1 [README for APEL (English Version)]
2 by MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
3 $Id: README.en,v 1.9 1998-03-08 22:42:42 shuhei-k Exp $
8 APEL stands for "A Portable Emacs Library". It consists of
11 emu: A package to fill incompatibilities of emacsen
12 emu.el --- main module
14 emu-nemacs.el --- for NEmacs
15 emu-e19.el --- for Emacs 19 or XEmacs without mule
16 emu-mule.el --- for MULE 2.3
17 emu-20.el --- for Emacs 20 and XEmacs/mule
18 emu-e20.el --- for Emacs 20 and MULE 3
19 emu-x20.el --- for XEmacs/mule
21 emu-18.el --- for Emacs 18
22 emu-19.el --- for Emacs 19 or later
23 emu-xemacs.el --- for XEmacs
24 env.el --- env.el for Emacs 18
25 richtext.el --- text/richtext module
26 for Emacs 19.29 or later,
28 tinyrich.el --- text/richtext module for old emacsen
30 alist.el: utility for Association-list
32 atype.el: utility for atype
34 path-util.el: utility for path management or file detection
36 filename.el: utility to make file-name
38 install.el: utility to install emacs-lisp package
40 mule-caesar.el: ROT 13-47-48 Caesar rotation utility
42 std11: RFC 822/STD 11 parser and utility
43 std11.el --- main module
44 std11-parse.el --- parser
50 (a) run in expanded place
52 If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
57 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
59 % make install EMACS=xemacs
61 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
65 If you want to install other directories, please do following:
69 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
71 % make install EMACS=xemacs
73 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
75 You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
76 programs and shell scripts, for example:
78 % make install PREFIX=~/
80 If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
81 specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).
83 For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and Emacs 20.2 is specified, it
84 will create the following directory tree:
86 /usr/local/share/emacs/20.2/site-lisp/ --- emu
87 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/apel/ --- APEL
89 You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
90 APEL-CFG. Please read comments in it.
93 load-path (for Emacs or MULE)
94 =============================
96 If you are using Emacs or Mule, please add directory of apel to
97 load-path. If you install by default setting, you can write
98 subdirs.el for example:
100 --------------------------------------------------------------------
101 (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path '("apel"))
102 --------------------------------------------------------------------
104 If you are using XEmacs, there are no need of setting about
114 Function put-alist (ITEM VALUE ALIST)
116 Modify ALIST to set VALUE to ITEM. If there is a pair whose car is
117 ITEM, replace its cdr by VALUE. If there is not such pair, create
118 new pair (ITEM . VALUE) and return new alist whose car is the new
119 pair and cdr is ALIST.
121 Function del-alist (ITEM ALIST)
123 If there is a pair whose key is ITEM, delete it from ALIST.
125 Function set-alist (SYMBOL ITEM VALUE)
127 Modify a alist indicated by SYMBOL to set VALUE to ITEM.
129 Ex. (set-alist 'auto-mode-alist "\\.pln$" 'text-mode)
131 Function modify-alist (MODIFIER DEFAULT)
133 Modify alist DEFAULT into alist MODIFIER.
135 Function set-modified-alist (SYMBOL MODIFIER)
137 Modify a value of a SYMBOL into alist MODIFIER. The SYMBOL should
138 be alist. If it is not bound, its value regard as nil.
143 Function add-path (PATH &rest OPTIONS)
145 Add PATH to `load-path' if it exists under `default-load-path'
146 directories and it does not exist in `load-path'.
148 You can use following PATH styles:
150 load-path relative: "PATH" (it is searched from
153 home directory relative: "~/PATH" "~USER/PATH"
155 absolute path: "/FOO/BAR/BAZ"
157 You can specify following OPTIONS:
159 'all-paths --- search from `load-path' instead of
162 'append --- add PATH to the last of `load-path'
164 Function add-latest-path (PATTERN &optional ALL-PATHS)
166 Add latest path matched by regexp PATTERN to `load-path' if it
167 exists under `default-load-path' directories and it does not exist
170 For example, if there is bbdb-1.50 and bbdb-1.51 under site-lisp,
171 and if bbdb-1.51 is newer than bbdb-1.50, and site-lisp is
172 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp,
176 it adds "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/bbdb-1.51" to top of
179 If optional argument ALL-PATHS is specified, it is searched from all
180 of `load-path' instead of `default-load-path'.
182 Function get-latest-path (PATTERN &optional ALL-PATHS)
184 Return latest directory in default-load-path which is matched to
185 regexp PATTERN. If optional argument ALL-PATHS is specified, it is
186 searched from all of load-path instead of default-load-path.
188 Ex. (let ((gnus-path (get-latest-path "gnus")))
189 (add-path (expand-file-name "lisp" gnus-path))
190 (add-to-list 'Info-default-directory-list
191 (expand-file-name "texi" gnus-path))
194 Function file-installed-p (FILE &optional PATHS)
196 Return absolute-path of FILE if FILE exists in PATHS. If PATHS is
197 omitted, `load-path' is used.
199 Function exec-installed-p (FILE &optional PATHS SUFFIXES)
201 Return absolute-path of FILE if FILE exists in PATHS. If PATHS is
202 omitted, `exec-path' is used. If suffixes is omitted,
203 `exec-suffix-list' is used.
205 Function module-installed-p (MODULE &optional PATHS)
207 Return non-nil if module is provided or exists in PATHS. If PATHS
208 is omitted, `load-path' is used.
213 Function replace-as-filename (string)
215 Return safety file-name from STRING.
217 It refers variable `filename-filters'. It is list of functions for
218 file-name filter. Default filter refers following variables:
220 Variable filename-limit-length
222 Limit size of file-name.
224 Variable filename-replacement-alist
226 Alist list of characters vs. string as replacement. List of
227 characters represents characters not allowed as file-name.
233 If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
234 send them to the tm Mailing List:
236 bug-tm-en@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (English)
237 bug-tm-ja@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (Japanese)
239 Via the tm ML, you can report APEL bugs, obtain the latest release
240 of APEL, and discuss future enhancements to APEL. To join the tm
241 ML, send an empty e-mail to
243 tm-en-help@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (English)
244 tm-ja-help@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (Japanese)