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36 ** XEmacs has been unbundled into constituent installable packages. 36 ** XEmacs has been unbundled into constituent installable packages.
37 See the Info documentation under "Packages" for more information. 37 See the Info documentation under "Packages" for more information.
38 See the file `etc/PACKAGES' in the distribution for a partial list of 38 See the file `etc/PACKAGES' in the distribution for a partial list of
39 packages available at the time of the 21.0 release. 39 packages available at the time of the 21.0 release.
40 40
41 IMPORTANT NOTE: XEmacs currently expects the user-specific package
42 hierarchy in ~/.xemacs. This will probably change to
43 ~/.xemacs/packages in a future version of XEmacs.
44
41 ** XEmacs is now supported under Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows 45 ** XEmacs is now supported under Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows
42 NT operating systems. For starters, look at the XEmacs on Windows FAQ 46 NT operating systems. For starters, look at the XEmacs on Windows FAQ
43 at <URL:http://jagor.srce.hr/~hniksic/xemacs-on-windows-faq.txt>. To 47 at <URL:http://jagor.srce.hr/~hniksic/xemacs-on-windows-faq.txt>. To
44 discuss Windows-specific issues, subscribe to the mailing list at 48 discuss Windows-specific issues, subscribe to the mailing list at
45 <xemacs-nt-request@xemacs.org>. 49 <xemacs-nt-request@xemacs.org>.
319 might change in the future with the "C" level API. Examples of how to 323 might change in the future with the "C" level API. Examples of how to
320 make DLLs are in the modules subdirectory of the XEmacs source 324 make DLLs are in the modules subdirectory of the XEmacs source
321 distribution. 325 distribution.
322 326
323 Please note that XEmacs is a GPL'ed program and there are restrictions 327 Please note that XEmacs is a GPL'ed program and there are restrictions
324 on what kinds of binaries can be distributed with it. In particular, 328 on what kinds of binaries that can be linked with it. In particular,
325 proprietary DLLs without source cannot be distributed. See the file 329 proprietary DLLs without source cannot be distributed. See the file
326 COPYING for more detail.s 330 COPYING for more details.
327 331
328 * Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.0 332 * Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.0
329 ========================================== 333 ==========================================
334
335 ** There is a new configure option '--with-clash-detection' to
336 enable/disable 'lockdir' based clash detection. (Actually, it has
337 been there since 20.4, but was not documented then). The
338 implementation based on a central locking directory can cause
339 severe slowdowns on networked file systems. Therefore the default
340 has been changed to build with clash detection disabled, pending
341 reimplementation of the feature (most likely compatible with the
342 new implementation in recent FSF verions and Interleaf) in an
343 upcoming version.
330 344
331 ** It is now possible to build XEmacs with support for 31-bit Lisp 345 ** It is now possible to build XEmacs with support for 31-bit Lisp
332 integers (normally, Lisp integers are only 28 bits wide on 32-bit 346 integers (normally, Lisp integers are only 28 bits wide on 32-bit
333 machines.) Configure with --use-minimal-tagbits to test. With this 347 machines.) Configure with --use-minimal-tagbits to test. With this
334 change, the maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines is increased from 348 change, the maximum buffer size on 32-bit machines is increased from