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Document that help echo for menu items doesn't work on Windows.
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1 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
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2 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs.
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4 * Emacs' xterm-mouse-mode doesn't work on the Gnome terminal.
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6 A symptom of this bug is that double-clicks insert a control sequence
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7 into the buffer. The reason this happens is an apparent
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8 incompatibility of the Gnome terminal with Xterm, which also affects
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9 other programs using the Xterm mouse interface. A problem report has
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10 been filed.
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12 * Emacs pauses for several seconds when changing the default font
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14 This has been reported for fvwm 2.2.5 and the window manager of KDE
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15 2.1. The reason for the pause is Xt waiting for a ConfigureNotify
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16 event from the window manager, which the window manager doesn't send.
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17 Xt stops waiting after a default timeout of usually 5 seconds.
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19 A workaround for this is to add something like
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21 emacs.waitForWM: false
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23 to your X resources. Alternatively, add `(wait-for-wm . nil)' to a
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24 frame's parameter list, like this:
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26 (modify-frame-parameters nil '((wait-for-wm . nil)))
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28 (this should go into your `.emacs' file).
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30 * Underlines appear at the wrong position.
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32 This is caused by fonts having a wrong UNDERLINE_POSITION property.
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33 An example is the font 7x13 on XFree prior to version 4.1. To
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34 circumvent this problem, set x-use-underline-position-properties to
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35 nil in your .emacs.
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37 * Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory.
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39 This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one
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40 of the GCC snapshots between Oct 2000 and Feb 2001, or from a released
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41 version of GCC newer than 2.95.2 which was prepared around those
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42 dates. The preprocessor in those versions expands ".." into ". .",
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43 which breaks relative file names that reference the parent directory.
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45 The solution is to make sure the preprocessor is run with the
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46 `-traditional' option. (The `configure' script does that
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47 automatically.)
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49 Note that this problem does not pertain to the MS-Windows port of
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50 Emacs, since it doesn't use the preprocessor to generate Makefiles.
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52 * Building the MS-Windows port with Cygwin GCC can fail.
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54 Emacs may not build using recent Cygwin builds of GCC, such as Cygwin
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55 version 1.1.8, using the default configure settings. It appears to be
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56 necessary to specify the -mwin32 flag when compiling, and define
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57 __MSVCRT__, like so:
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59 configure --with-gcc --cflags -mwin32 --cflags -D__MSVCRT__
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61 * Building the MS-Windows port with Leim fails in the `leim' directory.
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63 The error message might be something like this:
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64
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65 Converting d:/emacs-21.1/leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit to quail-package...
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66 Invalid ENCODE: value in TIT dictionary
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67 NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"../src/obj-spd/i386/emacs.exe"' : return code
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68 '0xffffffff'
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69 Stop.
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71 This can happen if the Leim distribution is unpacked with a program
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72 which converts the `*.tit' files to DOS-style CR-LF text format. The
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73 `*.tit' files in the leim/CXTERM-DIC directory require Unix-style line
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74 endings to compile properly, because Emacs reads them without any code
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75 or EOL conversions.
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77 The solution is to make sure the program used to unpack Leim does not
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78 change the files' line endings behind your back. The GNU FTP site has
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79 in the `/gnu/emacs/windows' directory a program called `djtarnt.exe'
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80 which can be used to unpack `.tar.gz' and `.zip' archives without
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81 mangling them.
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83 * JPEG images aren't displayed.
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85 This has been reported when Emacs is built with jpeg-6a library.
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86 Upgrading to jpeg-6b solves the problem.
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88 * Building `ctags' for MS-Windows with the MinGW port of GCC fails.
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90 This might happen due to a bug in the MinGW header assert.h, which
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91 defines the `assert' macro with a trailing semi-colon. The following
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92 patch to assert.h should solve this:
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94 *** include/assert.h.orig Sun Nov 7 02:41:36 1999
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95 --- include/assert.h Mon Jan 29 11:49:10 2001
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96 ***************
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97 *** 41,47 ****
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98 /*
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99 * If not debugging, assert does nothing.
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100 */
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101 ! #define assert(x) ((void)0);
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103 #else /* debugging enabled */
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105 --- 41,47 ----
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106 /*
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107 * If not debugging, assert does nothing.
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108 */
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109 ! #define assert(x) ((void)0)
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111 #else /* debugging enabled */
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114 * When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse
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115 click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This
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116 is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the
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117 problem disappears.
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119 * Clicking C-mouse-2 in the scroll bar doesn't split the window.
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121 This currently doesn't work with scroll-bar widgets (and we don't know
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122 a good way of implementing it with widgets). If Emacs is configured
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123 --without-toolkit-scroll-bars, C-mouse-2 on the scroll bar does work.
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125 * Colors are not available on a tty or in xterm.
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127 Emacs 21 supports colors on character terminals and terminal
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128 emulators, but this support relies on the terminfo or termcap database
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129 entry to specify that the display supports color. Emacs looks at the
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130 "Co" capability for the terminal to find out how many colors are
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131 supported; it should be non-zero to activate the color support within
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132 Emacs. (Most color terminals support 8 or 16 colors.) If your system
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133 uses terminfo, the name of the capability equivalent to "Co" is
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134 "colors".
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136 In addition to the "Co" capability, Emacs needs the "op" (for
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137 ``original pair'') capability, which tells how to switch the terminal
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138 back to the default foreground and background colors. Emacs will not
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139 use colors if this capability is not defined. If your terminal entry
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140 doesn't provide such a capability, try using the ANSI standard escape
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141 sequence \E[00m (that is, define a new termcap/terminfo entry and make
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142 it use your current terminal's entry plus \E[00m for the "op"
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143 capability).
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144
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145 Finally, the "NC" capability (terminfo name: "ncv") tells Emacs which
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146 attributes cannot be used with colors. Setting this capability
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147 incorrectly might have the effect of disabling colors; try setting
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148 this capability to `0' (zero) and see if that helps.
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150 Emacs uses the database entry for the terminal whose name is the value
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151 of the environment variable TERM. With `xterm', a common terminal
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152 entry that supports color is `xterm-color', so setting TERM's value to
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153 `xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible
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154 emulator.
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156 Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode.
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157 Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on
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158 Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The
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159 recommended way of turning on Font-lock is by typing "M-x
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160 global-font-lock-mode RET" or by customizing the variable
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161 `global-font-lock-mode'.
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163 * Problems in Emacs built with LessTif.
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165 The problems seem to depend on the version of LessTif and the Motif
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166 emulation for which it is set up.
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168 Only the Motif 1.2 emulation seems to be stable enough in LessTif.
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169 Lesstif 0.92-17's Motif 1.2 emulation seems to work okay on FreeBSD.
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170 On GNU/Linux systems, lesstif-0.92.6 configured with "./configure
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171 --enable-build-12 --enable-default-12" is reported to be the most
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172 successful. The binary GNU/Linux package
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173 lesstif-devel-0.92.0-1.i386.rpm was reported to have problems with
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174 menu placement.
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176 On some systems, even with Motif 1.2 emulation, Emacs occasionally
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178 what causes these problems; they are not reproducible by Emacs
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179 developers.
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181 * Known problems with the MS-Windows port of Emacs 21.1.
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182
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183 Emacs 21.1 built for MS-Windows doesn't support images, the tool bar,
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184 and tooltips. Support for these will be added in future versions.
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185
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186 Help text that is displayed in a tooltip on other window systems, on
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187 Windows is printed in the echo area, since tooltips are not yet
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188 available. Help text for menu items is not displayed at all.
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189
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190 There are problems with display if the variable `redisplay-dont-pause'
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191 is set to nil (w32-win.el sets it to t by default, to avoid these
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192 problems). The problems include:
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193
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194 . No redisplay as long as help echo is displayed in the echo area,
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195 e.g. if the mouse is on a mouse-sensitive part of the mode line.
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196
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197 . When the mode line is dragged with the mouse, multiple copies of the
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198 mode line are left behind, until the mouse button is released and
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199 the next input event occurs.
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200
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201 . Window contents are not updated when text is selected by dragging
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202 the mouse, and the mouse is dragged below the bottom line of the
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203 window. When the mouse button is released, the window display is
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204 correctly updated.
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205
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206 Again, these problems only occur if `redisplay-dont-pause' is nil.
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207
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208 Emacs can sometimes abort when non-ASCII text, possibly with null
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209 characters, is copied and pasted into a buffer.
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210
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211 An inactive cursor remains in an active window after the Windows
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212 Manager driven switch of the focus, until a key is pressed.
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214 Windows 2000 input methods are not recognized by Emacs (as of v21.1).
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215 These input methods cause the keyboard to send characters encoded in
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216 the appropriate coding system (e.g., ISO 8859-1 for Latin-1
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217 characters, ISO 8859-8 for Hebrew characters, etc.). To make this
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218 work, set the keyboard coding system to the appropriate value after
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219 you activate the Windows input method. For example, if you activate
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220 the Hebrew input method, type "C-x RET k iso-8859-8 RET". (Emacs
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221 ought to recognize the Windows language-change event and set up the
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222 appropriate keyboard encoding automatically, but it doesn't do that
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223 yet.)
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224
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225 Multilingual text put into the Windows 2000 clipboard by Windows
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226 applications cannot be safely pasted into Emacs (as of v21.1). This
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227 is because Windows 2000 uses Unicode to represent multilingual text,
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228 but Emacs does not yet support Unicode well enough to decode it. This
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229 means that Emacs can only interchange non-ASCII text with other
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230 Windows 2000 programs if the characters are in the system codepage.
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231 Reportedly, a partial solution is to install the Mule-UCS package and
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232 set selection-coding-system to utf-16-le-dos.
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234 * The `configure' script doesn't find the jpeg library.
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235
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236 This can happen because the linker by default only looks for shared
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237 libraries, but jpeg distribution by default doesn't build and doesn't
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238 install a shared version of the library, `libjpeg.so'. One system
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239 where this is known to happen is Compaq OSF/1 (`Tru64'), but it
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240 probably isn't limited to that system.
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241
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242 You can configure the jpeg library with the `--enable-shared' option
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243 and then rebuild libjpeg. This produces a shared version of libjpeg,
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244 which you need to install. Finally, rerun the Emacs configure script,
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245 which should now find the jpeg library. Alternatively, modify the
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246 generated src/Makefile to link the .a file explicitly.
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248 (If you need the static version of the jpeg library as well, configure
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249 libjpeg with both `--enable-static' and `--enable-shared' options.)
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251 * Building Emacs over NFS fails with ``Text file busy''.
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253 This was reported to happen when building Emacs on a GNU/Linux system
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254 (RedHat Linux 6.2) using a build directory automounted from Solaris
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255 (SunOS 5.6) file server, but it might not be limited to that
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256 configuration alone. Presumably, the NFS server doesn't commit the
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257 files' data to disk quickly enough, and the Emacs executable file is
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258 left ``busy'' for several seconds after Emacs has finished dumping
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259 itself. This causes the subsequent commands which invoke the dumped
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260 Emacs excutable to fail with the above message.
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262 In some of these cases, a time skew between the NFS server and the
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263 machine where Emacs is built is detected and reported by GNU Make
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264 (it says that some of the files have modification time in the future).
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265 This might be a symptom of NFS-related problems.
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267 If the NFS server runs on Solaris, apply the Solaris patch 105379-05
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269 you have a different version of the OS or the NFS server, you can
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270 force the NFS server to use 1KB blocks, which was reported to fix the
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271 problem albeit at a price of slowing down file I/O. You can force 1KB
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272 blocks by specifying the "-o rsize=1024,wsize=1024" options to the
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273 `mount' command, or by adding ",rsize=1024,wsize=1024" to the mount
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274 options in the appropriate system configuration file, such as
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275 `/etc/auto.home'.
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277 Alternatively, when Make fails due to this problem, you could wait for
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278 a few seconds and then invoke Make again. In one particular case,
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279 waiting for 10 or more seconds between the two Make invocations seemed
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280 to work around the problem.
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282 Similar problems can happen if your machine NFS-mounts a directory
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284 you are working on the host called `marvin'. Then an entry in the
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285 `/etc/fstab' file like the following is asking for trouble:
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286
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287 marvin:/usr/local/src /usr/local/src ...options.omitted...
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288
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289 The solution is to remove this line from `etc/fstab'.
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291 * Accented ISO-8859-1 characters are displayed as | or _.
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292
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293 Try other font set sizes (S-mouse-1). If the problem persists with
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294 other sizes as well, your text is corrupted, probably through software
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295 that is not 8-bit clean. If the problem goes away with another font
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296 size, it's probably because some fonts pretend to be ISO-8859-1 fonts
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297 when they are really ASCII fonts. In particular the schumacher-clean
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298 fonts have this bug in some versions of X.
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299
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300 To see what glyphs are included in a font, use `xfd', like this:
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301
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302 xfd -fn -schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
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304 If this shows only ASCII glyphs, the font is indeed the source of the
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305 problem.
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306
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307 The solution is to remove the corresponding lines from the appropriate
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308 `fonts.alias' file, then run `mkfontdir' in that directory, and then run
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309 `xset fp rehash'.
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311 * Large file support is disabled on HP-UX. See the comments in
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312 src/s/hpux10.h.
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313
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314 * Crashes when displaying uncompressed GIFs with version
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315 libungif-4.1.0 are resolved by using version libungif-4.1.0b1.
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317 * Interrupting Cygwin port of Bash from Emacs doesn't work.
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318
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319 Cygwin 1.x builds of the ported Bash cannot be interrupted from the
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320 MS-Windows version of Emacs. This is due to some change in the Bash
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321 port or in the Cygwin library which apparently make Bash ignore the
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322 keyboard interrupt event sent by Emacs to Bash. (Older Cygwin ports
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323 of Bash, up to b20.1, did receive SIGINT from Emacs.)
