This beta is being released quickly to fix the problems on 64-bit platforms, especially Tru64. Brief summary of changes to 21.2.42 "Poseidon" -- 64-bit platforms (Alpha) broken in 21.2.41 now fixed -- Martin Buchholz -- Windows packaging changes -- Andy Piper -- Widget bug fixes -- Andy Piper -- Modeline scrolling documented -- Didier Verna -- C-level alignment hackery -- Martin Buchholz -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.42/lisp/ChangeLog ------- 2001-01-12 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * package-get.el (package-get-custom): call package-net-update-installed-db. * package-ui.el (pui-install-selected-packages): call package-net-update-installed-db. * package-net.el (package-net-update-installed-db): use packages-package-list so that we reflect reality. * packages.el (packages-package-list): Make docstring reflect reality. * package-net.el (package-net-convert-index-to-ini): exclude mule entries. * postinstall.cc (do_postinstall): don't pick up shells if cygwin isn't installed. 2001-01-17 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * wid-edit.el (widget-activation-glyph-mapper): activate or deactivate native widgets. (widget-glyph-insert-glyph): record instantiator. (widget-push-button-value-create): use it. * gui.el (gui-button-action): new function. Make button's domain buffer current when calling. (make-gui-button): update to use gui-button-action. 2001-01-16 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * menubar-items.el (default-menubar): add an entry for modeline horizontal scrolling in Options -> Display. 2001-01-17 Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; * package-get.el (package-get-require-signed-base): Set to nil by default. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.42/man/ChangeLog ------- 2001-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q1.0.11): Change XEmacs for MacOS URL. 2001-01-17 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * internals.texi: some glyph documentation. 2001-01-16 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * frame.texi (Mode Line Basics): new node ... * frame.texi (GUI Components): ... under this one ... * frame.texi (Scrollbar Basics): ... after this one ... * frame.texi (Toolbar Basics): ... before this one. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.42/src/ChangeLog ------- 2001-01-20 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * console-x.h: typo fix du jour. Remove #if 0'ed code. 2001-01-19 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; De-kludgify FIXED_TYPE free list frobbing. Fix crashes on 64-bit platforms introduced by my patch of 2001-01-13. * alloc.c (DECLARE_FIXED_TYPE_ALLOC): Use Lisp_Free. * alloc.c (ALLOCATE_FIXED_TYPE_1): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (Lisp_Free): New pseudo lisp object definition. * alloc.c (LRECORD_FREE_P): New. * alloc.c (MARK_LRECORD_AS_FREE): New. * alloc.c (MARK_LRECORD_AS_NOT_FREE): New. * alloc.c (STRUCT_FREE_P): Deleted. * alloc.c (MARK_STRUCT_AS_FREE): Deleted. * alloc.c (MARK_STRUCT_AS_NOT_FREE): Deleted. * alloc.c (STRING_CHARS_FREE_P): New. * alloc.c (MARK_STRING_CHARS_AS_FREE): New. * alloc.c (PUT_FIXED_TYPE_ON_FREE_LIST): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (FREE_FIXED_TYPE): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (STRING_CHARS_FREE_P): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (resize_string): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (SWEEP_FIXED_TYPE_BLOCK): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (verify_string_chars_integrity): Use new definitions. * alloc.c (compact_string_chars): Use new definitions. * alloc.c: Update monster comments. * lrecord.h (lrecord_type): Add some new lrecord types for alloc.c's use. 2001-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; Improve alignment hackery. * lisp.h (ALIGNOF): Better definition for the non-gcc case. (max_align_t): Moved from opaque.h - general purpose. (ALIGN_PTR): Use size_t, not long. * opaque.h (max_align_t): Move to lisp.h. 2001-01-18 Norbert Koch <nk(a)LF.net&gt; * gui.h: Fix and add prototypes to fix build problems. 2001-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; temacs is going away, so `dump-temacs' is now a bad name. * .dbxrc (dump-temacs): Rename to `dmp'. * .gdbinit (dump-temacs): Rename to `dmp'. 2001-01-17 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * glyphs.c (print_image_instance): comment to make martin happy. * glyphs-x.c (x_redisplay_widget): update faces after a frame change. * glyphs-msw.c (mswindows_redisplay_widget): add code to cope with activation. (mswindows_tab_control_redisplay): warning suppression. * glyphs-widget.c (widget_update): re-write to cope with updated items. (widget_instantiate): use new gui_item functions. (tab_control_update): deleted. (progress_gauge_update): deleted. (image_instantiator_progress_guage): take out update reference. (image_instantiator_tree_view): ditto. (image_instantiator_tab_control): ditto. * gui.c (widget_gui_parse_item_keywords): new function. Do things Right the new way. (gui_item_add_keyval_pair): re-write to cope with descriptors and return whether anything was changed. (update_gui_item_keywords): as it sounds. * gui.h: declare widget_gui_parse_item_keywords. * fns.c (safe_copy_tree): new function taken from Fcopy_tree. (Fcopy_tree): use it. Stops infloop death in bogus instantiators. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.42/ChangeLog ------- 2001-01-18 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * PROBLEMS (Sun/Solaris): Yet another microimprovement. 2001-01-17 Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org&gt; * PROBLEMS (Sun/Solaris): Replace --with-gnu-ld=no with --with-ld=/usr/ccs/bin/ld 2001-01-16 Robert Pluim <rpluim(a)bigfoot.com&gt; * PROBLEMS (SunOS/Solaris): Document workaround for GNU ld bug on Solaris. Half mine, half Raymond Toy, half Martin Buchholz. 2001-01-16 Didier Verna <didier(a)xemacs.org&gt; * NEWS: document the modeline horizontal scrolling feature. -------- ChangeLog entries from xemacs-21.2.42/netinstall/ChangeLog ------- 2001-01-17 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * ini.h: move extern "C" to aid win32 compilation. From Fabrice Popineau.