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Import from CVS: tag r20-3b24
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date Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:59:05 +0200
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209 Also note that if you cut & paste from an xterm to an XEmacs mail buffer 209 Also note that if you cut & paste from an xterm to an XEmacs mail buffer
210 you will probably lose due to tab expansion. The best thing to do is to 210 you will probably lose due to tab expansion. The best thing to do is to
211 M-x cd to the appropriate directory, and issue the command `C-u M-!' from 211 M-x cd to the appropriate directory, and issue the command `C-u M-!' from
212 within XEmacs. 212 within XEmacs.
213
214 * XEmacs 20.3 packages
215
216 XEmacs 20.3 has added the concept of installable packages searched prior
217 to dump time when building.
218
219 Packages are searched by default under /usr/local/lib/xemacs/packages/.
220 The summary message in configure will tell you where XEmacs is looking
221 for them. The packages hierarchy differs from site-lisp in that you
222 do not have install XEmacs to use it, indeed, the package path is
223 searched prior to dump time so that installed packages have the same
224 status as lisp distributed in the xemacs base tarball.
225
226 The structure of each directory in the package search path should look
227 like the base installed directory (ie. have etc/, info/, and lisp/,).
228 Lisp is searched recursively. It and all subdirectories are added to
229 the `load-path'. Each etc directory is added to `data-directory-list',
230 and each info directory is added to `Info-default-directory-list'.
231
232 A `find . -type d -print' in my top-level package directory reveals:
233 ./etc
234 ./etc/auctex
235 ./etc/auctex/style
236 ./etc/gnus
237 ./etc/skk
238 ./etc/gnusrefcard
239 ./etc/smilies
240 ./etc/message
241 ./info
242 ./lisp
243 ./lisp/gnus
244 ./lisp/auctex
245 ./lisp/auctex/man
246 ./lisp/footnote
247 ./lisp/skk
248
249
250 AUCTeX and Gnus have package tarballs in
251 ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/beta/packages-20.3/
252 that you can simply untar in a package directory to install.
253
254 Karl Hegbloom has a set of packages in
255 [I lost the reference]
256 that work the same way.
257
258 This is not how package installation will work in released 20.3.