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 @title XEmacs FAQ
-@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2000/08/02 01:33:39 $
+@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2000/12/17 02:08:31 $
 @sp 1
 @author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu>
 @author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org>
 @author Chuck Thompson <cthomp@@xemacs.org>
 @author Steve Baur <steve@@xemacs.org>
 * Q2.0.8::      can't resolve symbol _h_errno
 * Q2.0.9::      Where do I find external libraries?
 * Q2.0.10::     After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
 * Q2.0.11::     XEmacs can't resolve host names.
 * Q2.0.12::     Why can't I strip XEmacs?
+* Q2.0.13::     I don't need no steenkin' packages.  Do I? (NEW)
+* Q2.0.14::     How do I figure out which packages to install? (NEW)
 Trouble Shooting:
 * Q2.1.1::      XEmacs just crashed on me!
 * Q2.1.2::      Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
 * Q2.1.3::      Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
 * Q2.1.20::     @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.}
 * Q2.1.21::     [This question intentionally left blank]
 * Q2.1.22::     XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
 * Q2.1.23::     Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
 * Q2.1.24::     XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+* Q2.1.25::     After upgrading, XEmacs won't do `foo' any more! (NEW)
 Customization and Options
 * Q3.0.1::      What version of Emacs am I running?
 * Q3.0.2::      How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
 * Q5.1.2::      Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
 * Q5.1.3::      Could you explain @code{read-kbd-macro} in more detail?
 * Q5.1.4::      What is the performance hit of @code{let}?
 * Q5.1.5::      What is the recommended use of @code{setq}?
 * Q5.1.6::      What is the typical misuse of @code{setq} ?
-* Q5.1.7::      I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
+* Q5.1.7::      I like the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
 * Q5.1.8::      I like recursion, does it slow things down?
 * Q5.1.9::      How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
 * Q5.1.10::     @code{map-extents} won't traverse all of my extents!
 * Q5.1.11::     My elisp program is horribly slow.  Is there an easy way to find out where it spends time?
 XEmacs is the result of the time and effort of many people.  The
 developers responsible for the 19.16/20.x releases are:
 @itemize @bullet
 @item @email{martin@@xemacs.org, Martin Buchholz}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="mrb.jpeg" alt="Portrait of Martin Buchholz"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 @item @email{steve@@xemacs.org, Steve Baur}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="steve.gif" alt="Portrait of Steve Baur"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 @item @email{hniksic@@xemacs.org, Hrvoje Niksic}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="hniksic.jpeg" alt="Portrait of Hrvoje Niksic"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 @end itemize
 The developers responsible for the 19.14 release are:
 @itemize @bullet
 @item @email{cthomp@@xemacs.org, Chuck Thompson}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="cthomp.jpeg" alt="Portrait of Chuck Thompson"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 Chuck was Mr. XEmacs from 19.11 through 19.14, and is responsible
 for XEmacs becoming a widely distributed program over the Internet.
 @item @email{ben@@xemacs.org, Ben Wing}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="wing.gif" alt="Portrait of Ben Wing"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 @end itemize
 @itemize @bullet
 @item @email{jwz@@jwz.org, Jamie Zawinski}
-@ifhtml
+@html
 <br><img src="jwz.gif" alt="Portrait of Jamie Zawinski"><br>
-@end ifhtml
+@end html
 Jamie Zawinski was Mr. Lucid Emacs from 19.0 through 19.10, the last
 release actually named Lucid Emacs.  Richard Mlynarik was crucial to
 most of those releases.
-@item @email{mly@@adoc.xerox.com, Richard Mlynarik}
+@item @email{Mly@@POBox.COM, Richard Mlynarik}
 @end itemize
 Along with many other contributors, partially enumerated in the
 @samp{About XEmacs} option in the Help menu.
 * Q2.0.8::      can't resolve symbol _h_errno
 * Q2.0.9::      Where do I find external libraries?
 * Q2.0.10::     After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
 * Q2.0.11::     XEmacs can't resolve host names.
 * Q2.0.12::     Why can't I strip XEmacs?
+* Q2.0.13::     I don't need no steenkin' packages.  Do I? (NEW)
+* Q2.0.14::     I don't want to install a million .els one at a time! (NEW)
 Trouble Shooting:
 * Q2.1.1::      XEmacs just crashed on me!
 * Q2.1.2::      Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
 * Q2.1.3::      Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
 * Q2.1.20::     @samp{Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.}
 * Q2.1.21::     [This question intentionally left blank]
 * Q2.1.22::     XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
 * Q2.1.23::     Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
 * Q2.1.24::     XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+* Q2.1.25::     After upgrading, XEmacs won't do `foo' any more! (NEW)
 @end menu
 @node Q2.0.1, Q2.0.2, Installation, Installation
 @unnumberedsec 2.0: Installation
 @unnumberedsubsec Q2.0.1: Running XEmacs without installing
 The best solution is to compile it yourself; the configure script will
 check to see if you've put DNS in the shared libc and will then proceed
 to link against the DNS resolver library code.