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325 * The latest released version of the W3 package doesn't run properly
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326 with Emacs 21 and needs work. However, these problems are already
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327 fixed in W3's CVS. This patch is reported to make w3-4.0pre.46 work:
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329 diff -aur --new-file w3-4.0pre.46-orig/lisp/w3-display.el w3-4.0pre.46-new/lisp/w3-display.el
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330 --- w3-4.0pre.46-orig/lisp/w3-display.el Sun Nov 14 22:00:12 1999
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331 +++ w3-4.0pre.46-new/lisp/w3-display.el Thu Dec 14 14:59:15 2000
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332 @@ -181,7 +181,8 @@
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333 (dispatch-event (next-command-event)))
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334 (error nil))))
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335 (t
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336 - (if (and (not (sit-for 0)) (input-pending-p))
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337 + ;; modified for GNU Emacs 21 by bob@rattlesnake.com on 2000 Dec 14
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338 + (if (and (not (sit-for 0)) nil)
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339 (condition-case ()
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340 (progn
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341 (setq w3-pause-keystroke
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342 diff -aur --new-file w3-4.0pre.46-orig/lisp/w3-e21.el w3-4.0pre.46-new/lisp/w3-e21.el
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343 --- w3-4.0pre.46-orig/lisp/w3-e21.el Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970
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344 +++ w3-4.0pre.46-new/lisp/w3-e21.el Thu Dec 14 14:54:58 2000
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345 @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
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346 +;;; w3-e21.el --- ** required for GNU Emacs 21 **
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347 +;; Added by bob@rattlesnake.com on 2000 Dec 14
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348 +
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349 +(require 'w3-e19)
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350 +(provide 'w3-e21)
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353 * On AIX, if linking fails because libXbsd isn't found, check if you
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354 are compiling with the system's `cc' and CFLAGS containing `-O5'. If
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355 so, you have hit a compiler bug. Please make sure to re-configure
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356 Emacs so that it isn't compiled with `-O5'.
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359 `before-change-function' and `after-change-function', which are no
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360 longer used by Emacs. These changes to PSGML 1.2.2 fix that.
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361
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362 --- psgml-edit.el 2001/03/03 00:23:31 1.1
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363 +++ psgml-edit.el 2001/03/03 00:24:22
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365 ; inhibit-read-only
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366 - (before-change-function nil)
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367 - (after-change-function nil))
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368 + (before-change-functions nil)
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369 + (after-change-functions nil))
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370 (setq selective-display t)
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372 (buffer-read-only nil)
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373 - (before-change-function nil)
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374 + (before-change-functions nil)
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375 (markup-index ; match-data index in tag regexp
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377 (defun sgml-expand-shortref-to-text (name)
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378 - (let (before-change-function
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379 + (let (before-change-functions
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380 (entity (sgml-lookup-entity name (sgml-dtd-entities sgml-dtd-info))))
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382 (re-found nil)
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383 - before-change-function)
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384 + before-change-functions)
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385 (goto-char sgml-markup-start)
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387 (goto-char (sgml-element-end element))
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388 - (let ((before-change-function nil))
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389 + (let ((before-change-functions nil))
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390 (sgml-normalize-content element only-one)))
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391 --- psgml-other.el 2001/03/03 00:23:42 1.1
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392 +++ psgml-other.el 2001/03/03 00:30:05
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394 (require 'easymenu)
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395 +(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
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398 (let ((submenu
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399 - (subseq entries 0 (min (length entries)
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400 - sgml-max-menu-size))))
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401 +;;; (subseq entries 0 (min (length entries)
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402 +;;; sgml-max-menu-size))
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404 + (setcdr (nthcdr (1- (min (length entries)
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405 + sgml-max-menu-size))
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406 + new) nil)
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407 + new)))
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408 (setq entries (nthcdr sgml-max-menu-size entries))
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410 (let ((inhibit-read-only t)
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411 - (after-change-function nil) ; obsolete variable
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412 - (before-change-function nil) ; obsolete variable
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413 (after-change-functions nil)
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414 - (before-change-functions nil))
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415 + (before-change-functions nil)
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416 + (modified (buffer-modified-p))
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417 + (buffer-undo-list t)
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418 + deactivate-mark)
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419 (put-text-property start end 'face face)
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420 - (when (< start end)
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421 - (put-text-property (1- end) end 'rear-nonsticky '(face)))))
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422 + (when (and (not modified) (buffer-modified-p))
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423 + (set-buffer-modified-p nil))))
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424 (t
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425 --- psgml-parse.el 2001/03/03 00:23:57 1.1
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426 +++ psgml-parse.el 2001/03/03 00:29:56
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427 @@ -40,2 +40,4 @@
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428
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429 +(eval-when-compile (require 'cl))
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430 +
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431
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432 @@ -2493,8 +2495,8 @@
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433 (setq sgml-scratch-buffer nil))
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434 - (when after-change-function ;***
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435 - (message "OOPS: after-change-function not NIL in scratch buffer %s: %s"
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436 + (when after-change-functions ;***
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437 + (message "OOPS: after-change-functions not NIL in scratch buffer %s: %S"
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438 (current-buffer)
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439 - after-change-function)
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440 - (setq before-change-function nil
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441 - after-change-function nil))
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442 + after-change-functions)
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443 + (setq before-change-functions nil
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444 + after-change-functions nil))
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445 (setq sgml-last-entity-buffer (current-buffer))
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446 @@ -2878,6 +2880,5 @@
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447 "Set initial state of parsing"
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448 - (make-local-variable 'before-change-function)
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449 - (setq before-change-function 'sgml-note-change-at)
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450 - (make-local-variable 'after-change-function)
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451 - (setq after-change-function 'sgml-set-face-after-change)
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452 + (set (make-local-variable 'before-change-functions) '(sgml-note-change-at))
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453 + (set (make-local-variable 'after-change-functions)
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454 + '(sgml-set-face-after-change))
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455 (sgml-set-active-dtd-indicator (sgml-dtd-doctype dtd))
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457 (sgml-need-dtd)
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458 - (unless before-change-function
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459 - (message "WARN: before-change-function has been lost, restoring (%s)"
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460 + (unless before-change-functions
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461 + (message "WARN: before-change-functions has been lost, restoring (%s)"
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462 (current-buffer))
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463 - (setq before-change-function 'sgml-note-change-at)
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464 - (setq after-change-function 'sgml-set-face-after-change))
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465 + (setq before-change-functions '(sgml-note-change-at))
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466 + (setq after-change-functions '(sgml-set-face-after-change)))
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467 (sgml-with-parser-syntax-ro
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468
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469 * The Calc package fails to build and signals errors with Emacs 21.
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470
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471 Apply the following patches which reportedly fix several problems:
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472
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473 --- calc-ext.el.~1~ Sun Apr 3 02:26:34 1994
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474 +++ calc-ext.el Wed Sep 18 17:35:01 1996
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475 @@ -1354,6 +1354,25 @@
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476 (calc-fancy-prefix 'calc-inverse-flag "Inverse..." n)
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477 )
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478
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479 +(defconst calc-fancy-prefix-map
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480 + (let ((map (make-sparse-keymap)))
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481 + (define-key map [t] 'calc-fancy-prefix-other-key)
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482 + (define-key map (vector meta-prefix-char t) 'calc-fancy-prefix-other-key)
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483 + (define-key map [switch-frame] nil)
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484 + (define-key map [?\C-u] 'universal-argument)
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485 + (define-key map [?0] 'digit-argument)
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486 + (define-key map [?1] 'digit-argument)
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487 + (define-key map [?2] 'digit-argument)
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488 + (define-key map [?3] 'digit-argument)
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489 + (define-key map [?4] 'digit-argument)
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490 + (define-key map [?5] 'digit-argument)
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491 + (define-key map [?6] 'digit-argument)
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492 + (define-key map [?7] 'digit-argument)
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493 + (define-key map [?8] 'digit-argument)
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494 + (define-key map [?9] 'digit-argument)
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495 + map)
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496 + "Keymap used while processing calc-fancy-prefix.")
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497 +
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498 (defun calc-fancy-prefix (flag msg n)
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499 (let (prefix)
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500 (calc-wrapper
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501 @@ -1364,6 +1383,8 @@
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502 (message (if prefix msg "")))
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503 (and prefix
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504 (not calc-is-keypad-press)
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505 + (if (boundp 'overriding-terminal-local-map)
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506 + (setq overriding-terminal-local-map calc-fancy-prefix-map)
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507 (let ((event (calc-read-key t)))
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508 (if (eq (setq last-command-char (car event)) ?\C-u)
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509 (universal-argument)
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510 @@ -1376,9 +1397,18 @@
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511 (if (or (not (integerp last-command-char))
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512 (eq last-command-char ?-))
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513 (calc-unread-command)
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514 - (digit-argument n))))))
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515 + (digit-argument n)))))))
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516 )
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517 (setq calc-is-keypad-press nil)
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518 +
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519 +(defun calc-fancy-prefix-other-key (arg)
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520 + (interactive "P")
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521 + (if (or (not (integerp last-command-char))
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522 + (and (>= last-command-char 0) (< last-command-char ? )
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523 + (not (eq last-command-char meta-prefix-char))))
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524 + (calc-wrapper)) ; clear flags if not a Calc command.
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525 + (calc-unread-command)
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526 + (setq overriding-terminal-local-map nil))
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527
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528 (defun calc-invert-func ()
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529 (save-excursion
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530
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531 --- Makefile.~1~ Sun Dec 15 23:50:45 1996
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532 +++ Makefile Thu Nov 30 15:09:45 2000
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533 @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
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534
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535 # Other macros.
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536 EFLAGS = -batch
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537 -MAINT = -l calc-maint.elc
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538 +MAINT = -l calc-maint.el
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539
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540 # Control whether intermediate files are kept.
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541 PURGE = -rm -f
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542 @@ -154,10 +154,7 @@
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543
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544
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545 # All this because "-l calc-maint" doesn't work.
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546 -maint: calc-maint.elc
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547 -calc-maint.elc: calc-maint.el
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548 - cp calc-maint.el calc-maint.elc
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549 -
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550 +maint: calc-maint.el
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551
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552 # Create an Emacs TAGS file
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553 tags: TAGS
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554
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555 --- calc-aent.el.~1~ Sun Dec 15 23:50:36 1996
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556 +++ calc-aent.el Tue Nov 21 18:34:33 2000
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557 @@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
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558 (calc-minibuffer-contains
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559 "\\`\\([^\"]*\"[^\"]*\"\\)*[^\"]*\"[^\"]*\\'"))
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560 (insert "`")
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561 - (setq alg-exp (buffer-string))
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562 + (setq alg-exp (field-string))
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563 (and (> (length alg-exp) 0) (setq calc-previous-alg-entry alg-exp))
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564 (exit-minibuffer))
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565 )
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566 @@ -393,14 +393,14 @@
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567
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568 (defun calcAlg-enter ()
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569 (interactive)
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570 - (let* ((str (buffer-string))
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571 + (let* ((str (field-string))
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572 (exp (and (> (length str) 0)
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573 (save-excursion
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574 (set-buffer calc-buffer)
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575 (math-read-exprs str)))))
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576 (if (eq (car-safe exp) 'error)
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577 (progn
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578 - (goto-char (point-min))
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579 + (goto-char (field-beginning))
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580 (forward-char (nth 1 exp))
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581 (beep)
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582 (calc-temp-minibuffer-message
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583 @@ -455,14 +455,14 @@
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584 (interactive)
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585 (if (calc-minibuffer-contains ".*[@oh] *[^'m ]+[^'m]*\\'")
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586 (calcDigit-key)
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587 - (setq calc-digit-value (buffer-string))
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588 + (setq calc-digit-value (field-string))
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589 (exit-minibuffer))
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590 )
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591
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592 (defun calcDigit-edit ()
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593 (interactive)
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594 (calc-unread-command)
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595 - (setq calc-digit-value (buffer-string))
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596 + (setq calc-digit-value (field-string))
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597 (exit-minibuffer)
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598 )
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599
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600 --- calc.el.~1~ Sun Dec 15 23:50:47 1996
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601 +++ calc.el Wed Nov 22 13:08:49 2000
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602 @@ -2051,11 +2051,11 @@
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603 ;; Exercise for the reader: Figure out why this is a good precaution!
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604 (or (boundp 'calc-buffer)
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605 (use-local-map minibuffer-local-map))
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606 - (let ((str (buffer-string)))
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607 + (let ((str (field-string)))
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608 (setq calc-digit-value (save-excursion
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609 (set-buffer calc-buffer)
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610 (math-read-number str))))
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611 - (if (and (null calc-digit-value) (> (buffer-size) 0))
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612 + (if (and (null calc-digit-value) (> (field-end) (field-beginning)))
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613 (progn
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614 (beep)
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615 (calc-temp-minibuffer-message " [Bad format]"))
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616 @@ -2071,7 +2071,7 @@
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617
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618 (defun calc-minibuffer-contains (rex)
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619 (save-excursion
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620 - (goto-char (point-min))
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621 + (goto-char (field-end (point-min)))
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622 (looking-at rex))
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623 )
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624
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625 @@ -2158,10 +2158,8 @@
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626 (upcase last-command-char))))
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627 (and dig
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628 (< dig radix)))))))
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629 - (save-excursion
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630 - (goto-char (point-min))
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631 - (looking-at
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632 - "[-+]?\\(.*\\+/- *\\|.*mod *\\)?\\([0-9]+\\.?0*[@oh] *\\)?\\([0-9]+\\.?0*['m] *\\)?[0-9]*\\(\\.?[0-9]*\\(e[-+]?[0-3]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?\\)?\\|[0-9]:\\([0-9]+:\\)?[0-9]*\\)?[\"s]?\\'")))
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633 + (calc-minibuffer-contains
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634 + "[-+]?\\(.*\\+/- *\\|.*mod *\\)?\\([0-9]+\\.?0*[@oh] *\\)?\\([0-9]+\\.?0*['m] *\\)?[0-9]*\\(\\.?[0-9]*\\(e[-+]?[0-3]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?[0-9]?\\)?\\|[0-9]:\\([0-9]+:\\)?[0-9]*\\)?[\"s]?\\'"))
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635 (if (and (memq last-command-char '(?@ ?o ?h ?\' ?m))
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636 (string-match " " calc-hms-format))
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637 (insert " "))
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638 @@ -2190,7 +2188,7 @@
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639 ((eq last-command 'calcDigit-start)
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640 (erase-buffer))
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641 (t (backward-delete-char 1)))
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642 - (if (= (buffer-size) 0)
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643 + (if (= (field-beginning) (field-end))
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644 (progn
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645 (setq last-command-char 13)
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646 (calcDigit-nondigit)))
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647
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648 * TeX'ing the Calc manual fails.
