Re: possible bug in 21.4.18 windows version and installation

Hi Vin, Please see below. Regards, Robert > -----Original Message----- > From: ethersoft(a)gmail.com [mailto:ethersoft＠gmail.com] On > Behalf Of Vin Shelton > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:07 PM > To: Robert Abad > Cc: xemacs-beta > Subject: Re: possible bug in 21.4.18 windows version and installation > > Hi Robert, > > Please don't drop xemacs-beta, many heads are better than one! > > On 1/23/06, Robert Abad <Robert_Abad(a)trimble.com&gt; wrote: > > Hi Vin, > > > > Thanks for responding. Please see below. > > > > Regards, > > Robert > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: ethersoft(a)gmail.com [mailto:ethersoft＠gmail.com] On > Behalf Of > > > Vin Shelton > > > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2006 7:09 PM > > > To: Robert Abad > > > Cc: xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org > > > Subject: Re: possible bug in 21.4.18 windows version and > > > installation > > > > > > Dear Robert, > > > > > > Thanks for writing. > > > > > > On 1/19/06, Robert Abad <Robert_Abad(a)trimble.com&gt; wrote: > > > > I recently installed XEmacs v21.4.18 on Windows XP machine > > > using the > > > > Inno-Setup exe program. I believe there are several issues > > > with this > > > > version and its installation: > > > > > > > > - Whenever I try to use a Tag Table, it always defaults to > > > C:\TAGS (I > > > > have C:\ set as my startup directory). It doesn't > default to the > > > > directory in which I used a shell to create a tags file or the > > > > directory in which I have the currently opened file. This > > > behavior is > > > > very different from v21.4.13 (the previously released windows > > > > version). > > > > > > I wouldn't expect this to be any different between the versions, > > > actually. Where a particular TAGS table is found depends on the > > > setting of the variable tag-table-alist. The info node on > > > 'Selecting a Tags Table' tries to explain this. > > > > Let me elaborate a little more.... > > > > In v21.4.13, I would open a file, say, C:\projects\src\junk.c. I > > would then want to search for a tag (M-x tags-search). > XEmacs would > > then ask me (in the command line): > > > > Build tag completion table for c:\projects\src\TAGS? (y or n) > > > > I would hit 'y' for yes and the search would begin. I > wouldn't have > > to do anything with the variable tag-table-alist (unless it was > > automatically done for me). > > > > v21.4.18 does not do this. I'll open the file just like before. I > > invoke a tags search and the command line says (I don't > remember the > > exact words): > > > > C:\TAGS does not exist > > > > The search is then aborted. It won't let me specify a tags table > > either via the menu Tools->Tags->Select Tags Table File... > (which I > > believe is the same as M-x visit-tag-table). My > expectation was that > > this would've behaved the same way that 21.4.13 behaved. > > > > I don't see the behavior you described. Here's what I did: > > mkdir test > cd test > cp ~/cvsroot/xemacs-21.4/src/win* . > etags *.c *.h > xemacs-21.4 -vanilla > C-x C-f window.c > C-s XSETWINDOW > M-. -> Find tag: (default XSETWINDOW) RET This loads the TAGS > file and jumps to the definition of XSETWINDOW in window.h. > The TAGS file is small enough not to prompt for a completion table. > > This is running the latest windows native XEmacs from the > 21.4.19-pre5 setup kit (available from > ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing). > > Do you see the problematic behavior in a xemacs started with > the -vanilla option? Okay, I've tried the 21.4.19-pre6 version and it still exhibits the behavior that I was reporting above in 21.4.18. And yes, it still does this with the vanilla option. > > If so, please file a bug report with the new XEmacs (the > installation report you filed came from the 21.4.13 version). Below is an installation report for 21.4.19-pre6 > > What does your etags file look like? Did you generate a > fresh one using the etags that came with XEmacs? > I did recreate the etags file and its still doesn't work. I also tried to explicitly specify the TAGS table using: M-x visit-tags-table As much as I'd like to use 21.4.18 (or 21.4.19 beta), I'm going to have to go back to 21.4.13 because it won't let me do a tags search. I depend on that to do my work. In another email, you gave me some elisp code to put in .xemacs/init.el. I created a init.el file and inserted that code. It did not solve my path problem. Regards, Robert ======================INSTALLATION REPORT FOR 21.4.19-pre6================================ To: XEmacs Beta <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org&gt; Subject: [Bug: 21.4.18] blah --text follows this line-- ================================================================ Dear Bug Team! ================================================================ System Info to help track down your bug: --------------------------------------- OS version: Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600] OS: Windows_NT XEmacs 21.4.18 "Social Property" configured for `i586-pc-win32'. Building XEmacs in "e:\\acs\\software\\XEmacsWindowsKit\\xemacs-21.4-2006-01-26\\nt". Using compiler "cl -nologo -W3 -O2 -G5 -MD". Installing XEmacs in "c:\\XEmacs-built\\XEmacs-21.4.18". Package path is "~\\.xemacs;;c:\\XEmacs-built\\site-packages;c:\\XEmacs-built\\xemacs-pa ckages". Compiling in support for Microsoft Windows native GUI. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for GIF images. Compiling in support for PNG images. Compiling in support for TIFF images. Compiling in support for JPEG images. Compiling in support for toolbars. Compiling in support for dialogs. Compiling in support for widgets. Compiling in support for native sounds. Compiling in fast dired implementation. Using portable dumper. Using system malloc. 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ESC . ESC . misc-user Recent messages (most recent first): ----------------------------------- Loading xemacsbug...done File c:\TAGS not a valid tags file Loading xemacsbug... File c:\TAGS not a valid tags file File c:\TAGS not a valid tags file Loading etags...done Loading etags... Loading cc-mode...done Loading cc-mode... Loading efs-cu...done Loading efs-cu... Note: file is write protected c:\projECTS\code\airborne\05xx\app565\ Completed Completing file name... Completed Completing file name... Completed Completing file name... Completed