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-* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
+* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
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-
-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?
-* 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!
-* Q2.1.2:: 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:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
-* 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.
-* Q2.1.22:: 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.
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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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-
-Q2.0.2: XEmacs is too big
--------------------------
-
- Although this entry has been written for XEmacs 19.13, most of it
-still stands true.
-
- Steve Baur <steve@xemacs.org> writes:
-
- The 45MB of space required by the installation directories can be
- reduced dramatically if desired. Gzip all the .el files. Remove
- all the packages you'll never want to use (or even ones you do
- like the two obsolete mailcrypts and Gnus 4 in 19.13). Remove the
- TexInfo manuals. Remove the Info (and use just hardcopy versions
- of the manual). Remove most of the stuff in etc. Remove or gzip
- all the source code. Gzip or remove the C source code. Configure
- it so that copies are not made of the support lisp. I'm not
- advocating any of these things, just pointing out ways to reduce
- the disk requirements if desired.
-
- Now examine the space used by directory:
-
- 0 /usr/local/bin/xemacs
- 2048 /usr/local/bin/xemacs-19.13
-
- 1546 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-miranova-sco3.2v4.2
- 1158 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/i486-unknown-linux1.2.13
-
- You need to keep these. XEmacs isn't stripped by default in
- installation, you should consider stripping. That will save you
- about 5MB right there.
-
- 207 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/w3
- 122 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sounds
- 18 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/sparcworks
- 159 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/vm
- 6 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/e
- 21 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/eos
- 172 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/toolbar
- 61 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/ns
- 43 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc/gnus
-
- These are support directories for various packages. In general
- they match a directory under
- ./xemacs-19.13/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/. If you do not require the
- package, you may delete or gzip the support too.
-
- 1959 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/etc
- 175 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/bytecomp
- 340 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/calendar
- 342 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/comint
- 517 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/dired
- 42 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/electric
- 212 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/emulators
- 238 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/energize
- 289 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/gnus
- 457 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ilisp
- 1439 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/modes
- 2276 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/packages
- 1040 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/prim
- 176 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/pcl-cvs
- 154 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/rmail
- 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/epoch
- 45 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/term
- 860 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/utils
- 851 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vm
- 13 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/vms
- 157 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/x11
- 19 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/tooltalk
- 14 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/sunpro
- 291 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/games
- 198 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/edebug
- 619 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/w3
- 229 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eos
- 55 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/iso
- 59 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mailcrypt
- 187 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/eterm
- 356 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/ediff
- 408 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole/kotl
- 1262 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hyperbole
- 247 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/hm--html-menus
- 161 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/mh-e
- 299 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/viper
- 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-x
- 4 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/DocWindow.nib
- 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/InfoPanel.nib
- 3 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj/TreeView.nib
- 11 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx/English.lproj
- 53 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr/tree-nx
- 466 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp/oobr
- 14142 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp
-
- These are all Emacs Lisp source code and bytecompiled object code.
- You may safely gzip everything named *.el here. You may remove
- any package you don't use. _Nothing bad will happen if you delete
- a package that you do not use_. You must be sure you do not use
- it though, so be conservative at first.
-
- Possible candidates for deletion include w3 (newer versions exist,
- or you may just use Lynx or Netscape for web browsing), games,
- hyperbole, mh-e, hm-html-menus (better packages exist), vm, viper,
- oobr, gnus (new versions exist), etc. Ask yourself, _Do I ever
- want to use this package?_ If the answer is no, then it is a
- candidate for removal.
-
- First, gzip all the .el files. Then go about package by package
- and start gzipping the .elc files. Then run XEmacs and do
- whatever it is you normally do. If nothing bad happens, then
- delete the directory. Be conservative about deleting directories,
- and it would be handy to have a backup tape around in case you get
- too zealous.
-
- `prim', `modes', `packages', and `utils' are four directories you
- definitely do *not* want to delete, although certain packages can
- be removed from them if you do not use them.
-
- 1972 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/info
-
- These are online texinfo sources. You may either gzip them or
- remove them. In either case, `C-h i' (info mode) will no longer
- work.
-
- 20778 /usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13
-
- The 20MB achieved is less than half of what the full distribution
- takes up, *and* can be achieved without deleting a single file.
