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+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q7.2.2, Next: Q7.2.3, Prev: Q7.2.1, Up: Advanced
+
+Q7.2.2: XEmacs segfaults when I use very big numbers!
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+GMP by default allocates temporaries on the stack. If you run out of
+stack space, you're dead; there is no way that we know of to reliably
+detect this condition, because `alloca' is typically implemented to be
+_fast_ rather than robust. If you just need a little more oomph, use a
+bigger stack (_e.g._, the `ulimit -s' command in bash(1)). If you want
+robustness at the cost of speed, configure GMP with `--disable-alloca'
+and rebuild the GMP library.
+
+ We do not know whether BSD MP uses `alloca' or not. Please send any
+information you have as a bug report (`M-x report-xemacs-bug <RET>'),
+which will give us platform information. (We do know that BSD MP
+implementations vary across vendors, but how much, we do not know yet.)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q7.2.3, Next: Q7.2.4, Prev: Q7.2.2, Up: Advanced
+
+Q7.2.3: Bignums are really slow!
+--------------------------------
+
+Many Linux distributions compile all their packages for the i386, and
+this is costly. An optimized version can give you two or three orders
+of magnitude better performance for a Pentium III or IV. (Yes, really.
+See `http://www.swox.com/gmp/gmp-speed.html'.)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q7.2.4, Prev: Q7.2.3, Up: Advanced
+
+Q7.2.4: Equal bignums don't compare as equal! What gives?
+----------------------------------------------------------
+
+Ah, Grasshopper, I see you are using `(eq x y)'. The Bodhisattva CLTL2
+warned of the illusion that equal numbers would be `eq'! Meditate on
+the deeper truths of `eql', in which numbers of the same type which
+have equal values compare equal, and `=', which does any necessary type
+coercions before comparing for equality.
+
+ Yeah, yeah, it has always worked for integer types, because fixnums
+and characters have an immediate representation. Sorry about that;
+arbitrary precision obviously requires consing new objects because the
+objects are "large" and of variable size, and the definition of `eq'
+does not permit different objects to compare as equal.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Other Packages, Next: Current Events, Prev: Advanced, Up: Top
+
+8 Other External Packages
+*************************
+
+This is part 8 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to miscellaneous external packages not covered
+elsewhere in XEmacs.
+
+* Menu:
+
+8.0: TeX
+* Q8.0.1:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
+* Q8.0.2:: What is AUCTeX? Where do you get it?
+* Q8.0.3:: Problems installing AUCTeX.
+* Q8.0.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUCTeX modeline?
+
+8.1: Other Unbundled Packages
+* Q8.1.1:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
+* Q8.1.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
+* Q8.1.3:: Is there a MatLab mode?
+
+8.2: Environments Built Around XEmacs
+* Q8.2.1:: What are SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop?
+* Q8.2.2:: How do I start the Sun Workshop support in XEmacs 21?
+* Q8.2.3:: What is/was Energize?
+* Q8.2.4:: What is Infodock?
+
+8.0: TeX
+========
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.0.1, Next: Q8.0.2, Prev: Other Packages, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.0.1: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+David Kastrup <dak@fsnif.neuroinformatik.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
+
+ The standard TeX modes leave much to be desired, and are somewhat
+ leniently maintained. Serious TeX users use AUCTeX (*note What is
+ AUCTeX? Where do you get it?: Q8.0.2.).
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.0.2, Next: Q8.0.3, Prev: Q8.0.1, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.0.2: What is AUCTeX? Where do you get it?
+---------------------------------------------
+
+AUCTeX is a complex and sophisticated editing package dedicated to TeX
+and related text formatting languages, including LaTeX and Texinfo. It
+provides support for running TeX on a file or part of a file, include
+files, and of course shortcuts for entering common TeX macros, LaTeX
+environments, etc, and for fontlock.
+
+ AUCTeX is a standard package provided by XEmacs. You can get it as
+usual through the `M-x list-packages' interface. It is also included
+in the (non-Mule) SUMO package. The AUCTeX XEmacs package is
+maintained by Uwe Brauer <GET MAIL ADDRESS>.
+
+ AUCTeX is extremely complicated, and its developers primarily use
+GNU Emacs. Not all features of the bleeding edge version of AUCTeX are
+immediately ported to XEmacs; if you need these, you may be better off
+getting the most recent versions from the GNU AUCTeX project on
+`http://savannah.gnu.org'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.0.3, Next: Q8.0.4, Prev: Q8.0.2, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.0.3: Problems installing AUCTeX.