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649
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650 The following patches allow to build the Calc manual using texinfo.tex
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651 from Emacs 19.34 distribution:
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652
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653 *** calc-maint.e~0 Mon Dec 16 07:11:26 1996
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654 --- calc-maint.el Sun Dec 10 14:32:38 2000
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655 ***************
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656 *** 308,314 ****
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657 (insert "@tex\n"
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658 "\\global\\advance\\appendixno2\n"
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659 "\\gdef\\xref#1.{See ``#1.''}\n")
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660 ! (setq midpos (point))
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661 (insert "@end tex\n")
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662 (insert-buffer-substring srcbuf sumpos endpos)
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663 (insert "@bye\n")
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664 --- 308,314 ----
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665 (insert "@tex\n"
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666 "\\global\\advance\\appendixno2\n"
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667 "\\gdef\\xref#1.{See ``#1.''}\n")
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668 ! (setq midpos (point-marker))
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669 (insert "@end tex\n")
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670 (insert-buffer-substring srcbuf sumpos endpos)
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671 (insert "@bye\n")
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672 *** Makefile.~0 Mon Dec 16 07:11:24 1996
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673 --- Makefile Sun Dec 10 14:44:00 2000
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674 ***************
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675 *** 98,106 ****
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676 # Format the Calc manual as one printable volume using TeX.
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677 tex:
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678 $(REMOVE) calc.aux
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679 ! $(TEX) calc.texinfo
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680 $(TEXINDEX) calc.[cfkptv]?
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681 ! $(TEX) calc.texinfo
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682 $(PURGE) calc.cp calc.fn calc.pg calc.tp calc.vr
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683 $(PURGE) calc.cps calc.fns calc.kys calc.pgs calc.tps calc.vrs
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684 $(PURGE) calc.toc
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685 --- 98,106 ----
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686 # Format the Calc manual as one printable volume using TeX.
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687 tex:
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688 $(REMOVE) calc.aux
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689 ! -$(TEX) calc.texinfo
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690 $(TEXINDEX) calc.[cfkptv]?
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691 ! -$(TEX) calc.texinfo
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692 $(PURGE) calc.cp calc.fn calc.pg calc.tp calc.vr
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693 $(PURGE) calc.cps calc.fns calc.kys calc.pgs calc.tps calc.vrs
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694 $(PURGE) calc.toc
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695 *** calc.texinfo.~1~ Thu Oct 10 18:18:56 1996
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696 --- calc.texinfo Mon Dec 11 08:25:00 2000
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697 ***************
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698 *** 12,17 ****
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699 --- 12,19 ----
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700 % Because makeinfo.c exists, we can't just define new commands.
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701 % So instead, we take over little-used existing commands.
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702 %
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703 + % Suggested by Karl Berry <karl@@freefriends.org>
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704 + \gdef\!{\mskip-\thinmuskip}
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705 % Redefine @cite{text} to act like $text$ in regular TeX.
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706 % Info will typeset this same as @samp{text}.
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707 \gdef\goodtex{\tex \let\rm\goodrm \let\t\ttfont \turnoffactive}
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708 ***************
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709 *** 23686,23692 ****
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710 a vector of the actual parameter values, written as equations:
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711 @cite{[a = 3, b = 2]}, in case you'd rather read them in a list
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712 than pick them out of the formula. (You can type @kbd{t y}
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5557b35aba5d Fix a glitch in calc.texinfo patches.
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713 ! to move this vector to the stack; @pxref{Trail Commands}.)
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714
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715 Specifying a different independent variable name will affect the
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716 resulting formula: @kbd{a F 1 k RET} produces @kbd{3 + 2 k}.
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717 --- 23689,23695 ----
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718 a vector of the actual parameter values, written as equations:
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719 @cite{[a = 3, b = 2]}, in case you'd rather read them in a list
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720 than pick them out of the formula. (You can type @kbd{t y}
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721 ! to move this vector to the stack; see @ref{Trail Commands}.)
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722
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723 Specifying a different independent variable name will affect the
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724 resulting formula: @kbd{a F 1 k RET} produces @kbd{3 + 2 k}.
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725
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726 * Unicode characters are not unified with other Mule charsets.
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parents: 37770
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727
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728 As of v21.1, Emacs charsets are still not unified. This means that
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parents: 37770
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729 characters which belong to charsets such as Latin-2, Greek, Hebrew,
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730 etc. and the same characters in the `mule-unicode-*' charsets are
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731 different characters, as far as Emacs is concerned. For example, text
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parents: 37770
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732 which includes Unicode characters from the Latin-2 locale cannot be
3bf93c45de95 Mention that mule-unicode-* charsets aren't unified with the others.
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parents: 37770
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733 encoded by Emacs with ISO 8859-2 coding system; and if you yank Greek
3bf93c45de95 Mention that mule-unicode-* charsets aren't unified with the others.
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parents: 37770
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734 text from a buffer whose buffer-file-coding-system is greek-iso-8bit
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parents: 37770
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735 into a mule-unicode-0100-24ff buffer, Emacs won't be able to save that
3bf93c45de95 Mention that mule-unicode-* charsets aren't unified with the others.
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parents: 37770
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736 buffer neither as ISO 8859-7 nor as UTF-8.
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parents: 37770
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737
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738 To work around this, install some add-on package such as Mule-UCS.
3bf93c45de95 Mention that mule-unicode-* charsets aren't unified with the others.
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parents: 37770
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739
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1ddf9f48dc2f Document problems with oc-unicode.
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parents: 36004
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740 * The `oc-unicode' package doesn't work with Emacs 21.
1ddf9f48dc2f Document problems with oc-unicode.
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parents: 36004
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741
36813
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742 This package tries to define more private charsets than there are free
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parents: 36550
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743 slots now. If the built-in Unicode/UTF-8 support is insufficient,
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parents: 36550
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744 e.g. if you need more CJK coverage, use the current Mule-UCS package.
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parents: 36550
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745 Any files encoded as emacs-mule using oc-unicode won't be read
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parents: 36550
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746 correctly by Emacs 21.
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747
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parents: 33788
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748 * On systems with shared libraries you might encounter run-time errors
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parents: 33788
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749 from the dynamic linker telling you that it is unable to find some
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parents: 33788
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750 shared libraries, for instance those for Xaw3d or image support.
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parents: 33788
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751 These errors mean Emacs has been linked with a library whose shared
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parents: 33788
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752 library is not in the default search path of the dynamic linker.
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753
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754 On many systems, it is possible to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your
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755 environment to specify additional directories where shared libraries
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756 can be found.
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757
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758 Other systems allow to set LD_RUN_PATH in a similar way, but before
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759 Emacs is linked. With LD_RUN_PATH set, the linker will include a
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760 specified run-time search path in the executable.
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761
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762 Please refer to the documentation of your dynamic linker for details.
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763
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764 * On Solaris 2.7, building Emacs with WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15
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765 C 5.0 failed, apparently with non-default CFLAGS, most probably due to
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766 compiler bugs. Using Sun Solaris 2.7 Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C
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767 release was reported to work without problems. It worked OK on
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768 another system with Solaris 8 using apparently the same 5.0 compiler
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769 and the default CFLAGS.
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770
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771 * Compiling syntax.c with the OPENSTEP 4.2 compiler gcc 2.7.2.1 fails.
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parents: 38058
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772
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773 The compiler was reported to crash while compiling syntax.c with the
bef7906aca9a Document problems with OPENSTEP's gcc. Provide a work-around.
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parents: 38058
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774 following message:
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775
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776 cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1obj got fatal signal 11
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777
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778 To work around this, replace the macros UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD,
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779 INC_BOTH, and INC_FROM with functions. To this end, first define 3
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780 functions, one each for every macro. Here's an example:
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781
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782 static int update_syntax_table_forward(int from)
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783 {
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784 return(UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD(from));
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785 }/*update_syntax_table_forward*/
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parents: 38058
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786
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parents: 38058
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787 Then replace all references to UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD in syntax.c
bef7906aca9a Document problems with OPENSTEP's gcc. Provide a work-around.
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parents: 38058
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788 with a call to the function update_syntax_table_forward.
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parents: 38058
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789
38135
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parents: 38061
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790 * Emacs 20 and later fails to load Lisp files at startup.
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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791
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parents: 38061
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792 The typical error message might be like this:
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793
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794 "Cannot open load file: fontset"
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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795
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parents: 38061
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796 This could happen if you compress the file lisp/subdirs.el. That file
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797 tells Emacs what are the directories where it should look for Lisp
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parents: 38061
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798 files. Emacs cannot work with subdirs.el compressed, since the
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parents: 38061
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799 Auto-compress mode it needs for this will not be loaded until later,
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parents: 38061
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800 when your .emacs file is processed. (The package `fontset.el' is
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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801 required to set up fonts used to display text on window systems, and
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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802 its loaded very early in the startup procedure.)
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parents: 38061
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803
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parents: 38061
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804 Similarly, any other .el file for which there's no corresponding .elc
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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805 file could fail to load if it is compressed.
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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806
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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807 The solution is to uncompress all .el files which don't have a .elc
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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808 file.
f4830f2d181b Document problems with compressed subdirs.el.
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parents: 38061
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809
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parents: 37510
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810 * Attempting to visit remote files via ange-ftp fails.
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parents: 37510
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811
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812 If the error message is "ange-ftp-file-modtime: Specified time is not
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parents: 37510
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813 representable", then this could happen when `lukemftp' is used as the
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parents: 37510
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814 ftp client. This was reported to happen on Debian GNU/Linux 2.4.3
fa0afa395c91 Document problems with lukemftp.
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parents: 37510
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815 with `lukemftp' 1.5-5, but might happen on other systems as well. To
fa0afa395c91 Document problems with lukemftp.
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parents: 37510
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816 avoid this problem, switch to using the standard ftp client. On a
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parents: 37510
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817 Debian system, type
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parents: 37510
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818
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819 update-alternatives --config ftpd
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820
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821 and then choose /usr/bin/netkit-ftp.
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parents: 37510
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822
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parents: 33455
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823 * On Windows 95/98/ME, subprocesses do not terminate properly.
9c067a999061 Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
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parents: 33455
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824
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parents: 33455
diff changeset
825 This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems
9c067a999061 Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 33455
diff changeset
826 when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited
9c067a999061 Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 33455
diff changeset
827 cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at
9c067a999061 Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 33455
diff changeset
828 ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/windows/emacs/doc/index.html
9c067a999061 Added note about subprocesses on Windows 9x.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 33455
diff changeset
829
33455
f100c284e81e Exchange mail mangling.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31514
diff changeset
830 * Mail sent through Microsoft Exchange in some encodings appears to be
f100c284e81e Exchange mail mangling.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31514
diff changeset
831 mangled and is not seen correctly in Rmail or Gnus. We don't know
f100c284e81e Exchange mail mangling.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31514
diff changeset
832 exactly what happens, but it isn't an Emacs problem in cases we've
f100c284e81e Exchange mail mangling.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31514
diff changeset
833 seen.
f100c284e81e Exchange mail mangling.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31514
diff changeset
834
38580
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
835 * After upgrading to a newer version of Emacs, the Meta key stops working.
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
836
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
837 This was reported to happen on a GNU/Linux system distributed by
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
838 Mandrake. The reason is that the previous version of Emacs was
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
839 modified by Mandrake to make the Alt key act as the Meta key, on a
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
840 keyboard where the Windows key is the one which produces the Meta
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
841 modifier. A user who started using a newer version of Emacs, which
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
842 was not hacked by Mandrake, expected the Alt key to continue to act as
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
843 Meta, and was astonished when that didn't happen.
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
844
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
845 The solution is to find out what key on your keyboard produces the Meta
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
846 modifier, and use that key instead. Try all of the keys to the left
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
847 and to the right of the space bar, together with the `x' key, and see
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
848 which combination produces "M-x" in the echo area. You can also use
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
849 the `xmodmap' utility to show all the keys which produce a Meta
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
850 modifier:
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
851
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
852 xmodmap -pk | egrep -i "meta|alt"
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
853
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
854 A more convenient way of finding out which keys produce a Meta modifier
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
855 is to use the `xkbprint' utility, if it's available on your system:
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
856
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
857 xkbprint 0:0 /tmp/k.ps
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
858
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
859 This produces a PostScript file `/tmp/k.ps' with a picture of your
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
860 keyboard; printing that file on a PostScript printer will show what
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
861 keys can serve as Meta.
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
862
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
863 The `xkeycaps' also shows a visual representation of the current
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
864 keyboard settings. It also allows to modify them.
446aa2cd256e More information about how to find the Meta keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38558
diff changeset
865
31514
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
866 * On OSF/Dec Unix/Tru64/<whatever it is this year> under X locally or
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
867 remotely, M-SPC acts as a `compose' key with strange results. See
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
868 keyboard(5).