-
- Giacomo Boffi <boffi@hp735.stru.polimi.it> provides this procedure:
-
- Substitute `/usr/local/lib/' with the path where the xemacs tree is
- rooted, then use this script:
-
- #!/bin/sh
-
- r=/usr/local/lib/xemacs-19.13/lisp
-
- cd $r ; rm -f cmpr ; touch cmpr
-
- du -s .
-
- for d in * ; do
- if test -d $d ; then
- cd $d
- for f in *.el ; do
- # compress (remove) only (ONLY) the sources that have a
- # corresponding compiled file --- do not (DO NOT)
- # touch other sources
- if test -f ${f}c ; then gzip -v9 $f >> $r/cmpr ; fi
- done
- cd ..
- fi
- done
-
- du -s .
-
- A step beyond would be substituting `rm -f' for `gzip -v9', but
- you have to be desperate for removing the sources (remember that
- emacs can access compressed files transparently).
-
- Also, a good megabyte could easily be trimmed from the $r/../etc
- directory, e.g., the termcap files, some O+NEWS, others that I
- don't remember as well.
-
- XEmacs 21.0 will unbundle the lisp hierarchy and allow the
- installer to choose exactly how much support code gets installed.
-
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Q2.0.3: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
------------------------------------
No. The name "XEmacs" is unfortunate in the sense that it is *not*
-an X Window System-only version of Emacs. Starting with 19.14 XEmacs
-has full color support on a color-capable character terminal.
+an X Window System-only version of Emacs. XEmacs has full color
+support on a color-capable character terminal.
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`_h_errno^@' with `h_errno^@^@'. Any version of Emacs will
suffice. If you don't understand how to do this, don't do it.
- 3. Rebuild XEmacs yourself - any working ELF version of libc should be
+ 3. Rebuild XEmacs yourself--any working ELF version of libc should be
O.K.
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> writes:
obviously heavily system dependent. And on some systems, it leads
to an executable which, although valid, cannot be stripped without
damage. If memory serves, this is especially the case for AIX
- binaries. On other architecture it might work OK.
+ binaries. On other architectures it might work OK.
The Right Way to strip the emacs binary is to strip temacs prior to
dumping xemacs. This will always work, although you can do that
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-Q2.0.13: Problems linking with Gcc on Solaris
----------------------------------------------
+Q2.0.13: I don't need no steenkin' packages. Do I? (NEW)
+---------------------------------------------------------
- There are known difficulties linking with Gnu ld on Solaris. A
-typical error message might look like:
+ Strictly speaking, no. XEmacs will build and install just fine
+without any packages installed. However, only the most basic editing
+functions will be available with no packages installed, so installing
+packages is an essential part of making your installed XEmacs _useful_.
- unexec(): dlopen(../dynodump/dynodump.so): ld.so.1: ./temacs:
- fatal: relocation error:
- symbol not found: main: referenced in ../dynodump/dynodump.so
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- Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org> writes:
+Q2.0.12: How do I figure out which packages to install? (NEW)
+-------------------------------------------------------------
- You need to specify `-fno-gnu-linker' as part of your flags to pass
- to ld. Future releases of XEmacs will try to do this
- automatically.
+ Many people really liked the old way that packages were bundled and
+do not want to mess with packages at all. You can grab all the
+packages at once like you used to with old XEmacs versions. Download
+the file
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+ `xemacs-sumo.tar.gz'
-Q2.0.14: Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
----------------------------------------------------
+ For an XEmacs compiled with Mule you also need
- Problem when building xemacs-19.16 on hpux 9:
+ `xemacs-mule-sumo.tar.gz'
- Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
+ from the `packages' directory on your XEmacs mirror archive. N.B.
+They are called 'Sumo Tarballs' for good reason. They are currently
+about 15MB and 2.3MB (gzipped) respectively.
+
+ Install them by
- make on hpux fails after linking temacs with a message:
+ `cd $prefix/lib/xemacs ; gunzip -c <tarballname> | tar xf -'
- "make: don't know how to make .y."
+ See README.packages for more detailed installation instructions.
- Solution: This is a problem with HP make revision 70.X. Either
- use GNU make, or install PHCO_6552, which will bring make to
- revision 72.24.1.17.
+ As the Sumo tarballs are not regenerated as often as the individual
+packages, it is recommended that you use the automatic package tools
+afterwards to pick up any recent updates.