+-----------------------------------
+
+Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:
+
+ AUCTeX works fine on both stock Emacs and XEmacs has been doing so
+ for a very very long time. This is mostly due to the work of Per
+ Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> (clap clap) in particular his
+ `easymenu' package. Which leads to what is probably the problem...
+
+ Most problems with AUCTeX are one of two things:
+
+ * The TeX-lisp-directory in `tex-site.el' and the makefile don't
+ match.
+
+ Fix: make sure you configure AUCTeX properly *before* installing.
+
+ * You have an old version of easymenu.el in your path.
+
+ Fix: use `locate-library' and remove old versions to make sure it
+ *only* finds the one that came with XEmacs.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.0.4, Next: Q8.1.1, Prev: Q8.0.3, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.0.4: How do I turn off current chapter from AUCTeX modeline?
+---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+With AUCTeX, fast typing is hard because the current chapter, section
+etc. are given in the modeline. How can I turn this off?
+
+ It's not AUCTeX, it comes from `func-menu' in `func-menu.el'.
+
+ David Hughes <dhughes@origin-at.co.uk> writes:
+
+ Try this; you'll still get the function name displayed in the
+ modeline, but it won't attempt to keep track when you modify the
+ file. To refresh when it gets out of synch, you simply need click
+ on the `Rescan Buffer' option in the function-menu.
+
+ (setq-default fume-auto-rescan-buffer-p nil)
+
+8.1: Other Unbundled Packages
+=============================
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.1.1, Next: Q8.1.2, Prev: Q8.0.4, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.1.1: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs is usually
+one or more of the following:
+
+ 1. The package has not been ported to XEmacs. This will typically
+ happen when it uses GNU-Emacs-specific features, which make it
+ fail under XEmacs.
+
+ Porting a package to XEmacs can range from a trivial amount of
+ change to a partial or full rewrite. Fortunately, the authors of
+ modern packages usually choose to support both Emacsen themselves.
+
+ 2. The package has been decided not to be appropriate for XEmacs. It
+ may have an equivalent or better replacement within XEmacs, in
+ which case the developers may choose not to burden themselves with
+ supporting an additional package.
+
+ Each package bundled with XEmacs means more work for the
+ maintainers, whether they want it or not. If you are ready to
+ take over the maintenance responsibilities for the package you
+ port, be sure to say so--we will more likely include it.
+
+ 3. The package simply hasn't been noted by the XEmacs development. If
+ that's the case, the messages like yours are very useful for
+ attracting our attention.
+
+ 4. The package was noted by the developers, but they simply haven't
+ yet gotten around to including/porting it. Wait for the next
+ release or, even better, offer your help. It will be gladly
+ accepted and appreciated.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.1.2, Next: Q8.1.3, Prev: Q8.1.1, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.1.2: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
+----------------------------------------------
+
+Yes. Check out "dismal" (which stands for Dis' Mode Ain't Lotus) at
+`http://acs.ist.psu.edu/dismal/dismal.html'.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.1.3, Next: Q8.2.1, Prev: Q8.1.2, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.1.3: Is there a MatLab mode?
+-------------------------------
+
+Yes, a matlab mode and other items are available at the
+`http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/files/104/matlab.el'.
+
+8.2: Environments Built Around XEmacs
+=====================================
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.2.1, Next: Q8.2.2, Prev: Q8.1.3, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.2.1: What are SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+SPARCworks was a development environment from Sun (circa 1993-1996) and
+consisted of compilers (C, C++, FORTRAN 77, Fortran 90, Ada, and
+Pascal), a debugger, and other tools such as TeamWare (for
+configuration management), MakeTool, etc.
+
+ EOS is the integration of XEmacs with the SPARCworks debugger. It
+allows one to use an XEmacs frame to view code (complete with
+fontification, etc.), set breakpoints, print variables, etc., while
+using the SPARCworks debugger.
+
+ EOS stands for "Era on SPARCworks"; Era stood for "Emacs Rewritten
+Again" and was the name used by Sun for its modified version of Lucid
+Emacs (later XEmacs) in the early-mid 90's. This is documented in more
+detail in the history section of the XEmacs About page.