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
869
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
870 Changing Alt_L to Meta_L fixes it:
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
871 % xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_L = Meta_L Alt_L'
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
872 % xmodmap -e 'keysym Alt_R = Meta_R Alt_R'
2c900086fb10 OSF M-SPC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 31378
diff changeset
873
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
874 * Error "conflicting types for `initstate'" compiling with GCC on Irix 6.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
875
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
876 Install GCC 2.95 or a newer version, and this problem should go away.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
877 It is possible that this problem results from upgrading the operating
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
878 system without reinstalling GCC; so you could also try reinstalling
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
879 the same version of GCC, and telling us whether that fixes the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
880
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
881 * On Solaris 7, Emacs gets a segmentation fault when starting up using X.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
882
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
883 This results from Sun patch 107058-01 (SunOS 5.7: Patch for
26664
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
884 assembler) if you use GCC version 2.7 or later.
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
885 To work around it, either install patch 106950-03 or later,
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
886 or uninstall patch 107058-01, or install the GNU Binutils.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
887 Then recompile Emacs, and it should work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
888
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
889 * With X11R6.4, public-patch-3, Emacs crashes at startup.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
890
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
891 Reportedly this patch in X fixes the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
892
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
893 --- xc/lib/X11/imInt.c~ Wed Jun 30 13:31:56 1999
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
894 +++ xc/lib/X11/imInt.c Thu Jul 1 15:10:27 1999
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
895 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
896 -/* $TOG: imInt.c /main/5 1998/05/30 21:11:16 kaleb $ */
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
897 +/* $TOG: imInt.c /main/5 1998/05/30 21:11:16 kaleb $ */
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
898 /******************************************************************
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
899
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
900 Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 by FUJITSU LIMITED
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
901 @@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
902 _XimMakeImName(lcd)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
903 XLCd lcd;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
904 {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
905 - char* begin;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
906 - char* end;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
907 + char* begin = NULL;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
908 + char* end = NULL;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
909 char* ret;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
910 int i = 0;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
911 char* ximmodifier = XIMMODIFIER;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
912 @@ -182,7 +182,11 @@
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
913 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
914 ret = Xmalloc(end - begin + 2);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
915 if (ret != NULL) {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
916 - (void)strncpy(ret, begin, end - begin + 1);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
917 + if (begin != NULL) {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
918 + (void)strncpy(ret, begin, end - begin + 1);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
919 + } else {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
920 + ret[0] = '\0';
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
921 + }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
922 ret[end - begin + 1] = '\0';
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
923 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
924 return ret;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
925
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
926
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
927 * Emacs crashes on Irix 6.5 on the SGI R10K, when compiled with GCC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
928
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
929 This seems to be fixed in GCC 2.95.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
930
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
931 * Emacs crashes in utmpname on Irix 5.3.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
932
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
933 This problem is fixed in Patch 3175 for Irix 5.3.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
934 It is also fixed in Irix versions 6.2 and up.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
935
34880
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
936 * The S-C-t key combination doesn't get passed to Emacs on X.
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
937
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
938 This happens because some X configurations assign the Ctrl-Shift-t
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
939 combination the same meaning as the Multi_key. The offending
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
940 definition is in the file `...lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose'; there
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
941 might be other similar combinations which are grabbed by X for similar
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
942 purposes.
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
943
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
944 We think that this can be countermanded with the `xmodmap' utility, if
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
945 you want to be able to bind one of these key sequences within Emacs.
40a2c6e62cee Document the problems with S-C-t on X.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34721
diff changeset
946
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
947 * On Solaris, CTRL-t is ignored by Emacs when you use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
948 the fr.ISO-8859-15 locale (and maybe other related locales).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
949
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
950 You can fix this by editing the file:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
951
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
952 /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-15/Compose
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
953
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
954 Near the bottom there is a line that reads:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
955
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
956 Ctrl<t> <quotedbl> <Y> : "\276" threequarters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
957
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
958 that should read:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
959
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
960 Ctrl<T> <quotedbl> <Y> : "\276" threequarters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
961
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
962 Note the lower case <t>. Changing this line should make C-t work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
963
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
964 * Emacs on Digital Unix 4.0 fails to build, giving error message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
965 Invalid dimension for the charset-ID 160
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
966
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
967 This is due to a bug or an installation problem in GCC 2.8.0.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
968 Installing a more recent version of GCC fixes the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
969
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
970 * Buffers from `with-output-to-temp-buffer' get set up in Help mode.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
971
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
972 Changes in Emacs 20.4 to the hooks used by that function cause
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
973 problems for some packages, specifically BBDB. See the function's
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
974 documentation for the hooks involved. BBDB 2.00.06 fixes the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
975
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
976 * Under X, C-v and/or other keys don't work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
977
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
978 These may have been intercepted by your window manager. In
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
979 particular, AfterStep 1.6 is reported to steal C-v in its default
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
980 configuration. Various Meta keys are also likely to be taken by the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
981 configuration of the `feel'. See the WM's documentation for how to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
982 change this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
983
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
984 * When using Exceed, fonts sometimes appear too tall.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
985
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
986 When the display is set to an Exceed X-server and fonts are specified
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
987 (either explicitly with the -fn option or implicitly with X resources)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
988 then the fonts may appear "too tall". The actual character sizes are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
989 correct but there is too much vertical spacing between rows, which
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
990 gives the appearance of "double spacing".
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
991
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
992 To prevent this, turn off the Exceed's "automatic font substitution"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
993 feature (in the font part of the configuration window).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
994
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
995 * Failure in unexec while dumping emacs on Digital Unix 4.0
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
996
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
997 This problem manifests itself as an error message
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
998
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
999 unexec: Bad address, writing data section to ...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1000
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1001 The user suspects that this happened because his X libraries
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1002 were built for an older system version,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1003
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1004 ./configure --x-includes=/usr/include --x-libraries=/usr/shlib
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1005
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1006 made the problem go away.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1007
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1008 * No visible display on mips-sgi-irix6.2 when compiling with GCC 2.8.1.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1009
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1010 This problem went away after installing the latest IRIX patches
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1011 as of 8 Dec 1998.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1012
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1013 The same problem has been reported on Irix 6.3.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1014
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1015 * As of version 20.4, Emacs doesn't work properly if configured for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1016 the Motif toolkit and linked against the free LessTif library. The
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1017 next Emacs release is expected to work with LessTif.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1018
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1019 * Emacs gives the error, Couldn't find per display information.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1020
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1021 This can result if the X server runs out of memory because Emacs uses
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1022 a large number of fonts. On systems where this happens, C-h h is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1023 likely to cause it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1024
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1025 We do not know of a way to prevent the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1026
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1027 * Emacs makes HPUX 11.0 crash.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1028
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1029 This is a bug in HPUX; HPUX patch PHKL_16260 is said to fix it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1030
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1031 * Emacs crashes during dumping on the HPPA machine (HPUX 10.20).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1032
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1033 This seems to be due to a GCC bug; it is fixed in GCC 2.8.1.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1034
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1035 * The Hyperbole package causes *Help* buffers not to be displayed in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1036 Help mode due to setting `temp-buffer-show-hook' rather than using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1037 `add-hook'. Using `(add-hook 'temp-buffer-show-hook
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1038 'help-mode-maybe)' after loading Hyperbole should fix this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1039
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1040 * Versions of the PSGML package earlier than 1.0.3 (stable) or 1.1.2
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1041 (alpha) fail to parse DTD files correctly in Emacs 20.3 and later.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1042 Here is a patch for psgml-parse.el from PSGML 1.0.1 and, probably,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1043 earlier versions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1044
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1045 --- psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:18:18 1.1
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1046 +++ psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:20:00
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1047 @@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ (defun sgml-push-to-entity (entity &opti
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1048 (setq sgml-buffer-parse-state nil))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1049 (cond
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parents:
diff changeset
1050 ((stringp entity) ; a file name
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1051 - (save-excursion (insert-file-contents entity))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1052 + (insert-file-contents entity)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1053 (setq default-directory (file-name-directory entity)))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1054 ((consp (sgml-entity-text entity)) ; external id?
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1055 (let* ((extid (sgml-entity-text entity))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1056
35907
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1057 * Emacs 21 freezes when visiting a TeX file with AUC TeX installed.
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1058
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1059 Emacs 21 needs version 10 or later of AUC TeX; upgrading should solve
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1060 these problems.
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1061
1dc1345e8325 Document problems with AUC TeX and Emacs 21.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35871
diff changeset
1062 * Running TeX from AUC TeX package with Emacs 20.3 gives a Lisp error
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1063 about a read-only tex output buffer.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1064
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1065 This problem appeared for AUC TeX version 9.9j and some earlier
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1066 versions. Here is a patch for the file tex-buf.el in the AUC TeX
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1067 package.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1068
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1069 diff -c auctex/tex-buf.el~ auctex/tex-buf.el
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1070 *** auctex/tex-buf.el~ Wed Jul 29 18:35:32 1998
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1071 --- auctex/tex-buf.el Sat Sep 5 15:20:38 1998
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1072 ***************
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1073 *** 545,551 ****
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parents:
diff changeset
1074 (dir (TeX-master-directory)))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1075 (TeX-process-check file) ; Check that no process is running
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1076 (setq TeX-command-buffer (current-buffer))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1077 ! (with-output-to-temp-buffer buffer)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1078 (set-buffer buffer)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1079 (if dir (cd dir))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1080 (insert "Running `" name "' on `" file "' with ``" command "''\n")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1081 - --- 545,552 ----
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1082 (dir (TeX-master-directory)))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1083 (TeX-process-check file) ; Check that no process is running
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1084 (setq TeX-command-buffer (current-buffer))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1085 ! (let (temp-buffer-show-function temp-buffer-show-hook)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1086 ! (with-output-to-temp-buffer buffer))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1087 (set-buffer buffer)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1088 (if dir (cd dir))
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1089 (insert "Running `" name "' on `" file "' with ``" command "''\n")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1090
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1091 * On Irix 6.3, substituting environment variables in file names
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1092 in the minibuffer gives peculiar error messages such as
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1093
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1094 Substituting nonexistent environment variable ""
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1095
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1096 This is not an Emacs bug; it is caused by something in SGI patch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1097 003082 August 11, 1998.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1098
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1099 * After a while, Emacs slips into unibyte mode.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1100
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1101 The VM mail package, which is not part of Emacs, sometimes does
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1102 (standard-display-european t)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1103 That should be changed to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1104 (standard-display-european 1 t)
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parents:
diff changeset
1105
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1106 * Installing Emacs gets an error running `install-info'.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1107
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1108 You need to install a recent version of Texinfo; that package
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1109 supplies the `install-info' command.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1110
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1111 * Emacs does not recognize the AltGr key, on HPUX.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1112
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1113 To fix this, set up a file ~/.dt/sessions/sessionetc with executable
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1114 rights, containing this text:
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parents:
diff changeset
1115
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parents:
diff changeset
1116 --------------------------------
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parents:
diff changeset
1117 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF
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parents:
diff changeset
1118 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
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parents:
diff changeset
1119 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R
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parents:
diff changeset
1120 EOF
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parents:
diff changeset
1121
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parents:
diff changeset
1122 xmodmap - << EOF
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parents:
diff changeset
1123 clear mod1
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1124 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol
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parents:
diff changeset
1125 add mod1 = Meta_L
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1126 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1127 add mod2 = Mode_switch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1128 EOF
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parents:
diff changeset
1129 --------------------------------
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1130
38058
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1131 * Emacs hangs on KDE when a large portion of text is killed.
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1132
38279
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1133 This is caused by a bug in the KDE applet `klipper' which periodically
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1134 requests the X clipboard contents from applications. Early versions
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1135 of klipper don't implement the ICCM protocol for large selections,
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1136 which leads to Emacs being flooded with selection requests. After a
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1137 while, Emacs will print a message:
38058
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1138
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1139 Timed out waiting for property-notify event
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1140
38279
1ded478b3fda Clarify what's the problem with KDE's klipper applet.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 38277
diff changeset
1141 A workaround is to not use `klipper'.
38058
647c8404a670 Document problems with KDE's klipper.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38054
diff changeset
1142
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1143 * Emacs compiled with DJGPP for MS-DOS/MS-Windows cannot access files
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1144 in the directory with the special name `dev' under the root of any
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1145 drive, e.g. `c:/dev'.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1146
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1147 This is an unfortunate side-effect of the support for Unix-style
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1148 device names such as /dev/null in the DJGPP runtime library. A
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1149 work-around is to rename the problem directory to another name.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1150
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1151 * M-SPC seems to be ignored as input.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1152
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1153 See if your X server is set up to use this as a command
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1154 for character composition.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1155
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1156 * Emacs startup on GNU/Linux systems (and possibly other systems) is slow.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1157
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1158 This can happen if the system is misconfigured and Emacs can't get the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1159 full qualified domain name, FQDN. You should have your FQDN in the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1160 /etc/hosts file, something like this:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1161
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1162 127.0.0.1 localhost
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1163 129.187.137.82 nuc04.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de nuc04
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1164
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1165 The way to set this up may vary on non-GNU systems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1166
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1167 * Garbled display on non-X terminals when Emacs runs on Digital Unix 4.0.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1168
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1169 So far it appears that running `tset' triggers this problem (when TERM
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1170 is vt100, at least). If you do not run `tset', then Emacs displays
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1171 properly. If someone can tell us precisely which effect of running
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1172 `tset' actually causes the problem, we may be able to implement a fix
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1173 in Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1174
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1175 * When you run Ispell from Emacs, it reports a "misalignment" error.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1176
38026
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1177 This can happen if you compiled the Ispell program to use ASCII
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1178 characters only and then try to use it from Emacs with non-ASCII
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1179 characters, like Latin-1. The solution is to recompile Ispell with
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1180 support for 8-bit characters.
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1181
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1182 To see whether your Ispell program supports 8-bit characters, type
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1183 this at your shell's prompt:
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1184
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1185 ispell -vv
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1186
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1187 and look in the output for the string "NO8BIT". If Ispell says
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1188 "!NO8BIT (8BIT)", your speller supports 8-bit characters; otherwise it
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1189 does not.
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1190
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1191 To rebuild Ispell with 8-bit character support, edit the local.h file
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1192 in the Ispell distribution and make sure it does _not_ define NO8BIT.
