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+This is ../info/xemacs-faq.info, produced by makeinfo version 4.0 from
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-* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
+* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
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* Current Events:: What the Future Holds.
- -- The Detailed Node Listing --
+ --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
Introduction, Policy, Credits
* Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
* Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
* Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-* Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
Installation and Trouble Shooting
* Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
* Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
* Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
-* Q2.0.13:: Can't link XEmacs on Solaris with Gcc.
-* Q2.0.14:: Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
Trouble Shooting:
* Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
* 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'.
-* Q2.1.18:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
+* Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
* Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
-* Q2.1.21:: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes.
+* Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
* Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
* Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
X Window System & Resources:
* Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
* Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
-* Q3.1.3:: `(set-screen-width)' worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
-* Q3.1.4:: Specifying `Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in `.emacs' does not work in 19.15?
+* Q3.1.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q3.1.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
* Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
* Q3.1.7:: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
* 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
Other Unbundled Packages:
* Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
* Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
-* Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14
+* Q4.7.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
* Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
* Q4.7.6:: Is there a MatLab mode?
* Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
* Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
* Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
-* Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15?
+* Q5.0.11:: How do I turn on filladapt for all buffers?
* Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
* Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
* Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
* Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
* Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
* Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
-* Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working
+* Q5.0.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
* Q5.0.20:: Is there a way to start a new XEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?
* 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?
XEmacs on MS Windows
General Info:
-* Q6.0.1:: What is the status of the XEmacs port to Windows?
-* Q6.0.2:: What flavors of MS Windows are supported?
-* Q6.0.3:: Are binary kits available?
-* Q6.0.4:: Does XEmacs on MS Windows require an X server to run?
+* Q6.0.1:: What is the status of the XEmacs port to Windows?
+* Q6.0.2:: What flavors of MS Windows are supported?
+* Q6.0.3:: Are binary kits available?
+* Q6.0.4:: Does XEmacs on MS Windows require an X server to run?
Building XEmacs on MS Windows:
-* Q6.1.1:: I decided to run with X. Where do I get an X server?
-* Q6.1.2:: What compiler do I need to compile XEmacs?
-* Q6.1.3:: How do I compile for the native port?
-* Q6.1.4:: How do I compile for the X port?
-* Q6.1.5:: How do I compile for Cygnus' Cygwin?
-* Q6.1.6:: What do I need for Cygwin?
+* Q6.1.1:: I decided to run with X. Where do I get an X server?
+* Q6.1.2:: What compiler do I need to compile XEmacs?
+* Q6.1.3:: How do I compile for the native port?
+* Q6.1.4:: How do I compile for the X port?
+* Q6.1.5:: How do I compile for Cygnus' Cygwin?
+* Q6.1.6:: What do I need for Cygwin?
Customization and User Interface:
-* Q6.2.1:: How will the port cope with differences in the Windows user interface?
-* Q6.2.2:: How do I change fonts in XEmacs on MS Windows?
-* Q6.2.3:: Where do I put my `.emacs' file?
+* Q6.2.1:: How will the port cope with differences in the Windows user interface?
+* Q6.2.2:: How do I change fonts in XEmacs on MS Windows?
+* Q6.2.3:: Where do I put my `.emacs' file?
Miscellaneous:
-* Q6.3.1:: Will XEmacs rename all the win32-* symbols to w32-*?
-* Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen?
-* Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment?
+* Q6.3.1:: Will XEmacs rename all the win32-* symbols to w32-*?
+* Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen?
+* Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment?
+
+Troubleshooting:
+* Q6.4.1:: XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW)
Current Events:
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
* Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
* Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
* Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-* Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
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Q1.0.11: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
----------------------------------------------------
- There has been a port to the MachTen environment of XEmacs 19.13,
-but no patches have been submitted to the maintainers to get this in the
-mainstream distribution.
-
- For the MacOS, there is a port of
-Emacs 18.59 (ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet/).
+ 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'.
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Q1.0.13: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
-------------------------------------------
- No, and there is no news of anyone working on it.
