INFO-DIR-SECTION XEmacs Editor
START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
-* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
+* FAQ: (xemacs-faq). XEmacs FAQ.
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* Customization:: Customization and Options.
* Subsystems:: Major Subsystems.
* Miscellaneous:: The Miscellaneous Stuff.
+* MS Windows:: XEmacs on Microsoft Windows.
* Current Events:: What the Future Holds.
* Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
* Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
* Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-* Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
Installation and Trouble Shooting
* Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
* Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
* Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
-* Q2.0.13:: Can't link XEmacs on Solaris with Gcc.
-* Q2.0.14:: Make on HP/UX 9 fails after linking temacs
Trouble Shooting:
* Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
* Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
* Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
* Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.
-* Q2.1.18:: 19.14 hangs on HP/UX 10.10.
+* Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
* Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
-* Q2.1.21:: Every so often the XEmacs frame freezes.
+* Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
* Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
+* Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
Customization and Options
X Window System & Resources:
* Q3.1.1:: Where is a list of X resources?
* Q3.1.2:: How can I detect a color display?
-* Q3.1.3:: `(set-screen-width)' worked in 19.6, but not in 19.13?
-* Q3.1.4:: Specifying `Emacs*EmacsScreen.geometry' in `.emacs' does not work in 19.15?
+* Q3.1.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q3.1.4:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q3.1.5:: How can I get the icon to just say `XEmacs'?
* Q3.1.6:: How can I have the window title area display the full path?
* Q3.1.7:: `xemacs -name junk' doesn't work?
Other Unbundled Packages:
* Q4.7.1:: What is AUC TeX? Where do you get it?
* Q4.7.2:: Are there any Emacs Lisp Spreadsheets?
-* Q4.7.3:: Byte compiling AUC TeX on XEmacs 19.14
+* Q4.7.3:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q4.7.4:: Problems installing AUC TeX
* Q4.7.5:: Is there a reason for an Emacs package not to be included in XEmacs?
* Q4.7.6:: Is there a MatLab mode?
* Q5.0.8:: Why does edt emulation not work?
* Q5.0.9:: How can I emulate VI and use it as my default mode?
* Q5.0.10:: [This question intentionally left blank]
-* Q5.0.11:: Filladapt doesn't work in 19.15?
+* Q5.0.11:: How do I turn on filladapt for all buffers?
* Q5.0.12:: How do I disable gnuserv from opening a new frame?
* Q5.0.13:: How do I start gnuserv so that each subsequent XEmacs is a client?
* Q5.0.14:: Strange things are happening in Shell Mode.
* Q5.0.15:: Where do I get the latest CC Mode?
* Q5.0.16:: I find auto-show-mode disconcerting. How do I turn it off?
* Q5.0.17:: How can I get two instances of info?
-* Q5.0.18:: I upgraded to XEmacs 19.14 and gnuserv stopped working
+* Q5.0.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
* Q5.0.19:: Is there something better than LaTeX mode?
* Q5.0.20:: Is there a way to start a new XEmacs if there's no gnuserv running, and otherwise use gnuclient?
* Q5.3.11:: How do I add new Info directories?
* Q5.3.12:: What do I need to change to make printing work?
-What the Future Holds
+XEmacs on MS Windows
-* Q6.0.1:: What is new in 20.2?
-* Q6.0.2:: What is new in 20.3?
-* Q6.0.3:: What is new in 20.4?
-* Q6.0.4:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
+General Info:
+* Q6.0.1:: What is the status of the XEmacs port to Windows?
+* Q6.0.2:: What flavors of MS Windows are supported?
+* Q6.0.3:: Are binary kits available?
+* Q6.0.4:: Does XEmacs on MS Windows require an X server to run?
+
+Building XEmacs on MS Windows:
+* Q6.1.1:: I decided to run with X. Where do I get an X server?
+* Q6.1.2:: What compiler do I need to compile XEmacs?
+* Q6.1.3:: How do I compile for the native port?
+* Q6.1.4:: How do I compile for the X port?
+* Q6.1.5:: How do I compile for Cygnus' Cygwin?
+* Q6.1.6:: What do I need for Cygwin?
+
+Customization and User Interface:
+* Q6.2.1:: How will the port cope with differences in the Windows user interface?
+* Q6.2.2:: How do I change fonts in XEmacs on MS Windows?
