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37 * Introduction:: Introduction, Policy, Credits.
38 * Installation:: Installation and Trouble Shooting.
39 * Customization:: Customization and Options.
40 * Subsystems:: Major Subsystems.
41 * Miscellaneous:: The Miscellaneous Stuff.
42 * MS Windows:: XEmacs on Microsoft Windows.
43 * Current Events:: What the Future Holds.
46 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
48 Introduction, Policy, Credits
50 * Q1.0.1:: What is XEmacs?
51 * Q1.0.2:: What is the current version of XEmacs?
52 * Q1.0.3:: Where can I find it?
53 * Q1.0.4:: Why Another Version of Emacs?
54 * Q1.0.5:: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
55 * Q1.0.6:: Where can I get help?
56 * Q1.0.7:: Where is the mailing list archived?
57 * Q1.0.8:: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
58 * Q1.0.9:: What does XEmacs look like?
59 * Q1.0.10:: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
60 * Q1.0.11:: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
61 * Q1.0.12:: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
62 * Q1.0.13:: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
63 * Q1.0.14:: Where can I get a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
66 * Q1.1.1:: What is the FAQ editorial policy?
67 * Q1.1.2:: How do I become a Beta Tester?
68 * Q1.1.3:: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
71 * Q1.2.1:: Who wrote XEmacs?
72 * Q1.2.2:: Who contributed to this version of the FAQ?
73 * Q1.2.3:: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
76 * Q1.3.1:: What is the status of XEmacs v20?
77 * Q1.3.2:: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
78 * Q1.3.3:: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
79 * Q1.3.4:: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
80 * Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
81 * Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0?
82 * Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes?
85 * Q1.4.1:: What is a `.emacs' and is there a sample one?
86 * Q1.4.2:: Can I use the same `.emacs' with the other Emacs?
87 * Q1.4.3:: Any good XEmacs tutorials around?
88 * Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
89 * Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
90 * Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
92 Installation and Trouble Shooting
94 * Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
95 * Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
96 * Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
97 * Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
98 * Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
99 * Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
100 * Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
101 * Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
102 * Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
103 * Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
104 * Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
105 * Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
108 * Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
109 * Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
110 * Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
111 * Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
112 * Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
113 * Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
114 * Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
115 * Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
116 * Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
117 * Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
118 * Q2.1.11:: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
119 * Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
120 * Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and `create_process' failure
121 * Q2.1.14:: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
122 * Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
123 * Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
124 * Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.
125 * Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
126 * Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
127 * Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
128 * Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
129 * Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
130 * Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
131 * Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
133 Customization and Options
135 * Q3.0.1:: What version of Emacs am I running?
136 * Q3.0.2:: How do I evaluate Elisp expressions?
137 * Q3.0.3:: `(setq tab-width 6)' behaves oddly.
138 * Q3.0.4:: How can I add directories to the `load-path'?
139 * Q3.0.5:: How to check if a lisp function is defined?
140 * Q3.0.6:: Can I force the output of `(face-list)' to a buffer?
141 * Q3.0.7:: Font selections don't get saved after `Save Options'.
142 * Q3.0.8:: How do I make a single minibuffer frame?
143 * Q3.0.9:: What is `Customize'?
145 X Window System & Resources:
146 * Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
147 * Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
148 * Q3.1.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
149 * Q3.1.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
150 * Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
151 * Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
152 * Q3.1.7:: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
153 * Q3.1.8:: `-iconic' doesn't work.
155 Textual Fonts & Colors:
156 * Q3.2.1:: How can I set color options from `.emacs'?
157 * Q3.2.2:: How do I set the text, menu and modeline fonts?
158 * Q3.2.3:: How can I set the colors when highlighting a region?
159 * Q3.2.4:: How can I limit color map usage?
160 * Q3.2.5:: My tty supports color, but XEmacs doesn't use them.
161 * Q3.2.6:: Can I have pixmap backgrounds in XEmacs?
164 * Q3.3.1:: How can I make the modeline go away?
165 * Q3.3.2:: How do you have XEmacs display the line number in the modeline?
166 * Q3.3.3:: How do I get XEmacs to put the time of day on the modeline?
167 * Q3.3.4:: How do I turn off current chapter from AUC TeX modeline?
168 * Q3.3.5:: How can one change the modeline color based on the mode used?
170 Multiple Device Support:
171 * Q3.4.1:: How do I open a frame on another screen of my multi-headed display?
172 * Q3.4.2:: Can I really connect to a running XEmacs after calling up over a modem? How?
175 * Q3.5.1:: How can I bind complex functions (or macros) to keys?
176 * Q3.5.2:: How can I stop down-arrow from adding empty lines to the bottom of my buffers?
177 * Q3.5.3:: How do I bind C-. and C-; to scroll one line up and down?
178 * Q3.5.4:: Globally binding Delete?
179 * Q3.5.5:: Scrolling one line at a time.
180 * Q3.5.6:: How to map Help key alone on Sun type4 keyboard?
181 * Q3.5.7:: How can you type in special characters in XEmacs?
182 * Q3.5.8:: Why does `(global-set-key [delete-forward] 'delete-char)' complain?
183 * Q3.5.9:: How do I make the Delete key delete forward?
184 * Q3.5.10:: Can I turn on "sticky" modifier keys?
185 * Q3.5.11:: How do I map the arrow keys?
188 * Q3.6.1:: Is there a way to make the bar cursor thicker?
189 * 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?
