-This is Info file ../info/xemacs-faq.info, produced by Makeinfo version
-1.68 from the input file xemacs-faq.texi.
+This is ../info/xemacs-faq.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.0 from
+xemacs-faq.texi.
INFO-DIR-SECTION XEmacs Editor
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
* Current Events:: What the Future Holds.
- -- The Detailed Node Listing --
+ --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Introduction, Policy, Credits
* Q2.1.11:: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
* Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
* Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and `create_process' failure
-* Q2.1.14:: `C-g' doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
+* Q2.1.14:: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
* Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
* Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
* Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.
* Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
* Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
* Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
-* Q3.5.4:: Globally binding `Delete'?
+* Q3.5.4:: Globally binding Delete?
* Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
-* Q3.5.6:: How to map `Help' key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
+* Q3.5.6:: How to map Help key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
* Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
* Q3.5.8:: Why does `(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)' complain?
* Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
* Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
* Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
* Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region?
-* Q3.7.8:: Why does `M-w' take so long?
+* Q3.7.8:: Why does M-w take so long?
The Menubar and Toolbar:
* Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
* Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
* Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
* Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
-* Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after `C-x C-p' (mark-page)?
+* Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after C-x C-p (mark-page)?
* Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
Major Subsystems
* Q5.3.1:: How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
* Q5.3.2:: Fontifying hangs when editing a postscript file.
* Q5.3.3:: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
-* Q5.3.4:: Getting `M-x lpr' to work with postscript printer.
+* Q5.3.4:: Getting M-x lpr to work with postscript printer.
* Q5.3.5:: How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files?
* Q5.3.6:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q5.3.7:: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
wondering what to do next. It is also useful as a reference to
available resources.
- The previous maintainer of the FAQ was
-Anthony Rossini <rossini@biostat.washington.edu>, who started it, after
-getting tired of hearing JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer
-questions. Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>, the principal authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did
-a massive update reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony
-took back over, but then had to give it up again. Some of the other
-contributors to this FAQ are listed later in this document.
+ The previous maintainer of the FAQ was Anthony Rossini
+<rossini@biostat.washington.edu>, who started it, after getting tired
+of hearing JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions.
+Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>, the
+principal authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive
+update reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back
+over, but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors
+to this FAQ are listed later in this document.
The previous version was converted to hypertext format, and edited by
Steven L. Baur <steve@xemacs.org>. It was converted back to texinfo by
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>. The FAQ was then maintained by
-Andreas Kaempf <andreas@sccon.com>, who passed it on to ChristianNybo/.
+Andreas Kaempf <andreas@sccon.com>, who passed it on to ChristianNyb/o.
If you notice any errors or items which should be added or amended to
this FAQ please send email to Sandra Wambold <faq@xemacs.org>. Include
Yes, there is a port of XEmacs 19.14, tested on MacOS 7.6.1 and MacOS
8.5.1 by Pitts Jarvis (pjarvis@ispchannel.com). It's available at
-http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html (http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html).
+http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html
+(http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html).
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The FAQ is actively maintained and modified regularly. All links
should be up to date. Unfortunately, some of the information is out of
date - a situation which the FAQ maintainer is working on. All
-submissions are welcome, please e-mail submissions to XEmacs FAQ maintainers <faq@xemacs.org>.
+submissions are welcome, please e-mail submissions to XEmacs FAQ
+maintainers <faq@xemacs.org>.
Please make sure that `XEmacs FAQ' appears on the Subject: line. If
you think you have a better way of answering a question, or think a
* Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
+
The developers responsible for the 19.14 release are:
* Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>
* Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
+
* Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
Jamie Zawinski was Mr. Lucid Emacs from 19.0 through 19.10, the
* Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@hut.fi>
+
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approximately as stable as 19.16, and probably faster (due to
additional optimization work.)
- As of XEmacs 20.3, version 20 is *the* supported version of XEmacs.
+ As of XEmacs 20.3, version 20 is _the_ supported version of XEmacs.
This means that 19.16 will optionally receive stability fixes (if any),
but that all the real development work will be done on the v20 tree.
characters. If XEmacs was not compiled with MULE support, the
range of this integer will always be 0 to 255 - eight bits, or one
byte. (Integers outside this range are accepted but silently
- truncated; however, you should most decidedly *not* rely on this,
+ truncated; however, you should most decidedly _not_ rely on this,
because it will not work under XEmacs with MULE support.) When
MULE support is present, the range of character codes is much
larger. (Currently, 19 bits are used.)
XEmacs.
Individual characters are not often used in programs. It is far
- more common to work with *strings*, which are sequences composed of
+ more common to work with _strings_, which are sequences composed of
characters.
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Q1.3.3: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
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- See question 3.5.7 (*note Q3.5.7::.) in part 3 of this FAQ.
+ See question 3.5.7 (*note Q3.5.7::) in part 3 of this FAQ.
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The message-catalog support has mostly been written but doesn't
-currently work. The first release of XEmacs 20 will *not* support it.
-However, menubar localization *does* work, even in 19.14. To enable
+currently work. The first release of XEmacs 20 will _not_ support it.
+However, menubar localization _does_ work, even in 19.14. To enable
it, add to your `Emacs' file entries like this:
Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
* Q2.1.11:: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
* Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
* Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and `create_process' failure
-* Q2.1.14:: `C-g' doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
+* Q2.1.14:: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
* Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
* Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
* Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.