+* Q6.2.3:: Where do I put my `.emacs' file?
+
+Miscellaneous:
+* Q6.3.1:: Will XEmacs rename all the win32-* symbols to w32-*?
+* Q6.3.2:: What are the differences between the various MS Windows emacsen?
+* Q6.3.3:: What is the porting team doing at the moment?
+
+Troubleshooting:
+* Q6.4.1:: XEmacs won't start on Windows. (NEW)
+
+Current Events:
+
+* Q7.0.1:: What is new in 20.2?
+* Q7.0.2:: What is new in 20.3?
+* Q7.0.3:: What is new in 20.4?
+* Q7.0.4:: Procedural changes in XEmacs development.
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available resources.
The previous maintainer of the FAQ was Anthony Rossini
-<rossini@stat.sc.edu>, who started it, after getting tired of hearing
-JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions. Ben Wing
-<ben@xemacs.org> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>, the principal
-authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive update
-reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back over,
-but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors to
-this FAQ are listed later in this document.
+<rossini@biostat.washington.edu>, who started it, after getting tired
+of hearing JWZ complain about repeatedly having to answer questions.
+Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> and Chuck Thompson <cthomp@xemacs.org>, the
+principal authors of XEmacs, then took over and Ben did a massive
+update reorganizing the whole thing. At which point Anthony took back
+over, but then had to give it up again. Some of the other contributors
+to this FAQ are listed later in this document.
The previous version was converted to hypertext format, and edited by
Steven L. Baur <steve@xemacs.org>. It was converted back to texinfo by
-Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>.
-
- The FAQ was then maintained by Andreas Kaempf <andreas@sccon.com>,
-who passed it on to Christian Nyb/o <faq@xemacs.org>, the current FAQ
-maintainer.
+Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>. The FAQ was then maintained by
+Andreas Kaempf <andreas@sccon.com>, who passed it on to ChristianNyb/o.
If you notice any errors or items which should be added or amended to
-this FAQ please send email to Christian Nyb/o <faq@xemacs.org>. Include
+this FAQ please send email to Sandra Wambold <faq@xemacs.org>. Include
`XEmacs FAQ' on the Subject: line.
* Menu:
* Q1.4.4:: May I see an example of a useful XEmacs Lisp function?
* Q1.4.5:: And how do I bind it to a key?
* Q1.4.6:: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-* Q1.4.7:: Why options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
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Q1.0.2: What is the current version of XEmacs?
----------------------------------------------
+ XEmacs 21.1.8 is the current stable version of XEmacs.
+
XEmacs 20.4 is a minor upgrade from 20.3, containing many bugfixes.
It was released in February 1998.
Q1.0.3: Where can I find it?
----------------------------
- The canonical source and binaries is found via anonymous FTP at:
+ The canonical source and binaries can be found via anonymous FTP at:
`ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/'
For a detailed description of the differences between GNU Emacs and
XEmacs and a detailed history of XEmacs, check out the
- NEWS file (http://www.xemacs.org/NEWS.html)
+ NEWS file (http://www.xemacs.org/About/XEmacsVsGNUemacs.html)
However, here is a list of some of the reasons why we think you might
consider using it:
-----------------------------
Probably the easiest way, if everything is installed, is to use
-info, by pressing `C-h i', or selecting `Manuals->Info' from the Help
-Menu.
-
- Also, `M-x apropos' will look for commands for you.
+Info, by pressing `C-h i', or selecting `Manuals->Info' from the Help
+Menu. `M-x apropos' can be used to look for particular commands.
- Try reading this FAQ, examining the regular GNU Emacs FAQ (which can
-be found with the Emacs 19 distribution) as well as at
-`http://www.eecs.nwu.edu/emacs/faq/' and reading the Usenet group
-comp.emacs.xemacs.
+ For items not found in the manual, try reading this FAQ and reading
+the Usenet group comp.emacs.xemacs.
- If that does not help, try posting your question to
-comp.emacs.xemacs. Please *do not* post XEmacs related questions to
+ If you choose to post to a newsgroup, *please use
+comp.emacs.xemacs*. Please do not post XEmacs related questions to
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 with a subject of `subscribe' to <xemacs-request@xemacs.org>
-for subscription information and <xemacs@xemacs.org> to send messages
-to the list.
-
- To cancel a subscription, you *must* use the xemacs-request address.