190 * Q3.6.3:: Can I make the cursor blink?
192 The Mouse and Highlighting:
193 * Q3.7.1:: How can I turn off Mouse pasting?
194 * Q3.7.2:: How do I set control/meta/etc modifiers on mouse buttons?
195 * Q3.7.3:: Clicking the left button does not do anything in buffer list.
196 * Q3.7.4:: How can I get a list of buffers when I hit mouse button 3?
197 * Q3.7.5:: Why does cut-and-paste not work between XEmacs and a cmdtool?
198 * Q3.7.6:: How I can set XEmacs up so that it pastes where the text cursor is?
199 * Q3.7.7:: How do I select a rectangular region?
200 * Q3.7.8:: Why does M-w take so long?
202 The Menubar and Toolbar:
203 * Q3.8.1:: How do I get rid of the menu (or menubar)?
204 * Q3.8.2:: Can I customize the basic menubar?
205 * Q3.8.3:: How do I control how many buffers are listed in the menu `Buffers' list?
206 * Q3.8.4:: Resources like `Emacs*menubar*font' are not working?
207 * Q3.8.5:: How can I bind a key to a function to toggle the toolbar?
210 * Q3.9.1:: How can I disable the scrollbar?
211 * Q3.9.2:: How can one use resources to change scrollbar colors?
212 * Q3.9.3:: Moving the scrollbar can move the point; can I disable this?
213 * Q3.9.4:: How can I get automatic horizontal scrolling?
216 * Q3.10.1:: How can I turn off or change highlighted selections?
217 * Q3.10.2:: How do I get that typing on an active region removes it?
218 * Q3.10.3:: Can I turn off the highlight during isearch?
219 * Q3.10.4:: How do I turn off highlighting after C-x C-p (mark-page)?
220 * Q3.10.5:: The region disappears when I hit the end of buffer while scrolling.
224 * Q4.0.1:: How do I set up VM to retrieve remote mail using POP?
225 * Q4.0.2:: How do I get VM to filter mail for me?
226 * Q4.0.3:: How can I get VM to automatically check for new mail?
227 * Q4.0.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
228 * Q4.0.5:: How do I get my outgoing mail archived?
229 * Q4.0.6:: I have various addresses at which I receive mail. How can I tell VM to ignore them when doing a "reply-all"?
230 * Q4.0.7:: Is there a mailing list or FAQ for VM?
231 * Q4.0.8:: Remote mail reading with VM.
232 * Q4.0.9:: rmail or VM gets an error incorporating new mail.
233 * Q4.0.10:: How do I make VM stay in a single frame?
234 * Q4.0.11:: How do I make VM or mh-e display graphical smilies?
235 * Q4.0.12:: Customization of VM not covered in the manual or here.
237 Web browsing with W3:
238 * Q4.1.1:: What is W3?
239 * Q4.1.2:: How do I run W3 from behind a firewall?
240 * Q4.1.3:: Is it true that W3 supports style sheets and tables?
242 Reading Netnews and Mail with Gnus:
243 * Q4.2.1:: GNUS, (ding) Gnus, Gnus 5, September Gnus, Red Gnus, Quassia Gnus, argh!
244 * Q4.2.2:: [This question intentionally left blank]
245 * Q4.2.3:: How do I make Gnus stay within a single frame?
246 * Q4.2.4:: How do I customize the From: line?
249 * Q4.3.1:: How can I read and/or compose MIME messages?
250 * Q4.3.2:: What is TM and where do I get it?
251 * Q4.3.3:: Why isn't this `movemail' program working?
252 * Q4.3.4:: Movemail is also distributed by Netscape? Can that cause problems?
253 * Q4.3.5:: Where do I find pstogif (required by tm)?
255 Sparcworks, EOS, and WorkShop:
256 * Q4.4.1:: What is SPARCworks, EOS, and WorkShop
257 * Q4.4.2:: How do I start the Sun Workshop support in XEmacs 21?
260 * Q4.5.1:: What is/was Energize?
263 * Q4.6.1:: What is Infodock?
265 Other Unbundled Packages:
266 * Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
267 * Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
268 * Q4.7.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
269 * Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
270 * Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
271 * Q4.7.6:: Is there a MatLab mode?
273 The Miscellaneous Stuff
275 * Q5.0.1:: How can I do source code highlighting using font-lock?
276 * Q5.0.2:: I do not like cc-mode. How do I use the old c-mode?
277 * Q5.0.3:: How do I get `More' Syntax Highlighting on by default?
278 * Q5.0.4:: How can I enable auto-indent?
279 * Q5.0.5:: How can I get XEmacs to come up in text/auto-fill mode by default?
280 * Q5.0.6:: How do I start up a second shell buffer?
281 * Q5.0.7:: Telnet from shell filters too much.
282 * Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
283 * Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
284 * Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
285 * Q5.0.11:: How do I turn on filladapt for all buffers?
286 * Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
287 * Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
288 * Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
289 * Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
290 * Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
291 * Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
292 * Q5.0.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
293 * Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
294 * Q5.0.20:: Is there a way to start a new XEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?
296 Emacs Lisp Programming Techniques:
297 * Q5.1.1:: The difference in key sequences between XEmacs and GNU Emacs?
298 * Q5.1.2:: Can I generate "fake" keyboard events?
299 * Q5.1.3:: Could you explain `read-kbd-macro' in more detail?
