1539 (setq buffers-menu-max-size nil) | |
1540 @end example | |
1541 | |
1542 | |
1543 @node 12.4. | |
1544 @section 12.4. I am trying to use a resource like @code{Emacs*menubar*font} to set the font of the menubar but it's not working. | |
1545 | |
1546 If you are using the real Motif menubar, this resource is not recognized; | |
1547 you have to say | |
1548 | |
1549 @example | |
1550 Emacs*menubar*fontList: FONT | |
1551 @end example | |
1552 | |
1553 If you are using the Lucid menubar, the former resource will be recognized | |
1554 only if the latter resource is unset. This means that the resource | |
1555 | |
1556 @example | |
1557 *fontList: FONT | |
1558 @end example | |
1559 | |
1560 will override | |
1561 | |
1562 @example | |
1563 Emacs*menubar*font: FONT | |
1564 @end example | |
1565 | |
1566 even though the latter is more specific. | |
1567 | |
1568 | |
1569 @node 13. Scrollbars, 14. Frame Geometry, 12. The menubar and toolbar, top | |
1570 @chapter 13. Scrollbars | |
1571 | |
1572 @menu | |
1573 * 13.1.:: 13.1. How can I disable the scrollbar? | |
1574 * 13.2.:: 13.2. How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors? | |
1575 * 13.3.:: 13.3. When I move the scrollbar in an XEmacs window, it moves the point as well, which should not be the default behavior. Is this a bug or a feature? Can I disable it? | |
1576 @end menu | |
1577 | |
1578 | |
1579 @node 13.1. | |
1580 @section 13.1. How can I disable the scrollbar? | |
1581 | |
1582 To turn disable them for all frames, add the following line to | |
1583 your @file{.Xdefaults}: | |
1584 | |
1585 @example | |
1586 Emacs.scrollBarWidth: 0 | |
1587 @end example | |
1588 | |
1589 To turn the scrollbar off on a per-frame basis, use the following function: | |
1590 | |
1591 @example | |
1592 (set-specifier scrollbar-width (cons (selected-frame) 0)) | |
1593 @end example | |
1594 | |
1595 You can actually turn the scrollbars on at any level you want by | |
1596 substituting for (selected-frame) in the above command. For example, to | |
1597 turn the scrollbars off only in a single buffer: | |
1598 | |
1599 @example | |
1600 (set-specifier scrollbar-width (cons (current-buffer) 0)) | |
1601 @end example | |
1602 | |
1603 | |
1604 @node 13.2. | |
1605 @section 13.2. How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors? | |
1606 | |
1607 Here's a recap of how to use resources to change your scrollbar colors: | |
1608 | |
1609 @example | |
1610 ! Motif scrollbars | |
1611 | |
1612 Emacs*XmScrollBar.Background: skyblue | |
1613 Emacs*XmScrollBar.troughColor: lightgray | |
1614 | |
1615 ! Athena scrollbars | |
1616 | |
1617 Emacs*Scrollbar.Foreground: skyblue | |
1618 Emacs*Scrollbar.Background: lightgray | |
1619 @end example | |
1620 | |
1621 Note the capitalization of @samp{Scrollbar} for the Athena widget. | |
1622 | |
1623 | |
1624 @node 13.3. | |
1625 @section 13.3. When I move the scrollbar in an XEmacs window, it moves the point as well, which should not be the default behavior. Is this a bug or a feature? Can I disable it? | |
1626 | |
1627 The current behavior is a feature, not a bug. Point remains at the same | |
1628 buffer position as long as that position does not scroll off the screen. In | |
1629 that event, point will end up in either the upper-left or lower-left hand | |
1630 corner. | |
1631 | |
1632 | |
1633 | |
1634 @node 14. Frame Geometry, 15. Window/icon title; window manager problems, 13. Scrollbars, top | |
1635 @chapter 14. Frame Geometry | |
1636 | |
1637 @menu | |
1638 * 14.1.:: 14.1. In Lucid Emacs 19.6 I did @code{(set-screen-width @var{characters})} and @code{(set-screen-height @var{lines})} in my @file{.emacs} instead of specifying @samp{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.Xdefaults} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
1639 * 14.2.:: 14.2. In XEmacs 19.11 I specified @samp{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.emacs} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
1640 @end menu | |
1641 | |
1642 | |
1643 @node 14.1. | |
1644 @section 14.1. In Lucid Emacs 19.6 I did @code{(set-screen-width @var{characters})} and @code{(set-screen-height @var{lines})} in my @file{.emacs} instead of specifying @samp{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.Xdefaults} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
1645 | |
1646 These two functions now take frame arguments: | |
1647 | |
1648 @example | |
1649 (set-frame-width (selected-frame) @var{characters}) | |
1650 (set-frame-height (selected-frame) @var{lines}) | |
1651 @end example | |
1652 | |
1653 @node 14.2. | |
1654 @section 14.2. In XEmacs 19.11 I specified @samp{Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry} in my @file{.emacs} but this does not work in XEmacs 19.13. | |
1655 | |
1656 We have switched from using the term 'screen' to using the term 'frame'. | |
1657 The correct entry for your @file{.Xdefaults} is now: | |
1658 | |
1659 @example | |
1660 Emacs*EmacsFrame.geometry | |
1661 @end example | |
1662 | |
1663 | |
1664 @node 15. Window/icon title; window manager problems, 16. Editing source code (C mode; Lisp mode; etc.), 14. Frame Geometry, top | |
1665 @chapter 15. Window/icon title; window manager problems | |
1666 | |
1667 @menu | |
1668 * 15.1.:: 15.1. How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs} and not include the name of the current file in it? | |
1669 * 15.2.:: 15.2. How can I have the window title area display the full directory/name of the current buffer file and not just the name? | |
1670 * 15.3.:: 15.3. When I run @samp{xterm -name junk} I get an xterm whose class name according to xprop, is @samp{junk}. This is the way it's supposed to work, I think. When I run @samp{xemacs -name junk} the class name is not set to @samp{junk}. It's still @samp{emacs}. What does @samp{xemacs -name} really do? The reason I ask is that my window manager (fvwm) will make a window sticky and I use XEmacs to read my mail. I want that XEmacs window to be sticky, without having to use the window manager's function to set the window sticky. What gives? | |
1671 @end menu | |
1672 | |
1673 | |
1674 @node 15.1. | |
1675 @section 15.1. How can I get the icon to just say @samp{XEmacs} and not include the name of the current file in it? | |
1676 | |
1677 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1678 | |
1679 @example | |
1680 (setq frame-icon-title-format "XEmacs") | |
1681 @end example | |
1682 | |
1683 | |
1684 @node 15.2. | |
1685 @section 15.2. How can I have the window title area display the full directory/name of the current buffer file and not just the name? | |
1686 | |
1687 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1688 | |
1689 @example | |
1690 (setq frame-title-format "%S: %f") | |
1691 @end example | |
1692 A more sophisticated title might be: | |
1693 | |
1694 @example | |
1695 (setq frame-title-format | |
1696 '("%S: " (buffer-file-name "%f" (dired-directory dired-directory "%b")))) | |
1697 @end example | |
1698 | |
1699 That is, use the file name, or the dired-directory, or the buffer name. | |
1700 | |
1701 | |
1702 @node 15.3. | |
1703 @section 15.3. When I run @samp{xterm -name junk} I get an xterm whose class name according to xprop, is @samp{junk}. This is the way it's supposed to work, I think. When I run @samp{xemacs -name junk} the class name is not set to @samp{junk}. It's still @samp{emacs}. What does @samp{xemacs -name} really do? The reason I ask is that my window manager (fvwm) will make a window sticky and I use XEmacs to read my mail. I want that XEmacs window to be sticky, without having to use the window manager's function to set the window sticky. What gives? | |
1704 | |
1705 @samp{xemacs -name} sets the application-name for the program (that is, | |
1706 the thing which normally comes from @code{argv[0]}.) Using @samp{-name} | |
1707 is the same as making a copy of the executable with that new name. The | |
1708 WM_CLASS property on each frame is set to the frame-name, and the | |
1709 application-class. So, if you did @samp{xemacs -name FOO} and then | |
1710 created a frame named @samp{BAR}, you'd get an X window with WM_CLASS = | |
1711 @samp{( "BAR", "Emacs")}. However, the resource hierarchy for this | |
1712 widget would be | |
1713 | |
1714 @example | |
1715 Name: FOO .shell. .pane .BAR | |
1716 Class: Emacs.TopLevelShell.XmMainWindow.EmacsFrame | |
1717 @end example | |
1718 | |
1719 instead of the default | |
1720 | |
1721 @example | |
1722 Name: xemacs.shell. .pane .emacs | |
1723 Class: Emacs .TopLevelShell.XmMainWindow.EmacsFrame | |
1724 @end example | |
1725 | |
1726 It is arguable that the first element of WM_CLASS should be set to the | |
1727 application-name instead of the frame-name, but I think that's less | |
1728 flexible, since it does not give you the ability to have multiple | |
1729 frames with different WM_CLASS properties. Another possibility would | |
1730 be for the default frame name to come from the application name instead | |
