Ben: Are you looking into this? Rodney Rodney Sparapani wrote: > Ben: > > I can't find the e-mails. It was back in April or May. But basically, the problem is > with VC. We don't have any problems with the same setup under FSF emacs 19.34.2. But, > it's a dinosaur. So we were planning to upgrade. xemacs seemed like a logical choice. > We are testing 21.1; May, 1999. When you first bring a file into RCS, registering goes > fine. However, when you want to check-out a file, it attempts to register it again; > which fails. If you ignore the failure, then everything behaves normally after that. > Please let me know if you have any ideas. I would love to get this resolved. Frankly, > I had given up hope. I got alot of friendly advice, but nothing seemed to help. I > think the consensus was to just ignore it. Normally, I would go along with that, but > the whole reason to use version-control, IMO, is to be very conservative. > > Rodney > > Ben Wing wrote: > > > i've never seen these. where have you supplied them? we try hard to fix bug > > reports that get to us. if you've supplied them repeatedly, presumably you > > still have the emails around and can send them to us? > > > > Rodney Sparapani wrote: > > > > > > Vin: > > > > > > I have supplied them, repeatedly. I don't think they are problems with XEmacs per > > > se. I'm guessing that they have to do with subtle differences between XEmacs and > > > emacs. The reason that I'm guessing is that no one has been able to find a > > > solution. I can't afford to waste time on something that may never be fixed so we > > > use emacs. Oh and by the way, I'm not talking about code that I wrote. These are > > > packages that come with XEmacs. You are better off with emacs today. I'd be > > > thrilled if XEmacs was usable so we would have options. We don't. > > > > > > Rodney > > > > > > Vin Shelton wrote: > > > > > > > Perhaps you could supply a few specific examples of " extermely > > > > troublesome" behavior. Perhaps your examples might get looked at if > > > > you were to supply some. > > > > > > > > Please follow-up to xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org, if you care to. > > > > > > > > Vin Shelton > > > > > > > > >>>>> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Rodney Sparapani <rodney(a)stat.duke.edu&gt; said: > > > > > > > > Rodney> Tony: > > > > Rodney> I don't think it has. But, is there some reason that you want XEmacs > > > > Rodney> rather than emacs? I have found XEmacs to be extremely troublesome. > > > > Rodney> I'm hoping that some day that will change, but it hasn't happened yet. > > > > Rodney> Of course, alot of problems are caused because of the schism between the > > > > Rodney> two camps. For developers of e-lisp packages like myself, getting a > > > > Rodney> working version on emacs alone is hard enough and modifying it for a > > > > Rodney> second environment is nearly impossible. > > > > > > > > Rodney> Rodney > > > > > > > > Rodney> tbennett(a)nvidia.com wrote: > > > > > > > > >> I'm just looking for XEmacs in tty mode, of course. > > > > >> > > > > >> If so, what is the config to use? config.guess was unable to > > > > >> figure out a good one. > > > > >> > > > > >> -- > > > > >> --tony > > > > >> > > > > >> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > > > >> Before you buy. > > > > > > > > Rodney> -- > > > > Rodney> WWLD? (What Would Lombardi Do?) > > > > Rodney> Was "Name That Tune" Rigged? > > > > Rodney> Rodney Sparapani, Duke Clinical Research Institute > > > > Rodney> For addressing and schedule information > > > > Rodney> see http://www.duke.edu/~spara002 > > > > > > -- > > > WWLD? (What Would Lombardi Do?) > > > Was "Name That Tune" Rigged? > > > Rodney Sparapani, Duke Clinical Research Institute > > > For addressing and schedule information > > > see http://www.duke.edu/~spara002 > > > > -- > > Ben > > > > In order to save my hands, I am cutting back on my mail. I also write > > as succinctly as possible -- please don't be offended. If you send me > > mail, you _will_ get a response, but please be patient, especially for > > XEmacs-related mail. If you need an immediate response and it is not > > apparent in your message, please say so. Thanks for your understanding. > > > > See also http://www.666.com/ben/chronic-pain/ > > -- > WWLD? (What Would Lombardi Do?) > Was "Name That Tune" Rigged? > Rodney Sparapani, Duke Clinical Research Institute > For addressing and schedule information > see http://www.duke.edu/~spara002 -- WWLD? (What Would Lombardi Do?) Was "Name That Tune" Rigged? Rodney Sparapani, Duke Clinical Research Institute For addressing and schedule information see http://www.duke.edu/~spara002