300 * Q5.1.4:: What is the performance hit of `let'?
301 * Q5.1.5:: What is the recommended use of `setq'?
302 * Q5.1.6:: What is the typical misuse of `setq' ?
303 * Q5.1.7:: I like the the `do' form of cl, does it slow things down?
304 * Q5.1.8:: I like recursion, does it slow things down?
305 * Q5.1.9:: How do I put a glyph as annotation in a buffer?
306 * Q5.1.10:: `map-extents' won't traverse all of my extents!
307 * Q5.1.11:: My elisp program is horribly slow. Is there an easy way to find out where it spends time?
310 * Q5.2.1:: How do I turn off the sound?
311 * Q5.2.2:: How do I get funky sounds instead of a boring beep?
312 * Q5.2.3:: What's NAS, how do I get it?
313 * Q5.2.4:: Sunsite sounds don't play.
316 * Q5.3.1:: How do you make XEmacs indent CL if-clauses correctly?
317 * Q5.3.2:: Fontifying hangs when editing a postscript file.
318 * Q5.3.3:: How can I print WYSIWYG a font-locked buffer?
319 * Q5.3.4:: Getting M-x lpr to work with postscript printer.
320 * Q5.3.5:: How do I specify the paths that XEmacs uses for finding files?
321 * Q5.3.6:: [This question intentionally left blank]
322 * Q5.3.7:: Can I have the end of the buffer delimited in some way?
323 * Q5.3.8:: How do I insert today's date into a buffer?
324 * Q5.3.9:: Are only certain syntactic character classes available for abbrevs?
325 * Q5.3.10:: How can I get those oh-so-neat X-Face lines?
326 * Q5.3.11:: How do I add new Info directories?
327 * Q5.3.12:: What do I need to change to make printing work?
332 * Q6.0.1:: What is the status of the XEmacs port to Windows?
333 * Q6.0.2:: What flavors of MS Windows are supported?
334 * Q6.0.3:: Are binary kits available?
335 * Q6.0.4:: Does XEmacs on MS Windows require an X server to run?
337 Building XEmacs on MS Windows:
338 * Q6.1.1:: I decided to run with X. Where do I get an X server?
339 * Q6.1.2:: What compiler do I need to compile XEmacs?
340 * Q6.1.3:: How do I compile for the native port?
341 * Q6.1.4:: How do I compile for the X port?
342 * Q6.1.5:: How do I compile for Cygnus' Cygwin?
343 * Q6.1.6:: What do I need for Cygwin?
345 Customization and User Interface:
346 * Q6.2.1:: How will the port cope with differences in the Windows user interface?
347 * Q6.2.2:: How do I change fonts in XEmacs on MS Windows?
348 * Q6.2.3:: Where do I put my `.emacs' file?
351 * Q6.3.1:: Will XEmacs rename all the win32-* symbols to w32-*?
352 * Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen?
353 * Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment?
356 * Q6.4.1:: XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW)
360 * Q7.0.1:: What is new in 20.2?
361 * Q7.0.2:: What is new in 20.3?
362 * Q7.0.3:: What is new in 20.4?
363 * Q7.0.4:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
366 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Introduction, Next: Installation, Prev: Top, Up: Top
368 1 Introduction, Policy, Credits
369 *******************************
371 Learning XEmacs is a lifelong activity. Even people who have used
372 Emacs for years keep discovering new features. Therefore this document
373 cannot be complete. Instead it is aimed at the person who is either
374 considering XEmacs for their own use, or has just obtained it and is
375 wondering what to do next. It is also useful as a reference to
378 The previous maintainer of the FAQ was Anthony Rossini
379 <rossini@biostat.washington.edu>, who started it, after getting tired
380 of hearing JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions.
381 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>, the
382 principal authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive
383 update reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back
384 over, but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors
385 to this FAQ are listed later in this document.
387 The previous version was converted to hypertext format, and edited by
388 Steven L. Baur <steve@xemacs.org>. It was converted back to texinfo by
389 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>. The FAQ was then maintained by
390 Andreas Kaempf <andreas@sccon.com>, who passed it on to ChristianNyb/o.
392 If you notice any errors or items which should be added or amended to
393 this FAQ please send email to Sandra Wambold <faq@xemacs.org>. Include
394 `XEmacs FAQ' on the Subject: line.
399 * Q1.0.1:: What is XEmacs?
400 * Q1.0.2:: What is the current version of XEmacs?
401 * Q1.0.3:: Where can I find it?
402 * Q1.0.4:: Why Another Version of Emacs?
403 * Q1.0.5:: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
404 * Q1.0.6:: Where can I get help?
405 * Q1.0.7:: Where is the mailing list archived?
406 * Q1.0.8:: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
407 * Q1.0.9:: What does XEmacs look like?
408 * Q1.0.10:: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
409 * Q1.0.11:: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
410 * Q1.0.12:: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
411 * Q1.0.13:: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
412 * Q1.0.14:: Where can I get a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
415 * Q1.1.1:: What is the FAQ editorial policy?
416 * Q1.1.2:: How do I become a Beta Tester?
417 * Q1.1.3:: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
420 * Q1.2.1:: Who wrote XEmacs?
421 * Q1.2.2:: Who contributed to this version of the FAQ?