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1193 Then rebuild the speller.
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1194
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1195 Another possible cause for "misalignment" error messages is that the
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1196 version of Ispell installed on your machine is old. Upgrade.
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1197
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1198 Yet another possibility is that you are trying to spell-check a word
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1199 in a language that doesn't fit the dictionary you choose for use by
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1200 Ispell. (Ispell can only spell-check one language at a time, because
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1201 it uses a single dictionary.) Make sure that the text you are
ad9617225b8d Clarify the causes for "misalignment" error messages in Ispell.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38012
diff changeset
1202 spelling and the dictionary used by Ispell conform to each other.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1203
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1204 * On Linux-based GNU systems using libc versions 5.4.19 through
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1205 5.4.22, Emacs crashes at startup with a segmentation fault.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1206
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1207 This problem happens if libc defines the symbol __malloc_initialized.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1208 One known solution is to upgrade to a newer libc version. 5.4.33 is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1209 known to work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1210
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1211 * On Windows, you cannot use the right-hand ALT key and the left-hand
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1212 CTRL key together to type a Control-Meta character.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1213
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1214 This is a consequence of a misfeature beyond Emacs's control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1215
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1216 Under Windows, the AltGr key on international keyboards generates key
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1217 events with the modifiers Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl. Since Emacs cannot
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1218 distinguish AltGr from an explicit Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1219 combination, whenever it sees Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl it assumes that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1220 AltGr has been pressed.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1221
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1222 * Under some Windows X-servers, Emacs' display is incorrect
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1223
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1224 The symptoms are that Emacs does not completely erase blank areas of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1225 screen during scrolling or some other screen operations (e.g., selective
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1226 display or when killing a region). M-x recenter will cause the screen
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1227 to be completely redisplayed and the "extra" characters will disappear.
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1228
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1229 This is known to occur under Exceed 6, and possibly earlier versions as
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1230 well. The problem lies in the X-server settings.
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1231
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1232 There are reports that you can solve the problem with Exceed by
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1233 running `Xconfig' from within NT, choosing "X selection", then
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1234 un-checking the boxes "auto-copy X selection" and "auto-paste to X
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1235 selection".
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1236
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1237 Of this does not work, please inform bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. Then
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1238 please call support for your X-server and see if you can get a fix.
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1239 If you do, please send it to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so we can list it
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1240 here.
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1241
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1242 * On Solaris 2, Emacs dumps core when built with Motif.
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1243
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1244 The Solaris Motif libraries are buggy, at least up through Solaris 2.5.1.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1245 Install the current Motif runtime library patch appropriate for your host.
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1246 (Make sure the patch is current; some older patch versions still have the bug.)
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1247 You should install the other patches recommended by Sun for your host, too.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1248 You can obtain Sun patches from ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1249 look for files with names ending in `.PatchReport' to see which patches
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1250 are currently recommended for your host.
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1251
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1252 On Solaris 2.6, Emacs is said to work with Motif when Solaris patch
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1253 105284-12 is installed, but fail when 105284-15 is installed.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1254 105284-18 might fix it again.
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1255
26664
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
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parents: 25853
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1256 * On Solaris 2.6 and 7, the Compose key does not work.
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
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parents: 25853
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1257
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
1258 This is a bug in Motif in Solaris. Supposedly it has been fixed for
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
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1259 the next major release of Solaris. However, if someone with Sun
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
1260 support complains to Sun about the bug, they may release a patch.
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
1261 If you do this, mention Sun bug #4188711.
25853
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1262
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1263 One workaround is to use a locale that allows non-ASCII characters.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1264 For example, before invoking emacs, set the LC_ALL environment
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1265 variable to "en_US" (American English). The directory /usr/lib/locale
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1266 lists the supported locales; any locale other than "C" or "POSIX"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1267 should do.
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1268
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parents: 25853
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1269 pen@lysator.liu.se says (Feb 1998) that the Compose key does work
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
1270 if you link with the MIT X11 libraries instead of the Solaris X11
a7963e66c555 Update Solaris 2.6 and 7 problems.
Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>
parents: 25853
diff changeset
1271 libraries.
25853
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1272
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1273 * Emacs does not know your host's fully-qualified domain name.
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1274
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1275 You need to configure your machine with a fully qualified domain name,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1276 either in /etc/hosts, /etc/hostname, the NIS, or wherever your system
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1277 calls for specifying this.
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1278
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1279 If you cannot fix the configuration, you can set the Lisp variable
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1280 mail-host-address to the value you want.
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1281
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diff changeset
1282 * Error 12 (virtual memory exceeded) when dumping Emacs, on UnixWare 2.1
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1283
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diff changeset
1284 Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) reports that with the installed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1285 virtual memory settings for UnixWare 2.1.2, an Error 12 occurs during
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1286 the "make" that builds Emacs, when running temacs to dump emacs. That
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1287 error indicates that the per-process virtual memory limit has been
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1288 exceeded. The default limit is probably 32MB. Raising the virtual
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1289 memory limit to 40MB should make it possible to finish building Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1290
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1291 You can do this with the command `ulimit' (sh) or `limit' (csh).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1292 But you have to be root to do it.
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1293
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1294 According to Martin Sohnius, you can also retune this in the kernel:
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1295
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1296 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune SDATLIM 33554432 ## soft data size limit
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1297 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune HDATLIM 33554432 ## hard "
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1298 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune SVMMSIZE unlimited ## soft process size limit
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parents:
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1299 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune HVMMSIZE unlimited ## hard "
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diff changeset
1300 # /etc/conf/bin/idbuild -B
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1301
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1302 (He recommends you not change the stack limit, though.)
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parents:
diff changeset
1303 These changes take effect when you reboot.
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parents:
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1304
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1305 * Redisplay using X11 is much slower than previous Emacs versions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1306
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1307 We've noticed that certain X servers draw the text much slower when
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1308 scroll bars are on the left. We don't know why this happens. If this
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1309 happens to you, you can work around it by putting the scroll bars
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1310 on the right (as they were in Emacs 19).
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1311
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diff changeset
1312 Here's how to do this:
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1313
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1314 (set-scroll-bar-mode 'right)
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1315
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diff changeset
1316 If you're not sure whether (or how much) this problem affects you,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1317 try that and see how much difference it makes. To set things back
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1318 to normal, do
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diff changeset
1319
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1320 (set-scroll-bar-mode 'left)
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1321
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1322 * Under X11, some characters appear as hollow boxes.
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parents:
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1323
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parents:
diff changeset
1324 Each X11 font covers just a fraction of the characters that Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1325 supports. To display the whole range of Emacs characters requires
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1326 many different fonts, collected into a fontset.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1327
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diff changeset
1328 If some of the fonts called for in your fontset do not exist on your X
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1329 server, then the characters that have no font appear as hollow boxes.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1330 You can remedy the problem by installing additional fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1331
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1332 The intlfonts distribution includes a full spectrum of fonts that can
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1333 display all the characters Emacs supports.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1334
35249
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1335 Another cause of this for specific characters is fonts which have a
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1336 missing glyph and no default character. This is known ot occur for
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1337 character number 160 (no-break space) in some fonts, such as Lucida
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1338 but Emacs sets the display table for the unibyte and Latin-1 version
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1339 of this character to display a space.
c112ca694609 NBSP as hollow box
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 35152
diff changeset
1340
25853
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1341 * Under X11, some characters appear improperly aligned in their lines.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1342
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1343 You may have bad X11 fonts; try installing the intlfonts distribution.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1344
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1345 * Certain fonts make each line take one pixel more than it "should".
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1346
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1347 This is because these fonts contain characters a little taller
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1348 than the font's nominal height. Emacs needs to make sure that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1349 lines do not overlap.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1350
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1351 * You request inverse video, and the first Emacs frame is in inverse
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1352 video, but later frames are not in inverse video.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1353
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1354 This can happen if you have an old version of the custom library in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1355 your search path for Lisp packages. Use M-x list-load-path-shadows to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1356 check whether this is true. If it is, delete the old custom library.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1357
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1358 * In FreeBSD 2.1.5, useless symbolic links remain in /tmp or other
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1359 directories that have the +t bit.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1360
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1361 This is because of a kernel bug in FreeBSD 2.1.5 (fixed in 2.2).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1362 Emacs uses symbolic links to implement file locks. In a directory
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1363 with +t bit, the directory owner becomes the owner of the symbolic
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1364 link, so that it cannot be removed by anyone else.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1365
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1366 If you don't like those useless links, you can let Emacs not to using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1367 file lock by adding #undef CLASH_DETECTION to config.h.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1368
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1369 * When using M-x dbx with the SparcWorks debugger, the `up' and `down'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1370 commands do not move the arrow in Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1371
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parents:
diff changeset
1372 You can fix this by adding the following line to `~/.dbxinit':
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1373
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1374 dbxenv output_short_file_name off
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1375
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1376 * Emacs says it has saved a file, but the file does not actually
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1377 appear on disk.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1378
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1379 This can happen on certain systems when you are using NFS, if the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1380 remote disk is full. It is due to a bug in NFS (or certain NFS
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1381 implementations), and there is apparently nothing Emacs can do to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1382 detect the problem. Emacs checks the failure codes of all the system
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1383 calls involved in writing a file, including `close'; but in the case
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1384 where the problem occurs, none of those system calls fails.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1385
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1386 * "Compose Character" key does strange things when used as a Meta key.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1387
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1388 If you define one key to serve as both Meta and Compose Character, you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1389 will get strange results. In previous Emacs versions, this "worked"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1390 in that the key acted as Meta--that's because the older Emacs versions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1391 did not try to support Compose Character. Now Emacs tries to do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1392 character composition in the standard X way. This means that you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1393 must pick one meaning or the other for any given key.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1394
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1395 You can use both functions (Meta, and Compose Character) if you assign
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1396 them to two different keys.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1397
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1398 * Emacs gets a segmentation fault at startup, on AIX4.2.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1399
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1400 If you are using IBM's xlc compiler, compile emacs.c
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1401 without optimization; that should avoid the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1402
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1403 * movemail compiled with POP support can't connect to the POP server.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1404
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1405 Make sure that the `pop' entry in /etc/services, or in the services
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1406 NIS map if your machine uses NIS, has the same port number as the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1407 entry on the POP server. A common error is for the POP server to be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1408 listening on port 110, the assigned port for the POP3 protocol, while
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1409 the client is trying to connect on port 109, the assigned port for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1410 old POP protocol.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1411
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1412 * Emacs crashes in x-popup-dialog.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1413
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1414 This can happen if the dialog widget cannot find the font it wants to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1415 use. You can work around the problem by specifying another font with
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1416 an X resource--for example, `Emacs.dialog*.font: 9x15' (or any font that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1417 happens to exist on your X server).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1418
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1419 * Emacs crashes when you use Bibtex mode.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1420
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1421 This happens if your system puts a small limit on stack size. You can
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1422 prevent the problem by using a suitable shell command (often `ulimit')
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1423 to raise the stack size limit before you run Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1424
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1425 Patches to raise the stack size limit automatically in `main'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1426 (src/emacs.c) on various systems would be greatly appreciated.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1427
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1428 * Emacs crashes with SIGBUS or SIGSEGV on HPUX 9 after you delete a frame.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1429
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1430 We think this is due to a bug in the X libraries provided by HP. With
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1431 the alternative X libraries in /usr/contrib/mitX11R5/lib, the problem
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1432 does not happen.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1433
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1434 * Emacs crashes with SIGBUS or SIGSEGV on Solaris after you delete a frame.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1435
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1436 We suspect that this is a similar bug in the X libraries provided by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1437 Sun. There is a report that one of these patches fixes the bug and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1438 makes the problem stop:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1439
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1440 105216-01 105393-01 105518-01 105621-01 105665-01 105615-02 105216-02
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1441 105667-01 105401-08 105615-03 105621-02 105686-02 105736-01 105755-03
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1442 106033-01 105379-01 105786-01 105181-04 105379-03 105786-04 105845-01
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1443 105284-05 105669-02 105837-01 105837-02 105558-01 106125-02 105407-01
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1444
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1445 Another person using a newer system (kernel patch level Generic_105181-06)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1446 suspects that the bug was fixed by one of these more recent patches:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1447
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1448 106040-07 SunOS 5.6: X Input & Output Method patch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1449 106222-01 OpenWindows 3.6: filemgr (ff.core) fixes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1450 105284-12 Motif 1.2.7: sparc Runtime library patch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1451
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1452 * Problems running Perl under Emacs on Windows NT/95.
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parents:
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1453
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parents:
diff changeset
1454 `perl -de 0' just hangs when executed in an Emacs subshell.
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parents:
diff changeset
1455 The fault lies with Perl (indirectly with Windows NT/95).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1456
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1457 The problem is that the Perl debugger explicitly opens a connection to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1458 "CON", which is the DOS/NT equivalent of "/dev/tty", for interacting
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1459 with the user.