+ No, but Alexander Nikolaev <avn_1251@mail.ru> is working on it.
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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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* Curtis.N.Bingham <binge@aloft.att.com>
+ * Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@dormeur.inria.fr>
+
* Richard Caley <rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
* Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr>
+ * Mark Daku <daku@nortel.ca>
+
* William G. Dubuque <wgd@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
* Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu>
+ * Alain Fauconnet <af@biomath.jussieu.fr>
+
* Chris Flatters <cflatter@nrao.edu>
* Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@adra.com>
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.
integers are the same. Byte code compiled under any version 19
Emacs will have all such functions mapped to their `old-'
equivalents when the byte code is read into XEmacs 20. This is to
- preserve compatibility - Emacs 19 converts all constant characters
+ preserve compatibility--Emacs 19 converts all constant characters
to the equivalent integer during byte-compilation, and thus there
is no other way to preserve byte-code compatibility even if the
code has specifically been written with the distinction between
code". For example, the character `A' is represented as the
integer 65, following the standard ASCII representation of
characters. If XEmacs was not compiled with MULE support, the
- range of this integer will always be 0 to 255 - eight bits, or one
+ 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?
-------------------------------------------
- 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
- Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
- Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by
removing punctuation and capitalizing as above.
(cond ((boundp 'MULE)
;; for original Mule
)
- ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
- ;; for XEmacs with Mule
- )
- (t
- ;; for next version of Emacs
- ))
+ ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
+ ;; for XEmacs with Mule
+ )
+ (t
+ ;; for next version of Emacs
+ ))
;; for old emacs variants
)
Or interactively, `M-x global-set-key' and follow the prompts.
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.6, Prev: Q1.4.5, Up: Introduction
Q1.4.6: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-------------------------------------------------------------
other keys. Refer to manual for details.
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-File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.7, Prev: Q1.4.6, Up: Introduction
-
-Q1.4.7: How come options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- There's a problem with options of the form:
-
- (add-spec-list-to-specifier (face-property 'searchm-field 'font)
- '((global (nil))))
-
- saved by a 19.13 XEmacs that causes a 19.14 XEmacs grief. You must
-delete these options. XEmacs 19.14 and later no longer write the
-options directly to `.emacs' which should allow us to deal with version
-incompatibilities better in the future.
-
- Options saved under XEmacs 19.13 are protected by code that
-specifically requires a version 19 XEmacs. This won't be a problem
-unless you're using XEmacs v20. You should consider changing the code
-to read:
-
- (cond
- ((and (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
- (boundp 'emacs-major-version)
- (or (and (= emacs-major-version 19)
- (>= emacs-minor-version 12))
- (>= emacs-major-version 20)))
- ...
- ))
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Installation, Next: Customization, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
+
+2 Installation and Trouble Shooting
+***********************************
+
+ This is part 2 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting.
+
+* Menu:
+
+Installation:
+* Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
+* Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
+* Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
+* Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
+* Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
+* Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
+* Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
+* Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
+* Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
+* Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
+* Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
+* Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
+
+Trouble Shooting:
+* Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
+* Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
+* Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
+* Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
+* Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
+* Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
+* Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
+* Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
+* Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
+* Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
+* 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?
+* Q2.1.15:: 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'.
+* Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
+* Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
+* Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
+* Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
+* Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+
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+
+2.0: Installation
+=================
+
+Q2.0.1: Running XEmacs without installing
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ The `INSTALL' file says that up to 108 MB of space is needed
+temporarily during installation! How can I just try it out?
+
+ XEmacs will run in place without requiring installation and copying
+of the Lisp directories, and without having to specify a special
+build-time flag. It's the copying of the Lisp directories that
+requires so much space. XEmacs is largely written in Lisp.
+
+ A good method is to make a shell alias for xemacs:
+
+ alias xemacs=/i/xemacs-20.2/src/xemacs
+
+ (You will obviously use whatever directory you downloaded the source
+tree to instead of `/i/xemacs-20.2').
+
+ This will let you run XEmacs without massive copying.
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