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auto-save file exists. You can use `M-x recover-file' to retrieve the
auto-saved version of the file.
- Starting with 19.14, you may use the command `M-x recover-session'
-after a crash to pick up where you left off.
+ You can use the command `M-x recover-session' after a crash to pick
+up where you left off.
Now, XEmacs is not perfect, and there may occasionally be times, or
particular sequences of actions, that cause it to crash. If you can
3. Reproduce the error.
- Depending on the version of XEmacs, you may either select Edit->Show
-Messages (19.13 and earlier) or Help->Recent Keystrokes/Messages (19.14
-and later) from the menubar to see the most recent messages. This
-command is bound to `C-h l' by default.
+ Depending on the version of XEmacs, you may either select View->Show
+Message Log (recent versions), Edit->Show Messages (some earlier
+versions) or Help->Recent Keystrokes/Messages (other earlier versions)
+from the menubar to see the most recent messages. This command is bound
+to `C-h l' by default.
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color backgrounds and foregrounds into your
`.../app-defaults/Emacs' like:
- *Foreground: Black ;everything will be of black on grey95,
- *Background: Grey95 ;unless otherwise specified.
- *cursorColor: Red3 ;red3 cursor with grey95 border.
- *pointerColor: Red3 ;red3 pointer with grey95 border.
+ *Foreground: Black ;everything will be of black on grey95,
+ *Background: Grey95 ;unless otherwise specified.
+ *cursorColor: Red3 ;red3 cursor with grey95 border.
+ *pointerColor: Red3 ;red3 pointer with grey95 border.
Natalie Kershaw adds:
The OpenWindows 3.0 server is incredibly buggy. Your best bet is to
replace it with one from the generic MIT X11 release. You might also
-try disabling parts of your `.emacs', like enabling background pixmaps.
+try disabling parts of your `init.el'/`.emacs', like those that enable
+background pixmaps.
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you've got is a core dump, all is not lost.
If you're using GDB, there are some macros in the file
- `src/gdbinit' in the XEmacs source distribution that should make it
- easier for you to decode Lisp objects. Copy this file to
- `~/.gdbinit', or `source' it from `~/.gdbinit', and use the macros
- defined therein. In particular, use the `pobj' macro to print the
- internal C representation of a lisp object. This will work with a
- core file or not-yet-run executable. The aliases `ldp' and `lbt'
- are provided for conveniently calling `debug_print' and
- `debug_backtrace'.
+ `src/.gdbinit' in the XEmacs source distribution that should make
+ it easier for you to decode Lisp objects. This file is
+ automatically read by gdb if gdb is run in the directory where
+ xemacs was built, and contains these useful macros to inspect the
+ state of xemacs:
+
+ `pobj'
+ Usage: pobj lisp_object
+ Print the internal C representation of a lisp object.
+
+ `xtype'
+ Usage: xtype lisp_object
+ Print the Lisp type of a lisp object.
+
+ `lbt'
+ Usage: lbt
+ Print the current Lisp stack trace. Requires a running
+ xemacs process.
+
+ `ldp'
+ Usage: ldp lisp_object
+ Print a Lisp Object value using the Lisp printer. Requires a
+ running xemacs process.
+
+ `run-temacs'
+ Usage: run-temacs
+ Run temacs interactively, like xemacs. Use this with
+ debugging tools (like purify) that cannot deal with dumping,
+ or when temacs builds successfully, but xemacs does not.
+
+ `dump-temacs'
+ Usage: dump-temacs
+ Run the dumping part of the build procedure. Use when
+ debugging temacs, not xemacs! Use this when temacs builds
+ successfully, but xemacs does not.
+
+ `check-xemacs'
+ Usage: check-xemacs
+ Run the test suite. Equivalent to 'make check'.
+
+ `check-temacs'
+ Usage: check-temacs
+ Run the test suite on temacs. Equivalent to 'make
+ check-temacs'. Use this with debugging tools (like purify)
+ that cannot deal with dumping, or when temacs builds
+ successfully, but xemacs does not.
If you are using Sun's `dbx' debugger, there is an equivalent file
- `src/dbxrc' to copy to or source from `~/.dbxrc'.
+ `src/.dbxrc', which defines the same commands for dbx.