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parents:
diff changeset
1460
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1461 On Unix, this is okay, because Emacs (or the shell?) creates a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1462 pseudo-tty so that /dev/tty is really the pipe Emacs is using to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1463 communicate with the subprocess.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1464
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1465 On NT, this fails because CON always refers to the handle for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1466 relevant console (approximately equivalent to a tty), and cannot be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1467 redirected to refer to the pipe Emacs assigned to the subprocess as
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1468 stdin.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1469
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1470 A workaround is to modify perldb.pl to use STDIN/STDOUT instead of CON.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1471
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1472 For Perl 4:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1473
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1474 *** PERL/LIB/PERLDB.PL.orig Wed May 26 08:24:18 1993
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1475 --- PERL/LIB/PERLDB.PL Mon Jul 01 15:28:16 1996
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1476 ***************
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1477 *** 68,74 ****
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parents:
diff changeset
1478 $rcfile=".perldb";
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1479 }
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parents:
diff changeset
1480 else {
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parents:
diff changeset
1481 ! $console = "con";
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1482 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
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parents:
diff changeset
1483 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1484
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1485 --- 68,74 ----
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parents:
diff changeset
1486 $rcfile=".perldb";
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1487 }
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parents:
diff changeset
1488 else {
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parents:
diff changeset
1489 ! $console = "";
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parents:
diff changeset
1490 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1491 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1492
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1493
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1494 For Perl 5:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1495 *** perl/5.001/lib/perl5db.pl.orig Sun Jun 04 21:13:40 1995
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1496 --- perl/5.001/lib/perl5db.pl Mon Jul 01 17:00:08 1996
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1497 ***************
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1498 *** 22,28 ****
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parents:
diff changeset
1499 $rcfile=".perldb";
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parents:
diff changeset
1500 }
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parents:
diff changeset
1501 elsif (-e "con") {
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parents:
diff changeset
1502 ! $console = "con";
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parents:
diff changeset
1503 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
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parents:
diff changeset
1504 }
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parents:
diff changeset
1505 else {
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parents:
diff changeset
1506 --- 22,28 ----
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parents:
diff changeset
1507 $rcfile=".perldb";
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1508 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1509 elsif (-e "con") {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1510 ! $console = "";
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parents:
diff changeset
1511 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
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parents:
diff changeset
1512 }
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parents:
diff changeset
1513 else {
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parents:
diff changeset
1514
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1515 * Problems running DOS programs on Windows NT versions earlier than 3.51.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1516
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1517 Some DOS programs, such as pkzip/pkunzip will not work at all, while
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1518 others will only work if their stdin is redirected from a file or NUL.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1519
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1520 When a DOS program does not work, a new process is actually created, but
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1521 hangs. It cannot be interrupted from Emacs, and might need to be killed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1522 by an external program if Emacs is hung waiting for the process to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1523 finish. If Emacs is not waiting for it, you should be able to kill the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1524 instance of ntvdm that is running the hung process from Emacs, if you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1525 can find out the process id.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1526
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1527 It is safe to run most DOS programs using call-process (eg. M-! and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1528 M-|) since stdin is then redirected from a file, but not with
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1529 start-process since that redirects stdin to a pipe. Also, running DOS
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1530 programs in a shell buffer prompt without redirecting stdin does not
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1531 work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1532
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1533 * Problems on MS-DOG if DJGPP v2.0 is used to compile Emacs:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1534
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1535 There are two DJGPP library bugs which cause problems:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1536
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1537 * Running `shell-command' (or `compile', or `grep') you get
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1538 `Searching for program: permission denied (EACCES), c:/command.com';
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1539 * After you shell to DOS, Ctrl-Break kills Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1540
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1541 To work around these bugs, you can use two files in the msdos
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1542 subdirectory: `is_exec.c' and `sigaction.c'. Compile them and link
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1543 them into the Emacs executable `temacs'; then they will replace the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1544 incorrect library functions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1545
37480
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1546 * When compiling with DJGPP on Windows NT, "config msdos" fails.
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1547
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1548 If the error message is "VDM has been already loaded", this is because
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1549 Windows has a program called `redir.exe' that is incompatible with a
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1550 program by the same name supplied with DJGPP, which is used by
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1551 config.bat. To resolve this, move the DJGPP's `bin' subdirectory to
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1552 the front of your PATH environment variable.
e3bb46df554b Document problems with DJGPP and NT's `redir' program.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37453
diff changeset
1553
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1554 * When compiling with DJGPP on Windows 95, Make fails for some targets
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1555 like make-docfile.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1556
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1557 This can happen if long file name support (the setting of environment
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1558 variable LFN) when Emacs distribution was unpacked and during
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1559 compilation are not the same. See the MSDOG section of INSTALL for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1560 the explanation of how to avoid this problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1561
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1562 * Emacs compiled for MSDOS cannot find some Lisp files, or other
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1563 run-time support files, when long filename support is enabled.
38175
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1564
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1565 Usually, this problem will manifest itself when Emacs exits
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1566 immediately after flashing the startup screen, because it cannot find
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1567 the Lisp files it needs to load at startup. Redirect Emacs stdout
38175
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1568 and stderr to a file to see the error message printed by Emacs.
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1569
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1570 Another manifestation of this problem is that Emacs is unable to load
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1571 the support for editing program sources in languages such as C and
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1572 Lisp.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1573
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1574 This can happen if the Emacs distribution was unzipped without LFN
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1575 support, thus causing long filenames to be truncated to the first 6
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1576 characters and a numeric tail that Windows 95 normally attaches to it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1577 You should unzip the files again with a utility that supports long
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1578 filenames (such as djtar from DJGPP or InfoZip's UnZip program
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1579 compiled with DJGPP v2). The MSDOG section of the file INSTALL
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1580 explains this issue in more detail.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1581
38175
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1582 Another possible reason for such failures is that Emacs compiled for
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1583 MSDOS is used on Windows NT, where long file names are not supported
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1584 by this version of Emacs, but the distribution was unpacked by an
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1585 unzip program that preserved the long file names instead of truncating
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1586 them to DOS 8+3 limits. To be useful on NT, the MSDOS port of Emacs
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1587 must be unzipped by a DOS utility, so that long file names are
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1588 properly truncated.
8976a1349254 More about long file names and the MSDOS port.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38135
diff changeset
1589
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1590 * Emacs compiled with DJGPP complains at startup:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1591
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1592 "Wrong type of argument: internal-facep, msdos-menu-active-face"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1593
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1594 This can happen if you define an environment variable `TERM'. Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1595 on MSDOS uses an internal terminal emulator which is disabled if the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1596 value of `TERM' is anything but the string "internal". Emacs then
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1597 works as if its terminal were a dumb glass teletype that doesn't
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1598 support faces. To work around this, arrange for `TERM' to be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1599 undefined when Emacs runs. The best way to do that is to add an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1600 [emacs] section to the DJGPP.ENV file which defines an empty value for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1601 `TERM'; this way, only Emacs gets the empty value, while the rest of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1602 your system works as before.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1603
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1604 * On Windows 95, Alt-f6 does not get through to Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1605
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1606 This character seems to be trapped by the kernel in Windows 95.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1607 You can enter M-f6 by typing ESC f6.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1608
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1609 * Typing Alt-Shift has strange effects on Windows 95.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1610
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1611 This combination of keys is a command to change keyboard layout. If
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1612 you proceed to type another non-modifier key before you let go of Alt
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1613 and Shift, the Alt and Shift act as modifiers in the usual way.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1614
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1615 * `tparam' reported as a multiply-defined symbol when linking with ncurses.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1616
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1617 This problem results from an incompatible change in ncurses, in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1618 version 1.9.9e approximately. This version is unable to provide a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1619 definition of tparm without also defining tparam. This is also
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1620 incompatible with Terminfo; as a result, the Emacs Terminfo support
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1621 does not work with this version of ncurses.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1622
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1623 The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1624
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1625 * Strange results from format %d in a few cases, on a Sun.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1626
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1627 Sun compiler version SC3.0 has been found to miscompile part of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1628 editfns.c. The workaround is to compile with some other compiler such
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1629 as GCC.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1630
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1631 * Output from subprocess (such as man or diff) is randomly truncated
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1632 on GNU/Linux systems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1633
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1634 This is due to a kernel bug which seems to be fixed in Linux version
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1635 1.3.75.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1636
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1637 * Error messages `internal facep []' happen on GNU/Linux systems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1638
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1639 There is a report that replacing libc.so.5.0.9 with libc.so.5.2.16
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1640 caused this to start happening. People are not sure why, but the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1641 problem seems unlikely to be in Emacs itself. Some suspect that it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1642 is actually Xlib which won't work with libc.so.5.2.16.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1643
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1644 Using the old library version is a workaround.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1645
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1646 * On Solaris, Emacs crashes if you use (display-time).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1647
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1648 This can happen if you configure Emacs without specifying the precise
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1649 version of Solaris that you are using.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1650
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1651 * Emacs dumps core on startup, on Solaris.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1652
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1653 Bill Sebok says that the cause of this is Solaris 2.4 vendor patch
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1654 102303-05, which extends the Solaris linker to deal with the Solaris
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1655 Common Desktop Environment's linking needs. You can fix the problem
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1656 by removing this patch and installing patch 102049-02 instead.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1657 However, that linker version won't work with CDE.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1658
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1659 Solaris 2.5 comes with a linker that has this bug. It is reported that if
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1660 you install all the latest patches (as of June 1996), the bug is fixed.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1661 We suspect the crucial patch is one of these, but we don't know
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1662 for certain.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1663
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1664 103093-03: [README] SunOS 5.5: kernel patch (2140557 bytes)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1665 102832-01: [README] OpenWindows 3.5: Xview Jumbo Patch (4181613 bytes)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1666 103242-04: [README] SunOS 5.5: linker patch (595363 bytes)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1667
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1668 (One user reports that the bug was fixed by those patches together
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1669 with patches 102980-04, 103279-01, 103300-02, and 103468-01.)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1670
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1671 If you can determine which patch does fix the bug, please tell
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1672 bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1673
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1674 Meanwhile, the GNU linker links Emacs properly on both Solaris 2.4 and
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1675 Solaris 2.5.
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1676
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1677 * Emacs dumps core if lisp-complete-symbol is called, on Solaris.
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1678
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1679 If you compile Emacs with the -fast or -xO4 option with version 3.0.2
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1680 of the Sun C compiler, Emacs dumps core when lisp-complete-symbol is
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1681 called. The problem does not happen if you compile with GCC.
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1682
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1683 * "Cannot find callback list" messages from dialog boxes on HPUX, in
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1684 Emacs built with Motif.
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1685
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1686 This problem resulted from a bug in GCC 2.4.5. Newer GCC versions
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1687 such as 2.7.0 fix the problem.
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1688
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1689 * On Irix 6.0, make tries (and fails) to build a program named unexelfsgi
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1690
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1691 A compiler bug inserts spaces into the string "unexelfsgi . o"
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1692 in src/Makefile. Edit src/Makefile, after configure is run,
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1693 find that string, and take out the spaces.
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1694
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1695 Compiler fixes in Irix 6.0.1 should eliminate this problem.
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1696
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1697 * "out of virtual swap space" on Irix 5.3
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1698
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1699 This message occurs when the system runs out of swap space due to too
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1700 many large programs running. The solution is either to provide more
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1701 swap space or to reduce the number of large programs being run. You
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1702 can check the current status of the swap space by executing the
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1703 command `swap -l'.
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1704
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1705 You can increase swap space by changing the file /etc/fstab. Adding a
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1706 line like this:
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1707
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1708 /usr/swap/swap.more swap swap pri=3 0 0
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1709
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1710 where /usr/swap/swap.more is a file previously created (for instance
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1711 by using /etc/mkfile), will increase the swap space by the size of
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1712 that file. Execute `swap -m' or reboot the machine to activate the
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1713 new swap area. See the manpages for `swap' and `fstab' for further
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1714 information.
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1715
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1716 The objectserver daemon can use up lots of memory because it can be
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1717 swamped with NIS information. It collects information about all users
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1718 on the network that can log on to the host.
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1719
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1720 If you want to disable the objectserver completely, you can execute
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1721 the command `chkconfig objectserver off' and reboot. That may disable
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1722 some of the window system functionality, such as responding CDROM
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1723 icons.
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1724
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1725 You can also remove NIS support from the objectserver. The SGI `admin'
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1726 FAQ has a detailed description on how to do that; see question 35
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1727 ("Why isn't the objectserver working?"). The admin FAQ can be found at
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1728 ftp://viz.tamu.edu/pub/sgi/faq/.
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1729
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1730 * With certain fonts, when the cursor appears on a character, the
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1731 character doesn't appear--you get a solid box instead.
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1732
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1733 One user on a Linux-based GNU system reported that this problem went
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1734 away with installation of a new X server. The failing server was
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1735 XFree86 3.1.1. XFree86 3.1.2 works.
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1736
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1737 * On SunOS 4.1.3, Emacs unpredictably crashes in _yp_dobind_soft.
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1738
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1739 This happens if you configure Emacs specifying just `sparc-sun-sunos4'
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1740 on a system that is version 4.1.3. You must specify the precise
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1741 version number (or let configure figure out the configuration, which
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1742 it can do perfectly well for SunOS).
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1743
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1744 * On SunOS 4, Emacs processes keep going after you kill the X server
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1745 (or log out, if you logged in using X).
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1746
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1747 Someone reported that recompiling with GCC 2.7.0 fixed this problem.
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1748
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1749 * On AIX 4, some programs fail when run in a Shell buffer
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1750 with an error message like No terminfo entry for "unknown".
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1751
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1752 On AIX, many terminal type definitions are not installed by default.
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1753 `unknown' is one of them. Install the "Special Generic Terminal
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1754 Definitions" to make them defined.
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1755
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1756 * On SunOS, you get linker errors
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1757 ld: Undefined symbol
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1758 _get_wmShellWidgetClass
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1759 _get_applicationShellWidgetClass
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1760
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1761 The fix to this is to install patch 100573 for OpenWindows 3.0
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1762 or link libXmu statically.
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1763
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1764 * On AIX 4.1.2, linker error messages such as
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1765 ld: 0711-212 SEVERE ERROR: Symbol .__quous, found in the global symbol table
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1766 of archive /usr/lib/libIM.a, was not defined in archive member shr.o.
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1767
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1768 This is a problem in libIM.a. You can work around it by executing
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1769 these shell commands in the src subdirectory of the directory where
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1770 you build Emacs:
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1771
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1772 cp /usr/lib/libIM.a .
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1773 chmod 664 libIM.a
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1774 ranlib libIM.a
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1775
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1776 Then change -lIM to ./libIM.a in the command to link temacs (in
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1777 Makefile).
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1778
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1779 * Unpredictable segmentation faults on Solaris 2.3 and 2.4.
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1780
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1781 A user reported that this happened in 19.29 when it was compiled with
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1782 the Sun compiler, but not when he recompiled with GCC 2.7.0.