1731 of simply being @samp{emacs}. However, at this point, making that | |
1732 change would be troublesome: it would mean that many users would have to | |
1733 make yet another change to their resource files (since the default | |
1734 frame name would suddenly change from @samp{emacs} to @samp{xemacs}, or | |
1735 whatever the executable happened to be named), so we'd rather avoid it. | |
1736 | |
1737 To make a frame with a particular name use: | |
1738 | |
1739 @example | |
1740 (make-frame '((name . "the-name"))) | |
1741 @end example | |
1742 | |
1743 | |
1744 | |
1745 @node 16. Editing source code (C mode; Lisp mode; etc.), 17. Text mode, 15. Window/icon title; window manager problems, top | |
1746 @chapter 16. Editing source code (C mode; Lisp mode; etc.) | |
1747 | |
1748 @menu | |
1749 * 16.1.:: 16.1. How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock? | |
1750 * 16.2.:: 16.2. How do you arrange it so that XEmacs indents all the clauses of a Common Lisp @code{if} the same amount instead of indenting the 3rd clause differently from the first two? | |
1751 * 16.3.:: 16.3. I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode? | |
1752 * 16.4.:: 16.4. When I try to edit a postscript file it gets stuck saying: fontifying 'filename' (regexps....) and it just sits there. If I press ctrl-c in the window where XEmacs was started, it suddenly becomes alive again. | |
1753 * 16.5.:: 16.5. Does anyone know how to get the "More" Syntax Highlighting on by default? | |
1754 @end menu | |
1755 | |
1756 | |
1757 @node 16.1. | |
1758 @section 16.1. How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock? | |
1759 | 3991 |
1760 For most modes, font-lock is already set up and just needs to be turned | 3992 For most modes, font-lock is already set up and just needs to be turned |
1761 on. This can be done by | 3993 on. This can be done by @kbd{M-x font-lock-mode}, or by having XEmacs |
1762 | 3994 automatically start it by adding lines like: |
1763 @example | 3995 |
1764 M-x font-lock-mode | 3996 @lisp |
1765 @end example | |
1766 | |
1767 or by having XEmacs automatically start it by adding lines like | |
1768 | |
1769 @example | |
1770 (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) | 3997 (add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) |
1771 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) | 3998 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) |
1772 @end example | 3999 @end lisp |
1773 | 4000 |
1774 to your @file{.emacs}. See the file @code{etc/sample.emacs} for more | 4001 to your @file{.emacs}. See the file @file{etc/sample.emacs} for more |
1775 examples. | 4002 examples. |
1776 | 4003 |
1777 | 4004 @node Q5.0.2, Q5.0.3, Q5.0.1, Miscellaneous |
1778 @node 16.2. | 4005 @section I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode? |
1779 @section 16.2. How do you arrange it so that XEmacs indents all the clauses of a Common Lisp @code{if} the same amount instead of indenting the 3rd clause differently from the first two? | |
1780 | |
1781 One way is to add, to @file{.emacs}: | |
1782 | |
1783 @example | |
1784 (put 'if 'lisp-indent-function nil) | |
1785 @end example | |
1786 | |
1787 However, note that the package @file{cl-indent.el} that comes with | |
1788 XEmacs sets up this kind of indentation by default. @file{cl-indent} also | |
1789 knows about many other CL-specific forms. To use @file{cl-indent}, one can | |
1790 do this: | |
1791 | |
1792 @example | |
1793 (load "cl-indent") | |
1794 (setq lisp-indent-function (function common-lisp-indent-function)) | |
1795 @end example | |
1796 | |
1797 One can also customize @file{cl-indent.el} so it mimics the default @samp{if} | |
1798 indentation (@samp{then} indented more than the @samp{else}). Here's | |
1799 how: | |
1800 | |
1801 @example | |
1802 (put 'if 'common-lisp-indent-function '(nil nil &body)) | |
1803 @end example | |
1804 | |
1805 Also, a new version (1.2) of @file{cl-indent.el} was posted to | |
1806 @samp{comp.emacs.xemacs} on 12/9/94. This version includes more | |
1807 documentation than previous versions. This may prove useful if you | |
1808 need to customize any indent-functions. The post can be retrieved by | |
1809 searching the XEmacs mail archives. | |
1810 | |
1811 | |
1812 @node 16.3. | |
1813 @section 16.3. I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode? | |
1814 | 4006 |
1815 Well, first off, consider if you really want to do this. cc-mode is | 4007 Well, first off, consider if you really want to do this. cc-mode is |
1816 much more powerful than the old c-mode. But if you still insist, add | 4008 much more powerful than the old c-mode. If you're having trouble |
1817 the following lines to your @file{.emacs}: | 4009 getting your old offsets to work, try using @code{c-set-offset} instead. |
1818 | 4010 You might also consider using the package @code{cc-compat}. |
1819 @example | 4011 |
4012 But, if you still insist, add the following lines to your @file{.emacs}: | |
4013 | |
4014 @lisp | |
1820 (fmakunbound 'c-mode) | 4015 (fmakunbound 'c-mode) |
1821 (makunbound 'c-mode-map) | 4016 (makunbound 'c-mode-map) |
1822 (fmakunbound 'c++-mode) | 4017 (fmakunbound 'c++-mode) |
1823 (makunbound 'c++-mode-map) | 4018 (makunbound 'c++-mode-map) |
1824 (makunbound 'c-style-alist) | 4019 (makunbound 'c-style-alist) |
1825 (load-library "old-c-mode") | 4020 (load-library "old-c-mode") |
1826 (load-library "old-c++-mode") | 4021 (load-library "old-c++-mode") |
1827 @end example | 4022 @end lisp |
1828 | 4023 |
1829 This must be done before any other reference is made to either c-mode | 4024 This must be done before any other reference is made to either c-mode or |
1830 or c++-mode. | 4025 c++-mode. |
1831 | 4026 |
1832 | 4027 @node Q5.0.3, Q5.0.4, Q5.0.2, Miscellaneous |
1833 @node 16.4. | 4028 @section How do I get @samp{More} Syntax Highlighting on by default? |
1834 @section 16.4. When I try to edit a postscript file it gets stuck saying: fontifying 'filename' (regexps....) and it just sits there. If I press ctrl-c in the window where XEmacs was started, it suddenly becomes alive again. | 4029 |
1835 | 4030 For C, C++, and Lisp, you can add the following to your @file{.emacs}: |
1836 This was caused by a bug in the Postscript font-lock regular | 4031 |
1837 expressions. It should be fixed in 19.13. For earlier versions of | 4032 @lisp |
1838 XEmacs, have a look at your @file{.emacs} file. You will probably have | |
1839 a line like: | |
1840 | |
1841 @example | |
1842 (add-hook 'postscript-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) | |
1843 @end example | |
1844 | |
1845 Take it out, restart XEmacs, and it won't try to fontify your | |
1846 postscript files anymore. | |
1847 | |
1848 | |
1849 @node 16.5. | |
1850 @section 16.5. Does anyone know how to get the "More" Syntax Highlighting on by default? | |
1851 | |
1852 For C, C++, and Lisp, you can try adding the following to your @file{.emacs} file: | |
1853 | |
1854 @example | |
1855 (setq c-font-lock-keywords c-font-lock-keywords-2) | 4033 (setq c-font-lock-keywords c-font-lock-keywords-2) |
1856 (setq c++-font-lock-keywords c++-font-lock-keywords-2) | 4034 (setq c++-font-lock-keywords c++-font-lock-keywords-2) |
1857 (setq lisp-font-lock-keywords lisp-font-lock-keywords-2) | 4035 (setq lisp-font-lock-keywords lisp-font-lock-keywords-2) |
1858 @end example | 4036 @end lisp |
1859 | 4037 |
1860 | 4038 @node Q5.0.4, Q5.0.5, Q5.0.3, Miscellaneous |
1861 | 4039 @section How can I enable auto-indent? |
1862 @node 17. Text mode, 18. Shell mode, 16. Editing source code (C mode; Lisp mode; etc.), top | 4040 |
1863 @chapter 17. Text mode | 4041 Put the following line in your @file{.emacs}: |
1864 | 4042 |
1865 @menu | 4043 @lisp |
1866 * 17.1.:: 17.1. How can I enable auto-indent? | |
1867 * 17.2.:: 17.2. How can I get XEmacs to come up in text mode (auto-fill) by default? | |
1868 @end menu | |
1869 | |
1870 | |
1871 @node 17.1. | |
1872 @section 17.1. How can I enable auto-indent? | |
1873 | |
1874 Put the following line in your @file{.emacs}. | |
1875 | |
1876 @example | |
1877 (setq indent-line-function 'indent-relative-maybe) | 4044 (setq indent-line-function 'indent-relative-maybe) |
1878 @end example | 4045 @end lisp |
1879 | 4046 |
1880 If you want to get fancy, try @file{filladapt} and @file{fa-extras}, | 4047 If you want to get fancy, try the @code{filladapt} package available |
1881 available from the Emacs Lisp Archive at Ohio State University. | 4048 standard with XEmacs. Put this into your @file{.emacs}: |
1882 @ifinfo | 4049 |
1883 Get them at URL: | 4050 @lisp |
1884 | 4051 (require 'filladapt) |
1885 @example | 4052 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) |
1886 ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages | 4053 (add-hook 'message-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) |
1887 @end example | 4054 ;;; and so forth ... |
1888 @end ifinfo | 4055 @end lisp |
1889 @ifhtml | 4056 |