* If you're using a debugger to get a C stack backtrace and you're
seeing stack traces with some of the innermost frames mangled, it
authors, or to comp.os.linux.development.system). Again,
you'll have to use the narrowing-down process described above.
- d. If you compiled 19.14 with `--debug' (or by default in later
- versions), you will get a Lisp backtrace output when XEmacs
- crashes, so you'll have something useful.
+ d. You will get a Lisp backtrace output when XEmacs crashes, so
+ you'll have something useful.
* If you compile with the newer gcc variants gcc-2.8 or egcs, you
- will also need gdb 4.17. Earlier releases of gdb can't handle the
- debug information generated by the newer compilers.
+ will also need gdb 4.17 or above. Earlier releases of gdb can't
+ handle the debug information generated by the newer compilers.
- * The above information on using `src/gdbinit' works for XEmacs-21.0
- and above. For older versions of XEmacs, there are different
- `gdbinit' files provided in the `src' directory. Use the one
- corresponding to the configure options used when building XEmacs.
+ * In versions of XEmacs before 21.2.27, `src/.gdbinit' was named
+ `src/gdbinit'. This had the disadvantage of not being sourced
+ automatically by gdb, so you had to set that up yourself.
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-Q2.1.18: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
-------------------------------------
-
- Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr> writes:
-
- For the record, compiling on hpux 10.10 leads to a hang in Gnus
- when compiled with optimization on.
-
- I've just discovered that my hpux 10.01 binary was working less
- well than expected. In fact, on a 10.10 system, `(while t)' was not
- interrupted by `C-g'. I defined `BROKEN_SIGIO' and recompiled on
- 10.10, and... the hang is now gone.
-
- As far as configure goes, this will be a bit tricky: `BROKEN_SIGIO'
- is needed on 10.10, but *not* on 10.01: if I run my 10.01 binary
- on a 10.01 machine, without `BROKEN_SIGIO' being defined, `C-g'
- works as expected.
-
- Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr> adds:
-
- Apparently somebody has found the reason why there is this `poll:
- interrupted...' message for each event. For some reason, libcurses
- reimplements a `select()' system call, in a highly broken fashion.
- The fix is to add a -lc to the link line _before_ the -lxcurses.
- XEmacs will then use the right version of `select()'.
-
- Alain Fauconnet <af@biomath.jussieu.fr> writes:
-
- The _real_ solution is to _not_ link -lcurses in! I just changed
- -lcurses to -ltermcap in the Makefile and it fixed:
-
- 1. The `poll: interrupted system call' message.
-
- 2. A more serious problem I had discovered in the meantime, that
- is the fact that subprocess handling was seriously broken:
- subprocesses e.g. started by AUC TeX for TeX compilation of a
- buffer would _hang_. Actually they would wait forever for
- emacs to read the socket which connects stdout...
+Q2.1.18: removed
+----------------
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(set-time-zone-rule "MET")
- to your `.emacs' or the `site-start.el' file if you can. Replace
-`MET' with your local timezone.
+ to your `init.el'/`.emacs' or the `site-start.el' file if you can.
+Replace `MET' with your local timezone.
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-Q2.1.21: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes
-------------------------------------------------
-
- This problem has been fixed in 19.15, and was due to a not easily
-reproducible race condition.
+Q2.1.21: [This question intentionally left blank]
+-------------------------------------------------
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or in some other strange cases.
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+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q2.1.23, Next: Q2.1.24, Prev: Q2.1.22, Up: Installation
Q2.1.23: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
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#define MAIL_USE_FLOCK
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q2.1.24, Next: Q2.1.25, Prev: Q2.1.23, Up: Installation
+
+Q2.1.24: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+ If XEmacs starts when you're on the network, but fails when you're
+not on the network, you may be missing a "localhost" entry in your
+`/etc/hosts' file. The file should contain an entry like:
+
+ 127.0.0.1 localhost
+
+ Add that line, and XEmacs will be happy.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q2.1.25, Prev: Q2.1.24, Up: Installation
+
+Q2.1.25:: After upgrading, XEmacs won't do `foo' any more! (NEW)
+-----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ You have been used to doing `foo', but now when you invoke it (or
+click the toolbar button or select the menu item), nothing (or an error)
+happens. The simplest explanation is that you are missing a package
+that is essential to you. You can either track it down and install it
+(there is a list of packages and brief descriptions of their contents in
+`etc/PACKAGES'), or install the `Sumo Tarball' (see *note Q2.0.14::).