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1783
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1784 We do not know whether something in Emacs is partly to blame for this.
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1785
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1786 * Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for
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1787 Windows.
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1788
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1789 A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this.
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1790 Supposedly the newer 32-bit version of this server doesn't have the
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1791 problem.
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1792
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1793 * Emacs crashes at startup on MSDOS.
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1794
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1795 Some users report that Emacs 19.29 requires dpmi memory management,
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1796 and crashes on startup if the system does not have it. We don't yet
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1797 know why this happens--perhaps these machines don't have enough real
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1798 memory, or perhaps something is wrong in Emacs or the compiler.
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1799 However, arranging to use dpmi support is a workaround.
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1800
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1801 You can find out if you have a dpmi host by running go32 without
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1802 arguments; it will tell you if it uses dpmi memory. For more
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1803 information about dpmi memory, consult the djgpp FAQ. (djgpp
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1804 is the GNU C compiler as packaged for MSDOS.)
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1805
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1806 Compiling Emacs under MSDOS is extremely sensitive for proper memory
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1807 configuration. If you experience problems during compilation, consider
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1808 removing some or all memory resident programs (notably disk caches)
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1809 and make sure that your memory managers are properly configured. See
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1810 the djgpp faq for configuration hints.
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1811
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1812 * A position you specified in .Xdefaults is ignored, using twm.
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1813
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1814 twm normally ignores "program-specified" positions.
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1815 You can tell it to obey them with this command in your `.twmrc' file:
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1816
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1817 UsePPosition "on" #allow clients to request a position
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1818
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1819 * Compiling lib-src says there is no rule to make test-distrib.c.
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1820
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1821 This results from a bug in a VERY old version of GNU Sed. To solve
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1822 the problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun
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1823 Emacs's configure script.
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1824
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1825 * Compiling wakeup, in lib-src, says it can't make wakeup.c.
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1826
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1827 This results from a bug in GNU Sed version 2.03. To solve the
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1828 problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun Emacs's
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1829 configure script.
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1830
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1831 * On Sunos 4.1.1, there are errors compiling sysdep.c.
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1832
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parents:
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1833 If you get errors such as
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1834
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1835 "sysdep.c", line 2017: undefined structure or union
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1836 "sysdep.c", line 2017: undefined structure or union
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1837 "sysdep.c", line 2019: nodename undefined
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1838
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1839 This can result from defining LD_LIBRARY_PATH. It is very tricky
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diff changeset
1840 to use that environment variable with Emacs. The Emacs configure
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1841 script links many test programs with the system libraries; you must
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parents:
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1842 make sure that the libraries available to configure are the same
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1843 ones available when you build Emacs.
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1844
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1845 * The right Alt key works wrong on German HP keyboards (and perhaps
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parents:
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1846 other non-English HP keyboards too).
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1847
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1848 This is because HPUX defines the modifiers wrong in X. Here is a
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1849 shell script to fix the problem; be sure that it is run after VUE
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1850 configures the X server.
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1851
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1852 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF
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1853 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
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1854 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R
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1855 EOF
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1856
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1857 xmodmap - << EOF
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1858 clear mod1
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1859 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol
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1860 add mod1 = Meta_L
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1861 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch
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1862 add mod2 = Mode_switch
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1863 EOF
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1864
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1865 * The Emacs window disappears when you type M-q.
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1866
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1867 Some versions of the Open Look window manager interpret M-q as a quit
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diff changeset
1868 command for whatever window you are typing at. If you want to use
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diff changeset
1869 Emacs with that window manager, you should try to configure the window
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1870 manager to use some other command. You can disable the
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1871 shortcut keys entirely by adding this line to ~/.OWdefaults:
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1872
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1873 OpenWindows.WindowMenuAccelerators: False
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1874
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1875 * Emacs does not notice when you release the mouse.
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1876
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1877 There are reports that this happened with (some) Microsoft mice and
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parents:
diff changeset
1878 that replacing the mouse made it stop.
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1879
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1880 * Trouble using ptys on IRIX, or running out of ptys.
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parents:
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1881
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1882 The program mkpts (which may be in `/usr/adm' or `/usr/sbin') needs to
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1883 be set-UID to root, or non-root programs like Emacs will not be able
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1884 to allocate ptys reliably.
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1885
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1886 * On Irix 5.2, unexelfsgi.c can't find cmplrs/stsupport.h.
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parents:
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1887
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1888 The file cmplrs/stsupport.h was included in the wrong file set in the
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1889 Irix 5.2 distribution. You can find it in the optional fileset
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1890 compiler_dev, or copy it from some other Irix 5.2 system. A kludgy
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1891 workaround is to change unexelfsgi.c to include sym.h instead of
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1892 syms.h.
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1893
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1894 * Slow startup on Linux-based GNU systems.
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1895
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1896 People using systems based on the Linux kernel sometimes report that
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1897 startup takes 10 to 15 seconds longer than `usual'.
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1898
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1899 This is because Emacs looks up the host name when it starts.
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1900 Normally, this takes negligible time; the extra delay is due to
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1901 improper system configuration. This problem can occur for both
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parents:
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1902 networked and non-networked machines.
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1903
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1904 Here is how to fix the configuration. It requires being root.
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1905
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1906 ** Networked Case
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1907
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1908 First, make sure the files `/etc/hosts' and `/etc/host.conf' both
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1909 exist. The first line in the `/etc/hosts' file should look like this
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parents:
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1910 (replace HOSTNAME with your host name):
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1911
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1912 127.0.0.1 HOSTNAME
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1913
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1914 Also make sure that the `/etc/host.conf' files contains the following
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1915 lines:
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1916
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1917 order hosts, bind
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1918 multi on
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1919
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1920 Any changes, permanent and temporary, to the host name should be
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1921 indicated in the `/etc/hosts' file, since it acts a limited local
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1922 database of addresses and names (e.g., some SLIP connections
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1923 dynamically allocate ip addresses).
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1924
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1925 ** Non-Networked Case
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1926
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1927 The solution described in the networked case applies here as well.
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1928 However, if you never intend to network your machine, you can use a
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1929 simpler solution: create an empty `/etc/host.conf' file. The command
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1930 `touch /etc/host.conf' suffices to create the file. The `/etc/hosts'
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1931 file is not necessary with this approach.
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1932
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1933 * On Solaris 2.4, Dired hangs and C-g does not work. Or Emacs hangs
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1934 forever waiting for termination of a subprocess that is a zombie.
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1935
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1936 casper@fwi.uva.nl says the problem is in X11R6. Rebuild libX11.so
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1937 after changing the file xc/config/cf/sunLib.tmpl. Change the lines
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1938
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1939 #if ThreadedX
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1940 #define SharedX11Reqs -lthread
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1941 #endif
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1942
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1943 to:
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1944
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1945 #if OSMinorVersion < 4
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1946 #if ThreadedX
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1947 #define SharedX11Reqs -lthread
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1948 #endif
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1949 #endif
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1950
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1951 Be sure also to edit x/config/cf/sun.cf so that OSMinorVersion is 4
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1952 (as it should be for Solaris 2.4). The file has three definitions for
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1953 OSMinorVersion: the first is for x86, the second for SPARC under
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1954 Solaris, and the third for SunOS 4. Make sure to update the
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1955 definition for your type of machine and system.
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1956
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1957 Then do `make Everything' in the top directory of X11R6, to rebuild
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1958 the makefiles and rebuild X. The X built this way work only on
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1959 Solaris 2.4, not on 2.3.
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1960
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1961 For multithreaded X to work it is necessary to install patch
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1962 101925-02 to fix problems in header files [2.4]. You need
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1963 to reinstall gcc or re-run just-fixinc after installing that
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1964 patch.
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1965
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1966 However, Frank Rust <frust@iti.cs.tu-bs.de> used a simpler solution:
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1967 he changed
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1968 #define ThreadedX YES
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1969 to
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1970 #define ThreadedX NO
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1971 in sun.cf and did `make World' to rebuild X11R6. Removing all
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1972 `-DXTHREAD*' flags and `-lthread' entries from lib/X11/Makefile and
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1973 typing 'make install' in that directory also seemed to work.
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1974
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1975 * With M-x enable-flow-control, you need to type C-\ twice
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1976 to do incremental search--a single C-\ gets no response.
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1977
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1978 This has been traced to communicating with your machine via kermit,
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1979 with C-\ as the kermit escape character. One solution is to use
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1980 another escape character in kermit. One user did
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1981
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1982 set escape-character 17
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1983
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1984 in his .kermrc file, to make C-q the kermit escape character.
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1985
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1986 * The Motif version of Emacs paints the screen a solid color.
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1987
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1988 This has been observed to result from the following X resource:
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1989
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1990 Emacs*default.attributeFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
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1991
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1992 That the resource has this effect indicates a bug in something, but we
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1993 do not yet know what. If it is an Emacs bug, we hope someone can
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1994 explain what the bug is so we can fix it. In the mean time, removing
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1995 the resource prevents the problem.
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1996
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1997 * Emacs gets hung shortly after startup, on Sunos 4.1.3.
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1998
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1999 We think this is due to a bug in Sunos. The word is that
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2000 one of these Sunos patches fixes the bug:
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2001
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2002 100075-11 100224-06 100347-03 100482-05 100557-02 100623-03 100804-03 101080-01
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2003 100103-12 100249-09 100496-02 100564-07 100630-02 100891-10 101134-01
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2004 100170-09 100296-04 100377-09 100507-04 100567-04 100650-02 101070-01 101145-01
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2005 100173-10 100305-15 100383-06 100513-04 100570-05 100689-01 101071-03 101200-02
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2006 100178-09 100338-05 100421-03 100536-02 100584-05 100784-01 101072-01 101207-01
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2007
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2008 We don't know which of these patches really matter. If you find out
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2009 which ones, please inform bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
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2010
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2011 * Emacs aborts while starting up, only when run without X.
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2012
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2013 This problem often results from compiling Emacs with GCC when GCC was
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2014 installed incorrectly. The usual error in installing GCC is to
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2015 specify --includedir=/usr/include. Installation of GCC makes
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2016 corrected copies of the system header files. GCC is supposed to use
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2017 the corrected copies in preference to the original system headers.
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2018 Specifying --includedir=/usr/include causes the original system header
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2019 files to be used. On some systems, the definition of ioctl in the
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2020 original system header files is invalid for ANSI C and causes Emacs
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2021 not to work.
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2022
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2023 The fix is to reinstall GCC, and this time do not specify --includedir
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2024 when you configure it. Then recompile Emacs. Specifying --includedir
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2025 is appropriate only in very special cases and it should *never* be the
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2026 same directory where system header files are kept.
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2027
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2028 * On Solaris 2.x, GCC complains "64 bit integer types not supported"
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2029
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2030 This suggests that GCC is not installed correctly. Most likely you
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2031 are using GCC 2.7.2.3 (or earlier) on Solaris 2.6 (or later); this
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2032 does not work without patching. To run GCC 2.7.2.3 on Solaris 2.6 or
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2033 later, you must patch fixinc.svr4 and reinstall GCC from scratch as
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2034 described in the Solaris FAQ
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2035 <http://www.wins.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2.html>. A better fix is
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2036 to upgrade to GCC 2.8.1 or later.
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2037
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2038 * The Compose key on a DEC keyboard does not work as Meta key.
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2039
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2040 This shell command should fix it:
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2041
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2042 xmodmap -e 'keycode 0xb1 = Meta_L'
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2043
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2044 * Regular expressions matching bugs on SCO systems.
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2045
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2046 On SCO, there are problems in regexp matching when Emacs is compiled
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2047 with the system compiler. The compiler version is "Microsoft C
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2048 version 6", SCO 4.2.0h Dev Sys Maintenance Supplement 01/06/93; Quick
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2049 C Compiler Version 1.00.46 (Beta). The solution is to compile with
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2050 GCC.
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2051
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2052 * On Sunos 4, you get the error ld: Undefined symbol __lib_version.
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2053
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2054 This is the result of using cc or gcc with the shared library meant
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2055 for acc (the Sunpro compiler). Check your LD_LIBRARY_PATH and delete
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2056 /usr/lang/SC2.0.1 or some similar directory.
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2057
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2058 * You can't select from submenus (in the X toolkit version).
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2059
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2060 On certain systems, mouse-tracking and selection in top-level menus
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2061 works properly with the X toolkit, but neither of them works when you
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2062 bring up a submenu (such as Bookmarks or Compare or Apply Patch, in
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2063 the Files menu).
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2064
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2065 This works on most systems. There is speculation that the failure is
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2066 due to bugs in old versions of X toolkit libraries, but no one really
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2067 knows. If someone debugs this and finds the precise cause, perhaps a
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2068 workaround can be found.
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2069
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2070 * Unusable default font on SCO 3.2v4.
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2071
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2072 The Open Desktop environment comes with default X resource settings
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2073 that tell Emacs to use a variable-width font. Emacs cannot use such
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2074 fonts, so it does not work.
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2075
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2076 This is caused by the file /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ScoTerm, which is
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2077 the application-specific resource file for the `scoterm' terminal
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2078 emulator program. It contains several extremely general X resources
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2079 that affect other programs besides `scoterm'. In particular, these
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2080 resources affect Emacs also:
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2081
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2082 *Font: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*--12-*-p-*
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2083 *Background: scoBackground
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2084 *Foreground: scoForeground
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2085
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2086 The best solution is to create an application-specific resource file for
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2087 Emacs, /usr/lib/X11/sco/startup/Emacs, with the following contents:
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2088
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2089 Emacs*Font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
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2090 Emacs*Background: white
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2091 Emacs*Foreground: black
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2092
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2093 (These settings mimic the Emacs defaults, but you can change them to
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2094 suit your needs.) This resource file is only read when the X server
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2095 starts up, so you should restart it by logging out of the Open Desktop
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2096 environment or by running `scologin stop; scologin start` from the shell
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2097 as root. Alternatively, you can put these settings in the
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2098 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs resource file and simply restart Emacs,
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2099 but then they will not affect remote invocations of Emacs that use the
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2100 Open Desktop display.
