>>>> "SL" == SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org>
writes:
SL> Andrew S Howell <andy(a)tibco.com> writes in
SL> Sounds like it's working fine to me. Do you think the wording
SL> should be improved?
> Steve,
> No, my wording should be improved. :) What I meant to say was:
> Should xemacs compile and install out of the box when tooltalk
> is automatically added by configure, without going off and
> fetching tooltalk?
SL> That's probably a good idea. When that configure bomb was
SL> added, automated package fetching wasn't implemented at all.
> This is very minor point, not worth wasting too much time on...
SL> I don't have access to a system with tooltalk. Out of
SL> curiosity, what happens if you run a tooltalk-enabled XEmacs
SL> without the tooltalk Lisp? If it runs without crashing, we
SL> can probably convert the error into some kind of startup
SL> warning and optional package fetch at run-time.
I just moved lisp/tooltalk to lisp/tooltalk.not and restarted. There
were not any errors. I didn't do anything but make sure XEmacs came up
and I could edit a file.
Regards,
Andy