# HG changeset patch # User youngs # Date 1048166490 0 # Node ID eaba5c93c383ac9e1df85431697ffedc71fb4879 # Parent 02909207294afb8386fb3cbad4112281a7384649 [xemacs-hg @ 2003-03-20 13:21:26 by youngs] 2003-03-20 Steve Youngs * xemacs/packages.texi (Automatically): Refer to 'pui-set-local-package-get-directory' instead of 'pui-add-install-directory'. Remove comment about PGP not being intergrated into PUI. Document balloon-help in PUI. Add heading "Keeping Packages Up To Date". (Building Packages): makeinfo 4.2 is required. diff -r 02909207294a -r eaba5c93c383 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Thu Mar 20 13:19:59 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Thu Mar 20 13:21:30 2003 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2003-03-20 Steve Youngs + + * xemacs/packages.texi (Automatically): Refer to + 'pui-set-local-package-get-directory' instead of + 'pui-add-install-directory'. + Remove comment about PGP not being intergrated into PUI. + Document balloon-help in PUI. + Add heading "Keeping Packages Up To Date". + (Building Packages): makeinfo 4.2 is required. + 2003-03-18 Stephen J. Turnbull * xemacs/frame.texi (Gutter Basics): Describe common options for diff -r 02909207294a -r eaba5c93c383 man/xemacs/packages.texi --- a/man/xemacs/packages.texi Thu Mar 20 13:19:59 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/xemacs/packages.texi Thu Mar 20 13:21:30 2003 +0000 @@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ (put in the details of remote host and directory) If the package tarballs _AND_ the package-index file are in a -local directory, you can: @code{M-x pui-add-install-directory RET} +local directory, you can: @code{M-x pui-set-local-package-get-directory RET} @item Obtain a list of packages and display the list in a buffer named @@ -252,10 +252,7 @@ keyb: @code{M-x pui-list-packages RET} XEmacs will now connect to the remote site and download the -latest package-index file. If you see an error about the -package-index entries not being PGP signed, you can safely -ignore this because PGP has not been integrated into the XEmacs -package tools yet. +latest package-index file. The visual package browser will then display a list of all packages. Help information will be displayed at the very bottom of the buffer; you @@ -278,7 +275,7 @@ From here, you can select or unselect packages for installation using the @key{RET} key, the @kbd{Mouse-2} button or selecting "Select" from -the (Popup) Menu. +the Popup @kbd{Mouse-3} Menu. Once you've finished selecting the packages, you can press the @kbd{x} key (or use the menu) to actually install the packages. Note that you will have to restart XEmacs for XEmacs to @@ -307,7 +304,9 @@ @end table Moving the mouse over a package will also cause additional information -about the package to be displayed in the minibuffer. +about the package to be displayed in the minibuffer. If you have +balloon-help enabled a balloon-help frame will pop up and display +additional package information also. @item @@ -343,6 +342,17 @@ will search for the latest version and install it and any packages that it depends upon. +@heading Keeping Packages Up To Date: +Once you have the packages you want installed (using any of the above +methods) you'll want to keep them up to date. You can do this easily +from the menubar: + +@example +Tools -> Packages -> Add Download Site +Tools -> Packages -> Update Installed Packages +@end example + + @node Which Packages, Removing Packages, Automatically, Installing Packages @comment node-name, next, previous, up @cindex which packages @@ -402,7 +412,7 @@ @item GNU make (3.75 or later preferred). @item makeinfo -(1.68 from texinfo-3.11 or later required). +(4.2 from GNU texinfo 4.2 or later required). @item GNU tar (or equivalent). @item GNU gzip