422 * Q1.2.3:: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
424 Internationalization:
425 * Q1.3.1:: What is the status of XEmacs v20?
426 * Q1.3.2:: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
427 * Q1.3.3:: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
428 * Q1.3.4:: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
429 * Q1.3.5:: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
430 * Q1.3.6:: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20.0?
431 * Q1.3.7:: How about Cyrillic Modes?
434 * Q1.4.1:: What is a `.emacs' and is there a sample one?
435 * Q1.4.2:: Can I use the same `.emacs' with the other Emacs?
436 * Q1.4.3:: Any good XEmacs tutorials around?
437 * Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
438 * Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
439 * Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
442 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.1, Next: Q1.0.2, Prev: Introduction, Up: Introduction
447 Q1.0.1: What is XEmacs?
448 -----------------------
450 An alternative to GNU Emacs, originally based on an early alpha
451 version of FSF's version 19, and has diverged quite a bit since then.
452 XEmacs was known as Lucid Emacs through version 19.10. Almost all
453 features of GNU Emacs are supported in XEmacs. The maintainers of
454 XEmacs actively track changes to GNU Emacs while also working to add
458 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.2, Next: Q1.0.3, Prev: Q1.0.1, Up: Introduction
460 Q1.0.2: What is the current version of XEmacs?
461 ----------------------------------------------
463 XEmacs 21.1.8 is the current stable version of XEmacs.
465 XEmacs 20.4 is a minor upgrade from 20.3, containing many bugfixes.
466 It was released in February 1998.
468 XEmacs 19.16 was the last release of v19, released in November, 1997,
469 which was also the last version without international language support.
472 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.3, Next: Q1.0.4, Prev: Q1.0.2, Up: Introduction
474 Q1.0.3: Where can I find it?
475 ----------------------------
477 The canonical source and binaries can be found via anonymous FTP at:
479 `ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/'
482 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.4, Next: Q1.0.5, Prev: Q1.0.3, Up: Introduction
484 Q1.0.4: Why Another Version of Emacs?
485 -------------------------------------
487 For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and
488 XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the
489 NEWS file (http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html)
491 However, here is a list of some of the reasons why we think you might
496 * The XEmacs maintainers are generally more receptive to suggestions
497 than the GNU Emacs maintainers.
499 * Many more bundled packages than GNU Emacs
501 * Binaries are available for many common operating systems.
503 * Face support on TTY's.
505 * A built-in toolbar.
507 * Better Motif compliance.
509 * Some internationalization support (including full MULE support, if
512 * Variable-width fonts.
514 * Variable-height lines.
516 * Marginal annotations.
520 * XEmacs can be used as an Xt widget, and can be embedded within
523 * Horizontal and vertical scrollbars (using real toolkit scrollbars).
525 * Better APIs (and performance) for attaching fonts, colors, and
526 other properties to text.
528 * The ability to embed arbitrary graphics in a buffer.
530 * Completely compatible (at the C level) with the Xt-based toolkits.
532 * First production Web Browser supporting Style Sheets.
535 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.5, Next: Q1.0.6, Prev: Q1.0.4, Up: Introduction
537 Q1.0.5: Why Haven't XEmacs and GNU Emacs Merged?
538 ------------------------------------------------
540 There are currently irreconcilable differences in the views about
541 technical, programming, design and organizational matters between RMS
542 and the XEmacs development team which provide little hope for a merge to
543 take place in the short-term future.
545 If you have a comment to add regarding the merge, it is a good idea
546 to avoid posting to the newsgroups, because of the very heated
547 flamewars that often result. Mail your questions to
548 <xemacs-beta@xemacs.org> and <bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu>.
551 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.6, Next: Q1.0.7, Prev: Q1.0.5, Up: Introduction
553 Q1.0.6: Where can I get help?
554 -----------------------------
556 Probably the easiest way, if everything is installed, is to use
557 Info, by pressing `C-h i', or selecting `Manuals->Info' from the Help
558 Menu. `M-x apropos' can be used to look for particular commands.
560 For items not found in the manual, try reading this FAQ and reading
561 the Usenet group comp.emacs.xemacs.
563 If you choose to post to a newsgroup, *please use
564 comp.emacs.xemacs*. Please do not post XEmacs related questions to
567 If you cannot post or read Usenet news, there is a corresponding
568 mailing list which is available. It can be subscribed to by sending a
569 message to <xemacs-request@xemacs.org> with `subscribe' in the body of
570 the message. Send to the list at <xemacs@xemacs.org>. list. To
571 cancel a subscription, you *must* use the xemacs-request address. Send
572 a message with a subject of `unsubscribe' to be removed.
575 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.7, Next: Q1.0.8, Prev: Q1.0.6, Up: Introduction
577 Q1.0.7: Where is the mailing list archived?
578 -------------------------------------------
580 The archives can be found at `http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/Archive'
583 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.8, Next: Q1.0.9, Prev: Q1.0.7, Up: Introduction
585 Q1.0.8: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
586 ------------------------------------
588 The most common pronounciation is `Eks eemax'.
591 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.9, Next: Q1.0.10, Prev: Q1.0.8, Up: Introduction
593 Q1.0.9: What does XEmacs look like?
594 -----------------------------------
596 Screen snapshots are available in the WWW version of the FAQ.
597 `http://www.xemacs.org/faq/xemacs-faq.html'
600 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.10, Next: Q1.0.11, Prev: Q1.0.9, Up: Introduction
602 Q1.0.10: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
603 ------------------------------------------------------------
605 Yes, *Note MS Windows::.
608 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.11, Next: Q1.0.12, Prev: Q1.0.10, Up: Introduction
610 Q1.0.11: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
611 ----------------------------------------------------
613 Yes, there is a port of XEmacs 19.14, tested on MacOS 7.6.1 and MacOS
614 8.5.1 by Pitts Jarvis <pjarvis@ispchannel.com>. It's available at
615 `http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html'.