+
+ EOS was replaced around 1996 with a newer graphical development
+environment called Sun WorkShop. The current status of this is unknown.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.2.2, Next: Q8.2.3, Prev: Q8.2.1, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.2.2: How do I start the Sun Workshop support in XEmacs 21?
+-------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Add the switch --with-workshop to the configure command when building
+XEmacs and put the following in one of your startup files (e.g.
+site-start.el or .emacs):
+
+ (when (featurep 'tooltalk)
+ (load "tooltalk-macros")
+ (load "tooltalk-util")
+ (load "tooltalk-init"))
+ (when (featurep 'sparcworks)
+ (load "sunpro-init")
+ (load "ring")
+ (load "comint")
+ (load "annotations")
+ (sunpro-startup))
+
+ If you are not using the latest Workshop (5.0) you have to apply the
+following patch:
+
+-- /opt/SUNWspro/lib/eserve.el.ORIG Fri May 14 15:23:26 1999
++++ /opt/SUNWspro/lib/eserve.el Fri May 14 15:24:54 1999
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+ (defvar running-xemacs nil "t if we're running XEmacs")
+ (defvar running-emacs nil "t if we're running GNU Emacs 19")
+
+-(if (string-match "^\\(19\\|20\\)\..*\\(XEmacs\\|Lucid\\)" emacs-version)
++(if (string-match "\\(XEmacs\\|Lucid\\)" emacs-version)
+ (setq running-xemacs t)
+ (setq running-emacs t))
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.2.3, Next: Q8.2.4, Prev: Q8.2.2, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.2.3: What is/was Energize?
+-----------------------------
+
+The "Energize Programming System" was a C and C++ development
+environment sold by Lucid, Inc. It was the reason why Lucid Emacs, now
+XEmacs, was created in the first place. Unfortunately, Lucid went out
+of business in 1994. The rights to sell it in Japan were purchased by
+INS Engineering (which briefly employed Stig Hackvan aka Jonathan
+Stigelman to work on Japanese support for XEmacs, in late 1994 and
+early 1995) and Tartan bought the rights to sell it in the rest of the
+world. However, INS is not selling Energize at this point and may or
+may not have ever done so; Tartan certainly never did.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q8.2.4, Prev: Q8.2.3, Up: Other Packages
+
+Q8.2.4: What is Infodock?
+-------------------------
+
+InfoDock (http://sourceforge.net/projects/infodock/) is an integrated
+productivity toolset, mainly aimed at technical people, hosted at
+SourceForge.
+
+ InfoDock is built atop the XEmacs variant of GNU Emacs and so has
+all of the power of Emacs, but with an easier to use and more
+comprehensive menu-based user interface. The bottom portion of this
+text describes how it differs from XEmacs and GNU Emacs from the Free
+Software Foundation.
+
+ InfoDock is aimed at people who want a free, turn-key productivity
+environment. Although InfoDock is customizable, it is not intended for
+people who like basic versions of Emacs which need to be customized
+extensively for local use; standard Emacs distributions are better for
+such uses. InfoDock is for those people who want a complete,
+pre-customized environment in one package, which they need not touch
+more than once or twice a year to update to new revisions.
+
+ InfoDock is pre-built for SPARC SunOS/Solaris systems, PA-RISC HP-UX,
+and Intel Linux systems. It is intended for use on a color display,
+although most features will work on monochrome monitors. Simply unpack
+InfoDock according to the instructions in the ID-INSTALL file and you
+are ready to run.
+
+ The InfoDock Manual is concise, yet sufficient as a user guide for
+users who have never used an Emacs-type editor before. For users who
+are already familiar with Emacs, it supplements the information in the
+GNU Emacs Manual.
+
+ InfoDock menus are much more extensive and more mature than standard
+Emacs menus. Each menu offers a `Manual' item which displays
+documentation associated with the menu's functions.
+
+Four types of menubars are provided:
+ 1. An extensive menubar providing access to global InfoDock commands.
+
+ 2. Mode-specific menubars tailored to the current major mode.
+
+ 3. A simple menubar for basic editing to help novices get started
+ with InfoDock.
+
+ 4. The standard XEmacs menubar.
+
+ Most modes also include mode-specific popup menus. Additionally,
+region and rectangle popup menus are included.
+
+ `Hyperbole', the everyday information manager, is a core part of
+InfoDock. This provides context-sensitive mouse keys, a rolodex-type
+contact manager, programmable hypertext buttons, and an autonumbered
+outliner with embedded hyperlink anchors.
