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498 version 20.1 (not released to the net) April 15, 1997. 498 version 20.1 (not released to the net) April 15, 1997.
499 @item 499 @item
500 version 20.2 released May 16, 1997. 500 version 20.2 released May 16, 1997.
501 @item 501 @item
502 version 19.16 released October 31, 1997. 502 version 19.16 released October 31, 1997.
503 @item
504 version 20.3 (the first stable version of XEmacs 20.x) released November 30,
505 1997.
503 @end itemize 506 @end itemize
504 507
505 @node GNU Emacs 19 508 @node GNU Emacs 19
506 @section GNU Emacs 19 509 @section GNU Emacs 19
507 @cindex GNU Emacs 19 510 @cindex GNU Emacs 19
649 development paths. The MULE version was initially called 19.20, but was 652 development paths. The MULE version was initially called 19.20, but was
650 soon renamed to 20.0. In 1996 Martin Buchholz of Sun Microsystems took 653 soon renamed to 20.0. In 1996 Martin Buchholz of Sun Microsystems took
651 over the care and feeding of it and worked on it in parallel with the 654 over the care and feeding of it and worked on it in parallel with the
652 19.14 development that was occurring at the same time. After much work 655 19.14 development that was occurring at the same time. After much work
653 by Martin, it was decided to release 20.0 ahead of 19.15 in February 656 by Martin, it was decided to release 20.0 ahead of 19.15 in February
654 1997. The source tree remained divided until 20.1 when the version 19 657 1997. The source tree remained divided until 20.2 when the version 19
655 source was finally retired. 658 source was finally retired at version 19.16.
659
660 @cindex Baur, Steve
661 @cindex Buchholz, Martin
662 @cindex Jones, Kyle
663 @cindex Niksic, Hrvoje
664 @cindex XEmacs goes it alone
665 In 1997, Sun finally dropped all pretense of support for XEmacs and
666 Martin Buchholz left the company in November. Since then, and mostly
667 for the previous year, because Steve Baur was never paid to work on
668 XEmacs, XEmacs has existed solely on the contributions of volunteers
669 from the Free Software Community. Starting from 1997, Hrvoje Niksic and
670 Kyle Jones have figured prominently in XEmacs development.
656 671
657 @cindex merging attempts 672 @cindex merging attempts
658 Many attempts have been made to merge XEmacs and GNU Emacs, but they 673 Many attempts have been made to merge XEmacs and GNU Emacs, but they
659 have consistently run into the same technical disagreements and other 674 have consistently failed.
660 problems that Lucid ran into when originally attempting to merge Lucid
661 Emacs into GNU Emacs.
662 675
663 A more detailed history is contained in the XEmacs About page. 676 A more detailed history is contained in the XEmacs About page.
664 677
665 @node XEmacs From the Outside, The Lisp Language, A History of Emacs, Top 678 @node XEmacs From the Outside, The Lisp Language, A History of Emacs, Top
666 @chapter XEmacs From the Outside 679 @chapter XEmacs From the Outside