1890 Get them at | 4057 Please note that the @code{fa-extras} package is no longer useful. |
1891 <A HREF="ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/">ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/</A> | 4058 |
1892 @end ifhtml | 4059 @node Q5.0.5, Q5.0.6, Q5.0.4, Miscellaneous |
1893 | 4060 @section How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default? |
1894 | 4061 |
1895 @node 17.2. | 4062 Try the following lisp in your @file{.emacs}: |
1896 @section 17.2. How can I get XEmacs to come up in text mode (auto-fill) by default? | 4063 |
1897 | 4064 @lisp |
1898 Try the following lisp in your @file{.emacs} file | |
1899 | |
1900 @example | |
1901 (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode) | 4065 (setq default-major-mode 'text-mode) |
1902 (setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) | 4066 (setq text-mode-hook 'turn-on-auto-fill) |
1903 @end example | 4067 @end lisp |
1904 | 4068 |
1905 WARNING: note that changing default-major-mode from fundamental-mode can | 4069 @strong{WARNING}: note that changing the value of |
1906 break a large amount of built-in code that expects newly created buffers to | 4070 @code{default-major-mode} from @code{fundamental-mode} can break a large |
1907 be in fundamental-mode. (Changing from fundamental-mode to auto-fill | 4071 amount of built-in code that expects newly created buffers to be in |
1908 text-mode might not wreak too much havoc, but changing to something more | 4072 @code{fundamental-mode}. (Changing from @code{fundamental-mode} to |
1909 exotic like a lisp-mode would break many Emacs packages. | 4073 @code{text-mode} might not wreak too much havoc, but changing to |
1910 | 4074 something more exotic like a lisp-mode would break many Emacs packages). |
1911 Note that Emacs defaultly starts up in buffer *scratch* in | 4075 |
1912 initial-major-mode, which defaults to lisp-interaction-mode. Thus | 4076 Note that Emacs by default starts up in buffer @code{*scratch*} in |
1913 adding the following form to your Emacs init file will cause the | 4077 @code{initial-major-mode}, which defaults to |
1914 initial *scratch* buffer to be put into auto-fill'ed text-mode. | 4078 @code{lisp-interaction-mode}. Thus adding the following form to your |
1915 | 4079 Emacs init file will cause the initial @code{*scratch*} buffer to be put |
1916 @example | 4080 into auto-fill'ed @code{text-mode}: |
4081 | |
4082 @lisp | |
1917 (setq initial-major-mode | 4083 (setq initial-major-mode |
1918 (function (lambda () | 4084 (function (lambda () |
1919 (text-mode) | 4085 (text-mode) |
1920 (turn-on-auto-fill)))) | 4086 (turn-on-auto-fill)))) |
1921 @end example | 4087 @end lisp |
1922 | 4088 |
1923 Note that after your init file is loaded, if inhibit-startup-message | 4089 Note that after your init file is loaded, if |
1924 is null (the default) and the startup buffer is *scratch* then the | 4090 @code{inhibit-startup-message} is null (the default) and the startup |
1925 startup message will be inserted into *scratch*; it will be removed | 4091 buffer is @code{*scratch*} then the startup message will be inserted |
1926 after a timeout by erasing the entire *scratch* buffer. Keep in mind | 4092 into @code{*scratch*}; it will be removed after a timeout by erasing the |
1927 this default usage of *scratch* if you desire any prior manipulation | 4093 entire @code{*scratch*} buffer. Keep in mind this default usage of |
1928 of *scratch* from within your Emacs init file. In particular, anything | 4094 @code{*scratch*} if you desire any prior manipulation of |
1929 you insert into *scratch* from your init file will be later erased. | 4095 @code{*scratch*} from within your Emacs init file. In particular, |
1930 Also, if you change the mode of *scratch* be sure that this will | 4096 anything you insert into @code{*scratch*} from your init file will be |
1931 not interfere with possible later insertion of the startup message | 4097 later erased. Also, if you change the mode of the @code{*scratch*} |
1932 (e.g. if you put *scratch* into a nonstandard mode that has automatic | 4098 buffer, be sure that this will not interfere with possible later |
1933 font lock rules, then the startup message might get fontified in | 4099 insertion of the startup message (e.g. if you put @code{*scratch*} into |
1934 a strange foreign manner, e.g. as code in some programming language). | 4100 a nonstandard mode that has automatic font lock rules, then the startup |
1935 | 4101 message might get fontified in a strange foreign manner, e.g. as code in |
1936 | 4102 some programming language). |
1937 | 4103 |
1938 @node 18. Shell mode, 19. Mail; VM; GNUS; BBDB; and related, 17. Text mode, top | 4104 @node Q5.0.6, Q5.0.7, Q5.0.5, Miscellaneous |
1939 @chapter 18. Shell mode | 4105 @section How do I start up a second shell buffer? |
1940 | 4106 |
1941 @menu | 4107 In the @code{*shell*} buffer: |
1942 * 18.1.:: 18.1. How do I start up a second shell buffer? | 4108 |
1943 * 18.2.:: 18.2. I'm using the Emacs @kbd{M-x shell} function, and I would like to invoke and use a telnet session within it. Everything works fine except that now all ^M's are filtered out by Emacs. Fixes? | 4109 @lisp |
1944 * 18.3.:: 18.3. If I type a very long command line (like a compile command) into a shell buffer, the output seems to be messed up. | |
1945 @end menu | |
1946 | |
1947 | |
1948 @node 18.1. | |
1949 @section 18.1. How do I start up a second shell buffer? | |
1950 | |
1951 In the *shell* buffer: | |
1952 | |
1953 @example | |
1954 M-x rename-buffer RET *shell-1* RET | 4110 M-x rename-buffer RET *shell-1* RET |
1955 M-x shell RET | 4111 M-x shell RET |
1956 @end example | 4112 @end lisp |
1957 | 4113 |
1958 This will then start a second shell. The key is that no buffer named | 4114 This will then start a second shell. The key is that no buffer named |
1959 *shell* can exist. It might be preferable to use @kbd{M-x | 4115 @samp{*shell*} can exist. It might be preferable to use @kbd{M-x |
1960 rename-uniquely} to rename the *shell* buffer instead of @kbd{M-x | 4116 rename-uniquely} to rename the @code{*shell*} buffer instead of @kbd{M-x |
1961 rename-buffer}. | 4117 rename-buffer}. |
1962 | 4118 |
1963 | 4119 @node Q5.0.7, Q5.0.8, Q5.0.6, Miscellaneous |
1964 @node 18.2. | 4120 @section Telnet from shell filters too much |
1965 @section 18.2. I'm using the Emacs @kbd{M-x shell} function, and I would like to invoke and use a telnet session within it. Everything works fine except that now all ^M's are filtered out by Emacs. Fixes? | 4121 |
4122 I'm using the Emacs @kbd{M-x shell} function, and I would like to invoke | |
4123 and use a telnet session within it. Everything works fine except that | |
4124 now all @samp{^M}'s are filtered out by Emacs. Fixes? | |
1966 | 4125 |
1967 Use @kbd{M-x rsh} or @kbd{M-x telnet} to open remote sessions rather | 4126 Use @kbd{M-x rsh} or @kbd{M-x telnet} to open remote sessions rather |
1968 than doing rsh or telnet within the local shell buffer. | 4127 than doing rsh or telnet within the local shell buffer. |
1969 | 4128 |
1970 | 4129 @node Q5.0.8, Q5.0.9, Q5.0.7, Miscellaneous |
1971 @node 18.3. | 4130 @section Why does edt emulation not work? |
1972 @section 18.3. If I type a very long command line (like a compile command) into a shell buffer, the output seems to be messed up. | 4131 |
1973 | 4132 We don't know, but you can use tpu-edt emulation instead, which works |
1974 If you see lots of ^G's in the buffer, you're using an old version of | 4133 fine and is a little fancier than the standard edt emulation. To do |
1975 XEmacs. If the command line seems to be delayed or split into pieces, | 4134 this, add the following line to your @file{.emacs}: |
1976 you are probably using csh with the @samp{filec} variable set. To fix | 4135 |
1977 this, add the following line to your @file{.cshrc}, after @samp{filec} is set: | 4136 @lisp |
1978 | |
1979 @example | |
1980 if ( "$TERM" == emacs || "$TERM" == unknown ) unset filec | |
1981 @end example | |
1982 | |
1983 @node 19. Mail; VM; GNUS; BBDB; and related, 20. Printing, 18. Shell mode, top | |
1984 @chapter 19. Mail; VM; GNUS; BBDB; and related | |
1985 | |
1986 @menu | |
1987 * 19.1.:: 19.1. How and where I am suppose to set the face attributes for customizing the appearance of messages (i.e. for VM)? | |
1988 * 19.2.:: 19.2. I seem to have heard that there's a package distributed with XEmacs which will use the echo area to notify you of incoming mail in a rather configurable way (multiple spool files, different actions for different files). What and where is it? | |
1989 * 19.3.:: 19.3. Is there any way to add more faces and regexps to GNUS without hacking gnus.el? | |
1990 * 19.4.:: 19.4. What is BBDB? | |
1991 * 19.5.:: 19.5. I noticed that BBDB evokes an XEmacs bug; is there a fix? | |
1992 * 19.6.:: 19.6. I'm getting the error 'Wrong type argument: listp :-pos' when I try to start BBDB. What do I do? | |
1993 * 19.7.:: 19.7. I'm getting the error 'movemail: Permission denied' when I try and start VM. What do I do? | |
