Re: beta configure options
This is sweet. Having a break in my schedule, I've been devoting time
to looking once again at XEmacs with a view to bringing myself up to date
and cleaning out years of accumulated cruft.
So far things are going extremely well.
Re: MULE
> - Don't I need another bundle of elisp files to actually
use that?
Grab the mule-sumo tarball from the same place you got the
xemacs-sumo
tarball. Extract in share/xemacs. You should end up with
share/xemacs/mule-packages.
Got it. All is well again.
Good question. I don't know, but since you can't build
without mule, just
grab the mule sumo and be done with it. Even though I'm basically
illiterate, it is nice seeing things how other people literate people see
it. Then I can maybe ask someone what it means. :-)
Ha! Ahem. Well, I have it now, so if I ever need it, it's there.
> o Someone (Raymond?) mentioned --with-xft. What's that? Do I
need it?
That enables nice font rendering. It's not necessary, but does
make the
display nicer. (I notice that it really sucks if you run xemacs
remotely.[1])
I don't think all those extra things (Xft, freetype, fontconfig)
come with
XQuartz or OSX. I had to install them from MacPorts (or use Fink).
I have macports, did not explicitly install Xft, freetype, or
fontconfig. In fact
I've used it to install very little -- just a few things I really like and need.
So as an experiment I rebuilt xemacs using --with-mule and --with-xft, and
got no errors at all. Well and good.
I do still have some display problems, but those are the subject of an
upcoming query.
I assume that xemacs is working out pretty well for you now.
Well enough that I've officially abandoned xemacs 21.4.whatever-it-was,
never to return. I'm an extremely pleased camper this morning.
[1] I used to be be able to run xemacs (not tty!) over a dialup modem
pretty
well if I turned off the toolbar, menubar, and scrollbars. I can't do that
very well anymore even over a cable modem nowadays. Bummer. Turning xft
off helps a lot, but not really very usable. Thankfully, there's tramp.
I no longer have need ever to run it remotely, in tty mode or otherwise. I'm
semi-retired (which means I still work full time but for a whole lot
less money),
and all my work is within the confines of my home.
I'm pleased with the progress, but there's still more to follow.
--
Lynn David Newton
Columbus, Ohio
neologisticsediting.com
lynndavidnewton.com
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