+
+ The `OO-Browser', a multi-language object-oriented code browser, is a
+standard part of InfoDock.
+
+ InfoDock saves a more extensive set of user options than other Emacs
+versions.
+
+ InfoDock inserts a useful file header in many file types, showing the
+author, summary, and last modification time of each file. A summary
+program can then be used to summarize all of the files in a directory,
+for easy MANIFEST file creation.
+
+ Your working set of buffers is automatically saved and restored (if
+you answer yes to a prompt) between InfoDock sessions.
+
+ Refined color choices for code highlighting are provided for both
+dark and light background display frames.
+
+ The `C-z' key prefix performs frame-based commands which parallel the
+`C-x' key prefix for window-based commands.
+
+ The Smart Menu system is included for producing command menus on dumb
+terminals.
+
+ Lisp libraries are better categorized according to function.
+
+ Extensions and improvements to many areas of Emacs are included,
+such as: paragraph filling, mail reading with Rmail, shell handling,
+outlining, code highlighting and browsing, and man page browsing.
+
+ InfoDock questions, answers and discussion should go to the mail list
+<infodock@infodock.com>. Use <infodock-request@infodock.com> to be
+added or removed from the list. Always include your InfoDock version
+number when sending help requests.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Current Events, Next: Legacy Versions, Prev: Other Packages, Up: Top
+
+9 What the Future Holds
+***********************
+
+This is part 9 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section will change frequently, and (in theory) should contain any
+interesting items that have transpired recently. (But in practice it's
+not getting updated like this.)
+
+ This section also contains descriptions of the new features in all
+the recent releases of XEmacs. For the most part, the information
+below is a synopsis of the more complete information that can be found
+in the file `NEWS' in the `etc' directory of the XEmacs distribution.
+You can view this file in XEmacs using `C-h n' or the `Help' menu.
+
+ Information on older versions of XEmacs can be find in `ONEWS' in
+the same directory, or `OONEWS' for really old versions.
+
+* Menu:
+
+9.0: Changes
+* Q9.0.1:: What new features will be in XEmacs soon?
+* Q9.0.2:: What's new in XEmacs 21.4?
+* Q9.0.3:: What's new in XEmacs 21.1?
+* Q9.0.4:: What's new in XEmacs 20.4?
+* Q9.0.5:: What's new in XEmacs 20.3?
+* Q9.0.6:: What's new in XEmacs 20.2?
+
+9.0: Changes
+============
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.1, Next: Q9.0.2, Prev: Current Events, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.1: What new features will be in XEmacs soon?
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+#### Write me.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.2, Next: Q9.0.3, Prev: Q9.0.1, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.2: What's new in XEmacs 21.4?
+----------------------------------
+
+21.4 was the "stable" version of the 21.2 series, which was considered
+"experimental" throughout its life; thus there were no "official"
+releases at all. In essence, XEmacs is now following the "alternating"
+scheme of Linux, where at any point there are at least two different
+development branches, one "stable" and one "experimental". Periodic
+releases happen in both branches, but those in the experimental branch
+are not tested as well, and there's no guarantee they will work at all.
+The experiemental branch is open to any and all code that's acceptable
+to the developers; the stable branch, however, is in general limited
+only to bug fixes, and all contributions are carefully reviewed to make
+sure they will increase and not decrease stability.
+
+ 21.3 never existed at all; it was decided to follow the Linux scheme
+exactly, where odd-numbered series are experimental and even-numbered
+ones stable.
+
+ The following lists summarizes the essential changes made in this
+version. For a fuller list, see the `NEWS' in the `etc' directory of
+the XEmacs distribution, or use `C-h n' or the `Help' menu to view this
+file inside of XEmacs.
+
+User-visible changes in XEmacs 21.4
+...................................
+
+ * The delete key now deletes forward by default.
+
+ * Shifted motion keys now select text by default.
+
+ * You can now build XEmacs with support for GTK+ widget set.
+
+ * ~/.xemacs/init.el is now the preferred location for the init file.
+ (XEmacs now supports a `~/.xemacs/init.el' startup file. Custom
+ file will move to ~/.xemacs/custom.el.)
+
+ * Much-improved sample init.el, showing how to use many useful
+ features.
+
+ * XEmacs support for menu accelerators has been much improved.