1994 @end menu | |
1995 | |
1996 | |
1997 @node 19.1. | |
1998 @section 19.1. How and where I am suppose to set the face attributes for customizing the appearance of messages (i.e. for VM)? | |
1999 | |
2000 Suppose you want to use: | |
2001 | |
2002 @example | |
2003 (set-face-font 'message-highlighted-header-contents | |
2004 "-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--12*") | |
2005 (set-face-foreground 'message-headers "darkslateblue") | |
2006 (set-face-foreground 'message-header-contents "brown") | |
2007 (set-face-foreground 'message-highlighted-header-contents "black") | |
2008 (set-face-foreground 'message-cited-text "darkgreen") | |
2009 @end example | |
2010 | |
2011 Well, this should work, provided that @code{(require | |
2012 'highlight-headers)} is executed first. Also, highlight-headers is | |
2013 self-contained and you don't need to turn on font-lock mode. | |
2014 | |
2015 | |
2016 @node 19.2. | |
2017 @section 19.2. I seem to have heard that there's a package distributed with XEmacs which will use the echo area to notify you of incoming mail in a rather configurable way (multiple spool files, different actions for different files). What and where is it? | |
2018 | |
2019 It's called reportmail. Add the following to your @file{.emacs}: | |
2020 | |
2021 @example | |
2022 (load-library "reportmail") | |
2023 @end example | |
2024 | |
2025 | |
2026 @node 19.3. | |
2027 @section 19.3. Is there any way to add more faces and regexps to GNUS without hacking gnus.el? | |
2028 | |
2029 You can try the folowing elisp: | |
2030 | |
2031 @example | |
2032 (add-hook 'gnus-startup-hook | |
2033 '(lambda () | |
2034 (font-lock-mode) | |
2035 (set-face-foreground 'message-headers "red") | |
2036 (set-face-foreground 'message-header-contents "orange") | |
2037 (set-face-foreground 'message-cited-text "blue"))) | |
2038 @end example | |
2039 | |
2040 | |
2041 @node 19.4. | |
2042 @section 19.4. What is BBDB? | |
2043 | |
2044 BBDB is the Big Brother Database, written by Jamie Zawinski | |
2045 <jwz@@netscape.com>. It interfaces to VM, mh-e, and GNUS and | |
2046 conveniently snarfs information about people and other things from | |
2047 articles and messages that go by. | |
2048 | |
2049 BBDB is available from the elisp archive | |
2050 | |
2051 @ifinfo | |
2052 @example | |
2053 archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive | |
2054 @end example | |
2055 @end ifinfo | |
2056 @ifhtml | |
2057 <A HREF="ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/">ftp://archive.cis.ohio-state.edu/pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/</A> | |
2058 @end ifhtml | |
2059 | |
2060 BBDB has a mailing list devoted to it: | |
2061 | |
2062 @example | |
2063 info-bbdb@@cs.uiuc.edu | |
2064 @end example | |
2065 | |
2066 This mailing list is archived at | |
2067 | |
2068 @ifinfo | |
2069 @example | |
2070 ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/bbdb | |
2071 @end example | |
2072 @end ifinfo | |
2073 @ifhtml | |
2074 <A | |
2075 HREF="ftp://ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/bbdb/">ftp.cs.uiuc.edu:/pub/bbdb/</A> | |
2076 @end ifhtml | |
2077 | |
2078 | |
2079 @node 19.5. | |
2080 @section 19.5. I noticed that BBDB evokes an XEmacs bug; is there a fix? | |
2081 | |
2082 This worked for me: | |
2083 | |
2084 @example | |
2085 (setq bbdb-electric-p nil) | |
2086 @end example | |
2087 | |
2088 @node 19.6. | |
2089 @section 19.6. I'm getting the error 'Wrong type argument: listp :-pos' when I try to start BBDB. What do I do? | |
2090 | |
2091 Discard the copy of mail-extr.el that came with bbdb. | |
2092 | |
2093 XEmacs 19.12 made the change that you cannot change the value of | |
2094 interned symbols whose names begin with a colon. The mail-extr.el | |
2095 that's distributed with 19.12+ is fixed to live with this restriction, | |
2096 but old copies of mail-extr.el will bomb. | |
2097 | |
2098 | |
2099 @node 19.7. | |
2100 @section 19.7. I'm getting the error 'movemail: Permission denied' when I try and start VM. What do I do? | |
2101 | |
2102 Execute the following two commands. movemail is normally located in the | |
2103 XEmacs install tree at @file{.../lib/xemacs-19.13/$@{arch@}/movemail}. | |
2104 | |
2105 @example | |
2106 chgrp mail movemail | |
2107 chmod 2555 movemail | |
2108 @end example | |
2109 | |
2110 | |
2111 @node 20. Printing, 21. Gnuserv, 19. Mail; VM; GNUS; BBDB; and related, top | |
2112 @chapter 20. Printing | |
2113 | |
2114 @menu | |
2115 * 20.1.:: 20.1. Font-lock looks nice. How can I print (WYSIWYG) the highlighted document? | |
2116 * 20.2.:: 20.2. My printer is a Postscript printer and @code{lpr} only works for Postscript files, so how do I get @kbd{M-x lpr-region} and @kbd{M-x lpr-buffer} to work? | |
2117 @end menu | |
2118 | |
2119 | |
2120 @node 20.1. | |
2121 @section 20.1. Font-lock looks nice. How can I print (WYSIWYG) the highlighted document? | |
2122 | |
2123 The package ps-print.el, which is now included with XEmacs, provides the | |
2124 ability to do this. It contains complete instructions on its use: | |
2125 | |
2126 @example | |
2127 <xemacs_src_root>/lisp/packages/ps-print.el | |
2128 @end example | |
2129 | |
2130 | |
2131 @node 20.2. | |
2132 @section 20.2. My printer is a Postscript printer and @code{lpr} only works for Postscript files, so how do I get @kbd{M-x lpr-region} and @kbd{M-x lpr-buffer} to work? | |
2133 | |
2134 @example | |
2135 (setq lpr-command "@var{Command to print text files}") | |
2136 @end example | |
2137 | |
2138 Please don't forget to replace @var{Command to print text files} with the | |
2139 actual command (@samp{enscript}, @samp{nenscript}, etc.)! | |
2140 | |
2141 | |
2142 | |
2143 @node 21. Gnuserv, 22. Miscellaneous, 20. Printing, top | |
2144 @chapter 21. Gnuserv | |
2145 | |
2146 @menu | |
2147 * 21.1.:: 21.1. How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame? | |
2148 * 21.2.:: 21.2. What do I do to start the gnuserv server so that each subseqeuent XEmacs is a client? | |
2149 @end menu | |
2150 | |
2151 | |
2152 @node 21.1. | |
2153 @section 21.1. How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame? | |
2154 | |
2155 If you set the gnuserv-screen variable to the frame that should be | |
2156 used to display buffers that are pulled up, a new frame will not be | |
2157 created. For example, you could put | |
2158 | |
2159 @example | |
2160 (setq gnuserv-screen (selected-frame)) | |
2161 @end example | |
2162 | |
2163 early on in your @file{.emacs}, to ensure that the first frame created is | |
2164 the one used for your gnuserv buffers. | |
2165 | |
2166 | |
2167 @node 21.2. | |
2168 @section 21.2. What do I do to start the gnuserv server so that each subseqeuent XEmacs is a client? | |
2169 | |
2170 Put the following in your @file{.emacs} file to start the server: | |
2171 | |
2172 @example | |
2173 (gnuserv-start) | |
2174 @end example | |
2175 | |
2176 Start your first XEmacs as usual. After that, you can do | |
2177 | |
2178 @example | |
2179 gnuclient randomfilename | |
2180 @end example | |
2181 | |
2182 from the command line to get your existing XEmacs process to open a new | |
2183 frame and visit randomfilename in that window. When you're done editing | |
2184 randomfilename, hit @kbd{C-x #} to kill the buffer and get rid of the | |
2185 frame. | |
2186 | |
2187 | |
2188 | |
2189 @node 22. Miscellaneous,, 21. Gnuserv, top | |
2190 @chapter 22. Miscellaneous | |
2191 | |
2192 @menu | |
2193 * 22.1.:: 22.1. How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files? | |
2194 * 22.2.:: 22.2. Why does edt emulation not work? | |
2195 * 22.3.:: 22.3. How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode? | |
2196 * 22.4.:: 22.4. Is there some way to get the behavior so that if the current buffer has a file associated with it, the current buffer will use that files name else use the buffer name? | |
2197 * 22.5.:: 22.5. I have no idea where this is coming from, but ever since I moved from 19.9 to 19.13 I have started seeing that all of my buffers will get a minor mode called @samp{Omit}. I have no idea how it got there nor do I know what it does. What is it? | |
2198 * 22.6.:: 22.6. How do I turn off the sound? | |
2199 * 22.7.:: 22.7. Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way? Say, with: [END] ? | |
2200 * 22.8.:: 22.8. Can I insert today's date into buffer? | |
2201 * 22.9.:: 22.9. Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs? I didn't see any restrictions in the info. | |
2202 * 22.10.:: 22.10. Filladapt used to work after I loaded it. Now in 19.13 it doesn't. What gives? | |
2203 @end menu | |
2204 | |
2205 | |
2206 @node 22.1. | |
2207 @section 22.1. How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files? | |
2208 | |
2209 You can specify what paths to use by using a number of different flags | |
2210 when running configure. See the section MAKE VARIABLES in the top-level | |
2211 file INSTALL in the XEmacs distribution for a listing of those flags. | |
