[xemacs-hg @ 2002-05-28 08:44:22 by ben] merge my stderr-proc ws make-docfile.c: Fix places where we forget to check for EOF. code-init.el: Don't use CRLF conversion by default on process output. CMD.EXE and friends work both ways but Cygwin programs don't like the CRs. code-process.el, multicast.el, process.el: Removed. Improvements to call-process-internal: -- allows a buffer to be specified for input and stderr output -- use it on all systems -- implement C-g as documented -- clean up and comment call-process-region uses new call-process facilities; no temp file. remove duplicate funs in process.el. comment exactly how coding systems work and fix various problems. open-multicast-group now does similar coding-system frobbing to open-network-stream. dumped-lisp.el, faces.el, msw-faces.el: Fix some hidden errors due to code not being defined at the right time. xemacs.mak: Add -DSTRICT. ================================================================ ALLOW SEPARATION OF STDOUT AND STDERR IN PROCESSES ================================================================ Standard output and standard error can be processed separately in a process. Each can have its own buffer, its own mark in that buffer, and its filter function. You can specify a separate buffer for stderr in `start-process' to get things started, or use the new primitives: set-process-stderr-buffer process-stderr-buffer process-stderr-mark set-process-stderr-filter process-stderr-filter Also, process-send-region takes a 4th optional arg, a buffer. Currently always uses a pipe() under Unix to read the error output. (#### Would a PTY be better?) sysdep.h, sysproc.h, unexfreebsd.c, unexsunos4.c, nt.c, emacs.c, callproc.c, symsinit.h, sysdep.c, Makefile.in.in, process-unix.c: Delete callproc.c. Move child_setup() to process-unix.c. wait_for_termination() now only needed on a few really old systems. console-msw.h, event-Xt.c, event-msw.c, event-stream.c, event-tty.c, event-unixoid.c, events.h, process-nt.c, process-unix.c, process.c, process.h, procimpl.h: Rewrite the process methods to handle a separate channel for error input. Create Lstreams for reading in the error channel. Many process methods need change. In general the changes are fairly clear as they involve duplicating what's used for reading the normal stdout and changing for stderr -- although tedious, as such changes are required throughout the entire process code. Rewrote the code that reads process output to do two loops, one for stdout and one for stderr. gpmevent.c, tooltalk.c: set_process_filter takes an argument for stderr. ================================================================ NEW ERROR-TRAPPING MECHANISM ================================================================ Totally rewrite error trapping code to be unified and support more features. Basic function is call_trapping_problems(), which lets you specify, by means of flags, what sorts of problems you want trapped. these can include -- quit -- errors -- throws past the function -- creation of "display objects" (e.g. buffers) -- deletion of already-existing "display objects" (e.g. buffers) -- modification of already-existing buffers -- entering the debugger -- gc -- errors->warnings (ala suspended errors) etc. All other error funs rewritten in terms of this one. Various older mechanisms removed or rewritten. window.c, insdel.c, console.c, buffer.c, device.c, frame.c: When creating a display object, added call to note_object_created(), for use with trapping_problems mechanism. When deleting, call check_allowed_operation() and note_object deleted(). The trapping-problems code records the objects created since the call-trapping-problems began. Those objects can be deleted, but none others (i.e. previously existing ones). bytecode.c, cmdloop.c: internal_catch takes another arg. eval.c: Add long comments describing the "five lists" used to maintain state (backtrace, gcpro, specbind, etc.) in the Lisp engine. backtrace.h, eval.c: Implement trapping-problems mechanism, eliminate old mechanisms or redo in terms of new one. frame.c, gutter.c: Flush out the concept of "critical display section", defined by the in_display() var. Use an internal_bind() to get it reset, rather than just doing it at end, because there may be a non-local exit. event-msw.c, event-stream.c, console-msw.h, device.c, dialog-msw.c, frame.c, frame.h, intl.c, toolbar.c, menubar-msw.c, redisplay.c, alloc.c, menubar-x.c: Make use of new trapping-errors stuff and rewrite code based on old mechanisms. glyphs-widget.c, redisplay.h: Protect calling Lisp in redisplay. insdel.c: Protect hooks against deleting existing buffers. frame-msw.c: Use EQ, not EQUAL in hash tables whose keys are just numbers. Otherwise we run into stickiness in redisplay because internal_equal() can QUIT. ================================================================ SIGNAL, C-G CHANGES ================================================================ Here we change the way that C-g interacts with event reading. The idea is that a C-g occurring while we're reading a user event should be read as C-g, but elsewhere should be a QUIT. The former code did all sorts of bizarreness -- requiring that no QUIT occurs anywhere in event-reading code (impossible to enforce given the stuff called or Lisp code invoked), and having some weird system involving enqueue/dequeue of a C-g and interaction with Vquit_flag -- and it didn't work. Now, we simply enclose all code where we want C-g read as an event with {begin/end}_dont_check_for_quit(). This completely turns off the mechanism that checks (and may remove or alter) C-g in the read-ahead queues, so we just get the C-g normal. Signal.c documents this very carefully. cmdloop.c: Correct use of dont_check_for_quit to new scheme, remove old out-of-date comments. event-stream.c: Fix C-g handling to actually work. device-x.c: Disable quit checking when err out. signal.c: Cleanup. Add large descriptive comment. process-unix.c, process-nt.c, sysdep.c: Use QUIT instead of REALLY_QUIT. It's not necessary to use REALLY_QUIT and just confuses the issue. lisp.h: Comment quit handlers. ================================================================ CONS CHANGES ================================================================ free_cons() now takes a Lisp_Object not the result of XCONS(). car and cdr have been renamed so that they don't get used directly; go through XCAR(), XCDR() instead. alloc.c, dired.c, editfns.c, emodules.c, fns.c, glyphs-msw.c, glyphs-x.c, glyphs.c, keymap.c, minibuf.c, search.c, eval.c, lread.c, lisp.h: Correct free_cons calling convention: now takes Lisp_Object, not Lisp_Cons chartab.c: Eliminate direct use of ->car, ->cdr, should be black box. callint.c: Rewrote using EXTERNAL_LIST_LOOP to avoid use of Lisp_Cons. ================================================================ USE INTERNAL-BIND-* ================================================================ eval.c: Cleanups of these funs. alloc.c, fileio.c, undo.c, specifier.c, text.c, profile.c, lread.c, redisplay.c, menubar-x.c, macros.c: Rewrote to use internal_bind_int() and internal_bind_lisp_object() in place of whatever varied and cumbersome mechanisms were formerly there. ================================================================ SPECBIND SANITY ================================================================ backtrace.h: - Improved comments backtrace.h, bytecode.c, eval.c: Add new mechanism check_specbind_stack_sanity() for sanity checking code each time the catchlist or specbind stack change. Removed older prototype of same mechanism. ================================================================ MISC ================================================================ lisp.h, insdel.c, window.c, device.c, console.c, buffer.c: Fleshed out authorship. device-msw.c: Correct bad Unicode-ization. print.c: Be more careful when not initialized or in fatal error handling. search.c: Eliminate running_asynch_code, an FSF holdover. alloc.c: Added comments about gc-cons-threshold. dialog-x.c: Use begin_gc_forbidden() around code to build up a widget value tree, like in menubar-x.c. gui.c: Use Qunbound not Qnil as the default for gethash. lisp-disunion.h, lisp-union.h: Added warnings on use of VOID_TO_LISP(). lisp.h: Use ERROR_CHECK_STRUCTURES to turn on ERROR_CHECK_TRAPPING_PROBLEMS and ERROR_CHECK_TYPECHECK lisp.h: Add assert_with_message. lisp.h: Add macros for gcproing entire arrays. (You could do this before but it required manual twiddling the gcpro structure.) lisp.h: Add prototypes for new functions defined elsewhere.

