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[xemacs-hg @ 2003-08-27 18:06:54 by youngs]
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* README.packages: Update.
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* PACKAGES: Update.
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.0.2): Rewrite, mentioning the correct way to
remove a package.
(Q3.8.2): big-menubar is in the edit-utils package.
(Q4.3.2): Add a comment about not needing TM for things like Gnus,
MH-E and VM.
(Q5.3.3): State correct location of ps-print.el.
* xemacs/packages.texi (Packages): Remove "Creating Packages" menu
entry.
(Package Terminology): Whitespace clean up.
(Installing Packages): Whitespace clean up and add some @code
formatters.
Re-organise the menu so that installation via PUI is first and
Sumo is last.
(Automatically): mule-base is no longer a requirement for using
PUI.
Mention optionally requiring mailcrypt.
(Note): Removed.
(Manually): Move to below the PUI installation method.
(Sumo): Move to below the manual installation method.
(Which Packages): Add mailcrypt.
(Building Packages): Remove duplicated stuff that is in
lispref/packaging.texi, xref to it instead.
(Local.rules File): xref to the appropriate node in
lispref/packaging.texi.
(Available Packages): Update to current reality.
(all): Removed.
(srckit): Removed.
(binkit): Removed.
* xemacs/reading.texi (Reading Mail): Mention Gnus and MEW.
* new-users-guide/custom2.texi (Init File): big-menubar.el is in
the edit-utils package.
* lispref/packaging.texi (Packaging):
(The User View):
(The Library Maintainer View):
(Infrastructure):
(Control Files):
(Obtaining):
(The Package Release Engineer View):
(Package Terminology):
(Building Packages):
(Makefile Targets):
(packages): New.
(Local.rules File):
(XEMACS_PACKAGES): Removed.
(XEMACS_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_ROOT): New.
(NONMULE_PACKAGES): New.
(EXCLUDES): New.
(Creating Packages):
(BATCH): New.
(VERSION): Removed.
(AUTHOR_VERSION): Removed.
(MAINTAINER): Removed.
(PACKAGE): Removed.
(PKG_TYPE): Removed.
(REQUIRES): Removed.
(CATEGORY): Removed.
(ELS): Removed.
(ELCS): Removed.
(all): Removed.
(srckit): Removed.
(binkit): Removed.
(are): New.
(STANDARD_DOCS): New.
(ELCS_1_DEST): New.
(example): New.
(PACKAGE_SUPPRESS): New.
(EXPLICIT_DOCS): New.
(DATA_DEST): New.
(Documenting Packages):
Not quite a total rewrite, but a fairly thorough audit
nonetheless.
| author | youngs |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:07:10 +0000 |
| parents | b50ca4a52882 |
| children | 55d2251b2e00 |
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--- a/etc/PACKAGES Wed Aug 27 17:18:26 2003 +0000 +++ b/etc/PACKAGES Wed Aug 27 18:07:10 2003 +0000 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Basic TeX/LaTeX support. *** bbdb -The Big Brother Data Base. +The Big Brother Data Base: a rolodex-like database program. *** build Build XEmacs from within (UNIX, Windows). @@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ *** clearcase New Clearcase Version Control for XEmacs (UNIX, Windows). +*** clearcase +Support for the Clearcase version control system. + *** cookie -Spook and Yow (Zippy quotes). +"Fortune cookie"-style messages. Includes Spook (suspicious phrases) +and Yow (Zippy quotes). *** crisp Crisp/Brief emulation. @@ -118,15 +122,21 @@ *** fortran-modes Fortran support. +*** fortran-modes +Fortran language support. + *** frame-icon Set up mode-specific icons for each frame under XEmacs. *** fsf-compat -FSF Emacs compatibility files. +GNU Emacs compatibility files. *** games Tetris, Sokoban, and Snake. +*** general-docs +General documentation. Presently, empty. + *** gnats XEmacs bug reports. @@ -152,7 +162,7 @@ Enhanced front-end for Grep. *** ilisp -Front-end for Inferior Lisp. +Front-end for interacting with Inferior Lisp (external lisps). *** ispell Spell-checking with GNU ispell. @@ -170,19 +180,19 @@ Support for messaging encryption with PGP. *** mew -Messaging in an Emacs World. +Messaging in an Emacs World; a MIME-based email program. *** mh-e Front end support for MH. *** mine -Minehunt Game. +Elisp implementation of the game 'Minehunt'. *** misc-games Other amusements and diversions. *** mmm-mode -Multiple major modes in a single buffer. +Support for Multiple Major Modes within a single buffer. *** net-utils Miscellaneous Networking Utilities. @@ -193,6 +203,9 @@ *** oo-browser OO-Browser: The Multi-Language Object-Oriented Code Browser. +*** ocaml +Objective Caml editing support. + *** os-utils Miscellaneous single-file O/S utilities, for printing, archiving, compression, remote shells, etc. @@ -222,10 +235,12 @@ Validated HTML/SGML editing. *** psgml-dtds -Deprecated collection of DTDs for psgml. +A collection of DTDs for psgml. Note that this package is deprecated +and will be removed in the future, most likely Q2/2003. Instead of using +this, you should install needed DTDs yourself. *** python-modes -Python support. +Python language support. *** reftex Emacs support for LaTeX cross-references, citations. @@ -297,7 +312,8 @@ DEC EDIT/TPU support. *** tramp -Remote shell-based file editing. +Remote shell-based file editing. This is similar to EFS or Ange-FTP, +but works with rsh/ssh and rcp/scp. *** vc Version Control for Free systems. @@ -357,6 +373,12 @@ *** latin-unity MULE: find single ISO 8859 character set to encode a buffer. +*** latin-unity +Unify character sets in a buffer. When characters belong to disjoint +character sets, this attempts to translate the characters so +that they belong to one character set. If the buffer coding system is +not sufficient, this suggests different coding systems. + *** leim MULE: Quail. All non-English and non-Japanese language support. @@ -364,7 +386,7 @@ MULE: Localized menubars and localized splash screens. *** lookup -MULE: Dictionary support. +Dictionary support. (This isn't an English dictionary program) *** mule-base MULE: Basic Mule support, required for building with Mule. @@ -372,7 +394,10 @@ *** mule-ucs MULE: Extended coding systems (including Unicode) for XEmacs. +*** mule-ucs +Extended coding systems (including Unicode) for XEmacs. + *** skk -MULE: Another Japanese Language Input Method. Can be used -without a separate process running as a dictionary server. +Another Japanese Language Input Method. Can be used without a +separate process running as a dictionary server.