618 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.12, Next: Q1.0.13, Prev: Q1.0.11, Up: Introduction
620 Q1.0.12: Is there a port of XEmacs to NextStep?
621 -----------------------------------------------
623 Carl Edman, apparently no longer at <cedman@princeton.edu>, did the
624 port of GNU Emacs to NeXTstep and expressed interest in doing the
625 XEmacs port, but never went any farther.
628 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.13, Next: Q1.0.14, Prev: Q1.0.12, Up: Introduction
630 Q1.0.13: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
631 -------------------------------------------
633 No, but Alexander Nikolaev <avn_1251@mail.ru> is working on it.
636 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.0.14, Next: Q1.1.1, Prev: Q1.0.13, Up: Introduction
638 Q1.0.14: Where can I obtain a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
639 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
641 Pre-printed manuals are not available. If you are familiar with
642 TeX, you can generate your own manual from the XEmacs sources.
644 HTML and Postscript versions of XEmacs manuals may be available from
645 the XEmacs web site in the future.
648 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.1.1, Next: Q1.1.2, Prev: Q1.0.14, Up: Introduction
653 Q1.1.1: What is the FAQ editorial policy?
654 -----------------------------------------
656 The FAQ is actively maintained and modified regularly. All links
657 should be up to date. Unfortunately, some of the information is out of
658 date - a situation which the FAQ maintainer is working on. All
659 submissions are welcome, please e-mail submissions to XEmacs FAQ
660 maintainers <faq@xemacs.org>.
662 Please make sure that `XEmacs FAQ' appears on the Subject: line. If
663 you think you have a better way of answering a question, or think a
664 question should be included, we'd like to hear about it. Questions and
665 answers included into the FAQ will be edited for spelling and grammar,
666 and will be attributed. Answers appearing without attribution are
667 either from versions of the FAQ dated before May 1996, or are from one
668 of the four people listed at the top of this document. Answers quoted
669 from Usenet news articles will always be attributed, regardless of the
673 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.1.2, Next: Q1.1.3, Prev: Q1.1.1, Up: Introduction
675 Q1.1.2: How do I become a Beta Tester?
676 --------------------------------------
678 Send an email message to <xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org> with the
679 line `subscribe' in the body of the message.
681 Be prepared to get your hands dirty, as beta testers are expected to
682 identify problems as best they can.
685 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.1.3, Next: Q1.2.1, Prev: Q1.1.2, Up: Introduction
687 Q1.1.3: How do I contribute to XEmacs itself?
688 ---------------------------------------------
690 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> writes:
692 BTW if you have a wish list of things that you want added, you
693 have to speak up about it! More specifically, you can do the
694 following if you want a feature added (in increasing order of
697 * Make a posting about a feature you want added.
699 * Become a beta tester and make more postings about those same
702 * Convince us that you're going to use the features in some
705 * Come up with a clear and well-thought-out API concerning the
708 * Write the code to implement a feature and send us a patch.
710 (not that we're necessarily requiring you to write the code, but
711 we can always hope :)
714 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.2.1, Next: Q1.2.2, Prev: Q1.1.3, Up: Introduction
719 Q1.2.1: Who wrote XEmacs?
720 -------------------------
722 XEmacs is the result of the time and effort of many people. The
723 developers responsible for the 19.16/20.x releases are:
725 * Martin Buchholz <martin@xemacs.org>
727 * Steve Baur <steve@xemacs.org>
729 * Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
732 The developers responsible for the 19.14 release are:
734 * Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>
736 Chuck was Mr. XEmacs from 19.11 through 19.14, and is responsible
737 for XEmacs becoming a widely distributed program over the Internet.
739 * Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org>
742 * Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>
744 Jamie Zawinski was Mr. Lucid Emacs from 19.0 through 19.10, the
745 last release actually named Lucid Emacs. Richard Mlynarik was
746 crucial to most of those releases.
748 * Richard Mlynarik <mly@adoc.xerox.com>
750 Along with many other contributors, partially enumerated in the
751 `About XEmacs' option in the Help menu.