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Customization, Next: Subsystems, Prev: Installation, Up: Top
+
+3 Customization and Options
+***************************
+
+ This is part 3 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to Customization and screen settings.
+
+* Menu:
+
+Customization---Emacs Lisp and `init.el'/`.emacs':
+* Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running?
+* Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
+* Q3.0.3:: `(setq tab-width 6)' behaves oddly.
+* Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the `load-path'?
+* Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
+* Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
+* Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after `Save Options'.
+* Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame?
+* Q3.0.9:: What is `Customize'?
+
+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:: [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?
+* Q3.1.8:: `-iconic' doesn't work.
+
+Textual Fonts & Colors:
+* Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from `init.el'/`.emacs'?
+* Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
+* Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
+* Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage?
+* Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
+* Q3.2.6:: Can I have pixmap backgrounds in XEmacs?
+
+The Modeline:
+* Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away?
+* Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
+* Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
+* Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
+* Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
+
+3.4 Multiple Device Support:
+* Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
+* Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
+
+3.5 The Keyboard:
+* 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?
+* Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
+* 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:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
+* Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on "sticky" modifier keys?
+* Q3.5.11:: How do I map the arrow keys?
+
+The Cursor:
+* Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
+* Q3.6.2:: Is there a way to get back the old block cursor where the cursor covers the character in front of the point?
+* Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink?
+
+The Mouse and Highlighting:
+* Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
+* Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
+* Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
+* Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
+* 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?
+
+The Menubar and Toolbar:
+* Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
+* Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar?
+* Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu `Buffers' list?
+* Q3.8.4:: Resources like `Emacs*menubar*font' are not working?
+* Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
+
+Scrollbars:
+* Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar?
+* Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
+* Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
+* Q3.9.4:: How can I turn off automatic horizontal scrolling in specific modes?
+
+Text Selections:
+* 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)?
+* Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.1, Next: Q3.0.2, Prev: Customization, Up: Customization
+
+3.0: Customization - Emacs Lisp and `init.el'/`.emacs'
+======================================================
+
+Q3.0.1: What version of Emacs am I running?
+-------------------------------------------
+
+ How can `init.el'/`.emacs' determine which of the family of Emacsen
+I am using?
+
+ To determine if you are currently running GNU Emacs 18, GNU Emacs 19,
+XEmacs 19, XEmacs 20, or Epoch, and use appropriate code, check out the
+example given in `etc/sample.init.el' (`etc/sample.emacs' in XEmacs
+versions prior to 21.4). There are other nifty things in there as well!
+
+ For all new code, all you really need to do is:
+
+ (defvar running-xemacs (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version))
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.2, Next: Q3.0.3, Prev: Q3.0.1, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.2: How can I evaluate Emacs-Lisp expressions?
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+ I know I can evaluate Elisp expressions from `*scratch*' buffer with
+`C-j' after the expression. How do I do it from another buffer?
+
+ Press `M-:' (the default binding of `eval-expression'), and enter
+the expression to the minibuffer.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.3, Next: Q3.0.4, Prev: Q3.0.2, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.3: `(setq tab-width 6)' behaves oddly.
+-------------------------------------------
+
+ If you put `(setq tab-width 6)' in your `init.el'/`.emacs' file it
+does not work! Is there a reason for this? If you do it at the EVAL
+prompt it works fine!! How strange.
+
+ Use `setq-default' instead, since `tab-width' is all-buffer-local.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.4, Next: Q3.0.5, Prev: Q3.0.3, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.4: How can I add directories to the `load-path'?
+-----------------------------------------------------
+
+ Here are two ways to do that, one that puts your directories at the
+front of the load-path, the other at the end:
+
+ ;;; Add things at the beginning of the load-path, do not add
+ ;;; duplicate directories:
+ (pushnew "bar" load-path :test 'equal)
+
+ (pushnew "foo" load-path :test 'equal)
+
+ ;;; Add things at the end, unconditionally
+ (setq load-path (nconc load-path '("foo" "bar")))
+
+ keith (k.p.) hanlan <keithh@nortel.ca> writes:
+
+ To add directories using Unix shell metacharacters use
+ `expand-file-name' like this:
+
+ (push (expand-file-name "~keithh/.emacsdir") load-path)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.5, Next: Q3.0.6, Prev: Q3.0.4, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.5: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+ Use the following elisp:
+
+ (fboundp 'foo)
+
+ It's almost always a mistake to test `emacs-version' or any similar
+variables.