 @end quotation
-@node Q2.0.12, Q2.1.1, Q2.0.11, Installation
+@node Q2.0.12, Q2.0.13, Q2.0.11, Installation
 @unnumberedsubsec Q2.0.12: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
 @email{cognot@@fronsac.ensg.u-nancy.fr, Richard Cognot} writes:
 @quotation
 @end iftex
 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.16/i586-unknown-linuxaout
 @end enumerate
 @end quotation
-@node Q2.1.1, Q2.1.2, Q2.0.12, Installation
+@node Q2.0.13, Q2.0.14, Q2.0.12, Installation
+@unnumberedsubsec Q2.0.13: I don't need no steenkin' packages.  Do I? (NEW)
+Strictly speaking, no.  XEmacs will build and install just fine without
+any packages installed.  However, only the most basic editing functions
+will be available with no packages installed, so installing packages is
+an essential part of making your installed XEmacs _useful_.
+@node Q2.0.14, Q2.1.1, Q2.0.13, Installation
+@unnumberedsubsec Q2.0.12: How do I figure out which packages to install? (NEW)
+Many people really liked the old way that packages were bundled and do
+not want to mess with packages at all.  You can grab all the packages at
+once like you used to with old XEmacs versions.  Download the file
+@file{xemacs-sumo.tar.gz}
+For an XEmacs compiled with Mule you also need
+@file{xemacs-mule-sumo.tar.gz}
+N.B. They are called 'Sumo Tarballs' for good reason. They are
+currently about 15MB and 2.3MB (gzipped) respectively.
+Install them by
+@code{cd $prefix/lib/xemacs ; gunzip -c <tarballname> | tar xf -}
+As the Sumo tarballs are not regenerated as often as the individual
+packages, it is recommended that you use the automatic package tools
+afterwards to pick up any recent updates.
+@node Q2.1.1, Q2.1.2, Q2.0.14, Installation
 @unnumberedsec 2.1: Trouble Shooting
 @unnumberedsubsec Q2.1.1: Help!  XEmacs just crashed on me!
 First of all, don't panic.  Whenever XEmacs crashes, it tries extremely
 hard to auto-save all of your files before dying.  (The main time that
 @example
 #define MAIL_USE_FLOCK
 @end example
 @end quotation
-@node Q2.1.24,  , Q2.1.23, Installation
+@node Q2.1.24, Q2.1.25, Q2.1.23, Installation
 @unnumberedsubsec Q2.1.24:  XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
 If XEmacs starts when you're on the network, but fails when you're not
 on the network, you may be missing a "localhost" entry in your
 @file{/etc/hosts} file.  The file should contain an entry like:
 @example
 127.0.0.1        localhost
 @end example
 Add that line, and XEmacs will be happy.
+@node Q2.1.25,  , Q2.1.24, Installation
+@unnumberedsubsec Q2.1.25::  After upgrading, XEmacs won't do `foo' any more! (NEW)
+You have been used to doing `foo', but now when you invoke it (or click
+the toolbar button or select the menu item), nothing (or an error)
+happens.  The simplest explanation is that you are missing a package
+that is essential to you.  You can either track it down and install it,
+or install the `Sumo Tarball' (see @pxref{Q2.0.14}).
 @node Customization, Subsystems, Installation, Top
 @unnumbered 3 Customization and Options
 This is part 3 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list.  This
 This has been the default setting in XEmacs for some time.
 @node Q3.5.3, Q3.5.4, Q3.5.2, Customization
 @unnumberedsubsec Q3.5.3: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
-Add the following (Thanks to @email{mly@@adoc.xerox.com, Richard Mlynarik} and
+Add the following (Thanks to @email{Mly@@POBox.COM, Richard Mlynarik} and
 @email{wayne@@zen.cac.stratus.com, Wayne Newberry}) to @file{.emacs}:
 @lisp
 (defun scroll-up-one-line ()
 (interactive)
 * Q5.1.2::      Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
 * Q5.1.3::      Could you explain @code{read-kbd-macro} in more detail?
 * Q5.1.4::      What is the performance hit of @code{let}?
 * Q5.1.5::      What is the recommended use of @code{setq}?
 * Q5.1.6::      What is the typical misuse of @code{setq}?
-* Q5.1.7::      I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
+* Q5.1.7::      I like the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
 * Q5.1.8::      I like recursion, does it slow things down?
 * Q5.1.9::      How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
 * Q5.1.10::     @code{map-extents} won't traverse all of my extents!
 * Q5.1.11::     My elisp program is horribly slow.  Is there an easy way to find out where it spends time?
 While compiling toplevel forms:
 ** assignment to free variable flurghoze
 @end lisp
 @node Q5.1.7, Q5.1.8, Q5.1.6, Miscellaneous
-@unnumberedsubsec Q5.1.7: I like the the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
+@unnumberedsubsec Q5.1.7: I like the @code{do} form of cl, does it slow things down?
 It shouldn't.  Here is what Dave Gillespie has to say about cl.el
 performance:
 @quotation

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