754 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.2.2, Next: Q1.2.3, Prev: Q1.2.1, Up: Introduction
756 Q1.2.2: Who contributed to this version of the FAQ?
757 ---------------------------------------------------
759 The following people contributed valuable suggestions to building
760 this version of the FAQ (listed in alphabetical order):
762 * SL Baur <steve@xemacs.org>
764 * Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
766 * Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@hut.fi>
770 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.2.3, Next: Q1.3.1, Prev: Q1.2.2, Up: Introduction
772 Q1.2.3: Who contributed to the FAQ in the past?
773 -----------------------------------------------
775 This is only a partial list, as many names were lost in a hard disk
778 * Curtis.N.Bingham <binge@aloft.att.com>
780 * Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@dormeur.inria.fr>
782 * Richard Caley <rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
784 * Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr>
786 * Mark Daku <daku@nortel.ca>
788 * William G. Dubuque <wgd@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
790 * Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu>
792 * Alain Fauconnet <af@biomath.jussieu.fr>
794 * Chris Flatters <cflatter@nrao.edu>
796 * Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@adra.com>
798 * Marty Hall <hall@aplcenmp.apl.jhu.edu>
800 * Darrell Kindred <dkindred@cmu.edu>
802 * David Moore <dmoore@ucsd.edu>
804 * Arup Mukherjee <arup+@cmu.edu>
806 * Juergen Nickelsen <nickel@prz.tu-berlin.de>
808 * Kevin R. Powell <powell@csl.ncsa.uiuc.edu>
810 * Justin Sheehy <dworkin@ccs.neu.edu>
812 * Stig <stig@hackvan.com>
814 * Aki Vehtari <Aki.Vehtari@hut.fi>
817 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.1, Next: Q1.3.2, Prev: Q1.2.3, Up: Introduction
819 1.3: Internationalization
820 =========================
822 Q1.3.1: What is the status of XEmacs v20?
823 -----------------------------------------
825 XEmacs v20 is the version of XEmacs that includes MULE
826 (Asian-language) support. XEmacs 20.0 was released in February 1997,
827 followed by XEmacs 20.2 in May, XEmacs 20.3 in November and XEmacs 20.4
828 in February 1998. When compiled without MULE support, 20.4 is
829 approximately as stable as 19.16, and probably faster (due to
830 additional optimization work.)
832 As of XEmacs 20.3, version 20 is _the_ supported version of XEmacs.
833 This means that 19.16 will optionally receive stability fixes (if any),
834 but that all the real development work will be done on the v20 tree.
836 The incompatible changes in XEmacs 20 include the additional
837 byte-codes, new primitive data types (`character', `char-table', and
838 `range-table'). This means that the character-integer equivalence
839 inherent to all the previous Emacs and XEmacs releases no longer
842 However, to avoid breaking old code, many functions that should
843 normally accept characters work with integers, and vice versa. For more
844 information, see the Lisp reference manual. Here is a relevant excerpt,
845 for your convenience.
847 In XEmacs version 19, and in all versions of FSF GNU Emacs, a
848 "character" in XEmacs Lisp is nothing more than an integer. This
849 is yet another holdover from XEmacs Lisp's derivation from
850 vintage-1980 Lisps; modern versions of Lisp consider this
851 equivalence a bad idea, and have separate character types. In
852 XEmacs version 20, the modern convention is followed, and
853 characters are their own primitive types. (This change was
854 necessary in order for MULE, i.e. Asian-language, support to be
855 correctly implemented.)
857 Even in XEmacs version 20, remnants of the equivalence between
858 characters and integers still exist; this is termed the "char-int
859 confoundance disease". In particular, many functions such as `eq',
860 `equal', and `memq' have equivalent functions (`old-eq',
861 `old-equal', `old-memq', etc.) that pretend like characters are
862 integers are the same. Byte code compiled under any version 19
863 Emacs will have all such functions mapped to their `old-'
864 equivalents when the byte code is read into XEmacs 20. This is to
865 preserve compatibility--Emacs 19 converts all constant characters
866 to the equivalent integer during byte-compilation, and thus there
867 is no other way to preserve byte-code compatibility even if the
868 code has specifically been written with the distinction between
869 characters and integers in mind.
871 Every character has an equivalent integer, called the "character
872 code". For example, the character `A' is represented as the
873 integer 65, following the standard ASCII representation of
874 characters. If XEmacs was not compiled with MULE support, the
875 range of this integer will always be 0 to 255--eight bits, or one
876 byte. (Integers outside this range are accepted but silently
877 truncated; however, you should most decidedly _not_ rely on this,
878 because it will not work under XEmacs with MULE support.) When
879 MULE support is present, the range of character codes is much
880 larger. (Currently, 19 bits are used.)
882 FSF GNU Emacs uses kludgy character codes above 255 to represent
883 keyboard input of ASCII characters in combination with certain
884 modifiers. XEmacs does not use this (a more general mechanism is
885 used that does not distinguish between ASCII keys and other keys),
886 so you will never find character codes above 255 in a non-MULE
889 Individual characters are not often used in programs. It is far
890 more common to work with _strings_, which are sequences composed of
894 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.2, Next: Q1.3.3, Prev: Q1.3.1, Up: Introduction
896 Q1.3.2: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
897 ---------------------------------------------------------------
899 MULE support is now available for UNIX versions of XEmacs.
901 If you would like to help, you may want to join the
902 <xemacs-mule@xemacs.org> mailing list. Especially needed are people
903 who speak/write languages other than English, who are willing to use
904 XEmacs/MULE regularly, and have some experience with Elisp.
909 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.3, Next: Q1.3.4, Prev: Q1.3.2, Up: Introduction
911 Q1.3.3: How do I type non-ASCII characters?
912 -------------------------------------------
914 See question 3.5.7 (*note Q3.5.7::) in part 3 of this FAQ.
917 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.4, Next: Q1.3.5, Prev: Q1.3.3, Up: Introduction
919 Q1.3.4: Can XEmacs messages come out in a different language?
920 -------------------------------------------------------------
922 The message-catalog support has mostly been written but doesn't
923 currently work. The first release of XEmacs 20 will _not_ support it.