+
+ * Default menubar improvements. (Default menubar has many new
+ commands and better organization. The font-menu is now available
+ under MS Windows.)
+
+ * Dialog box improvements, including a real file dialog box. (XEmacs
+ now has a proper file dialog box under MS Windows (and GTK)! The
+ old clunky file dialog box is improved. Keyboard traversal now
+ works correctly in MS Windows dialog boxes. There is a Search
+ dialog box available from `Edit->Find...')
+
+ * New buffer tabs.
+
+ * There is a new MS Windows installer, netinstall, ported from
+ Cygwin.
+
+ * The subprocess quote-handling mechanism under Windows is much
+ improved.
+
+ * Printing support now available under MS Windows.
+
+ * Selection improvements. (Kill and yank now interact with the
+ clipboard under Windows. MS Windows support for selection is now
+ much more robust. Motif selection support is now more correct
+ (but slower).)
+
+ * Mail spool locking now works correctly.
+
+ * International support changes. (The default coding-priority-list
+ is now safer. International keysyms are now supported under X.
+ MS Windows 1251 code page now supported. Czech, Thai,
+ Cyrillic-KOI8, Vietnamese, Ethiopic now supported. Proper support
+ for words in Latin 3 and Latin 4.)
+
+ * Help buffers contain hyperlinks, and other changes.
+
+ * The modeline's text is now scrollable.
+
+ * The mouse wheel under MS Windows now functions correctly.
+
+ * Interactive searching and matching case improvements. (Incremental
+ search will now highlight all visible matches. Interactive
+ searches always respect uppercase characters.)
+
+ * Rectangle functions rewritten to avoid inserting extra spaces.
+
+ * New command `kill-entire-line' that always kills the entire line.
+
+ * Default values correctly stored in minibuffer histories.
+
+ * You can now create "indirect buffers", like in GNU Emacs.
+
+ * Pixel-based scrolling has been implemented.
+
+ * Operation progress can be displayed using graphical widgets.
+
+ * User names following a tilde can now be completed at file name
+ prompts.
+
+ * XEmacs can now play sound using Enlightenment Sound Daemon (ESD).
+
+ * X-Face support is now available under MS Windows.
+
+ * The PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System is now
+ supported.
+
+ * Indentation no longer indents comments that begin at column zero.
+
+ * Face and variable settings can have comments in Customize.
+
+ * New locations for early package hierarchies.
+
+ * The `auto-save' library has been greatly improved.
+
+ * New variable `mswindows-alt-by-itself-activates-menu'.
+
+ * Other init-file-related changes. (Init file in your home directory
+ may be called `.emacs.el'. New command-line switches
+ -user-init-file and -user-init-directory.)
+
+ * Etags changes. See `NEWS' for full details.
+
+Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.4
+........................................
+
+Not yet written.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.3, Next: Q9.0.4, Prev: Q9.0.2, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.3: What's new in XEmacs 21.1?
+----------------------------------
+
+21.1 was the "stable" version of "experimental" 21.0 series. *Note
+What's new in XEmacs 21.4?: Q9.0.2.
+
+ The following lists summarizes the essential changes made in this
+version. For a fuller list, see the `NEWS' in the `etc' directory of
+the XEmacs distribution, or use `C-h n' or the `Help' menu to view this
+file inside of XEmacs.
+
+User-visible changes in XEmacs 21.1
+...................................
+
+ * XEmacs is now supported under Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows
+ NT/2000/XP operating systems. To discuss Windows-specific issues,
+ subscribe to the mailing list at <xemacs-winnt-request@xemacs.org>.
+
+ * XEmacs has been unbundled into constituent installable packages.
+
+ * *Other notable changes*: The `Options' menu has been ported to
+ Custom; XEmacs now is able to choose X visuals and use private
+ colormaps; You can drag the vertical divider of "horizontally"
+ (side-by-side) split windows.
+
+ * *Building changes*: XEmacs can be built with support for 31-bit
+ Lisp integers and 32-bit pointers (previously, it was 28-bit
+ integers and pointers); XEmacs can be built with LDAP support;
+ `dir' files can be removed in the Info subsystem, and will be
+ regenerated on-the-fly.
+
+ * *New packages*: `imenu', `popper', `gdb-highlight'
+
+ * *Package changes*: Many changes to `cc-mode', `gnus', `gnuclient'.
+ See `NEWS' for full details.
