5:59 a.m.
* XEmacs 21.4.5 "Civil Service (Windows)" is released.
"Civil Service (Windows)" is the sixth in the OXYMORON series.
XEmacs 21.4.5 "Civil Service (Windows)" is the first in a series of
MS-Windows focused releases of XEmacs. The intent of this release
series is to provide source and binary distributions of the XEmacs
21.4.x series with any additional fixes or enhancements necessary to
provide a pleasurable editing experience on the MS-Windows platform.
Source will be available via cvs when our cvs server returns. This
release will have the release tag r21-4-5-windows and the most current
snapshot will always have the tag 21-4-windows.
The binaries for both cygwin and native MS-Windows are available via
the XEmacs netinstaller which can be found at
http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/setup.exe This version of the
installer is 1.2.2.11.2.3.
* Brief summary of Changes to 21.4.5 "Civil Service (Windows)"
- Fixed a scrollbar problem when selecting the frame with focus.
- Fixed `mswindows-shell-execute' under cygwin.
- Added a new function `mswindows-cygwin-to-win32-path' for JDE.
- Added support for dialog-based directory selection.
- The installer version has been updated to the 21.5 netinstaller. The
21.5
installer now does proper dde file association and adds uninstall
capability.
- Handle leak fix from Mike Alexander.
- New release build script.
7:15 a.m.
>>>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:59:59 -0800, "Andy
Piper"
>>>> <andy(a)xemacs.org> said:
Andy> The binaries for both cygwin and native MS-Windows are available
Andy> via the XEmacs netinstaller which can be found at
Andy> http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/setup.exe This version of
Andy> the installer is 1.2.2.11.2.3.
I get the following message after choosing to use ftp.us......
"This setup is version 1.2.2.3, but setup.ini claims version
1.2.2.11.2.2 is available. You might want to upgrade to get the
latest features and bug fixes."
Did the upgraded setup.exe not make it out to the above URL?
rob
7:56 a.m.
>>>> "Rob" == Rob Walker
<rob(a)myinternetplace.net> writes:
Andy sent the announcement before hearing back from me.
I have commited the new setup.exe now.
Best regards,
Adrian
>>>> On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 21:59:59 -0800, "Andy
Piper"
>>>> <andy(a)xemacs.org> said:
Andy> The binaries for both cygwin and native MS-Windows are available
Andy> via the XEmacs netinstaller which can be found at
Andy> http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/setup.exe This version of
Andy> the installer is 1.2.2.11.2.3.
Rob> I get the following message after choosing to use ftp.us......
Rob> "This setup is version 1.2.2.3, but setup.ini claims version
Rob> 1.2.2.11.2.2 is available. You might want to upgrade to get the
Rob> latest features and bug fixes."
Rob> Did the upgraded setup.exe not make it out to the above URL?
Rob> rob
--
Adrian Aichner
mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org
http://www.xemacs.org/
8:11 a.m.
>>>> On 29 Oct 2001 08:56:51 +0100,
Adrian.Aichner(a)t-online.de
>>>> (Adrian Aichner) said:
>>>> "Rob" == Rob Walker
<rob(a)myinternetplace.net> writes:
APA> Andy sent the announcement before
hearing back from me.
APA> I have commited the new setup.exe now.
Thank you,
much better now.
rob
4:53 p.m.
At 12:15 AM 10/29/2001 -0700, Rob Walker wrote:
I get the following message after choosing to use ftp.us......
"This setup is version 1.2.2.3, but setup.ini claims version
1.2.2.11.2.2 is available. You might want to upgrade to get the
latest features and bug fixes."
Did the upgraded setup.exe not make it out to the above URL?
Its waiting on Adrian and he's on European time, hopefully it should be ok now.
andy
5:32 p.m.
New subject: XEmacs 21.4.5 'Civil Service' is released.
Andy Piper writes:
* XEmacs 21.4.5 "Civil Service (Windows)" is released.
"Civil
Service (Windows)" is the sixth in the OXYMORON series.
The binaries for both cygwin and native MS-Windows are
available via the XEmacs netinstaller which can be found at
http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/setup.exe This version of
the installer is 1.2.2.11.2.3.
The idea of a netinstaller is nice. Unfortunately, to really work
well the download process has to be an absolute rock. Since XEmacs
isn't a microsoft product, and nobody is paying for huge gobs of
bandwidth from conxion or akamai or anybody else to provide excellent
accessibility, the net installer tends to fall flat on its face.
First it starts by giving me a list of 50 places to do the download
from. I have *no* idea which of them are topologically close to me,
likely to offer a fast download, etc. So I get out a ping tool and
hunt around see what it looks like I've got a good connection to.
Then I bravely tell the netinstaller the site I've chosen.
It then grinds for a little before presenting me with a list of
packages. I can't tell if "all" is selected by default, but I guess
that it is. There's no "Select All" button, so I hit "next" and
proceed.
The netinstaller then throws up a dialog box informing me it can't
find a package (ada support I think). So I hit the "okay" button.