924 However, menubar localization _does_ work, even in 19.14. To enable
925 it, add to your `Emacs' file entries like this:
927 Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
928 Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
929 Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
931 The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by
932 removing punctuation and capitalizing as above.
935 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.5, Next: Q1.3.6, Prev: Q1.3.4, Up: Introduction
937 Q1.3.5: Please explain the various input methods in MULE/XEmacs 20.0
938 --------------------------------------------------------------------
940 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp> writes:
942 Original Mule supports the following input methods: Wnn4, Wnn6,
943 Canna, SJ3 and XIM. Interfaces for Wnn and SJ3 uses the `egg' user
944 interface. Interface for Canna does not use `egg'. I don't know
945 about XIM. It is to support ATOK, of course, it may work for
948 Wnn supports Japanese, Chinese and Korean. It is made by OMRON and
949 Kyôto university. It is a powerful and complex system. Wnn4 is
950 free and Wnn6 is not free.
952 Canna supports only Japanese. It is made by NEC. It is a simple and
953 powerful system. Canna uses only grammar (Wnn uses grammar and
954 probability between words), so I think Wnn is cleverer than Canna,
955 however Canna users made a good grammar and dictionary. So for
956 standard modern Japanese, Canna seems cleverer than Wnn4. In
957 addition, the UNIX version of Canna is free (now there is a
958 Microsoft Windows version).
960 SJ3 supports only Japanese. It is made by Sony. XIM supports was
961 made to use ATOK (a major input method in personal computer
962 world). XIM is the standard for accessing input methods bundled
963 in Japanese versions of Solaris. (XEmacs 20 will support XIM
966 Egg consists of following parts:
968 1. Input character Translation System (ITS) layer. It
969 translates ASCII inputs to Kana/PinYin/Hangul characters.
971 2. Kana/PinYin/Hangul to Kanji transfer layer. It is interface
972 layer for network Kana-Kanji server (Wnn and Sj3).
974 These input methods are modal, namely there are mode, alphabet
975 mode and Kana-Kanji transfer mode. However there are mode-less
976 input methods for Egg and Canna. `Boiled-egg' is a mode-less
977 input method running on Egg. For Canna, `canna.el' has a tiny
978 boiled-egg like command, `(canna-boil)', and there are some
979 boiled-egg like utilities. In addition, it was planned to make an
980 abstraction for all transfer type input methods. However authors
981 of input methods are busy, so maybe this plan is stopped. Perhaps
982 after Mule merged GNU Emacs will be released, it will be continued.
985 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.6, Next: Q1.3.7, Prev: Q1.3.5, Up: Introduction
987 Q1.3.6: How do I portably code for MULE/XEmacs 20?
988 --------------------------------------------------
990 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp> writes:
992 MULE and XEmacs are quite different. So the application
993 implementor must write separate code for these mule variants.
995 MULE and the next version of Emacs are similar but the symbols are
996 very different--requiring separate code as well.
998 Namely we must support 3 kinds of mule variants and 4 or 5 or 6
999 kinds of emacs variants... (;_;) I'm shocked, so I wrote a wrapper
1000 package called `emu' to provide a common interface.
1002 I have the following suggestions about dealing with mule variants:
1004 * `(featurep 'mule)' `t' on all mule variants
1006 * `(boundp 'MULE)' is `t' on only MULE. Maybe the next version
1007 of Emacs will not have this symbol.
1009 * MULE has a variable `mule-version'. Perhaps the next version
1010 of Emacs will have this variable as well.
1012 Following is a sample to distinguish mule variants:
1014 (if (featurep 'mule)
1015 (cond ((boundp 'MULE)
1016 ;; for original Mule
1018 ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
1019 ;; for XEmacs with Mule
1022 ;; for next version of Emacs
1024 ;; for old emacs variants
1028 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.3.7, Next: Q1.4.1, Prev: Q1.3.6, Up: Introduction
1030 Q1.3.7: How about Cyrillic Modes?
1031 ---------------------------------
1033 Ilya Zakharevich <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu> writes:
1035 There is a cyrillic mode in the file `mysetup.zip' in
1036 `ftp://ftp.math.ohio-state.edu/pub/users/ilya/emacs/'. This is a
1037 modification to Valery Alexeev's <ava@math.jhu.ed> `russian.el'
1038 which can be obtained from
1040 `http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/?query=russian.el.Z'.
1042 Dima Barsky <d.barsky@ee.surrey.ac.uk> writes:
1044 There is another cyrillic mode for both GNU Emacs and XEmacs by
1045 Dmitrii (Mitya) Manin <manin@camelot.mssm.edu> at
1046 `http://kulichki-lat.rambler.ru/centrolit/manin/cyr.el'.
1048 Rebecca Ore <rebecca.ore@op.net> writes:
1050 The fullest resource I found on Russian language use (in and out of
1052 `http://sunsite.oit.unc.edu/sergei/Software/Software.html'
1055 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.1, Next: Q1.4.2, Prev: Q1.3.7, Up: Introduction
1057 1.4: Getting Started, Backing up & Recovery
1058 ===========================================
1060 Q1.4.1: What is a `.emacs' and is there a sample one?
1061 -----------------------------------------------------
1063 The `.emacs' file is used to customize XEmacs to your tastes. No
1064 two are alike, nor are they expected to be alike, but that's the point.
