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@title XEmacs FAQ
-@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2001/07/25 07:46:06 $
+@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2002/04/30 16:06:09 $
@sp 1
@author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu>
@author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org>
@node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
@top XEmacs FAQ
-@unnumbered Introduction
This is the guide to the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list---a
compendium of questions and answers pertaining to one of the finest
* Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs
* Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs?
* Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes?
+* Q1.3.8:: Does XEmacs support Unicode?
+* Q1.3.9:: How does XEmacs display Unicode?
Getting Started:
* Q1.4.1:: What is an @file{init.el} or @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one?
* 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?
+* Q4.7.7:: Can I edit files on other hosts?
The Miscellaneous Stuff
* Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs
* Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs?
* Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes?
+* Q1.3.8:: Does XEmacs support Unicode?
+* Q1.3.9:: How does XEmacs display Unicode?
Getting Started:
* Q1.4.1:: What is an @file{init.el} or @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one?
gnu.emacs.help.
If you cannot post or read Usenet news, there is a corresponding mailing
-list which is available. It can be subscribed to by sending a message
-to @email{xemacs-request@@xemacs.org} with @samp{subscribe} in the
-body of the message. Send to the list at @email{xemacs@@xemacs.org}.
-list. To cancel a subscription, you @strong{must} use the
-xemacs-request address. Send a message with a subject of
+list @email{xemacs-news@@xemacs.org} which is available. It can be
+subscribed to via the Mailman Web interface or by sending mail to to
+@email{xemacs-news-request@@xemacs.org} with @samp{subscribe} in the
+body of the message. See also
+@uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/#xemacs-news}. To cancel a
+subscription, you may use the @email{xemacs-news-request@@xemacs.org}
+address or the Web interface. Send a message with a subject of
@samp{unsubscribe} to be removed.
@node Q1.0.7, Q1.0.8, Q1.0.6, Introduction
@node Q1.0.9, Q1.0.10, Q1.0.8, Introduction
@unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.9: What does XEmacs look like?
-Screen snapshots are available in the WWW version of the FAQ.
-@example
-@uref{http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html}
-@end example
+Screen snapshots are available at
+@uref{http://www.xemacs.org/About/Screenshots/index.html}
+as part of the XEmacs website.
@node Q1.0.10, Q1.0.11, Q1.0.9, Introduction
@unnumberedsubsec Q1.0.10: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
@end lisp
@end quotation
-@node Q1.3.7, Q1.4.1, Q1.3.6, Introduction
+@node Q1.3.7, Q1.3.8, Q1.3.6, Introduction
@unnumberedsubsec Q1.3.7: How about Cyrillic Modes?
@email{ilya@@math.ohio-state.edu, Ilya Zakharevich} writes:
which can be obtained from
@end quotation
-@uref{http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/?query=russian.el.Z}.
-@c dead link above
+@uref{http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/?query=russian.el.Z&form=medium}.
@email{d.barsky@@ee.surrey.ac.uk, Dima Barsky} writes:
@quotation
The fullest resource I found on Russian language use (in and out of
-XEmacs) is @uref{http://sunsite.oit.unc.edu/sergei/Software/Software.html}
+XEmacs) is @uref{http://www.ibiblio.org/sergei/Software/Software.html}
@end quotation
-@node Q1.4.1, Q1.4.2, Q1.3.7, Introduction
+@node Q1.3.8, Q1.3.9, Q1.3.7, Introduction
+@unnumberedsubsec Q1.3.8: Does XEmacs support Unicode?
+
+Partially, as an external encoding for files, processes, and terminals.
+It does not yet support Unicode fonts @ref{Q1.3.9, Does XEmacs support
+Unicode Fonts?}
+
+To get Unicode support, you need a Mule-enabled XEmacs. Install
+Mule-UCS from packages in the usual way. Put
+
+(require 'un-define)
+(set-coding-priority-list '(utf-8))
+(set-coding-category-system 'utf-8 utf-8)
+
+Install standard national fonts (not Unicode fonts) for all
+character sets you use.
+
+Mule-UCS also supports 16-bit forms of Unicode (UTF-16). It does not
+support 31-bit forms of Unicode (UTF-32 or UCS-4).
+
+@node Q1.3.9, Q1.4.1, Q1.3.8, Introduction
+@unnumberedsubsec Q1.3.9: How does XEmacs display Unicode?
+
+Mule doesn't have a Unicode charset internally, so there's nothing to
+bind a Unicode registry to. It would not be straightforward to create,
+either, because Unicode is not ISO 2022-compatible. You'd have to
+translate it to multiple 96x96 pages.
+
+This means that Mule-UCS uses ordinary national fonts for display. This
+is not really a problem, except for those languages that use the Unified
+Han characters. The problem here is that Mule-UCS maps from Unicode
+code points to national character sets in a deterministic way. By
+default, this means that Japanese fonts are tried first, then Chinese,
+then Korean. To change the priority ordering, use the command
+`un-define-change-charset-order'.
