jari> I started experimenting with XEmacs packaging system and jari> before I convert my modules to this I'd like to know If jari> I'm on right tracks: See Info, XEmacs, Packages. jari> _pkg Seems pretty straightforward auto-generated jari> auto-autoloads.el Seesm to contain generate-file-autoloads auto-generated jari> cust-load.el Seems to be generated by ?? auto-generated (if sources contain (defcustom ...) BTW: it's called custom-load.el). To build a simple package you need at least these files: d:\el\xemacs-packages: total 128 drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 26 11:06 . drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 26 11:06 .. drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 25 23:59 comm -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 2541 Mar 16 21:11 hack-package-index.el -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 1620 Mar 16 21:05 Makefile -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 5713 Mar 16 21:11 package-compile.el -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 12424 Mar 26 00:07 XEmacs.rules d:\el\xemacs-packages\comm: total 24 drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 25 23:59 . drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 25 23:59 .. drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 26 12:06 bat-mode -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 1754 Mar 25 23:59 Makefile d:\el\xemacs-packages\comm\bat-mode: total 16 drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 26 12:06 . drwxrwxrwx 2 AichnerAd 5 0 Mar 26 12:06 .. -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 3950 Mar 26 11:03 bat-mode.el -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 91 Mar 26 00:11 ChangeLog -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 1167 Mar 26 11:05 Makefile -rw-rw-rw- 1 AichnerAd 5 402 Mar 25 21:59 package-info.in jari> Are these the only files that are needed to put in jari> PACKAGE-VER.tar.gz? When PACKAGE-VER.tar.gz is ready jari> where should it be put available? See staging in XEmacs.rules file. jari> Q. How do I classify the the "type" (I'm using the jari> footnote-el as an example) Read info docs on XEmacs, Packages jari> ;;;###autoload jari> (package-provide 'footnote jari> :version 1.09 jari> :type 'regular) jari> Q. Where do I send the package-get-base entry, like the one jari> in footnote.el It goes into the staging directory as well. jari> (footnote jari> (standards-version 1.0 jari> version "1.06" jari> author-version "0.18x" jari> date "1998-08-27" jari> build-date "1998-09-19" jari> maintainer "SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt;&quot; jari> distribution stable jari> priority low jari> category "comm" jari> dump nil jari> description "Footnoting in mail message editing modes." jari> filename "footnote-1.06-pkg.tar.gz" jari> md5sum "796323a84d97bade70a5d78fd9076a2e" jari> size 13551 jari> provides (footnote) jari> requires (mail-lib xemacs-base) jari> type regular jari> )) jari> What's priority? How to choose Category value? Don't know. jari> Q. What if a MODULE consists of several files, say jari> xxx-file1.el xxx-file2.el? If they're all necessary to provide MODULE, then it's a regular package. jari> jari Make sure you also get hack-package-index.el from xemacs-packages CVS sources. I had trouble checking it out. I am building all my packages from within a native Windows NT MULE Xemacs using M-x compile RET make --unix bindist RET I have Cygnus Development Tools installed to get GNU make, bash, etc. I had to change quoting in XEmacs.rules and Makefile, e.g. from $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/auto-autoloads.el : $(ELCS:.elc=.el) $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el $(XEMACS) $(VANILLA) -batch \ -eval "(setq autoload-package-name \"$(PACKAGE)\")" \ -l autoload -f batch-update-directory $(AUTOLOAD_PATH) ＠rm -f $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/auto-autoloads.el~ to $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/auto-autoloads.el : $(ELCS:.elc=.el) $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/_pkg.el $(XEMACS) $(VANILLA) -batch \ -eval "(setq autoload-package-name \\\"$(PACKAGE)\\\")" \ -l autoload -f batch-update-directory $(AUTOLOAD_PATH) ＠rm -f $(AUTOLOAD_PATH)/auto-autoloads.el~ HTH, Adrian -- Adrian Aichner Teradyne GmbH, European Design Center Integra Test Division Telephone +49/89/41861(0)-208 Dingolfinger Strasse 2 Fax +49/89/41861-217 (What is a Fax?) D-81673 MUENCHEN E-mail adrian.aichner(a)teradyne.com