1065 The XEmacs distribution contains an excellent starter example in the etc
1066 directory called `sample.emacs'. Copy this file from there to your
1067 home directory and rename it `.emacs'. Then edit it to suit.
1069 Starting with 19.14, you may bring the `sample.emacs' into an XEmacs
1070 buffer by selecting `Help->Sample .emacs' from the menubar. To
1071 determine the location of the `etc' directory type the command `C-h v
1072 data-directory <RET>'.
1075 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.2, Next: Q1.4.3, Prev: Q1.4.1, Up: Introduction
1077 Q1.4.2: Can I use the same `.emacs' with the other Emacs?
1078 ---------------------------------------------------------
1080 Yes. The sample `.emacs' included in the XEmacs distribution will
1081 show you how to handle different versions and flavors of Emacs.
1084 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.3, Next: Q1.4.4, Prev: Q1.4.2, Up: Introduction
1086 Q1.4.3: Any good tutorials around?
1087 ----------------------------------
1089 There's the XEmacs tutorial available from the Help Menu under
1090 `Basics->Tutorials', or by typing `C-h t'. To check whether it's
1091 available in a non-english language, type `C-u C-h t TAB', type the
1092 first letters of your preferred language, then type <RET>.
1095 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.4, Next: Q1.4.5, Prev: Q1.4.3, Up: Introduction
1097 Q1.4.4: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
1098 --------------------------------------------------------------
1100 The following function does a little bit of everything useful. It
1101 does something with the prefix argument, it examines the text around the
1102 cursor, and it's interactive so it may be bound to a key. It inserts
1103 copies of the current word the cursor is sitting on at the cursor. If
1104 you give it a prefix argument: `C-u 3 M-x double-word' then it will
1107 (defun double-word (count)
1108 "Insert a copy of the current word underneath the cursor"
1110 (let (here there string)
1115 (setq there (point))
1116 (setq string (buffer-substring here there)))
1121 The best way to see what is going on here is to let XEmacs tell you.
1122 Put the code into an XEmacs buffer, and do a `C-h f' with the cursor
1123 sitting just to the right of the function you want explained. Eg. move
1124 the cursor to the SPACE between `interactive' and `"*p"' and hit `C-h
1125 f' to see what the function `interactive' does. Doing this will tell
1126 you that the `*' requires a writable buffer, and `p' converts the
1127 prefix argument to a number, and `interactive' allows you to execute
1128 the command with `M-x'.
1131 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.5, Next: Q1.4.6, Prev: Q1.4.4, Up: Introduction
1133 Q1.4.5: And how do I bind it to a key?
1134 --------------------------------------
1136 To bind to a key do:
1138 (global-set-key "\C-cd" 'double-word)
1140 Or interactively, `M-x global-set-key' and follow the prompts.
1143 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q1.4.6, Prev: Q1.4.5, Up: Introduction
1145 Q1.4.6: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
1146 -------------------------------------------------------------
1148 Quoting from the Lisp Reference (a.k.a "Lispref") Manual:
1150 "Macros" enable you to define new control constructs and other
1151 language features. A macro is defined much like a function, but instead
1152 of telling how to compute a value, it tells how to compute another Lisp
1153 expression which will in turn compute the value. We call this
1154 expression the "expansion" of the macro.
1156 Macros can do this because they operate on the unevaluated
1157 expressions for the arguments, not on the argument values as functions
1158 do. They can therefore construct an expansion containing these
1159 argument expressions or parts of them.
1161 Do not confuse the two terms with "keyboard macros", which are
1162 another matter, entirely. A keyboard macro is a key bound to several
1163 other keys. Refer to manual for details.
1166 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Installation, Next: Customization, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
1168 2 Installation and Trouble Shooting
1169 ***********************************
1171 This is part 2 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
1172 section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting.
1177 * Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
1178 * Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
1179 * Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
1180 * Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
1181 * Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
1182 * Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
1183 * Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
1184 * Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
1185 * Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
1186 * Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
1187 * Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
1188 * Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
1191 * Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
1192 * Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
1193 * Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
1194 * Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
1195 * Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
1196 * Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
1197 * Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
1198 * Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
1199 * Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
1200 * Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
1201 * Q2.1.11:: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
1202 * Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
1203 * Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and `create_process' failure
1204 * Q2.1.14:: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
1205 * Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
1206 * Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
1207 * Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.
1208 * Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
1209 * Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
1210 * Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
1211 * Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
1212 * Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
1213 * Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
1214 * Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
1217 File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Q2.0.1, Next: Q2.0.2, Prev: Installation, Up: Installation
1222 Q2.0.1: Running XEmacs without installing
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1225 The `INSTALL' file says that up to 108 MB of space is needed
1226 temporarily during installation! How can I just try it out?
1228 XEmacs will run in place without requiring installation and copying
1229 of the Lisp directories, and without having to specify a special
1230 build-time flag. It's the copying of the Lisp directories that
1231 requires so much space. XEmacs is largely written in Lisp.
1233 A good method is to make a shell alias for xemacs:
1235 alias xemacs=/i/xemacs-20.2/src/xemacs
1237 (You will obviously use whatever directory you downloaded the source
1238 tree to instead of `/i/xemacs-20.2').
1240 This will let you run XEmacs without massive copying.
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