+
+It also means you can't use Unicode fonts directly, at least not without
+extreme hackery. You can run -nw with (set-terminal-coding-system
+'utf-8) if you really want a Unicode font for some reason.
+
+Real Unicode support will be introduced in XEmacs 22.0.
+
+@node Q1.4.1, Q1.4.2, Q1.3.9, Introduction
@unnumberedsec 1.4: Getting Started, Backing up & Recovery
@unnumberedsubsec Q1.4.1: What is an @file{init.el} or @file{.emacs} and is there a sample one?
* 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?
+* Q4.7.7:: Can I edit files on other hosts?
@end menu
@node Q4.0.1, Q4.0.2, Subsystems, Subsystems
@node Q4.0.7, Q4.0.8, Q4.0.6, Subsystems
@unnumberedsubsec Q4.0.7: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
-A FAQ for VM exists at @uref{http://www.cyberpass.net/~gorkab/vmfaq.htm}.
+A FAQ for VM exists at @uref{http://www.wonderworks.com/vm/FAQ.html}.
VM has its own newsgroups gnu.emacs.vm.info and gnu.emacs.vm.bug.
@unnumberedsec 4.6: Infodock
@unnumberedsubsec Q4.6.1: What is Infodock?
-InfoDock is an integrated productivity toolset, mainly aimed at
-technical people. It is developed and supported by InfoDock
-Associates, a firm that offers custom support and development
-for InfoDock, XEmacs and GNU Emacs. ( @uref{http://www.infodock.com},
-@email{info@@infodock.com}, +1 408 243 3300).
+@uref{http://sourceforge.net/projects/infodock/, 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
@iftex
@*
@end iftex
-@uref{ftp://sunsite.auc.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz}.
+@uref{ftp://sunsite.dk/packages/auctex/auctex.tar.gz}.
In case you don't have access to anonymous ftp, you can get it by an
email request to @email{ftpmail@@decwrl.dec.com}.
@iftex
@*
@end iftex
-@uref{http://sunsite.auc.dk/auctex/}.
+@uref{http://sunsite.dk/auctex/}.
@node Q4.7.2, Q4.7.3, Q4.7.1, Subsystems
@unnumberedsubsec Q4.7.2: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
appreciated.
@end enumerate
-@node Q4.7.6, , Q4.7.5, Subsystems
+@node Q4.7.6, Q4.7.7, Q4.7.5, Subsystems
@unnumberedsubsec Q4.7.5: Is there a MatLab mode?
Yes, a matlab mode and other items are available at the
@uref{ftp://ftp.mathworks.com/pub/contrib/emacs_add_ons,
MathWorks' emacs_add_ons ftp directory}.
+@node Q4.7.7, , Q4.7.6, Subsystems
+@unnumberedsubsec Q4.7.7: Can I edit files on other hosts?
+
+Yes. Of course XEmacs can use any network file system (such as NFS or
+Windows file sharing) you have available, and includes some
+optimizations and safety features appropriate to those environments.
+
+It is also possible to transparently edit files via FTP, ssh, or rsh. That
+is, XEmacs makes a local copy using the transport in the background, and
+automatically refreshes the remote original from that copy when you save
+it. XEmacs also is capable of doing file system manipulations like
+creating and removing directories and files. The FTP interface is
+provided by the standard @samp{efs} package @ref{Top, EFS, , efs}. The
+ssh/rsh interface is provided by the optional @samp{tramp} package
+@ref{Top, TRAMP, , tramp}.
+
@node Miscellaneous, MS Windows, Subsystems, Top
@unnumbered 5 The Miscellaneous Stuff
directory of the XEmacs distribution, or use @kbd{C-h n} or the
@samp{Help} menu to view this file inside of XEmacs.
-@unnumberedsubsubsec User-visible changes
+@unnumberedsubsubsec User-visible changes in XEmacs 21.4
@itemize @bullet
Etags changes. See @file{NEWS} for full details.
@end itemize
-@unnumberedsubsubsec Lisp and internal changes
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.4
Not yet written.
-@itemize @bullet
-@end itemize
+@c APA: Texi2html produces invalid HTML from an empty list of bullets!
+@c Please uncomment following list when it does contain bullets.
+@c @itemize @bullet
+@c @end itemize
@node Q7.0.3, Q7.0.4, Q7.0.2, Current Events
@unnumberedsubsec Q7.0.3: What's new in XEmacs 21.1?
directory of the XEmacs distribution, or use @kbd{C-h n} or the
@samp{Help} menu to view this file inside of XEmacs.
-@unnumberedsubsubsec User-visible changes
+@unnumberedsubsubsec User-visible changes in XEmacs 21.1
@itemize @bullet
@end itemize
-@unnumberedsubsubsec Lisp and internal changes
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Lisp and internal changes in XEmacs 21.1
@itemize @bullet
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