-Send a message with a subject of `unsubscribe' to be removed.
+message to <xemacs-request@xemacs.org> with `subscribe' in the body of
+the message. Send to the list at <xemacs@xemacs.org>. list. To
+cancel a subscription, you *must* use the xemacs-request address. Send
+a message with a subject of `unsubscribe' to be removed.
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Q1.0.7: Where is the mailing list archived?
-------------------------------------------
- The mailing list was archived in the directory
- `ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/mlists/'.
-
- However, this archive is out of date. The current mailing list
-server supports an `archive' feature, which may be utilized.
+ The archives can be found at `http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/Archive'
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Q1.0.8: How do you pronounce XEmacs?
------------------------------------
- I pronounce it `Eks eemax'.
+ The most common pronounciation is `Eks eemax'.
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Q1.0.10: Is there a port of XEmacs to Microsoft ('95 or NT)?
------------------------------------------------------------
- Thanks to efforts of many people, coordinated by David Hobley
-<davidh@wr.com.au> and Marc Paquette <marcpa@cam.org>, beta versions of
-XEmacs now run on 32-bit Windows platforms (NT and 95). The current
-betas require having an X server to run XEmacs; however, a native NT/95
-port is in alpha, thanks to Jonathan Harris <jhar@tardis.ed.ac.uk>.
-
- Although some features are still unimplemented, XEmacs 21.0 will
-support MS-Windows.
-
- The NT development is now coordinated by a mailing list at
-<xemacs-nt@xemacs.org>.
-
- If you are willing to contribute or want to follow the progress,
-mail to <xemacs-nt-request@xemacs.org> to subscribe.
-
- Furthermore, Altrasoft is seeking corporate and government sponsors
-to help fund a fully native port of XEmacs to Windows 95 and NT using
-full-time, senior-level staff working under a professionally managed
-project structure. See the Altrasoft web site
-(http://www.altrasoft.com/) for more details or contact Altrasoft
-directly at 1-888-ALTSOFT.
-
- The closest existing port is "Win-Emacs", which is based on Lucid
-Emacs 19.6. Available from `http://www.pearlsoft.com/'.
-
- There's a port of GNU Emacs (not XEmacs) at
- `http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html'.
+ Yes, *Note MS Windows::.
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Q1.0.11: Is there a port of XEmacs to the Macintosh?
----------------------------------------------------
- There has been a port to the MachTen environment of XEmacs 19.13,
-but no patches have been submitted to the maintainers to get this in the
-mainstream distribution.
-
- For the MacOS, there is a port of Emacs 18.59
-(ftp://ftp.cs.cornell.edu/pub/parmet/).
+ Yes, there is a port of XEmacs 19.14, tested on MacOS 7.6.1 and MacOS
+8.5.1 by Pitts Jarvis <pjarvis@ispchannel.com>. It's available at
+`http://my.ispchannel.com/~pjarvis/xemacs.html'.
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Q1.0.13: Is there a port of XEmacs to OS/2?
-------------------------------------------
- No, and there is no news of anyone working on it.
+ No, but Alexander Nikolaev <avn_1251@mail.ru> is working on it.
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Q1.0.14: Where can I obtain a printed copy of the XEmacs users manual?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
- Altrasoft Associates, a firm specializing in Emacs-related support
-and development, will be maintaining the XEmacs user manual. The firm
-plans to begin publishing printed copies of the manual soon.
+ Pre-printed manuals are not available. If you are familiar with
+TeX, you can generate your own manual from the XEmacs sources.
- Web: `http://www.xemacs.com'
- E-mail: <info@xemacs.com>
- Tel: +1 408 243 3300
+ HTML and Postscript versions of XEmacs manuals may be available from
+the XEmacs web site in the future.
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-----------------------------------------
The FAQ is actively maintained and modified regularly. All links
-should be up to date.
-
- Changes are displayed on a monthly basis. "Months", for this
-purpose are defined as the 5th of the month through the 5th of the
-month. Preexisting questions that have been changed are marked as such.
-Brand new questions are tagged.
-
- All submissions are welcome. E-mail submissions to Christian Nyb/o
-<faq@xemacs.org>.
+should be up to date. Unfortunately, some of the information is out of
+date - a situation which the FAQ maintainer is working on. All
+submissions are welcome, please e-mail submissions to XEmacs FAQ
+maintainers <faq@xemacs.org>.