2212 | |
2213 Most of the time, however, the simplest fix is: DO NOT specify paths as | |
2214 you might for FSF GNU Emacs. XEmacs can generally determine the | |
2215 necessary paths dynamically at run time. The only path that generally | |
2216 needs to be specified is the root directory to install into. That can | |
2217 be specified by passing the @code{--prefix} flag to configure. For a | |
2218 description of the XEmacs install tree, please consult the NEWS file. | |
2219 | |
2220 | |
2221 @node 22.2. | |
2222 @section 22.2. Why does edt emulation not work? | |
2223 | |
2224 We don't know, but you can use tpu-edt emulation instead, which works fine | |
2225 and is a little fancier than the standard edt emulation. To do this, add | |
2226 the following line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
2227 | |
2228 @example | |
2229 (load "tpu-edt") | 4137 (load "tpu-edt") |
2230 @end example | 4138 @end lisp |
2231 | 4139 |
2232 If you don't want it to replace Ctrl-h with edt-style help menu add this as | 4140 If you don't want it to replace @kbd{C-h} with an edt-style help menu |
2233 well: | 4141 add this as well: |
2234 | 4142 |
2235 @example | 4143 @lisp |
2236 (global-set-key '(control h) 'help-for-help) | 4144 (global-set-key '(control h) 'help-for-help) |
2237 @end example | 4145 @end lisp |
2238 | 4146 |
2239 | 4147 @node Q5.0.9, Q5.0.10, Q5.0.8, Miscellaneous |
2240 @node 22.3. | 4148 @section How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode? |
2241 @section 22.3. How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode? | 4149 |
2242 | 4150 Our recommended VI emulator is viper. To make viper-mode the default, |
2243 Our recommended VI emulator is viper. To put the current buffer into | 4151 add this to your @file{.emacs}: |
2244 viper-mode, use the command: | 4152 |
2245 | 4153 @lisp |
2246 @example | 4154 (viper-mode) |
2247 M-x viper | 4155 @end lisp |
2248 @end example | 4156 |
2249 | 4157 Michael Kifer <kifer@@CS.SunySB.EDU> writes: |
2250 To make viper-mode the default, add the following lines to your @file{.emacs}: | 4158 |
2251 | 4159 @quotation |
2252 @example | 4160 This should be added as close to the top of @file{.emacs} as you can get |
2253 (load-library "viper") | 4161 it, otherwise some minor modes may not get viper-ized. |
2254 (setq term-setup-hook 'viper) | 4162 @end quotation |
2255 (setq find-file-hooks 'viper) | 4163 |
2256 (setq find-file-not-found-hooks 'viper) | 4164 @node Q5.0.10, Q5.0.11, Q5.0.9, Miscellaneous |
2257 @end example | 4165 @section What is @code{Omit} minor mode? |
2258 | 4166 |
2259 | 4167 I have no idea where this is coming from, but ever since I moved from |
2260 @node 22.4. | 4168 19.9 to 19.13 I have started seeing that all of my buffers will get a |
2261 @section 22.4. Is there some way to get the behavior so that if the current buffer has a file associated with it, the current buffer will use that files name else use the buffer name? | 4169 minor mode called @code{Omit}. I have no idea how it got there nor do I |
2262 | 4170 know what it does. What is it? |
2263 Just set frame-title-format from find-file-hooks. Alternatively, look at | 4171 |
2264 the answer to question 15.2. | 4172 It's part of dired. In dired, you can type M-o to get Omit mode and |
2265 | 4173 that will ignore uninteresting files (checkpoint files and backups, for |
2266 In addition, one could set modeline-format. | 4174 example). You get Omit in the modeline everywhere because the variable |
2267 | 4175 @code{dired-omit-files-p} is globally set to some non-nil value. If you |
2268 | 4176 want this functionality, it's probably best to use a hook: |
2269 @node 22.5. | 4177 |
2270 @section 22.5. I have no idea where this is coming from, but ever since I moved from 19.9 to 19.13 I have started seeing that all of my buffers will get a minor mode called @samp{Omit}. I have no idea how it got there nor do I know what it does. What is it? | 4178 @lisp |
2271 | |
2272 It's part of dired. In dired, you can type M-o to get Omit mode and that will | |
2273 ignore uninteresting files (checkpoint files and backups, for example). You | |
2274 get Omit in the modeline everywhere because the variable `dired-omit-files-p' | |
2275 is globally set to some non-nil value. If you want this functionality, it's | |
2276 probably best to use a hook: | |
2277 | |
2278 @example | |
2279 (add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook '(lambda () (dired-omit-toggle))) | 4179 (add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook '(lambda () (dired-omit-toggle))) |
2280 @end example | 4180 @end lisp |
2281 | 4181 |
2282 Alternatively, since it seems odd to toggle the omit | 4182 Alternatively, since it seems odd to toggle the omit state with every |
2283 state with every readin, since readin can happen many times in a Dired | 4183 readin, since readin can happen many times in a Dired buffer, you can |
2284 buffer, you can try this hook to correct the "Omit" problem: | 4184 try this hook to correct the @code{Omit} problem: |
2285 | 4185 |
2286 @example | 4186 @lisp |
2287 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook | 4187 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook |
2288 (function (lambda () | 4188 (function (lambda () |
2289 ;; `dired-omit-files-p' is made buffer-local by "dired-x.el", but | 4189 ;; `dired-omit-files-p' is made buffer-local by "dired-x.el", but |
2290 ;; maybe not soon enough. | 4190 ;; maybe not soon enough. |
2291 (make-local-variable 'dired-omit-files-p) | 4191 (make-local-variable 'dired-omit-files-p) |
2292 (setq dired-omit-files-p t)))) | 4192 (setq dired-omit-files-p t)))) |
2293 @end example | 4193 @end lisp |
2294 | 4194 |
2295 This is only run once, when the Dired buffer is created. | 4195 This is only run once, when the Dired buffer is created. |
2296 | 4196 |
2297 | 4197 @node Q5.0.11, Q5.0.12, Q5.0.10, Miscellaneous |
2298 @node 22.6. | 4198 @section Filladapt doesn't work in 19.13? |
2299 @section 22.6. How do I turn off the sound? | 4199 |
2300 | 4200 Filladapt 2.x is included in 19.13+. In it filladapt is now a minor |
2301 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs} file: | 4201 mode and minor modes are traditionally off by default. The following |
2302 | 4202 added to your @file{.emacs} will turn it on for all buffers: |
2303 @example | 4203 |
4204 @lisp | |
4205 (setq-default filladapt-mode t) | |
4206 @end lisp | |
4207 | |
4208 Use @code{turn-on-filladapt-mode} to turn Filladapt on in particular | |
4209 major modes, like this: | |
4210 | |
4211 @lisp | |
4212 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) | |
4213 @end lisp | |
4214 | |
4215 @node Q5.0.12, Q5.0.13, Q5.0.11, Miscellaneous | |
4216 @section How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame? | |
4217 | |
4218 If you set the @code{gnuserv-frame} variable to the frame that should be | |
4219 used to display buffers that are pulled up, a new frame will not be | |
4220 created. For example, you could put | |
4221 | |
4222 @lisp | |
4223 (setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame)) | |
4224 @end lisp | |
4225 | |
4226 early on in your @file{.emacs}, to ensure that the first frame created | |
4227 is the one used for your gnuserv buffers. | |
4228 | |
4229 Starting in 19.15, there is an option to set the gnuserv target to | |
4230 the current frame. See | |
4231 @code{Options->"Other Window" Location->Make current frame gnuserv target} | |
4232 | |
4233 @node Q5.0.13, Q5.0.14, Q5.0.12, Miscellaneous | |
4234 @section How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client? | |
4235 | |
4236 Put the following in your @file{.emacs} file to start the server: | |
4237 | |
4238 @lisp | |
4239 (gnuserv-start) | |
4240 @end lisp | |
4241 | |
4242 Start your first XEmacs as usual. After that, you can do: | |
4243 | |
4244 @example | |
4245 gnuclient randomfilename | |
4246 @end example | |
4247 | |
4248 from the command line to get your existing XEmacs process to open a new | |
4249 frame and visit randomfilename in that window. When you're done editing | |
4250 randomfilename, hit @kbd{C-x #} to kill the buffer and get rid of the | |
4251 frame. | |
4252 | |
4253 @node Q5.0.14, Q5.0.15, Q5.0.13, Miscellaneous | |
4254 @section Strange things are happening in Shell Mode. | |
4255 | |
4256 Sometimes (i.e. it's not repeatable, and I can't work out why it | |
4257 happens) when I'm typing into shell mode, I hit return and only a | |
4258 portion of the command is given to the shell, and a blank prompt is | |
4259 returned. If I hit return again, the rest of the previous command is | |
4260 given to the shell. | |
4261 | |
4262 Martin Buchholz <Martin.Buchholz@@sun.com> writes: | |
4263 | |
4264 @quotation | |
4265 There is a known problem with interaction between @code{csh} and the | |
4266 @code{filec} option and XEmacs. You should add the following to your | |
4267 @file{.cshrc}: | |
4268 | |
4269 @example | |
