>>>> "SY" == Steve Youngs
<youngs(a)xemacs.org> writes:
SY> |--==> "APA" == Adrian Aichner <adrian(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Brauer
<oub(a)ucmail.ucm.es> writes:
Uwe> Hello
Uwe> Who is now responsible for appt.el
APA> Hi Uwe,
APA> here's how to find out:
APA> M-x locate-library RET appt RET
APA> M-x show-message-log
APA> Library is file c:\Program
Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages\lisp\calendar\appt.elc
APA> Ah, it's part of the calendar package.
APA> If you have that installed you can also do this:
APA> (package-get-package-provider 'appt)
APA> (calendar "1.19")
SY> That will work even if the package isn't installed. And the
SY> function is interactive so you could M-x
SY> package-get-package-provider RET appt RET
Ah great!
Thanks
APA> This finds the maintainer:
APA> (package-get-info-prop
APA> (car (package-get-info-find-package package-get-base 'calendar))
APA> 'maintainer)
APA> "XEmacs Development Team <xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org>"
SY> In my directory in the xemacs-builds CVS module there is pkg-build.el,
SY> It does the work of rolling packages which wouldn't be of interest to
SY> many people, but it also has...
SY> ,----[ C-h f pkg-get-info RET ]
SY> | `pkg-get-info' is an interactive compiled Lisp function
SY> | -- loaded from "pkg-build"
SY> | (pkg-get-info PACKAGE INFORMATION &optional REMOTE)
SY> |
SY> | Documentation:
SY> | Get information about a package.
SY> |
SY> | Argument PACKAGE is the name of an XEmacs package (a symbol). It
SY> | must be a valid package, ie, a member of either `pkg-std-packages' or
SY> | `pkg-mule-packages'.
SY> |
SY> | Argument INFORMATION is a symbol that can be any one of:
SY> |
SY> | standards-version Package system version (not used).
SY> | version Version of the XEmacs package.
SY> | author-version The upstream version of the package.
SY> | date The date the package was last modified.
SY> | build-date The date the package was last built.
SY> | maintainer The maintainer of the package.
SY> | distribution Will always be "xemacs" (not used).
SY> | priority "low", "medium", or
"high" (not used).
SY> | category Either "standard" or "mule".
SY> | dump Is the package dumped (not used).
SY> | description A description of the package.
SY> | filename The filename of the binary tarball of the package.
SY> | md5sum The md5sum of filename.
SY> | size The size in bytes of filename.
SY> | provides A list of symbols that this package provides.
SY> | requires A list of packages that this package requires.
SY> | type Can be either "regular" or
"single-file".
SY> |
SY> | If optional argument REMOTE is non-nil use a package list from a
SY> | remote site. For this to work `package-get-remote' must be non-nil.
SY> |
SY> | If this function is called interactively it will display INFORMATION
SY> | in the minibuffer.
SY> `----
SY> Maybe I should put this function into core, it is quite handy.
That would be handy. yes.
APA> You could also use
APA> M-x pui-list-packages
APA> and
APA> i runs the command pui-display-info
APA> on the calendar package line
APA> to find that information.
SY> Or just move your rat over the line and rea
Ah, missed that.
I'm a bit scared of my rat and my scratchpad sometimes acts up.
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Adrian Aichner
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