1:33 a.m.
I have successfully compiled Xemacs-21.5.16 for Mac OS X 10.3.2
(Panther), and installed
the xemacs sumo package. Everything seems to work OK, except for two
apparent bugs:
1) By default, "Active regions" is on (in the Options-> Editing menu).
However, when I double click on a
word or select text with the cursor Xemacs beeps, and the following
cryptic message appears
in the status bar:
Symbol's value as variable is void: region
2) More annoyingly, when I select text (after turning "Active regions"
off, otherwise I get error 1)
and press the Delete key only the character next to the cursor is
deleted, not the entire selection. This is so even when "Ovestrike" is
selected in the Options-> Editing menu.
For the record, both problems are absent when I revert to Xemacs-21.5.9
(installed via the "fink"
package manager). The problems have nothing to do with my init.el or
custom.el files, since I can
reproduce them if I start Xemacs with "xemacs -q".
Any help would be much appreciated!
Cheers,
Artemio Gonzalez-Lopez
artemiog(a)mac.com
P.S. Here's a report of my installation parameters:
uname -a: Darwin hotrod.local 7.2.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.2.0: Thu
Dec 11 16:20:23 PST 2003; root:xnu/xnu-517.3.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power
Macintosh powerpc
./configure '--site-libraries=/sw/lib' '--site-includes=/sw/include'
'--prefix=/opt/local' '--with-dialogs=athena'
'--with-widgets=athena'
'--with-sound=none' '--with-database=no' '--without-ldap'
'--without-postgresql' '--with-athena=3d' '--error-checking=none'
XEmacs 21.5-b16 "celeriac" configured for `powerpc-apple-darwin7.2.0'.
Compilation / Installation:
Source code location:
/Users/artemio/Downloads/xemacs-21.5.16
Installation prefix: /opt/local
Additional header files: /sw/include
Additional libraries: /sw/lib
Operating system description file: `s/darwin.h'
Machine description file: `m/powerpc.h'
Compiler: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Winline
-Wmissing-prototypes -Wsign-compare -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes
-Wpacked -Wshadow -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -g -O3
Relocating allocator for buffers: no
GNU version of malloc: no
- The GNU allocators don't work with this system configuration.
Window System:
Compiling in support for the X window system:
- X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include
- X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib
- Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
- Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d
- Athena library to link: Xaw3d
Using Lucid menubars.
Using Lucid scrollbars.
Using Athena dialog boxes.
Using Athena native widgets.
TTY:
Compiling in support for ncurses.
Images:
Compiling in support for GIF images (builtin).
Compiling in support for XPM images.
Compiling in support for PNG images.
Compiling in support for JPEG images.
Compiling in support for TIFF images.
Sound:
Databases:
Internationalization:
Mail:
Compiling in support for "dot-locking" mail spool file locking method.
Other Features:
Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
Using the new portable dumper.
Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
3 a.m.
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 about 02:33 +0100 UTC Artemio Gonzalez Lopez wrote:
I have successfully compiled Xemacs-21.5.16 for Mac OS X 10.3.2
(Panther), and installed
the xemacs sumo package. Everything seems to work OK, except for two
apparent bugs:
1) By default, "Active regions" is on (in the Options-> Editing menu).
However, when I double click on a
word or select text with the cursor Xemacs beeps, and the following
cryptic message appears
in the status bar:
Symbol's value as variable is void: region
2) More annoyingly, when I select text (after turning "Active regions"
off, otherwise I get error 1)
and press the Delete key only the character next to the cursor is
deleted, not the entire selection. This is so even when "Ovestrike" is
selected in the Options-> Editing menu.
I have a similar setup (OS X 10.3.2, latest 21.5.b16 cvs). My regions
delete without error. I seem to recall there was a CVS a while back where
I saw this error. I keep Active Regions on and include these in my startup
file:
;;package xemacs-packages/lisp/pc must be installed for pending-del.el
(require 'pending-del)
;; These I carried over from my windows XEmacs to mimic its cut/paste
;; delete key can delete the entire region or cut it.