Introduction

Thank you for downloading XEmacs.  We of the XEmacs development team
believe user satisfaction is our number one priority, and we hope that
you will be pleased with the power of our editor.  Please follow all
of the instructions in order to enjoy a quick and easy installation.


Getting Started

In this guide, information which you will need to supply will be enclosed in
angle brackets, <like this>.  Commands which you will have to enter will be
indented,

	like this.

You will need to provide a loading directory, in which to load the
material from tape (/tmp/xemacs is recommended), and a permanent
installation directory (/usr/local/xemacs is recommended).


Loading From Tape

First create and change directory to the loading directory:

	mkdir <working directory>
	cd <working directory>

Now you are ready to load the software from tape.

The specific device name needed to load the tape varies with hardware vendors,
and may be found in Appendix A, "Vendors and Device Names".

Load the software from tape:

	tar xvf /dev/<device name>

You have now loaded all of the software from tape, and are ready to compile and
install the XEmacs Text Editor.


Compiling and Installing the XEmacs Editor

Compiling and installing the libraries is handled by a user-friendly shell
script.  You will need to provide some information to the script, such as your
organization name and registration number.  To run the script, type

	/bin/sh xemacs/xemacs.install -d <installation directory>

Follow the script's directions, and provide the information which it prompts
for.

When the script prompts you for the directory in which the distribution files
are located, you will find that you are unable to provide it with any directory
which the script will deem satisfactory.  That is because it is necessary to
order the following additional parts which are necessary to continue with the
installation:

	Part Number	Qty	Name				Price

	GM-96-3026	1	Goat, male			 1000.00
	CB-13-2395	1	Candle, black			   50.00
	CG-63-6376	1	Chalk dust container		   10.00
	IB-89-3335	5	Incense sticks			    5.00
	DE-44-8846	1	Dagger, ebon, curved		  500.00
	AS-87-2319	1	Altar, silver			10000.00

Wait until the additional parts arrive; you will be ready to continue the
installation the next Friday the 13th at midnight.


Ritual for Successfully Completing Installation

Stand in front of the computer.  Pour out the chalk dust in an inscribed
pentagram around you; be sure that it is without breaks.  Set an incense stick
at each of the five corners, the altar in front of the computer, and the candle
in front of the altar.

Light each of the incense sticks and the candles, chanting in a low voice:

	Daemons and spirits of the netherworld
	Forces of all that is chaotic and mysterious
	Essence of Netscape and MicroSoft

	I am coming here to appease you
	I offer you this goat
	That my software may work

	I bind you here
	Do not make my system crash
	Let the software install as advertised

Place the goat on the altar, and slaughter it with the dagger.

	May this goat feed you
	Sate your lust for blood
	Into it may your mischief fly
	Not my computer
	Make the software work
	For this is the only way

Then spit into the computer's ventilation slots.  This will complete different
circuits inside the computer, causing its motherboard and cards to function in
ways that the engineers never intended, thereby making your system compatible
with our libraries.

Reboot your computer.  The installation is now complete.

[This has undergone a minor rewrite for XEmacs.  It originally
appeared on rec.humor.funny courtesy of jonathan seth hayward
<jhayward@students.uiuc.edu>, and is included by permission of the
author].