Re: How to make a package for XEmaacs

smitchel wrote: These two sound to me like they should be part of a more general package for user interface customization. I don't know if we already have a package like that, so maybe a new one would be appropriate. There's some documentation at http://www.xemacs.org/Documentation/sources/xemacs-packages/packages/xema.... It's mostly higher-level than what you're asking for, but well worth reading. (It also needs updating in a few spots, now that we're using Mercurial instead of CVS.) You could also try pulling down a copy of the existing package repo[1] and poking around in it. The top-level INSTALL file has information about how to build the repo. You could also poke around in the different packages to find ones that are similar to the package(s) you're envisioning[2] and use them as templates for your package(s). I don't know what the processes are around adding a package. But assuming you're willing to continue owning the packages after you create them, you would have write permission for them. The bar for being a package maintainer isn't high. mike Footnotes: [1] see the thread starting at http://list-archive.xemacs.org/pipermail/xemacs-beta/2011-October/022110..... If you have Mercurial questions, you can ask here on xemacs-beta. [2] e.g., similar size, or a package that implements a major mode _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Beta mailing list XEmacs-Beta(a)xemacs.org http://lists.xemacs.org/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-beta