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Updated or New Packages: ======================= ediff-1.44-pkg.tar.gz edit-utils-1.95-pkg.tar.gz igrep-1.10-pkg.tar.gz latin-unity-1.07-pkg.tar.gz *** Mule *** locale-1.20-pkg.tar.gz *** Mule *** mail-lib-1.54-pkg.tar.gz pgg-1.01-pkg.tar.gz sml-mode-0.05-pkg.tar.gz text-modes-1.55-pkg.tar.gz xemacs-base-1.71-pkg.tar.gz Notes ----- latin-unity has had a major upgrade too much to list here, see below Detailed Changes: ================ ediff-1.44-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.44 released. 2002-10-27 Michael Kifer <kifer(a)cs.stonybrook.edu&gt; * ediff-wind.el (ediff-control-frame-parameters): added scrollbar-height. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. 2002-10-14 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (MANUAL): Removed (unused). edit-utils-1.95-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- 2002-11-01 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.95 released. 2002-10-28 Vladimir Alexiev <vladimir(a)worklogic.com&gt; * after-save-commands.el (After-save--set-help-flyover): Allow the predicate to be a lisp form instead of a regexp string. (After-save--entry-lookup): ditto. (After-save--after-save-hook): Allow the command to be a lisp form instead of a shell command. Process environment only if it's a shell command. (After-save-alist): Fix the defcustom to allow choices for predicate and command. Document the variable better and give examples of elisp predicate and command. (my-after-save-action): (after "ends here") Some commented-out code, has nicer output capabilities but is not merged yet. 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.94 released. 2002-10-20 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * func-menu.el: Update my mail address. 2002-10-15 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * saveplace.el: Sync.el with Emacs 21.2. 2001-10-22 Gerd Moellmann <gerd(a)gnu.org&gt; * saveplace.el (save-place): Require `saveplace'. 2001-07-15 Pavel Janík <Pavel(a)Janik.cz&gt; * saveplace.el: Some fixes to follow coding conventions in files maintained by FSF. 2001-06-28 Karl Fogel <kfogel(a)red-bean.com&gt; * saveplace.el: Update maintainer email address. 2001-04-19 Karl Fogel <kfogel(a)collab.net&gt; * saveplace.el (save-place-alist-to-file): Removed no-effect code that inserted file content only to delete it immediately. Probably a cut-and-paste bug. Thanks to Juanma Barranquero <lektu(a)terra.es&gt; for the patch. 1997-09-24 Francis Litterio <franl(a)world.std.com&gt; * saveplace.el (save-place-to-alist): Optimize out the degenerate case when point is 1. 1997-09-19 Richard Stallman <rms(a)psilocin.gnu.ai.mit.edu&gt; * saveplace.el (save-place-version-control): Make nil the default. 1997-01-28 Richard Stallman <rms(a)psilocin.gnu.ai.mit.edu&gt; * saveplace.el (load-save-place-alist-from-file): Delete spurious t's. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. igrep-1.10-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.10 released. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. 2002-10-14 Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta(a)xemacs.org&gt; * igrep.el (igrep-read-expression): Fix arg count to read-from-minibuffer on XEmacs < 21.4. Convert various comments to doc strings. latin-unity-1.07-pkg.tar.gz *** Mule *** --------------------------- 2002-11-01 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.07 released. 2002-10-31 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (latin-unity-tables.el): Use BOOT_XEMACS. Improve warning. (REQUIRES): Conditionally depend on existence of ../mule-ucs. * latin-unity-utils.el: Fix typos in charset names. Delete comment documenting old way to do tables. (latin-unity-dump-tables): Don't prompt for confirmation when overwriting latin-unity-tables.el. Check for latin-unity-tables.el when Unicode support is not available. 2002-10-30 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity-utils.el: Add progress messages for hardcoded charsets. * Makefile: Implement latin-unity-tables as generated. (REQUIRES): Add dired. (check): Exhort testers to run tests by hand. (AUTHOR_VERSION): Set to $(VERSION), this is the headwaters. 2002-10-30 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * ChangeLog: Fix my bogus email. * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-maybe-remap): Eliminate redundant call to find-coding-system in latin-unity-base-name. Canonicalize CODESYS to base-name on entry. 2002-10-29 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity.texi: Fix style (usage of ＠samp). (Usage): Update recommended usage of variables. (Frequently Asked Questions): Two new FAQs. Thanks, Didier! 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile: (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.06 released. 2002-10-28 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity.texi (Theory of Operation): Fix bad Previous link. 2002-10-25 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * (latin-unity-tables.el): Regenerate with Latin-7,8,10. 2002-10-24 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity-utils.el (latin-unity-dump-tables): Put creation date information in a couple of useful places. * latin-unity-latin8.el: * latin-unity-latin10.el: New language environments. * latin-unity-vars.el: Add requires for Latin-8 and Latin-10. * latin-unity-utils.el (Table of Character Set Support): Fix typo. Depend on latin-unity-vars.el to require the charset definitions. * latin-unity.texi (Frequently Asked Questions): New node. Thanks, Didier! (Theory of Operation): Minor corrections. (What latin-unity Cannot Do for You): Minor corrections. (Interfaces): Document Latin 7, 8, and 10. (Charsets and Coding Systems): Document Latin 7, 8, and 10 support, Unicode support in 21.5, and importance of escape-quoted. 