in xterm window in /home/user > xemacs essay11.tex Freeze of program and I got segmentation fault in Xemacs (see attached spec sheet) core: file not found but GNU gdb 5.0 gives (gdb) where (gdb) No stack. (gdb) quit Lisp backtrace was # (condition-case ... . error) # (catch top-level ...) Message: Terminate mini buffer with ^] which I did; CRASH! But of course my TEX file was in /home/user/docs! But all the other editors simply open and give one a chance to find the missing file by going to the correct folder. Why do you crash? You need only say "file not found." Then continue with a blank page as a new document. No other word processor or editor does this; at least not in the commercial world. Bart Alberti bart(a)solozone.com Attactment: Help-Installation uname -a: Linux knuth 2.4.3 #1 Mon Feb 5 17:56:44 GMT 2001 i686 unknown ./configure 'i386-suse-linux' '--with-gnu-make' '--with-gcc' '--dynamic' '--rel-alloc' '--debug=no' '--error-checking=none' '--const-is-losing=no' '--cflags=-O2 -m486 -mcpu=i486 -march=i486 -Wall -Wno-switch -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2' '--ldflags=-s' '--prefix=/usr' '--exec-prefix=/usr' '--bindir=/usr/X11R6/bin' '--datadir=/usr/share' '--archlibdir=/usr/lib/xemacs/21.1.14/i386-suse-linux' '--docdir=/usr/lib/xemacs/21.1.14/i386-suse-linux' '--lispdir=/usr/share/xemacs/21.1.14/lisp' '--pkgdir=/usr/share/xemacs/21.1.14/lisp' '--etcdir=/usr/share/xemacs/21.1.14/etc' '--statedir=/var/state/xemacs' '--lockdir=/var/state/xemacs/lock' '--infodir=/usr/share/xemacs/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man/man1' '--with-sound=native' '--with-database=gnudbm,berkdb' '--with-ncurses' '--with-tty=yes' '--with-gpm' '--with-site-lisp' '--with-xpm' '--with-gif' '--with-tiff' '--with-jpeg' '--with-png' '--with-x' '--with-session=yes' '--with-menubars=lucid' '--with-scrollbars=lucid' '--with-dialogs=athena3d' '--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib' '--with-mule' '--with-xim=xlib' '--with-xfs' '--with-clash-detection' '--with-ldap' '--with-pop' XEmacs 21.1.14 "Cuyahoga Valley" configured for `i386-suse-linux'. Where should the build process find the source code? /usr/src/packages/BUILD/xemacs-21.1.14 What installation prefix should install use? /usr What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -O2 -m486 -mcpu=i486 -march=i486 -Wall -Wno-switch -pipe -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2 -malign-functions=2 Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? yes What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for GNU DBM. Compiling in support for LDAP. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Compiling in Mule (multi-lingual) support. Compiling in XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method) support. Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support. Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar. Compiling in support for Canna on Mule. Compiling in support for the WNN input method on Mule. Compiling in support for proper session-management. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena-3d dialog boxes. Compiling in DLL support. Clash detection will use "/var/state/xemacs/lock" for locking files. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using POP for mail access Using Lisp_Objects with minimal tagbits.