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480 @node Q1.3.1, Q1.3.2, Q1.2.3, Introduction 480 @node Q1.3.1, Q1.3.2, Q1.2.3, Introduction
481 @section What is the status of XEmacs v20? 481 @section What is the status of XEmacs v20?
482 482
483 XEmacs v20 is the version of XEmacs that includes MULE (Asian-language) 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 484 support. XEmacs 20.0 was released in February 1997. When compiled
485 20.0 is for mid February. When compiled without MULE support 20.0 is 485 without MULE support 20.0 is currently very similar to 19.15 (except for
486 currently very similar to 19.15 (except for some changes to the 486 some changes to the byte-code format, some new primitive types including
487 byte-code format, some new primitive types including @code{char}, 487 @code{char}, @code{char-table}, and @code{range-table}) and equally
488 @code{char-table}, and @code{range-table}) and equally stable. 488 stable.
489 489
490 @node Q1.3.2, Q1.3.3, Q1.3.1, Introduction 490 @node Q1.3.2, Q1.3.3, Q1.3.1, Introduction
491 @section What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE? 491 @section What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
492 492
493 The MULE support works OK but still needs a fair amount of work before 493 The MULE support works OK but still needs a fair amount of work before
4858 4858
4859 @node Q6.0.1, Q6.0.3, Current Events, Current Events 4859 @node Q6.0.1, Q6.0.3, Current Events, Current Events
4860 @section What is new in 19.15? 4860 @section What is new in 19.15?
4861 4861
4862 The biggest changes in 19.15 include integration of TM (a MIME package 4862 The biggest changes in 19.15 include integration of TM (a MIME package
4863 for VM and Gnus), beautifying the outlook, and bugfixing. 4863 for VM and Gnus), EFS (the next generation of ange-ftp) and AUC TeX (the
4864 4864 Emacs subsystem that includes a major mode for editing TeX and LaTeX,
4865 XEmacs 20.0 is now very close (currently a separate branch of XEmacs 4865 and a lot of other stuff). Many bugs from 19.14 have been fixed for
4866 that includes full Asian-language aka MULE support). This work is being 4866 this release.
4867
4868 XEmacs 20.0 (which includes full Asian-language support aka MULE) has
4869 been released, but is still considered unstable. This work is being
4867 supported by Sun Microsystems. 4870 supported by Sun Microsystems.
4868 4871
4869 @node Q6.0.3, , Q6.0.1, Current Events 4872 @node Q6.0.3, , Q6.0.1, Current Events
4870 @section Procedural changes in XEmacs development. 4873 @section Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
4871 4874
4882 Due to the long development cycle in between releases, it has been 4885 Due to the long development cycle in between releases, it has been
4883 decided that intermediate versions will be made available in source only 4886 decided that intermediate versions will be made available in source only
4884 form for the truly interested. 4887 form for the truly interested.
4885 4888
4886 XEmacs 19.15 is the end of the road for version 19 XEmacs. The next 4889 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. 4890 release after 19.15 will be XEmacs 20.1.
4888 4891
4889 @item 4892 @item
4890 As of December 1996, Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> has become 4893 As of December 1996, Steve Baur <steve@@altair.xemacs.org> has become
4891 the lead maintainer of XEmacs. 4894 the lead maintainer of XEmacs.
4892 4895