Please make sure that `XEmacs FAQ' appears on the Subject: line. If
you think you have a better way of answering a question, or think a
-question should be included, I'd like to hear about it. Questions and
+question should be included, we'd like to hear about it. Questions and
answers included into the FAQ will be edited for spelling and grammar,
and will be attributed. Answers appearing without attribution are
either from versions of the FAQ dated before May 1996, or are from one
Q1.1.2: How do I become a Beta Tester?
--------------------------------------
- Send an email message to <xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org> with a
-subject line of `subscribe'.
+ Send an email message to <xemacs-beta-request@xemacs.org> with the
+line `subscribe' in the body of the message.
Be prepared to get your hands dirty, as beta testers are expected to
identify problems as best they can.
* Curtis.N.Bingham <binge@aloft.att.com>
+ * Georges Brun-Cottan <bruncott@dormeur.inria.fr>
+
* Richard Caley <rjc@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
* Richard Cognot <cognot@ensg.u-nancy.fr>
+ * Mark Daku <daku@nortel.ca>
+
* William G. Dubuque <wgd@martigny.ai.mit.edu>
* Eric Eide <eeide@cs.utah.edu>
+ * Alain Fauconnet <af@biomath.jussieu.fr>
+
* Chris Flatters <cflatter@nrao.edu>
* Evelyn Ginsparg <ginsparg@adra.com>
integers are the same. Byte code compiled under any version 19
Emacs will have all such functions mapped to their `old-'
equivalents when the byte code is read into XEmacs 20. This is to
- preserve compatibility - Emacs 19 converts all constant characters
+ preserve compatibility--Emacs 19 converts all constant characters
to the equivalent integer during byte-compilation, and thus there
is no other way to preserve byte-code compatibility even if the
code has specifically been written with the distinction between
code". For example, the character `A' is represented as the
integer 65, following the standard ASCII representation of
characters. If XEmacs was not compiled with MULE support, the
- range of this integer will always be 0 to 255 - eight bits, or one
+ range of this integer will always be 0 to 255--eight bits, or one
byte. (Integers outside this range are accepted but silently
truncated; however, you should most decidedly _not_ rely on this,
because it will not work under XEmacs with MULE support.) When
Q1.3.2: What is the status of Asian-language support, aka MULE?
---------------------------------------------------------------
- The MULE support works OK but still needs a fair amount of work
-before it's really solid. We could definitely use some help here, esp.
-people who speak Japanese and will use XEmacs/MULE to work with
-Japanese and have some experience with E-Lisp.
+ MULE support is now available for UNIX versions of XEmacs.
- As the fundings on Mule have stopped, the Mule part of XEmacs is
-currently looking for a full-time maintainer. If you can provide help
-here, or are willing to fund the work, please mail to
-<xemacs-beta@xemacs.org>.
+ If you would like to help, you may want to join the
+<xemacs-mule@xemacs.org> mailing list. Especially needed are people
+who speak/write languages other than English, who are willing to use
+XEmacs/MULE regularly, and have some experience with Elisp.
*Note Q1.1.2::.
However, menubar localization _does_ work, even in 19.14. To enable
it, add to your `Emacs' file entries like this:
- Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
- Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
- Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
+ Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster oeffnen
The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by
removing punctuation and capitalizing as above.
(cond ((boundp 'MULE)
;; for original Mule
)
- ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
- ;; for XEmacs with Mule
- )
- (t
- ;; for next version of Emacs
- ))
+ ((string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
+ ;; for XEmacs with Mule
+ )
+ (t
+ ;; for next version of Emacs
+ ))
;; for old emacs variants
)
available in a non-english language, type `C-u C-h t TAB', type the
first letters of your preferred language, then type <RET>.
- There's an Emacs Lisp tutorial at
-
- `ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/emacs-lisp-intro-1.04.tar.gz'.
-
- Erik Sundermann <erik@petaxp.rug.ac.be> has made a tutorial web page
-at `http://petaxp.rug.ac.be/~erik/xemacs/'.
-
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Or interactively, `M-x global-set-key' and follow the prompts.
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Q1.4.6: What's the difference between a macro and a function?
-------------------------------------------------------------
other keys. Refer to manual for details.