4270 if ( "$TERM" == emacs || "$TERM" == unknown ) unset filec | |
4271 @end example | |
4272 @end quotation | |
4273 | |
4274 @node Q5.0.15, Q5.0.16, Q5.0.14, Miscellaneous | |
4275 @section Where do I get the latest CC Mode? | |
4276 | |
4277 Barry A. Warsaw <bwarsaw@@cnri.reston.va.us> writes: | |
4278 | |
4279 @quotation | |
4280 This can be had from <URL:http://www.python.org/ftp/emacs/>. | |
4281 @end quotation | |
4282 | |
4283 @node Q5.0.16, Q5.0.17, Q5.0.15, Miscellaneous | |
4284 @section I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off? | |
4285 | |
4286 @code{auto-show-mode} controls whether or not a horizontal scrollbar | |
4287 magically appears when a line is too long to be displayed. This is | |
4288 enabled by default. To turn it off, put the following in your | |
4289 @file{.emacs}: | |
4290 | |
4291 @lisp | |
4292 (setq auto-show-mode nil) | |
4293 (setq-default auto-show-mode nil) | |
4294 @end lisp | |
4295 | |
4296 @node Q5.0.17, Q5.0.18, Q5.0.16, Miscellaneous | |
4297 @section How can I get two instances of info? | |
4298 | |
4299 You can't. The info package does not provide for multiple info buffers. | |
4300 | |
4301 @node Q5.0.18, Q5.0.19, Q5.0.17, Miscellaneous | |
4302 @section I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working. | |
4303 | |
4304 Mark Daku <daku@@nortel.ca> writes: | |
4305 | |
4306 @quotation | |
4307 It turns out I was using an older version of gnuserv. The installation | |
4308 didn't put the binary into the public bin directory. It put it in | |
4309 @file{lib/xemacs-19.14/hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.05/gnuserv}. Shouldn't it have | |
4310 been put in @file{bin/hppa1.1-hp-hpux9.0}? | |
4311 @end quotation | |
4312 | |
4313 @node Q5.0.19, Q5.1.1, Q5.0.18, Miscellaneous | |
4314 @section Is there something better than LaTeX mode? | |
4315 | |
4316 David Kastrup <dak@@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes: | |
4317 | |
4318 @quotation | |
4319 The standard TeX modes leave much to be desired, and are somewhat | |
4320 leniently maintained. Serious TeX users use AucTeX (@xref{Q4.7.1}). | |
4321 @end quotation | |
4322 | |
4323 @node Q5.1.1, Q5.1.2, Q5.0.19, Miscellaneous | |
4324 @section What is the difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs? | |
4325 | |
4326 Erik Naggum <erik@@naggum.no> writes; | |
4327 | |
4328 @quotation | |
4329 Emacs has a legacy of keyboards that produced characters with modifier | |
4330 bits, and therefore map a variety of input systems into this scheme even | |
4331 today. XEmacs is instead optimized for X events. This causes an | |
4332 incompatibility in the way key sequences are specified, but both Emacs | |
4333 and XEmacs will accept a key sequence as a vector of lists of modifiers | |
4334 that ends with a key, e.g., to bind M-C-a, you would say [(meta control | |
4335 a)] in both Emacsen. XEmacs has an abbreviated form for a single key, | |
4336 just (meta control a). Emacs has an abbreviated form for the Control | |
4337 and the Meta modifiers to string-characters (the ASCII characters), as | |
4338 in "\M-\C-a". XEmacs users need to be aware that the abbreviated form | |
4339 works only for one-character key sequences, while Emacs users need to be | |
4340 aware that the string-character is rather limited. Specifically, the | |
4341 string-character can accomodate only 256 different values, 128 of which | |
4342 have the Meta modifier and 128 of which have not. In each of these | |
4343 blocks, only 32 characters have the Control modifier. Whereas [(meta | |
4344 control A)] differs from [(meta control a)] because the case differs, | |
4345 "\M-\C-a" and "\M-\C-A" do not. Programmers are advised to use the full | |
4346 common form, both because it is more readable and less error-prone, and | |
4347 because it is supported by both Emacsen. | |
4348 @end quotation | |
4349 | |
4350 @node Q5.1.2, Q5.1.3, Q5.1.1, Miscellaneous | |
4351 @section Can I generate "fake" keyboard events? | |
4352 | |
4353 I wonder if there is an interactive function that can generate "fake" | |
4354 keyboard events. This way, I could simply map them inside XEmacs. | |
4355 | |
4356 This seems to work: | |
4357 | |
4358 @lisp | |
4359 (defun cg--generate-char-event (ch) | |
4360 "Generate an event, as if ch has been typed" | |
4361 (dispatch-event (character-to-event ch))) | |
4362 | |
4363 ;; Backspace and Delete stuff | |
4364 (global-set-key '(backspace) | |
4365 '(lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 127))) | |
4366 (global-set-key '(unknown_keysym_0x4) | |
4367 '(lambda () (interactive) (cg--generate-char-event 4))) | |
4368 @end lisp | |
4369 | |
4370 @node Q5.1.3, Q5.1.4, Q5.1.2, Miscellaneous | |
4371 @section How can I visit several marked files at once in dired? | |
4372 | |
4373 You can put this in your @file{.emacs} and then @kbd{F} will find marked | |
4374 files: | |
4375 | |
4376 @lisp | |
4377 (add-hook | |
4378 'dired-load-hook | |
4379 (function (lambda () | |
4380 (define-key dired-mode-map "F" | |
4381 (function | |
4382 (lambda () (interactive) | |
4383 (mapcar 'find-file | |
4384 (dired-mark-get-files)))))))) | |
4385 @end lisp | |
4386 | |
4387 Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@@hut.fi> writes: | |
4388 | |
4389 @quotation | |
4390 You can also use @file{dired-x.el} (Sebastian Kremer's Extra DIRED). It | |
4391 defines F and makes other improvements too. See @file{dired/dired-x.el} | |
4392 in the XEmacs distribution. | |
4393 | |
4394 In your @file{~/.emacs}, add: | |
4395 | |
4396 @lisp | |
4397 (setq dired-load-hook '(lambda () (load "dired-x"))) | |
4398 @end lisp | |
4399 @end quotation | |
4400 | |
4401 @node Q5.1.4, Q5.1.5, Q5.1.3, Miscellaneous | |
4402 @section In 19.13, why do I get @samp{set-text-something} lisp errors with Gnus and AUC-TeX? | |
4403 | |
4404 The real problem is out of date software. Upgrade to later versions of | |
4405 Gnus and AUC-TeX where this problem doesn't exist. | |
4406 | |
4407 The problem lies with the needs for an Emacs function, | |
4408 @code{set-text-properties}, which generally isn't required by XEmacs. | |
4409 The solutions include adding the following code to your @file{.emacs}: | |
4410 | |
4411 @lisp | |
4412 (fset 'set-text-properties (symbol-function 'ignore)) | |
4413 @end lisp | |
4414 | |
4415 or | |
4416 | |
4417 @lisp | |
4418 (defadvice set-text-properties (around ignore-strings activate) | |
4419 "Ignore strings." | |
4420 (or (stringp (ad-get-arg 3)) | |
4421 ad-do-it)) | |
4422 @end lisp | |
4423 | |
4424 The best is probably the canonical solution (posted by C.Thompson, on | |
4425 10/17/95): | |
4426 | |
4427 @lisp | |
4428 (defun set-text-properties (start end props &optional buffer) | |
4429 "You should NEVER use this function. It is ideologically blasphemous. | |
4430 It is provided only to ease porting of broken FSF Emacs programs." | |
4431 (if (stringp buffer) nil | |
4432 (map-extents | |
4433 #'(lambda (extent ignored) | |
4434 (remove-text-properties | |
4435 start end (list (extent-property extent 'text-prop) nil) | |
4436 buffer)) | |
4437 buffer start end nil nil 'text-prop) | |
4438 (add-text-properties start end props buffer))) | |
4439 @end lisp | |
4440 | |
4441 @node Q5.1.5, Q5.2.1, Q5.1.4, Miscellaneous | |
4442 @section How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer? | |
4443 | |
4444 Thomas Feuster <feuster@@tp4.physik.uni-giessen.de> writes: | |
4445 | |
4446 @quotation | |
4447 @lisp | |
4448 (let ((image-glyph (make-glyph-internal))) | |
4449 (seems to be unavoidable to do 'make-glyph-internal') | |
4450 @end lisp | |
4451 | |
4452 Now for viewing files: | |
4453 | |
4454 @lisp | |
4455 (set-glyph-image image-glyph view-graph-file-buf)) | |
4456 @end lisp | |
4457 | |
4458 For viewing already loaded buffers: | |
4459 | |
4460 @lisp | |
4461 (setq image-glyph (make-glyph | |
4462 (vector view-graph-file-format :data | |
4463 (buffer-substring | |
4464 (point-min) | |
4465 (point-max))))) | |
4466 @end lisp | |
4467 | |
4468 The thing I couldn't figure out is how to make XEmacs guess the format | |
4469 from the contents - like it does for files. So it's a real pain to | |
4470 extract the format from the extensions of the file-name... | |
4471 @end quotation | |
4472 | |
4473 @node Q5.2.1, Q5.2.2, Q5.1.5, Miscellaneous | |
4474 @section How do I turn off the sound? | |
4475 | |
4476 Add the following line to your @file{.emacs}: | |
4477 | |
4478 @lisp | |
2304 (setq bell-volume 0) | 4479 (setq bell-volume 0) |
2305 (setq sound-alist nil) | 4480 (setq sound-alist nil) |
2306 @end example | 4481 @end lisp |
2307 | 4482 |
2308 | 4483 @node Q5.2.2, Q5.2.3, Q5.2.1, Miscellaneous |
2309 @node 22.7. | 4484 @section How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep? |
2310 @section 22.7. Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way? Say, with: [END] ? | 4485 |
2311 | 4486 Make sure your XEmacs was compiled with sound support, and then put this |
