>>>> "Karl" == Karl M Hegbloom
<karlheg(a)bittersweet.member.dsl-only.net> writes: 
Karl>  I'm wondering if the DOC file is byte order dependant or if it can be
Karl>  placed into a cross architecture shareable location?
It's worse than that - it's dependent on the particular executable you
are using.  Think of the DOC file as "part" of the xemacs executable,
like the read-only strings ELF section.
Fixing this would be a Good Thing, but a typically thankless task.