+
+ * *New commands, variables and functions*: `center-to-window-line'
+ (like `recenter' but doesn't force a redisplay); variable
+ `user-full-name' (customize what your full name looks like in
+ mail); `M-x customize-changed-options' (customize options whose
+ default values changes because you upgraded your XEmacs); `M-x
+ add-log-convert' (converts an old-style ChangeLog buffer to
+ new-style); `M-x zap-up-to-char' (like `zap-to-char' but doesn't
+ delete the char searched for); commands to store, retrieve and
+ increment numbers in registers, useful for macros.
+
+ * *Changes to commands, variables, and functions*: `M-x
+ query-replace' and friends operate only on the region when it's
+ active; `echo-keystrokes' can now be a floating-point number; `M-.'
+ searches exact tag matches before inexact ones; function
+ `user-full-name' with no arguments returns the var
+ `user-full-name'; a prefix arg to `M-:' and `C-h c' inserts the
+ result in the current buffer.
+
+ * *Other changes*: Under X, new application class `XEmacs';
+ byte-compilation of user-specs now works.
+
+ * *XEmacs/Mule (internationalization) changes*: Mule support now
+ works on TTY's; Egg/SJ3 input method now officially supported
+ (Quail and Egg/Skk already available through LEIM since 20.3);
+ localized Japanese menubars if XEmacs is built with the right
+ support.
+
+
+Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.1
+........................................
+
+ * *Specifier changes*: The window locale now has a higher precedence
+ than the buffer locale when instantiating; new macro
+ `let-specifier'; new specifiers `vertical-scrollbar-visible-p',
+ horizontal-scrollbar-visible-p', `scrollbar-on-left-p',
+ `scrollbar-on-top-p', `vertical-divider-always-visible-p',
+ `vertical-divider-shadow-thickness',
+ `vertical-divider-line-width', `vertical-divider-spacing';
+ specifiers and symbols whose value is a specifier allowed as
+ modeline specifications.
+
+ * *Frame focus changes*: `focus-follows-mouse' works like FSF,
+ prevents any attempt to permanently change the selected frame; new
+ function `focus-frame' sets the window system focus a frame; new
+ special forms `save-selected-frame' and `with-selected-frame'.
+
+ * *Window function changes*: `select-window' now has optional
+ argument NORECORD to inhibit recording a buffer change;
+ `vertical-motion' now correctly handles optional WINDOW argument
+ and has new optional argument PIXELS, to have the returned values
+ be in pixels; new function `vertical-motion-pixels'; new functions
+ `window-text-area-pixel-{width,height,edges}'; new functions
+ `shrink-window-pixels' and `enlarge-window-pixels'; new function
+ `window-displayed-text-pixel-height'.
+
+ * *Other function changes*: Arithmetic comparison functions `<',
+ `>', `=', `/=' now accept a variable number of arguments;
+ hashtables now have a consistent read/print syntax; keyword
+ symbols cannot be set to a value other than themselves; `concat' no
+ longer accepts integer arguments; new function `string', like
+ `list', `vector', etc.; new function `temp-directory'
+ (OS-independent way to get a temp directory); `load-average' has
+ optional argument USE-FLOATS; `make-event' implemented completely;
+ new function `function-interactive' (returns a function's
+ interactive spec); new functions `lmessage', `lwarn' (printf-like
+ versions of `display-wessage', `display-warning'); new keyword
+ `:version' to `defcustom'.
+
+ * *Performance*: when the new GNU Malloc aka Doug Lea Malloc is
+ available, it will be used (better performance on libc6 Linux
+ systems); tracking line-numbers in modeline is now efficient;
+ profiling records a call-count of all called functions,
+ retrievable through `profile-call-count-results'.
+
+ * *Startup and path searching*: code to assemble paths at startup
+ rewritten for new package system; new function `split-path' (splits
+ by `path-separator'); `Info-default-directory-list' obsolete, use
+ `Info-directory-list' instead; site-lisp is deprecated and no
+ longer on the load-path by default.
+
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.4, Next: Q9.0.5, Prev: Q9.0.3, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.4: What's new in XEmacs 20.4?
+----------------------------------
+
+XEmacs 20.4 is a bugfix release with no user-visible changes.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.5, Next: Q9.0.6, Prev: Q9.0.4, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.5: What's new in XEmacs 20.3?