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-
-Q1.4.7: How come options saved with 19.13 don't work with 19.14 or later?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- There's a problem with options of the form:
-
- (add-spec-list-to-specifier (face-property 'searchm-field 'font)
- '((global (nil))))
-
- saved by a 19.13 XEmacs that causes a 19.14 XEmacs grief. You must
-delete these options. XEmacs 19.14 and later no longer write the
-options directly to `.emacs' which should allow us to deal with version
-incompatibilities better in the future.
-
- Options saved under XEmacs 19.13 are protected by code that
-specifically requires a version 19 XEmacs. This won't be a problem
-unless you're using XEmacs v20. You should consider changing the code
-to read:
-
- (cond
- ((and (string-match "XEmacs" emacs-version)
- (boundp 'emacs-major-version)
- (or (and (= emacs-major-version 19)
- (>= emacs-minor-version 12))
- (>= emacs-major-version 20)))
- ...
- ))
+File: xemacs-faq.info, Node: Installation, Next: Customization, Prev: Introduction, Up: Top
+
+2 Installation and Trouble Shooting
+***********************************
+
+ This is part 2 of the XEmacs Frequently Asked Questions list. This
+section is devoted to Installation, Maintenance and Trouble Shooting.
+
+* Menu:
+
+Installation:
+* Q2.0.1:: Running XEmacs without installing.
+* Q2.0.2:: XEmacs is too big.
+* Q2.0.3:: Compiling XEmacs with Netaudio.
+* Q2.0.4:: Problems with Linux and ncurses.
+* Q2.0.5:: Do I need X11 to run XEmacs?
+* Q2.0.6:: I'm having strange crashes. What do I do?
+* Q2.0.7:: Libraries in non-standard locations.
+* Q2.0.8:: can't resolve symbol _h_errno
+* Q2.0.9:: Where do I find external libraries?
+* Q2.0.10:: After I run configure I find a coredump, is something wrong?
+* Q2.0.11:: XEmacs can't resolve host names.
+* Q2.0.12:: Why can't I strip XEmacs?
+
+Trouble Shooting:
+* Q2.1.1:: XEmacs just crashed on me!
+* Q2.1.2:: Cryptic Minibuffer messages.
+* Q2.1.3:: Translation Table Syntax messages at Startup.
+* Q2.1.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts?
+* Q2.1.5:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal.
+* Q2.1.6:: XEmacs just locked up my Linux X server.
+* Q2.1.7:: HP Alt key as Meta.
+* Q2.1.8:: got (wrong-type-argument color-instance-p nil)!
+* Q2.1.9:: XEmacs causes my OpenWindows 3.0 server to crash.
+* Q2.1.10:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers.
+* Q2.1.11:: Can't instantiate image error... in toolbar
+* Q2.1.12:: Regular Expression Problems on DEC OSF1.
+* Q2.1.13:: HP/UX 10.10 and `create_process' failure
+* Q2.1.14:: C-g doesn't work for me. Is it broken?
+* Q2.1.15:: How to debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger.
+* Q2.1.16:: XEmacs crashes in `strcat' on HP/UX 10.
+* Q2.1.17:: `Marker does not point anywhere'.
+* Q2.1.18:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q2.1.19:: XEmacs does not follow the local timezone.
+* Q2.1.20:: `Symbol's function definition is void: hkey-help-show.'
+* Q2.1.21:: [This question intentionally left blank]
+* Q2.1.22:: XEmacs seems to take a really long time to do some things.
+* Q2.1.23:: Movemail on Linux does not work for XEmacs 19.15 and later.
+* Q2.1.24:: XEmacs won't start without network. (NEW)
+
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+
+2.0: Installation
+=================
+
+Q2.0.1: Running XEmacs without installing
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ The `INSTALL' file says that up to 108 MB of space is needed
+temporarily during installation! How can I just try it out?
+
+ XEmacs will run in place without requiring installation and copying
+of the Lisp directories, and without having to specify a special
+build-time flag. It's the copying of the Lisp directories that
+requires so much space. XEmacs is largely written in Lisp.
+
+ A good method is to make a shell alias for xemacs:
+
+ alias xemacs=/i/xemacs-20.2/src/xemacs
+
+ (You will obviously use whatever directory you downloaded the source
+tree to instead of `/i/xemacs-20.2').
+
+ This will let you run XEmacs without massive copying.
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