+
+ Instead, use feature-tests, such as `featurep', `boundp', `fboundp',
+or even simple behavioral tests, eg.:
+
+ (defvar foo-old-losing-code-p
+ (condition-case nil (progn (losing-code t) nil)
+ (wrong-number-of-arguments t)))
+
+ There is an incredible amount of broken code out there which could
+work much better more often in more places if it did the above instead
+of trying to divine its environment from the value of one variable.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.6, Next: Q3.0.7, Prev: Q3.0.5, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.6: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ It would be good having it in a buffer, as the output of
+`(face-list)' is too wide to fit to a minibuffer.
+
+ Evaluate the expression in the `*scratch*' buffer with point after
+the rightmost paren and typing `C-j'.
+
+ If the minibuffer smallness is the only problem you encounter, you
+can simply press `C-h l' to get the former minibuffer contents in a
+buffer.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.7, Next: Q3.0.8, Prev: Q3.0.6, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.7: Font selections in don't get saved after `Save Options'.
+----------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ John Mann <mannj@ll.mit.edu> writes:
+
+ You have to go to Options->Frame Appearance and unselect
+ `Frame-Local Font Menu'. If this option is selected, font changes
+ are only applied to the _current_ frame and do _not_ get saved
+ when you save options.
+
+ Also, set the following in your `init.el'/`.emacs':
+
+ (setq options-save-faces t)
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.8, Next: Q3.0.9, Prev: Q3.0.7, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.8: How do I get a single minibuffer frame?
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+ Vin Shelton <acs@acm.org> writes:
+
+ (setq initial-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
+ (setq default-frame-plist '(minibuffer nil))
+ (setq default-minibuffer-frame
+ (make-frame
+ '(minibuffer only
+ width 86
+ height 1
+ menubar-visible-p nil
+ default-toolbar-visible-p nil
+ name "minibuffer"
+ top -2
+ left -2
+ has-modeline-p nil)))
+ (frame-notice-user-settings)
+
+ *Please note:* The single minibuffer frame may not be to everyone's
+taste, and there any number of other XEmacs options settings that may
+make it difficult or inconvenient to use.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.0.9, Next: Q3.1.1, Prev: Q3.0.8, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.0.9: What is `Customize'?
+----------------------------
+
+ Starting with XEmacs 20.2 there is new system 'Customize' for
+customizing XEmacs options.
+
+ You can access `Customize' from the `Options' menu or invoking one
+of customize commands by typing eg. `M-x customize', `M-x
+customize-face', `M-x customize-variable' or `M-x customize-apropos'.
+
+ Starting with XEmacs 20.3 there is also new `browser' mode for
+Customize. Try it out with `M-x customize-browse'
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.1, Next: Q3.1.2, Prev: Q3.0.9, Up: Customization
+
+3.1: X Window System & Resources
+================================
+
+Q3.1.1: Where is a list of X resources?
+---------------------------------------
+
+ Search through the `NEWS' file for `X Resources'. A fairly
+comprehensive list is given after it.
+
+ In addition, an `app-defaults' file is supplied, `etc/Emacs.ad'
+listing the defaults. The file `etc/sample.Xdefaults' gives a set of
+defaults that you might consider. It is essentially the same as
+`etc/Emacs.ad' but some entries are slightly altered. Be careful about
+installing the contents of this file into your `.Xdefaults' or
+`.Xresources' file if you use GNU Emacs under X11 as well.
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.2, Next: Q3.1.3, Prev: Q3.1.1, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.2: How can I detect a color display?
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ You can test the return value of the function `(device-class)', as
+in:
+
+ (when (eq (device-class) 'color)
+ (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-comment-face "Grey")
+ (set-face-foreground 'font-lock-string-face "Red")
+ ....
+ )
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.3, Next: Q3.1.4, Prev: Q3.1.2, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.3: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
+
+\1f
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q3.1.4, Next: Q3.1.5, Prev: Q3.1.3, Up: Customization
+
+Q3.1.4: [This question intentionally left blank]
+------------------------------------------------
+
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