April 1999 - XEmacs-Beta - XEmacs Mailing List Archives

Jan Vroonhof

> | 1) When I set up the package system myself, I didn't quite understand why > | I had to set > | > | '(package-get-remote (quote (("ftp.xemacs.org" "/pub/xemacs/packages")))) > | > | myself. Shouldn't it be the default value out-of-the-box? It used to be that way. The reason we do no that do that now is that defaulting to ftp.xemacs.org is a good way to kill that server. We want to force people to think about choosing a mirror. If you are using the Menus then "Options-… [View More]

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Re: 21.0 at the website :-( 25 years, 11 months

Jan Vroonhof

Marcus Thiessel <marcus(a)xemacs.org> writes: > Would it be sufficient from your point of view to add a remark > pointing to README.packages just below the link? Just for a > workaround. It could also point to most recent NEWS. It is better than nothing. Jan P.S. Maybe you should even put in a remark on the .67 version number and its consequences (debugging code compiled in etc). IMHO it would be much more preferable if the tarball on ftp.xemacs.org would be replaced by … [View More]

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Re: 21.0 at the website :-( 25 years, 11 months

Marcus Thiessel

Jan Vroonhof writes: | Could you stick in a reference to README.packages (!= etc/Packages) | somewhere. An online version would be nice. I think a good solution | would be to rename the current "Elisp Packages" entry to something | else that does not cause confusion now that we have a special meaning | for "Packages" and stick the readme under that. Then put link from | NEWS to there.. Ok, let me see what I can do tonight. Some of the fixes I can do with some kind of workaround. | P.S. The … [View More]

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Re: FAQ update 25 years, 11 months

Marcus Thiessel

Christian Nybø writes: | I'll do that. Thanks! | 1) When I set up the package system myself, I didn't quite understand why | I had to set | | '(package-get-remote (quote (("ftp.xemacs.org" "/pub/xemacs/packages")))) | | myself. Shouldn't it be the default value out-of-the-box? Defaults are always arguable (at least to my point of view). Maybe some examples and a remark that it has to be configured somehow would be better. BTW, I am sitting behind a firewall and I cannot use that … [View More]

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Re: 21.0 at the website :-( 25 years, 11 months

Jan Vroonhof

<marcus(a)xemacs.org> writes: > BTW, the INSTALL file clear points to etc/packages so if you read the > information carefully you'll find your way. But I have to admit that > the new package system hasn't been well adverticed at this point. The problem is that etc/package it outdated. Both the installation README and the release announcement should point to README.packages as that the most up to date at this point. Jan

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Re: Compile Failure in Latest CVS Sources for 21.2 25 years, 11 months

Norbert Koch

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr> writes: > Vin Shelton <acs(a)xemacs.org> writes: > > > I can't build 21.2 from the latest CVS sources, due to dependencies > > on puresize-adjust.h.: > > > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target `puresize-adjust.h', needed by > > `alloc.o'. Stop. > > You have to rebuild the dependencies. I think I've done it with > `make depend' followed by a reinvocation of `config.status'. Hi, has anyone … [View More]

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compile infelicity with latest 21.2 from cvs 25 years, 11 months

Michael Harnois

Is this the right fix? I know it made my build complete, but damned if I know if it's correct ... --- eldap.c.orig Sun Apr 25 08:25:53 1999 +++ eldap.c Sun Apr 25 06:48:58 1999 ＠＠ -123,7 +123,7 ＠＠ allocate_ldap (void) { struct Lisp_LDAP *ldap = - alloc_lcrecord_type (struct Lisp_LDAP, lrecord_ldap); + alloc_lcrecord_type (struct Lisp_LDAP, &lrecord_ldap); ldap->ld = NULL; ldap->host = Qnil; -- Michael D. Harnois, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Washburn, IA mharnois(… [View More]

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Re: compile infelicity with latest 21.2 from cvs 25 years, 11 months

Hrvoje Niksic

mharnois(a)willinet.net writes: > Is this the right fix? I believe it is. Thanks for the patch; I'll apply it.

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Re: crash in copy/paste 25 years, 11 months

Oliver Graf

Gunnar Evermann <ge204(a)eng.cam.ac.uk> writes: > nope. in *scratch* right after xemacs -vanilla Ok. Over my slow link (128K) I can reproduce it with vanilla and Nikko. I didn't got it over ethernet the last time... It looks a bit weird: first the region disappears, then I get a text-drag-icon with stop-sign (no drop possible) and then XE nukes... If I move the cursor a bit with button-2 down, everything works out fine. > > using my linux box as display... but this is only a … [View More]

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Re: crash in copy/paste 25 years, 11 months

Gunnar Evermann

Oliver Graf <ograf(a)rhein-zeitung.de> writes: > Gunnar Evermann <ge204(a)eng.cam.ac.uk> writes: > > Did you do the experiment in a special buffer? I just tried the stunt in > *scratch*. Perhaps some other binding is interfering with the experimental-dnd > stuff? nope. in *scratch* right after xemacs -vanilla > > Always (well, two out of two). It's a bit tough for me to debug, the > > only Sun with CDE I have access to, is back in Germany [1] and I … [View More]

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XEmacs-Beta April 1999