+----------------------------------
+
+XEmacs 20.3 was released in November 1997. It contains many bugfixes,
+and a number of new features, including Autoconf 2 based configuration,
+additional support for Mule (Multi-language extensions to Emacs), many
+more customizations, multiple frames on TTY-s, support for multiple info
+directories, an enhanced gnuclient, improvements to regexp matching,
+increased MIME support, and many, many synches with GNU Emacs 20.
+
+ The XEmacs/Mule support has been only seriously tested in a Japanese
+locale, and no doubt many problems still remain. The support for
+ISO-Latin-1 and Japanese is fairly strong. MULE support comes at a
+price--about a 30% slowdown from 19.16. We're making progress on
+improving performance and XEmacs 20.3 compiled without Mule (which is
+the default) is definitely faster than XEmacs 19.16.
+
+ XEmacs 20.3 is the first non-beta v20 release, and will be the basis
+for all further development.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q9.0.6, Prev: Q9.0.5, Up: Current Events
+
+Q9.0.6: What's new in XEmacs 20.2?
+----------------------------------
+
+The biggest changes in 20.2 include integration of EFS (the next
+generation of ange-ftp) and AUC Tex (the Emacs subsystem that includes a
+major mode for editing Tex and LaTeX, and a lot of other stuff). Many
+bugs from 20.0 have been fixed for this release. 20.2 also contains a
+new system for customizing XEmacs options, invoked via `M-x customize'.
+
+ XEmacs 20.2 is the development release (20.0 was beta), and is no
+longer considered unstable.
+
+ For older news, see the file `ONEWS' in the `etc' directory of the
+XEmacs distribution.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Legacy Versions, Prev: Current Events, Up: Top
+
+10 New information about old XEmacsen
+*************************************
+
+This is part 10 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. It will
+occasionally be updated to reflect new information about versions which
+are no longer being revised by the XEmacs Project. The primary purpose
+is advice on compatibility of older XEmacsen with new packages and
+updated versions of packages, but bug fixes (which will not be applied
+to released XEmacsen, but users can apply themselves) are also accepted.
+
+* Menu:
+
+10.0: XEmacs 21.1
+* Q10.0.1:: Gnus 5.10 won't display smileys in XEmacs 21.1.
+* Q10.0.2:: XEmacs won't start on Windows in XEmacs 21.1.
+
+10.0: XEmacs 21.1
+=================
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q10.0.1, Next: Q10.0.2, Prev: Legacy Versions, Up: Legacy Versions
+
+Q10.0.1: Gnus 5.10 won't display smileys in XEmacs 21.1.
+--------------------------------------------------------
+
+Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu> wrote:
+
+ Previously I wrote:
+
+ Eric> Summary: with Gnus 5.10.1 in XEmacs 21.1.14, I don't see
+ Eric> any smileys :-(.
+
+ After a bit of sleuthing, I discovered the essence of the problem.
+ For me, the form:
+
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (insert-file-contents "foo.xpm")
+ (buffer-string))
+
+ returns the empty string. This is because something somewhere
+ replaces the XPM data with a glyph -- I haven't figured out where
+ this occurs.
+
+ Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> replies:
+
+ Do this:
+
+ (setq format-alist nil)
+
+ The image-mode stuff is gone from format-alist in the 21.4 branch,
+ praise be.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q10.0.2, Prev: Q10.0.1, Up: Legacy Versions
+
+Q10.0.2: XEmacs won't start on Windows in XEmacs 21.1.
+------------------------------------------------------
+
+XEmacs relies on a process called "dumping" to generate a working
+executable. Under MS-Windows this process effectively fixes the memory
+addresses of information in the executable. When XEmacs starts up it
+tries to reserve these memory addresses so that the dumping process can
+be reversed - putting the information back at the correct addresses.
+Unfortunately some .DLLs (for instance the soundblaster driver) occupy
+memory addresses that can conflict with those needed by the dumped
+XEmacs executable. In this instance XEmacs will fail to start without
+any explanation. Note that this is extremely machine specific.
+
+ 21.1.10 includes a fix for this that makes more intelligent guesses
+about which memory addresses will be free, and this should cure the
+problem for most people. 21.4 implements "portable dumping", which
+eliminates the problem altogether. We recommend you use the 21.4
+binaries, but you can use the 21.1 binaries if you are very paranoid
+about stability. *Note Are binaries available?: Q1.1.2.
+
+
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