2312 @example | 4487 in your @file{.emacs}: |
4488 | |
4489 @lisp | |
4490 (load-default-sounds) | |
4491 @end lisp | |
4492 | |
4493 The sound support in XEmacs 19.14 is greatly improved over previous | |
4494 versions. | |
4495 | |
4496 @node Q5.2.3, Q5.2.4, Q5.2.2, Miscellaneous | |
4497 @section What's NAS, how do I get it? | |
4498 | |
4499 @xref{Q2.0.3} for an explanation of the @dfn{Network Audio System}. | |
4500 | |
4501 @node Q5.2.4, Q5.3.1, Q5.2.3, Miscellaneous | |
4502 @section Sunsite sounds don't play. | |
4503 | |
4504 I'm having some trouble with sounds I've downloaded from sunsite. They | |
4505 play when I run them through @code{showaudio} or cat them directly to | |
4506 @file{/dev/audio}, but XEmacs refuses to play them. | |
4507 | |
4508 Markus Gutschke <gutschk@@uni-muenster.de> writes: | |
4509 | |
4510 @quotation | |
4511 [Many of] These files have an (erroneous) 24byte header that tells about | |
4512 the format that they have been recorded in. If you cat them to | |
4513 @file{/dev/audio}, the header will be ignored and the default behavior | |
4514 for /dev/audio will be used. This happens to be 8kHz uLaw. It is | |
4515 probably possible to fix the header by piping through @code{sox} and | |
4516 passing explicit parameters for specifying the sampling format; you then | |
4517 need to perform a 'null' conversion from SunAudio to SunAudio. | |
4518 @end quotation | |
4519 | |
4520 @node Q5.3.1, Q5.3.2, Q5.2.4, Miscellaneous | |
4521 @section How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly? | |
4522 | |
4523 I'd like XEmacs to indent all the clauses of a Common Lisp @code{if} the | |
4524 same amount instead of indenting the 3rd clause differently from the | |
4525 first two. | |
4526 | |
4527 One way is to add, to @file{.emacs}: | |
4528 | |
4529 @lisp | |
4530 (put 'if 'lisp-indent-function nil) | |
4531 @end lisp | |
4532 | |
4533 However, note that the package @file{cl-indent.el} that comes with | |
4534 XEmacs sets up this kind of indentation by default. @code{cl-indent} | |
4535 also knows about many other CL-specific forms. To use @code{cl-indent}, | |
4536 one can do this: | |
4537 | |
4538 @lisp | |
4539 (load "cl-indent") | |
4540 (setq lisp-indent-function (function common-lisp-indent-function)) | |
4541 @end lisp | |
4542 | |
4543 One can also customize @file{cl-indent.el} so it mimics the default | |
4544 @code{if} indentation @code{then} indented more than the @code{else}. | |
4545 Here's how: | |
4546 | |
4547 @lisp | |
4548 (put 'if 'common-lisp-indent-function '(nil nil &body)) | |
4549 @end lisp | |
4550 | |
4551 Also, a new version (1.2) of @file{cl-indent.el} was posted to | |
4552 comp.emacs.xemacs on 12/9/94. This version includes more documentation | |
4553 than previous versions. This may prove useful if you need to customize | |
4554 any indent-functions. | |
4555 | |
4556 NB: I would have thought with the passage of time this would be the | |
4557 standard version by now, but that appears not to be the case. The | |
4558 version of filladapt included with 19.14 is last dated 1993, and does | |
4559 not have a version number. | |
4560 | |
4561 @node Q5.3.2, Q5.3.3, Q5.3.1, Miscellaneous | |
4562 @section Fontifying hang when editing a postscript file. | |
4563 | |
4564 When I try to edit a postscript file it gets stuck saying: | |
4565 @samp{fontifying 'filename' (regexps....)} and it just sits there. If I | |
4566 press @kbd{C-c} in the window where XEmacs was started, it suddenly | |
4567 becomes alive again. | |
4568 | |
4569 This was caused by a bug in the Postscript font-lock regular | |
4570 expressions. It was fixed in 19.13. For earlier versions of XEmacs, | |
4571 have a look at your @file{.emacs} file. You will probably have a line | |
4572 like: | |
4573 | |
4574 @lisp | |
4575 (add-hook 'postscript-mode-hook 'turn-on-font-lock) | |
4576 @end lisp | |
4577 | |
4578 Take it out, restart XEmacs, and it won't try to fontify your postscript | |
4579 files anymore. | |
4580 | |
4581 @node Q5.3.3, Q5.3.4, Q5.3.2, Miscellaneous | |
4582 @section How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer? | |
4583 | |
4584 Font-lock looks nice. How can I print (WYSIWYG) the highlighted | |
4585 document? | |
4586 | |
4587 The package @file{ps-print.el}, which is now included with XEmacs, | |
4588 provides the ability to do this. The source code contains complete | |
4589 instructions on its use, in | |
4590 @file{<xemacs_src_root>/lisp/packages/ps-print.el}. | |
4591 | |
4592 @node Q5.3.4, Q5.3.5, Q5.3.3, Miscellaneous | |
4593 @section Getting @kbd{M-x lpr} to work with postscript printer. | |
4594 | |
4595 My printer is a Postscript printer and @code{lpr} only works for | |
4596 Postscript files, so how do I get @kbd{M-x lpr-region} and @kbd{M-x | |
4597 lpr-buffer} to work? | |
4598 | |
4599 Put something like this in your @file{.emacs}: | |
4600 | |
4601 @lisp | |
4602 (setq lpr-command "a2ps") | |
4603 (setq lpr-switches '("-p" "-1")) | |
4604 @end lisp | |
4605 | |
4606 If you don't use a2ps to convert ASCII to postscript (why not, it's | |
4607 free?), replace with the command you do use. Note also that some | |
4608 versions of a2ps require a @samp{-Pprinter} to ensure spooling. | |
4609 | |
4610 @node Q5.3.5, Q5.3.6, Q5.3.4, Miscellaneous | |
4611 @section How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files? | |
4612 | |
4613 You can specify what paths to use by using a number of different flags | |
4614 when running configure. See the section MAKE VARIABLES in the top-level | |
4615 file INSTALL in the XEmacs distribution for a listing of those flags. | |
4616 | |
4617 Most of the time, however, the simplest fix is: @strong{do not} specify | |
4618 paths as you might for GNU Emacs. XEmacs can generally determine the | |
4619 necessary paths dynamically at run time. The only path that generally | |
4620 needs to be specified is the root directory to install into. That can | |
4621 be specified by passing the @code{--prefix} flag to configure. For a | |
4622 description of the XEmacs install tree, please consult the @file{NEWS} | |
4623 file. | |
4624 | |
4625 @node Q5.3.6, Q5.3.7, Q5.3.5, Miscellaneous | |
4626 @section [This question intentionally left blank] | |
4627 | |
4628 Obsolete question, left blank to avoid renumbering. | |
4629 | |
4630 @node Q5.3.7, Q5.3.8, Q5.3.6, Miscellaneous | |
4631 @section Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way? | |
4632 | |
4633 Say, with: [END]? | |
4634 | |
4635 Use this: | |
4636 | |
4637 @lisp | |
2313 (make-annotation "[END]" (point-max) 'text (current-buffer)) | 4638 (make-annotation "[END]" (point-max) 'text (current-buffer)) |
2314 @end example | 4639 @end lisp |
2315 | 4640 |
2316 Note that you might want to put this in a hook. | 4641 Note that you might want to put this in a hook. Since |
2317 | 4642 @code{make-annotation} is not defined by default, you might also need: |
2318 You might also need: | 4643 |
2319 | 4644 @lisp |
2320 @example | |
2321 (require 'annotations) | 4645 (require 'annotations) |
2322 @end example | 4646 @end lisp |
2323 | 4647 |
2324 since @code{make-annotation} is not defined by default. | 4648 @node Q5.3.8, Q5.3.9, Q5.3.7, Miscellaneous |
2325 | 4649 @section How do I insert today's date into a buffer? |
2326 | 4650 |
2327 @node 22.8. | 4651 Like this: |
2328 @section 22.8. Can I insert today's date into buffer? | 4652 |
2329 | 4653 @lisp |
2330 Use this lisp in a function: | |
2331 | |
2332 @example | |
2333 (insert (current-time-string)) | 4654 (insert (current-time-string)) |
2334 @end example | 4655 @end lisp |
2335 | 4656 |
2336 | 4657 @node Q5.3.9, Q5.3.10, Q5.3.8, Miscellaneous |
2337 @node 22.9. | 4658 @section Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs? |
2338 @section 22.9. Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs? I didn't see any restrictions in the info. | 4659 |
2339 | 4660 Markus Gutschke <gutschk@@uni-muenster.de> writes: |
2340 Yes, abbrevs only expand word-syntax strings. So, in c-mode if you | 4661 |
2341 wanted to expand something to @samp{define }, you would be able to | 4662 @quotation |
2342 expand @samp{xd} but not @samp{#d}. | 4663 Yes, abbrevs only expands word-syntax strings. While XEmacs does not |
2343 | 4664 prevent you from defining (e.g. with @kbd{C-x a g} or @kbd{C-x a l}) |
2344 | 4665 abbrevs that contain special characters, it will refuse to expand |
2345 @node 22.10. | 4666 them. So you need to ensure, that the abbreviation contains letters and |
2346 @section 22.10. Filladapt used to work after I loaded it. Now in 19.13 it doesn't. What gives? | 4667 digits only. This means that @samp{xd}, @samp{d5}, and @samp{5d} are |
2347 | 4668 valid abbrevs, but @samp{&d}, and @samp{x d} are not. |
2348 Filladapt 2.x is included in 19.13+. In it filladapt is now a minor | 4669 |
2349 mode and minor modes are traditionally off by default. The following | 4670 If this sounds confusing to you, (re-)read the online documentation for |
