RE: possible bug in 21.4.18 windows version and installation

-----Original Message----- From: ethersoft(a)gmail.com [mailto:ethersoft＠gmail.com] On Behalf Of Vin Shelton Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:40 PM To: Robert Abad; xemacs-beta Subject: Re: possible bug in 21.4.18 windows version and installation Robert, (Pardon the top-posting, but since xemacs-beta didn't see your most recent reply, I thought I'd include it in its entirety below.) OK. Please remember to include xemacs-beta on *all* your replies. I'm running out of ideas, but I think it may have something to do with remnants of your previous installation getting in the way. By the way, I still don't know /exactly/ what steps you took. If you want to continue to pursue this, please send xemacs-beta a list of the steps you took (like the formula I published earlier: 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 ) for either or both of your problems. If you're happy with 21.4.13, you don't have to continue your investigation. Cheers, Vin On 1/27/06, Robert Abad <Robert_Abad(a)trimble.com&gt; wrote: > 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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