2002-10-22 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * BLURB: Update for Latin-7 support. * README: Update for Latin-7 support and test suite. * Makefile: Add latin-unity-latin-7.el, latin-latin7-input.el, and latin-unity-tests.el. Disable check target, currently being revised to work with latin-unity-tests.el. Reorganize sanity-check (and a couple other functions): * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-base-name): New function. (latin-unity-maybe-set-coding-system): (latin-unity-sanity-check): (latin-unity-maybe-remap): (latin-unity-hack-coding-cookie): Use it. (latin-unity-coding-system-latin-charset): New function. (latin-unity-maybe-remap): (latin-unity-sanity-check): Use it. (latin-unity-massage-name): New function. (latin-unity-buffer-charsets-string): New function. (latin-unity-sanity-check): Use them. (latin-unity-sanity-check): (latin-unity-recommend-representation): Remove now unused bindings of 'preferred and 'buffer-default. 2002-10-20 Stephen Turnbull <steve＠tleepslib1> * latin-unity.el: Mark potential improvements in various places. (latin-unity-preferred-coding-system-list): Correct docstring. (latin-unity-hack-coding-cookie): Fix symbol/name confusion. (latin-unity-test): Deleted, tests move to latin-unity-test.el. (latin-unity-list-coding-systems): Fix typo in comment. * latin-unity-tests.el: New file, use with test-harness.el. 2002-08-31 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity-latin7.el: * latin-latin7-input.el: New files for Latin 7 support. * Makefile (ELCS): Add latin-7 .elc files. * latin-unity-vars.el: * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-charset-alias-alist): Add latin-7. * BLURB: * README: * latin-unity.texi: Describe Latin 7 support. * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-hack-cookies-prop-line): Don't do anything, not even warn about format, if a correctly formatted coding cookie isn't found. 2002-06-30 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-recode-region): (latin-unity-recode-coding-region): (latin-unity-read-coding-system-or-charset): Fix interactive spec brain-damage. (latin-unity-test): Add Latin-1 test, interactive section, use `format'. 2002-06-25 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-hack-coding-cookie): Convert buffer-file-coding-system to string before comparison, and strip eol type. (latin-unity-hack-cookies-enabled-p): (latin-unity-hack-cookies-last-page): Renamed from "hack-coding". (latin-unity-hack-cookies-prop-line): Renamed. Skip past semicolon. (latin-unity-sanity-check): Use new names. Reset cookie count. (latin-unity-coding-cookies-found): (latin-unity-may-set-coding-flag): (latin-unity-like-to-live-dangerously): (latin-unity-hack-cookies-enabled-p): Moved up in file to avoid warnings and for style. 2002-06-19 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-maybe-set-coding-system): Fix typo in comment. Improve docstring. New arg; if args same, don't set default. (latin-unity-sanity-check): New flet base-name. Use new arg. Warp coding-systems to name space. (latin-unity-maybe-remap): Warp coding-system to name space. 2002-05-21 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * README: Mention coding cookie validation. * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-hack-coding-last-page): (latin-unity-hack-coding-prop-line): New functions to validate coding cookies. (latin-unity-sanity-check): Use them. (latin-unity-hack-coding-enabled-p): New variable to control usage. (latin-unity-hack-coding-cookie): New helper function. 2002-05-16 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * README: Describe automatic adjustment of buffer-file-coding-system. * latin-unity.el (latin-unity-may-set-coding-flag): New variable. (latin-unity-maybe-set-coding-system): New function using it. (latin-unity-sanity-check): Use it. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. locale-1.20-pkg.tar.gz *** Mule *** ---------------------- 2002-11-01 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.20 released. 2002-10-30 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (SOURCE_FILES_TO_COPY): Override to avoid including ELCS and the corresponding *.el, they're handled differently here. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. mail-lib-1.54-pkg.tar.gz ------------------------ no changes pgg-1.01-pkg.tar.gz ------------------- 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.01 released. 2002-10-20 Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; * pgg-parse.el (pgg-parse-public-key-algorithm-alist): XEmacs doesn't have the 'alist custom type, use cons cells instead. (pgg-parse-symmetric-key-algorithm-alist): Ditto. (pgg-parse-hash-algorithm-alist): Ditto. (pgg-parse-compression-algorithm-alist): Ditto. (pgg-parse-signature-type-alist): Ditto. * pgg-gpg.el (pgg-gpg-extra-args): Fix custom mismatch. * pgg-pgp5.el (pgg-pgp5-extra-args): Ditto. * pgg-pgp.el (pgg-pgp-extra-args): Ditto. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. sml-mode-0.05-pkg.tar.gz ------------------------ 2002-11-01 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 0.05 released. 2002-10-29 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * sml-compat.el (make-temp-file): No need to conditionalize `write-region' on (X)Emacs flavour, just remove the 7th arg. text-modes-1.55-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- 2002-11-01 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.55 released. 2002-09-13 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * filladapt.el (fill-region): Ensure beg <= end. RFE from David Panariti <davep.xemacs(a)meduseld.net&gt;. 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.54 released. 2002-10-18 Glynn Clements <glynn.clements(a)virgin.net&gt; * image-mode.el: Substantially re-written to avoid use of format-alist. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. xemacs-base-1.71-pkg.tar.gz --------------------------- 2002-10-29 Rendhalver [Peter Brown] <rendhalver(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (VERSION): XEmacs package 1.71 released. 2002-10-19 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * ffap.el (ffap): Remove dummy defun for ffap, autoload alias. 2002-10-15 Ville Skyttä <scop(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Makefile (srckit): Remove. Installing These: ================ Manually: -------- 1) Download the packages that you want to install from: [1] /ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/ 2) Unpack them to: [2] /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ 3) Re-start XEmacs. 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