Hey there everyone. I have just added the following packages to the 'Pre-Releases' directory: New Packages in Pre-Release: =========================== dictionary-1.01-pkg.tar.gz edit-utils-1.71-pkg.tar.gz jde-1.31-pkg.tar.gz mail-lib-1.40-pkg.tar.gz vc-cc-1.17-pkg.tar.gz viper-1.29-pkg.tar.gz Previously Announced Packages Still in Pre-Release: ================================================== None Detailed Changes: ================ dictionary-1.01-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- sync to 1.5.1 edit-utils-1.71-pkg.tar.gz -------------------------- 2001-11-27 Robert Fenk <Robert.Fenk(a)gmx.de&gt; * man.el (Manual-use-rosetta-man): New. jde-1.31-pkg.tar.gz ------------------- 2001-10-14 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * Sync to 2.2.8 mail-lib-1.40-pkg.tar.gz ------------------------ 2001-11-27 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * sendmail.el (top-level): Don't require mail-abbrev. * mail-abbrevs.el (mail-abbrev-mailrc-file): Defun. Autoload. 2001-11-22 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * sendmail.el (top-level): Require mail-abbrevs when compiling, for the `mail-abbrev-mailrc-file' macro. 2001-10-15 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * smtpmail.el (smtpmail-via-smtp): Use `mail-envelope-from' in MAIL FROM. 2001-10-15 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * smtpmail.el: Doc fix. * browse-url.el: Update maintainer. (browse-url-browser-function): Upcase "Galeon". 2001-10-13 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; * sendmail.el (sendmail-send-it): Fix local-variable-p arg. 2001-10-14 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * browse-url.el (browse-url-browser-function): do the windows thing for cygwin. 2001-10-10 Simon Josefsson <jas(a)extundo.com&gt; Emacs 21 sync. * sendmail.el (mail-aliases-setup): Don't autoload (autoloaded in mail-abbrev). (mail-font-lock-keywords): Delay evaluation of `mail-header-separator'. (mail-font-lock-keywords): Various changes. (mail-mode): Use `mail-mode-auto-fill' as `normal-auto-fill-function'. (mail-mode): Use `mail-mode-fill-function' as `fill-paragraph-function'. (mail-mode): Add `comment-start'. (mail-mode): Add `adaptive-fill-regexp'. (mail-mode): Add `adaptive-fill-first-line-regexp'. (mail-mode): Fix `paragraph-start' regexp. (sendmail-send-it): Copy `buffer-file-coding-system' over to temp buffer. (sendmail-send-it): Use `mail-header-end'. (sendmail-send-it): Better handling of empty subjects. (sendmail-send-it): Deliver in background (-odb) unless `mail-interactive'. (sendmail-send-it): Better detection of no recipients. (mail-indent-citation): Various fixes. (mail-recover): Default-directory is bound in `mail-mode', no need to do it twice. 2001-08-22 Stefan Monnier <monnier(a)cs.yale.edu&gt; * sendmail.el (mail-mode): Use adaptive-fill-regexp. vc-cc-1.17-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2001-10-16 Michael Diers <mdiers(a)elego.de&gt; * vc.el (vc-cleardiff-command): Add new defvar. (vc-backend-diff): Use vc-cleardiff-command if non-nil. This change allows specification of an alternate diff command, yet retains the default behaviour of using cleartool. viper-1.29-pkg.tar.gz --------------------- 2001-10-13 Michael Kifer <kifer(a)cs.sunysb.edu&gt; * viper-ex.el (ex-edit): make checks for modified buffer/file. (viper-get-ex-address-subr): more precise addr for the $ marker * viper-cmd.el: Fixed indentation. * viper.texi: Clarified that viper won't expand special symbols in search patterns. Typos. Installing These: ================ Manually: -------- 1) Download the packages that you want to install from: /ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/beta/experimental/packages/ 2) Unpack them to: [1] /usr/local/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages/ 3) Re-start XEmacs. Using XEmacs Package Tools (XEmacs 21.[245].x): ---------------------------------------------- 1) Tools -> Packages -> Add Download Site -> Pre-Releases 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 -> Pre-Releases 2) Options -> Manage Packages -> List and Install 3 - 5) As per XEmacs 21.[245].x. Footnotes: [1] 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;---|