(defun win-delete (&optional killp)
(interactive "P")
(if (and (region-active-p)
(if zmacs-region-rectangular-p
(eq (extent-object (car zmacs-region-extent))
(current-buffer))
(eq (extent-object zmacs-region-extent) (current-buffer)))
(not buffer-read-only)
)
(if zmacs-region-rectangular-p
(if killp
(kill-rectangle (region-beginning) (region-end))
(delete-rectangle (region-beginning) (region-end)))
(if killp
(kill-region (region-beginning) (region-end))
(delete-region (region-beginning) (region-end))))
(zmacs-deactivate-region)
;; else
(if killp
(delete-char killp (or killp nil))
(delete-char 1)
)
)
)
;; yank over highlighted text deletes region and yanks kill buffer into
;; its place.
(defun win-yank ()
(interactive)
(if (and (not buffer-read-only)
(region-active-p))
(win-delete) t)
(yank)
)
(custom-set-variables
'(global-popup-menu '(["%_Cut Region" toolbar-cut :active
(region-exists-p)
] ["%_Copy Region" toolbar-copy :active
(region-exists-p)
] ["%_Paste Region" toolbar-paste :active kill-ring-yank-pointer])
t))
Maybe some of this (along with the latest CVS) will help you.
--
rdr
6:52 p.m.
Dear Robert,
Thanks an awful lot for your prompt and clear help. Indeed, after
rebuilding
xemacs with the latest CVS sources both of my problems have gone away!
Best regards,
Artemio
On Jan 1, 2004, at 4:00 AM, robert delius royar wrote:
On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 about 02:33 +0100 UTC Artemio Gonzalez Lopez
wrote:
> I have successfully compiled Xemacs-21.5.16 for Mac OS X 10.3.2
> (Panther), and installed
> the xemacs sumo package. Everything seems to work OK, except for two
> apparent bugs:
>
> 1) By default, "Active regions" is on (in the Options-> Editing menu).
> However, when I double click on a
> word or select text with the cursor Xemacs beeps, and the following
> cryptic message appears
> in the status bar:
>
> Symbol's value as variable is void: region
>
> 2) More annoyingly, when I select text (after turning "Active regions"
> off, otherwise I get error 1)
> and press the Delete key only the character next to the cursor is
> deleted, not the entire selection. This is so even when "Ovestrike" is
> selected in the Options-> Editing menu.
I have a similar setup (OS X 10.3.2, latest 21.5.b16 cvs). My regions
delete without error. I seem to recall there was a CVS a while back
where
I saw this error. I keep Active Regions on and include these in my
startup
file:
;;package xemacs-packages/lisp/pc must be installed for pending-del.el
(require 'pending-del)
;; These I carried over from my windows XEmacs to mimic its cut/paste
;; delete key can delete the entire region or cut it.
(defun win-delete (&optional killp)
(interactive "P")
(if (and (region-active-p)
(if zmacs-region-rectangular-p
(eq (extent-object (car zmacs-region-extent))
(current-buffer))
(eq (extent-object zmacs-region-extent) (current-buffer)))
(not buffer-read-only)
)
(if zmacs-region-rectangular-p
(if killp
(kill-rectangle (region-beginning) (region-end))
(delete-rectangle (region-beginning) (region-end)))
(if killp
(kill-region (region-beginning) (region-end))
(delete-region (region-beginning) (region-end))))
(zmacs-deactivate-region)
;; else
(if killp
(delete-char killp (or killp nil))
(delete-char 1)
)
)
)
;; yank over highlighted text deletes region and yanks kill buffer into
;; its place.
(defun win-yank ()
(interactive)
(if (and (not buffer-read-only)
(region-active-p))
(win-delete) t)
(yank)
)
(custom-set-variables
'(global-popup-menu '(["%_Cut Region" toolbar-cut :active
(region-exists-p)
] ["%_Copy Region" toolbar-copy :active
(region-exists-p)
] ["%_Paste Region" toolbar-paste :active kill-ring-yank-pointer])
t))
Maybe some of this (along with the latest CVS) will help you.
--
rdr
Artemio Gonzalez-Lopez
Depto. Fisica Teorica II
Universidad Complutense
28040 Madrid, SPAIN
Phone: +34 913944596
Fax: +34 913944557
email: artemio(a)fis.ucm.es
URL: http://www.ucm.es/info/metodos/Personal/Artemio
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