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--- a/man/xemacs-faq.texi Thu May 22 06:09:04 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/xemacs-faq.texi Thu May 22 07:41:27 2003 +0000 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ @finalout @titlepage @title XEmacs FAQ -@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2003/05/02 06:00:43 $ +@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2003/05/22 07:41:21 $ @sp 1 @author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu> @author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ * Miscellaneous:: The Miscellaneous Stuff. * MS Windows:: XEmacs on Microsoft Windows. * Current Events:: What the Future Holds. +* Legacy Versions:: New information about old XEmacsen. @detailmenu @@ -417,14 +418,20 @@ * Q6.4.2:: Why do I get a blank toolbar on Windows 95? * Q6.4.3:: XEmacs complains "No such file or directory, diff" - -Current Events: +What the Future Holds + * Q7.0.1:: What new features will be in XEmacs soon? * Q7.0.2:: What's new in XEmacs 21.4? * Q7.0.3:: What's new in XEmacs 21.1? * Q7.0.4:: What's new in XEmacs 20.4? * Q7.0.5:: What's new in XEmacs 20.3? * Q7.0.6:: What's new in XEmacs 20.2? + +New information about old XEmacsen. + +XEmacs 21.1: +* Q8.0.1:: Gnus 5.10 won't display smileys in XEmacs 21.1. + @end detailmenu @end menu @@ -6906,7 +6913,7 @@ -@node Current Events, , MS Windows, Top +@node Current Events, Legacy Versions, MS Windows, Top @unnumbered 7 What the Future Holds This is part 7 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This @@ -7238,4 +7245,60 @@ For older news, see the file @file{ONEWS} in the @file{etc} directory of the XEmacs distribution. + + +@node Legacy Versions, , Current Events, Top +@unnumbered 8 New information about old XEmacsen + +This is part 8 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. It will +occasionally be updated to reflect new information about versions which +are no longer being revised by the XEmacs Project. The primary purpose +is advice on compatibility of older XEmacsen with new packages and +updated versions of packages, but bug fixes (which will not be applied +to released XEmacsen, but users can apply themselves) are also accepted. + + +@menu +* Q8.0.1:: Gnus 5.10 won't display smileys in XEmacs 21.1. +@end menu + +@node Q8.0.1, , , Legacy Versions +@unnumberedsubsec Q8.0.1: Gnus 5.10 won't display smileys in XEmacs 21.1. + +@email{eeide@@cs.utah.edu, Eric Eide} wrote: + +@quotation +Previously I wrote: + + Eric> Summary: with Gnus 5.10.1 in XEmacs 21.1.14, I don't see + Eric> any smileys :-(. + +After a bit of sleuthing, I discovered the essence of the problem. +For me, the form: + +@lisp + (with-temp-buffer + (insert-file-contents "foo.xpm") + (buffer-string)) +@end lisp + +returns the empty string. This is because something somewhere +replaces the XPM data with a glyph --- I haven't figured out where +this occurs. +@end quotation + +@email{kyle_jones@@wonderworks.com, Kyle Jones} replies: + +@quotation +Do this: + +@lisp + (setq format-alist nil) +@end lisp + +The image-mode stuff is gone from format-alist in the 21.4 +branch, praise be. +@end quotation + + @bye