Re: Native windows gnuclient/winclient setup kit

Hello goodly XEmacs folk - On 9/21/07, Mats Lidell <matsl(a)xemacs.org&gt; wrote: > Vin Shelton wrote: > > 1) The gnuserv code currently in the 21.4 and 21.5 branches does not > > compile as-is on native windows. > > How hard would it be to make gnuserv work on native windows? Well, as I alluded to in my first message, the changes in Guy's gnuserve_beta.zip are large enough that they make me a little nervous. Installing them in the XEmacs sources could lead to breakage on other platforms that currently support gnuserv. If I were to try to fold those changes into the mainline, I would need to reduce them in size and scope or at least understand them in more detail than I currently do. > Would there be some winclient functionality missing then? I'm quite > pleased with the ease to use winclient in "Send-To" or "Open with" and > wouldn't want to miss that in a gnuserv based solution. First, let me assure you that I don't intend to remove anything from XEmacs. This is emacs - we don't remove things, we *add* them. :-) Second, I do have a plan to bring feature parity to winclient by giving it support for line numbers and evaluating arbitrary lisp expressions. (Thanks, Alastair, for your encouragement.) These winclient improvements will take a little time to implement. As an alternative to folding the gnuclient sources into the XEmacs tree, I have developed a Windows-native gnuclient setup kit. (Thanks, Adrian, for helping me debug the kit.) This kit will add gnuclient and gnuserv functionality to the Windows-native XEmacs already installed on your computer. I have copied the setup kit to http://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/windows/testing/gnuclient_setup.exe. If you're interested, please download and run the kit.