2350 added to your .emacs will turn it on for all buffers: | 4671 abbrevs (@kbd{C-h i m XEmacs RET m Abbrevs RET}), and then come back and |
2351 | 4672 read this question/answer again. |
2352 @example | 4673 @end quotation |
2353 (setq-default filladapt-mode t) | 4674 |
2354 @end example | 4675 @node Q5.3.10, Q5.3.11, Q5.3.9, Miscellaneous |
2355 | 4676 @section How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines? |
2356 Use @code{turn-on-filladapt-mode} to turn Filladapt on in particular | 4677 |
2357 major modes, like this: | 4678 Firstly there is an ftp site which describes X-faces and has the |
2358 | 4679 associated tools mentioned below, at |
2359 @example | 4680 <URL:ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu:/pub/faces/>. |
2360 (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-filladapt-mode) | 4681 |
2361 @end example | 4682 Then the steps are |
2362 | 4683 |
2363 | 4684 @enumerate |
2364 @page | 4685 @item |
2365 @contents | 4686 Create 48x48x1 bitmap with your favorite tool |
4687 | |
4688 @item | |
4689 Convert to "icon" format using one of xbm2ikon, pbmtoicon, etc., | |
4690 and then compile the face. | |
4691 | |
4692 @item | |
4693 @example | |
4694 cat file.xbm | xbm2ikon |compface > file.face | |
4695 @end example | |
4696 | |
4697 @item | |
4698 Then be sure to quote things that are necessary for emacs strings: | |
4699 | |
4700 @example | |
4701 cat ./file.face | sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' | sed 's/\"/\\\"/g' > ./file.face.quoted | |
4702 @end example | |
4703 | |
4704 @item | |
4705 Then set up emacs to include the file as a mail header - there were a | |
4706 couple of suggestions here---either something like: | |
4707 | |
4708 @lisp | |
4709 (setq mail-default-headers | |
4710 "X-Face: <Ugly looking text string here>") | |
4711 @end lisp | |
4712 | |
4713 Or, alternatively, as: | |
4714 | |
4715 @lisp | |
4716 (defun mail-insert-x-face () | |
4717 (save-excursion | |
4718 (goto-char (point-min)) | |
4719 (search-forward mail-header-separator) | |
4720 (beginning-of-line nil) | |
4721 (insert "X-Face:") | |
4722 (insert-file "~/.face"))) | |
4723 | |
4724 (add-hook 'mail-setup-hook 'mail-insert-x-face) | |
4725 @end lisp | |
4726 @end enumerate | |
4727 | |
4728 However, 2 things might be wrong: | |
4729 | |
4730 Some versions of pbmtoicon produces some header lines that is not | |
4731 expected by the version of compface that I grabbed. So I found I had to | |
4732 include a @code{tail +3} in the pipeline like this: | |
4733 | |
4734 @example | |
4735 cat file.xbm | xbm2ikon | tail +3 |compface > file.face | |
4736 @end example | |
4737 | |
4738 Some people have also found that if one uses the @code{(insert-file)} | |
4739 method, one should NOT quote the face string using the sed script . | |
4740 | |
4741 It might also be helpful to use Stig's <stig@@hackvan.com> script | |
4742 (included in the compface distribution at XEmacs.org) to do the | |
4743 conversion. For convenience xbm2xface is available for anonymous FTP at | |
4744 <URL:ftp://ftp.miranova.com/pub/xemacs/xbm2xface.pl>. | |
4745 | |
4746 Contributors for this item: | |
4747 | |
4748 Paul Emsley, | |
4749 Ricardo Marek, | |
4750 Amir J. Katz, | |
4751 Glen McCort, | |
4752 Heinz Uphoff, | |
4753 Peter Arius, | |
4754 Paul Harrison, and | |
4755 Vegard Vesterheim | |
4756 | |
4757 @node Q5.3.11, Q5.3.12, Q5.3.10, Miscellaneous | |
4758 @section How do I add new Info directories? | |
4759 | |
4760 You use something like: | |
4761 | |
4762 @lisp | |
4763 (setq Info-directory-list (cons | |
4764 (expand-file-name "~/info") | |
4765 Info-default-directory-list)) | |
4766 @end lisp | |
4767 | |
4768 David Masterson <davidm@@prism.kla.com> writes: | |
4769 | |
4770 @quotation | |
4771 Emacs Info and XEmacs Info do many things differently. If you're trying to | |
4772 support a number of versions of Emacs, here are some notes to remember: | |
4773 | |
4774 @enumerate | |
4775 @item | |
4776 Emacs Info scans @code{Info-directory-list} from right-to-left while | |
4777 XEmacs Info reads it from left-to-right, so append to the @emph{correct} | |
4778 end of the list. | |
4779 | |
4780 @item | |
4781 Use @code{Info-default-directory-list} to initialize | |
4782 @code{Info-directory-list} @emph{if} it is available at startup, but not | |
4783 all Emacsen define it. | |
4784 | |
4785 @item | |
4786 Emacs Info looks for a standard @file{dir} file in each of the | |
4787 directories scanned from #1 and magically concatenates them together. | |
4788 | |
4789 @item | |
4790 XEmacs Info looks for a @file{localdir} file (which consists of just the | |
4791 menu entries from a @file{dir} file) in each of the directories scanned | |
4792 from #1 (except the first), does a simple concatentation of them, and | |
4793 magically attaches the resulting list to the end of the menu in the | |
4794 @file{dir} file in the first directory. | |
4795 @end enumerate | |
4796 | |
4797 Another alternative is to convert the documentation to HTML with | |
4798 texi2html and read it from a web browser like Lynx or W3. | |
4799 @end quotation | |
4800 | |
4801 @node Q5.3.12, , Q5.3.11, Miscellaneous | |
4802 @section What do I need to change to make printing work? | |
4803 | |
4804 For regular printing there are two variables that can be customized. | |
4805 | |
4806 @table @code | |
4807 @item lpr-command | |
4808 This should be set to a command that takes standard input and sends | |
4809 it to a printer. Something like: | |
4810 | |
4811 @lisp | |
4812 (setq lpr-command "lp") | |
4813 @end lisp | |
4814 | |
4815 @item lpr-switches | |
4816 This should be set to a list that contains whatever the print command | |
4817 requires to do its job. Something like: | |
4818 | |
4819 @lisp | |
4820 (setq lpr-switches '("-depson")) | |
4821 @end lisp | |
4822 @end table | |
4823 | |
4824 For postscript printing there are three analogous variables to | |
4825 customize. | |
4826 | |
4827 @table @code | |
4828 @item ps-lpr-command | |
4829 This should be set to a command that takes postscript on standard input | |
4830 and directs it to a postscript printer. | |
4831 | |
4832 @item ps-lpr-switches | |
4833 This should be set to a list of switches required for | |
4834 @code{ps-lpr-command} to do its job. | |
4835 | |
4836 @item ps-print-color-p | |
4837 This boolean variable should be set @code{t} if printing will be done in | |
4838 color, otherwise it should be set to @code{nil}. | |
4839 @end table | |
4840 | |
4841 NOTE: It is an undocumented limitation in XEmacs that postscript | |
4842 printing (the @code{Pretty Print Buffer} menu item) @strong{requires} a | |
4843 window system environment. It cannot be used outside of X11. | |
4844 | |
4845 @node Current Events, , Miscellaneous, Top | |
4846 @chapter What the Future Holds | |
4847 | |
4848 This is part 6 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This | |
4849 section will change monthly, and contains any interesting items that have | |
4850 transpired over the previous month. If you are reading this from the | |
4851 XEmacs distribution, please see the version on the Web or archived at the | |
4852 various FAQ FTP sites, as this file is surely out of date. | |
4853 | |
4854 @menu | |
4855 * Q6.0.1:: What is new in 19.15? | |
4856 * Q6.0.3:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development. | |
4857 @end menu | |
4858 | |
4859 @node Q6.0.1, Q6.0.3, Current Events, Current Events | |
4860 @section What is new in 19.15? | |
4861 | |
4862 The biggest changes in 19.15 include integration of TM (a MIME package | |
4863 for VM and Gnus), beautifying the outlook, and bugfixing. | |
4864 | |
4865 XEmacs 20.0 is now very close (currently a separate branch of XEmacs | |
4866 that includes full Asian-language aka MULE support). This work is being | |
4867 supported by Sun Microsystems. | |
4868 | |
4869 @node Q6.0.3, , Q6.0.1, Current Events | |
4870 @section Procedural changes in XEmacs development. | |
4871 | |
4872 @enumerate | |
4873 @item | |
4874 Discussion about the development of XEmacs occurs on the xemacs-beta | |
4875 mailing list. Subscriptions to this list will now be fully automated | |
4876 instead of being handled by hand. Send a mail message to | |
4877 <xemacs-beta-request@@xemacs.org> with a subject of subscribe to join | |
4878 the list. Please note this is a developers mailing list for people who | |
4879 have an active interest in the development process. | |
4880 | |
4881 @item | |
4882 Due to the long development cycle in between releases, it has been | |
4883 decided that intermediate versions will be made available in source only | |
4884 form for the truly interested. | |
4885 | |
4886 XEmacs 19.15 is the end of the road for version 19 XEmacs. The next | |
4887 release after 19.15 will be XEmacs 20.0. | |
4888 | |
4889 @item | |
4890 As of December 1996, Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> has become | |
4891 the lead maintainer of XEmacs. | |
4892 | |
2366 @bye | 4893 @bye |