[ANNOUNCE] Updated Packages available - July 28

Hello. The following XEmacs packages have just been released. Updated or New Packages: ======================= edebug-1.14-pkg.tar.gz ediff-1.31-pkg.tar.gz edit-utils-1.64-pkg.tar.gz text-modes-1.32-pkg.tar.gz viper-1.26-pkg.tar.gz vm-6.94-pkg.tar.gz Detailed Changes: ================ edebug-1.14-pkg.tar.gz ---------------------- 2001-07-16 Charles G Waldman <cgw(a)xemacs.org&gt; * edebug.el (edebug-form-data): Correct initialization order. Define variable before making it buffer-local. ediff-1.31-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2001-07-21 Michael Kifer <kifer(a)cs.sunysb.edu&gt; * ediff-util.el (ediff-file-checked-out-p,ediff-file-checked-in-p): check if vc-state is available. (ediff-make-temp-file): use ediff-coding-system-for-write. * ediff-init.el (ediff-coding-system-for-read): from ediff-diff.el (ediff-coding-system-for-write): new variable. (ediff-highest-priority): fixed the bug having to do with disappearing overlays. (ediff-file-remote-p): use file-remote-p, if available. (ediff-listable-file): new function. (ediff-file-attributes): use ediff-listable-file. * ediff-mult.el (ediff-meta-insert-file-info1): use ediff-listable-file. * ediff-ptch.el (ediff-prompt-for-patch-file): use ediff-coding-system-for-read. (ediff-patch-file-internal): use ediff-coding-system-for-write. * ediff-diff.el (ediff-coding-system-for-read): moved to ediff-init.el. (ediff-match-diff3-line,ediff-get-diff3-group): improved pattern. * ediff.texi: added clarifications, acknowledgements. edit-utils-1.64-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- 2001-07-19 Daiki Ueno <ueno(a)unixuser.org&gt; * iswitchb.el (iswitchb-complete): Set this-command to 'iswitchb-completion-help when putting the following excusion into iswitchb-completion-help. text-modes-1.32-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- 2001-07-18 Charles G Waldman <cgw(a)xemacs.org&gt; * hexl.el (hexlify-buffer): * hexl.el (dehexlify-buffer): Check whether buffer-file-system is bound. viper-1.26-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2001-07-21 Michael Kifer <kifer(a)cs.sunysb.edu&gt; * viper-ex.el (ex-token-list,ex-cmd-execute): Revamped, courtesy of Scott Bronson. (ex-cmd-assoc,ex-compile,ex-cmd-one-letr): New functions. (viper-check-sub,viper-get-ex-command,viper-execute-ex-command): Deleted functions. (viper-get-ex-com-subr,viper-ex,ex-mark): Changed to use the new ex-token-list. (viper-get-ex-address-subr): convert registers to char data type. * viper-util.el (viper-int-to-char,viper-char-equal): new functions. (viper-memq-char): use viper-int-to-char. (viper-file-checked-in-p): use vc-locking-user, if vc doesn't have vc-locking-state. (viper-read-key): use viper-read-key-sequence. * viper.el (viper-major-mode-modifier-list): added inferior-emacs-lisp-mode. (this-major-mode-requires-vi-state): new function that uses simple heuristics to decide if vi state is appropriate. (set-viper-state-in-major-mode): use this-major-mode-requires-vi-state. (viper-non-hook-settings): don't advise read-key-sequence. (viper-read-key-sequence): new function that replaces the previously used advice to read-key-sequence. * viper-cmd.el (viper-test-com-defun,viper-exec-change, viper-exec-Change,viper-execute-com,viper-insert,viper-append, viper-Append,viper-Insert,viper-open-line,viper-Open-line, viper-open-line-at-point,viper-substitute,viper-overwrite, viper-replace-char-subr,viper-forward-word,viper-forward-Word): got rid of the negative character hack. (viper-escape-to-state,viper-replace-state-exit-cmd): use viper-read-key-sequence. (viper-envelop-ESC-key): no need for ad-get-orig-definition. (viper-minibuffer-standard-hook,viper-read-string-with-history): don't override existing minibuffer-setup-hook. (viper-mark-point,viper-goto-mark-subr,viper-brac-function): convert registers to char data type. (viper-autoindent): use viper-indent-line. * viper-keym.el: use viper-exec-key-in-emacs. * viper.texi: Added credits, new commands, like :make. vm-6.94-pkg.tar.gz ------------------ 2001-07-21 Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Sync with VM-6.94. Installing These: ================ Manually: -------- 1) Download the packages that you want to install from: [1] /ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/ 2) Unpack them to: [2] /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ 3) Re-start XEmacs. Using XEmacs Package Tools (XEmacs 21.[245].x): ---------------------------------------------- 1) Tools -> Packages -> Add Download Site -> choose site 2) Tools -> Packages -> List and Install 3) Select the packages you wish to install (there are brief instructions at the bottom of the packages buffer). 4) Packages -> Install/Remove Selected 5) Re-start XEmacs. Using XEmacs Package Tools (XEmacs 21.1.14): ------------------------------------------- 1) Options -> Manage Packages -> Add Download Site -> choose site 2) Options -> Manage Packages -> List and Install 3 - 5) As per XEmacs 21.[245].x. Footnotes: [1] Or from a mirror near you. [2] Note: Mule packages should be installed into: /usr/local/lib/xemacs/mule-packages/ -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 9E7E2820>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|