Then it tells me it can't find another package (auctex I think), so I
hit the okay button. And this continues, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Given this irritation, I'd like to make a request. All I want to be
able to do is connect to a site (or one of 50 sites, whatever) with
either http or ftp, and download a single big honking file (probably
30MB or thereabouts) which is a self-contained installer for
*everything*. I can spare the extra 20MB of disk space for the
features I'll never use or even know exist. And this would eliminate
the netinstaller which, at least for me, has thus far never worked.
After all that ranting, I'd like to say that XEmacs is tremendous, and
I'm extremely thankful that people care enough to make the large
effort so that it runs natively on windows.
Thanks,
-Matthew
--
Matthew Eldridge, 408/453-8726 x206
6:40 p.m.
New subject: XEmacs 21.4.5 'Civil Service' is released.
>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Eldridge
<eldridge(a)t-ram.com> writes:
Hi Matthew!
Matthew> Andy Piper writes:
> * XEmacs 21.4.5 "Civil Service (Windows)" is released.
"Civil
> Service (Windows)" is the sixth in the OXYMORON series.
>
> The binaries for both cygwin and native MS-Windows are
> available via the XEmacs netinstaller which can be found at
> http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/setup.exe This version of
> the installer is 1.2.2.11.2.3.
Matthew> The idea of a netinstaller is nice. Unfortunately, to
Matthew> really work well the download process has to be an
Matthew> absolute rock. Since XEmacs isn't a microsoft product,
Matthew> and nobody is paying for huge gobs of bandwidth from
Matthew> conxion or akamai or anybody else to provide excellent
Matthew> accessibility, the net installer tends to fall flat on
Matthew> its face.
People on xemacs-beta: Please report successful installations via
netinstaller.
It has worked nicely for me a while ago.
Matthew> First it starts by giving me a list of 50 places to do
Matthew> the download from. I have *no* idea which of them are
Matthew> topologically close to me, likely to offer a fast
Matthew> download, etc. So I get out a ping tool and hunt around
Matthew> see what it looks like I've got a good connection to.
Matthew> Then I bravely tell the netinstaller the site I've
Matthew> chosen.
Matthew> It then grinds for a little before presenting me with a
Matthew> list of packages. I can't tell if "all" is selected by
Matthew> default, but I guess that it is. There's no "Select All"
Matthew> button, so I hit "next" and proceed.
Matthew> The netinstaller then throws up a dialog box informing me
Matthew> it can't find a package (ada support I think). So I hit
Matthew> the "okay" button. Then it tells me it can't find
Matthew> another package (auctex I think), so I hit the okay
Matthew> button. And this continues, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
What's the site you have chosen?
Matthew> Given this irritation, I'd like to make a request. All I
Matthew> want to be able to do is connect to a site (or one of 50
Matthew> sites, whatever) with either http or ftp, and download a
Matthew> single big honking file (probably 30MB or thereabouts)
Matthew> which is a self-contained installer for *everything*. I
Matthew> can spare the extra 20MB of disk space for the features
Matthew> I'll never use or even know exist. And this would
Matthew> eliminate the netinstaller which, at least for me, has
Matthew> thus far never worked.
How often/when has you tried?
Matthew> After all that ranting, I'd like to say that XEmacs is
Matthew> tremendous, and I'm extremely thankful that people care
Matthew> enough to make the large effort so that it runs natively
Matthew> on windows.
We depend heavily on detailed technical feedback.
That's the way you "pay" for your XEmacs.
Best regards,
Adrian
Matthew> Thanks,
Matthew> -Matthew
Matthew> --
Matthew> Matthew Eldridge, 408/453-8726 x206
--
Adrian Aichner
mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org
http://www.xemacs.org/
8:12 p.m.
New subject: XEmacs 21.4.5 'Civil Service' is released.
At 09:32 AM 10/29/2001 -0800, Matthew Eldridge wrote:
First it starts by giving me a list of 50 places to do the download
from. I have *no* idea which of them are topologically close to me,
I have no idea either. But this is a general net experience. The mirrors RH
lists are often inaccessible or much slower than reported.
likely to offer a fast download, etc. So I get out a ping tool and
hunt around see what it looks like I've got a good connection to.
Then I bravely tell the netinstaller the site I've chosen.
The idea is that the mirror with your country code in it should be best. My
experience is not up to par with this though.
It then grinds for a little before presenting me with a list of
packages. I can't tell if "all" is selected by default, but I guess
that it is. There's no "Select All" button, so I hit "next" and
proceed.
The netinstaller then throws up a dialog box informing me it can't
find a package (ada support I think). So I hit the "okay" button.
Then it tells me it can't find another package (auctex I think), so I
hit the okay button. And this continues, ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
I think this happens when the mirror is not up-to-date.
Given this irritation, I'd like to make a request. All I want to
be
able to do is connect to a site (or one of 50 sites, whatever) with
either http or ftp, and download a single big honking file (probably
30MB or thereabouts) which is a self-contained installer for
*everything*. I can spare the extra 20MB of disk space for the
features I'll never use or even know exist. And this would eliminate
the netinstaller which, at least for me, has thus far never worked.
Jim Potts does an installshield version to satisfy this. Hopefully he will
roll a new release.
andy
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