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2101
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2102 These resource files are not normally shared across a network of SCO
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2103 machines; you must create the file on each machine individually.
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2104
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2105 * rcs2log gives you the awk error message "too many fields".
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2106
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2107 This is due to an arbitrary limit in certain versions of awk.
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2108 The solution is to use gawk (GNU awk).
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2109
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2110 * Emacs is slow using X11R5 on HP/UX.
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2111
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2112 This happens if you use the MIT versions of the X libraries--it
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2113 doesn't run as fast as HP's version. People sometimes use the version
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2114 because they see the HP version doesn't have the libraries libXaw.a,
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2115 libXmu.a, libXext.a and others. HP/UX normally doesn't come with
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2116 those libraries installed. To get good performance, you need to
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2117 install them and rebuild Emacs.
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2118
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2119 * Loading fonts is very slow.
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2120
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2121 You might be getting scalable fonts instead of precomputed bitmaps.
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2122 Known scalable font directories are "Type1" and "Speedo". A font
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2123 directory contains scalable fonts if it contains the file
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2124 "fonts.scale".
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2125
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2126 If this is so, re-order your X windows font path to put the scalable
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2127 font directories last. See the documentation of `xset' for details.
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2128
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2129 With some X servers, it may be necessary to take the scalable font
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2130 directories out of your path entirely, at least for Emacs 19.26.
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2131 Changes in the future may make this unnecessary.
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2132
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2133 * On AIX 3.2.4, releasing Ctrl/Act key has no effect, if Shift is down.
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2134
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2135 Due to a feature of AIX, pressing or releasing the Ctrl/Act key is
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2136 ignored when the Shift, Alt or AltGr keys are held down. This can
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2137 lead to the keyboard being "control-locked"--ordinary letters are
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2138 treated as control characters.
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2139
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2140 You can get out of this "control-locked" state by pressing and
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2141 releasing Ctrl/Act while not pressing or holding any other keys.
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2142
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2143 * display-time causes kernel problems on ISC systems.
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2144
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2145 Under Interactive Unix versions 3.0.1 and 4.0 (and probably other
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2146 versions), display-time causes the loss of large numbers of STREVENT
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2147 cells. Eventually the kernel's supply of these cells is exhausted.
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2148 This makes emacs and the whole system run slow, and can make other
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2149 processes die, in particular pcnfsd.
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2150
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2151 Other emacs functions that communicate with remote processes may have
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2152 the same problem. Display-time seems to be far the worst.
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2153
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2154 The only known fix: Don't run display-time.
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2155
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2156 * On Solaris, C-x doesn't get through to Emacs when you use the console.
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2157
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2158 This is a Solaris feature (at least on Intel x86 cpus). Type C-r
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2159 C-r C-t, to toggle whether C-x gets through to Emacs.
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2160
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2161 * Error message `Symbol's value as variable is void: x', followed by
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2162 segmentation fault and core dump.
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2163
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2164 This has been tracked to a bug in tar! People report that tar erroneously
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2165 added a line like this at the beginning of files of Lisp code:
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2166
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2167 x FILENAME, N bytes, B tape blocks
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2168
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2169 If your tar has this problem, install GNU tar--if you can manage to
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2170 untar it :-).
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2171
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2172 * Link failure when using acc on a Sun.
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2173
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2174 To use acc, you need additional options just before the libraries, such as
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2175
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2176 /usr/lang/SC2.0.1/values-Xt.o -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1/cg87 -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1
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2177
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2178 and you need to add -lansi just before -lc.
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2179
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2180 The precise file names depend on the compiler version, so we
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2181 cannot easily arrange to supply them.
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2182
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2183 * Link failure on IBM AIX 1.3 ptf 0013.
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2184
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2185 There is a real duplicate definition of the function `_slibc_free' in
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2186 the library /lib/libc_s.a (just do nm on it to verify). The
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2187 workaround/fix is:
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2188
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2189 cd /lib
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2190 ar xv libc_s.a NLtmtime.o
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2191 ar dv libc_s.a NLtmtime.o
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2192
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2193 * Undefined symbols _dlopen, _dlsym and/or _dlclose on a Sun.
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2194
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2195 If you see undefined symbols _dlopen, _dlsym, or _dlclose when linking
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2196 with -lX11, compile and link against the file mit/util/misc/dlsym.c in
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2197 the MIT X11R5 distribution. Alternatively, link temacs using shared
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2198 libraries with s/sunos4shr.h. (This doesn't work if you use the X
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2199 toolkit.)
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2200
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2201 If you get the additional error that the linker could not find
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2202 lib_version.o, try extracting it from X11/usr/lib/X11/libvim.a in
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2203 X11R4, then use it in the link.
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2204
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2205 * Error messages `Wrong number of arguments: #<subr where-is-internal>, 5'
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2206
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2207 This typically results from having the powerkey library loaded.
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2208 Powerkey was designed for Emacs 19.22. It is obsolete now because
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2209 Emacs 19 now has this feature built in; and powerkey also calls
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2210 where-is-internal in an obsolete way.
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2211
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2212 So the fix is to arrange not to load powerkey.
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2213
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2214 * In Shell mode, you get a ^M at the end of every line.
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2215
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2216 This happens to people who use tcsh, because it is trying to be too
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2217 smart. It sees that the Shell uses terminal type `unknown' and turns
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2218 on the flag to output ^M at the end of each line. You can fix the
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2219 problem by adding this to your .cshrc file:
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2220
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2221 if ($?EMACS) then
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2222 if ($EMACS == "t") then
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2223 unset edit
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2224 stty -icrnl -onlcr -echo susp ^Z
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2225 endif
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2226 endif
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2227
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2228 * An error message such as `X protocol error: BadMatch (invalid
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2229 parameter attributes) on protocol request 93'.
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2230
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2231 This comes from having an invalid X resource, such as
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2232 emacs*Cursor: black
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2233 (which is invalid because it specifies a color name for something
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2234 that isn't a color.)
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2235
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2236 The fix is to correct your X resources.
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2237
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2238 * Undefined symbols when linking on Sunos 4.1 using --with-x-toolkit.
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2239
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2240 If you get the undefined symbols _atowc _wcslen, _iswprint, _iswspace,
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2241 _iswcntrl, _wcscpy, and _wcsncpy, then you need to add -lXwchar after
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2242 -lXaw in the command that links temacs.
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2243
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2244 This problem seems to arise only when the international language
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2245 extensions to X11R5 are installed.
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2246
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2247 * Typing C-c C-c in Shell mode kills your X server.
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2248
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2249 This happens with Linux kernel 1.0 thru 1.04, approximately. The workaround is
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2250 to define SIGNALS_VIA_CHARACTERS in config.h and recompile Emacs.
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2251 Newer Linux kernel versions don't have this problem.
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2252
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2253 * src/Makefile and lib-src/Makefile are truncated--most of the file missing.
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2254
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2255 This can happen if configure uses GNU sed version 2.03. That version
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2256 had a bug. GNU sed version 2.05 works properly.
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2257
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2258 * Slow startup on X11R6 with X windows.
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2259
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2260 If Emacs takes two minutes to start up on X11R6, see if your X
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2261 resources specify any Adobe fonts. That causes the type-1 font
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2262 renderer to start up, even if the font you asked for is not a type-1
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2263 font.
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2264
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2265 One way to avoid this problem is to eliminate the type-1 fonts from
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2266 your font path, like this:
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2267
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2268 xset -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/
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2269
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2270 * Pull-down menus appear in the wrong place, in the toolkit version of Emacs.
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2271
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2272 An X resource of this form can cause the problem:
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2273
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2274 Emacs*geometry: 80x55+0+0
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2275
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2276 This resource is supposed to apply, and does apply, to the menus
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2277 individually as well as to Emacs frames. If that is not what you
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2278 want, rewrite the resource.
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2279
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2280 To check thoroughly for such resource specifications, use `xrdb
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diff changeset
2281 -query' to see what resources the X server records, and also look at
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2282 the user's ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xdefaults-* files.
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2283
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2284 * --with-x-toolkit version crashes when used with shared libraries.
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2285
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2286 On some systems, including Sunos 4 and DGUX 5.4.2 and perhaps others,
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2287 unexec doesn't work properly with the shared library for the X
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2288 toolkit. You might be able to work around this by using a nonshared
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2289 libXt.a library. The real fix is to upgrade the various versions of
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2290 unexec and/or ralloc. We think this has been fixed on Sunos 4
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2291 and Solaris in version 19.29.
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2292
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2293 * `make install' fails on install-doc with `Error 141'.
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2294
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2295 This happens on Ultrix 4.2 due to failure of a pipeline of tar
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2296 commands. We don't know why they fail, but the bug seems not to be in
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2297 Emacs. The workaround is to run the shell command in install-doc by
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2298 hand.
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2299
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2300 * --with-x-toolkit option configures wrong on BSD/386.
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2301
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2302 This problem is due to bugs in the shell in version 1.0 of BSD/386.
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2303 The workaround is to edit the configure file to use some other shell,
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parents:
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2304 such as bash.
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parents:
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2305
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2306 * Subprocesses remain, hanging but not zombies, on Sunos 5.3.
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parents:
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2307
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2308 A bug in Sunos 5.3 causes Emacs subprocesses to remain after Emacs
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2309 exits. Sun patch # 101415-02 is part of the fix for this, but it only
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parents:
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2310 applies to ptys, and doesn't fix the problem with subprocesses
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2311 communicating through pipes.
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parents:
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2312
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parents:
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2313 * Mail is lost when sent to local aliases.
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parents:
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2314
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parents:
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2315 Many emacs mail user agents (VM and rmail, for instance) use the
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parents:
diff changeset
2316 sendmail.el library. This library can arrange for mail to be
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parents:
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2317 delivered by passing messages to the /usr/lib/sendmail (usually)
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2318 program . In doing so, it passes the '-t' flag to sendmail, which
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diff changeset
2319 means that the name of the recipient of the message is not on the
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parents:
diff changeset
2320 command line and, therefore, that sendmail must parse the message to
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parents:
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2321 obtain the destination address.
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parents:
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2322
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parents:
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2323 There is a bug in the SunOS4.1.1 and SunOS4.1.3 versions of sendmail.
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parents:
diff changeset
2324 In short, when given the -t flag, the SunOS sendmail won't recognize
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parents:
diff changeset
2325 non-local (i.e. NIS) aliases. It has been reported that the Solaris
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2326 2.x versions of sendmail do not have this bug. For those using SunOS
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parents:
diff changeset
2327 4.1, the best fix is to install sendmail V8 or IDA sendmail (which
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2328 have other advantages over the regular sendmail as well). At the time
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parents:
diff changeset
2329 of this writing, these official versions are available:
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parents:
diff changeset
2330
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2331 Sendmail V8 on ftp.cs.berkeley.edu in /ucb/sendmail:
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parents:
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2332 sendmail.8.6.9.base.tar.Z (the base system source & documentation)
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parents:
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2333 sendmail.8.6.9.cf.tar.Z (configuration files)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2334 sendmail.8.6.9.misc.tar.Z (miscellaneous support programs)
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parents:
diff changeset
2335 sendmail.8.6.9.xdoc.tar.Z (extended documentation, with postscript)
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2336
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parents:
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2337 IDA sendmail on vixen.cso.uiuc.edu in /pub:
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parents:
diff changeset
2338 sendmail-5.67b+IDA-1.5.tar.gz
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parents:
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2339
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parents:
diff changeset
2340 * On AIX, you get this message when running Emacs:
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parents:
diff changeset
2341
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2342 Could not load program emacs
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parents:
diff changeset
2343 Symbol smtcheckinit in csh is undefined
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diff changeset
2344 Error was: Exec format error
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diff changeset
2345
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2346 or this one:
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2347
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parents:
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2348 Could not load program .emacs
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parents:
diff changeset
2349 Symbol _system_con in csh is undefined
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parents:
diff changeset
2350 Symbol _fp_trapsta in csh is undefined
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parents:
diff changeset
2351 Error was: Exec format error
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parents:
diff changeset
2352
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parents:
diff changeset
2353 These can happen when you try to run on AIX 3.2.5 a program that was
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2354 compiled with 3.2.4. The fix is to recompile.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2355
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2356 * On AIX, you get this compiler error message:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2357
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parents:
diff changeset
2358 Processing include file ./XMenuInt.h
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parents:
diff changeset
2359 1501-106: (S) Include file X11/Xlib.h not found.
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parents:
diff changeset
2360
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2361 This means your system was installed with only the X11 runtime i.d
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2362 libraries. You have to find your sipo (bootable tape) and install
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2363 X11Dev... with smit.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2364
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2365 * You "lose characters" after typing Compose Character key.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2366
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2367 This is because the Compose Character key is defined as the keysym
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2368 Multi_key, and Emacs (seeing that) does the proper X11
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2369 character-composition processing. If you don't want your Compose key
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2370 to do that, you can redefine it with xmodmap.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2371
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2372 For example, here's one way to turn it into a Meta key:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2373
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2374 xmodmap -e "keysym Multi_key = Meta_L"
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2375
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2376 If all users at your site of a particular keyboard prefer Meta to
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parents:
diff changeset
2377 Compose, you can make the remapping happen automatically by adding the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2378 xmodmap command to the xdm setup script for that display.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2379
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2380 * C-z just refreshes the screen instead of suspending Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2381
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2382 You are probably using a shell that doesn't support job control, even
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2383 though the system itself is capable of it. Either use a different shell,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2384 or set the variable `cannot-suspend' to a non-nil value.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2385
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2386 * Watch out for .emacs files and EMACSLOADPATH environment vars
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2387
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parents:
diff changeset
2388 These control the actions of Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2389 ~/.emacs is your Emacs init file.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2390 EMACSLOADPATH overrides which directories the function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2391 "load" will search.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2392
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2393 If you observe strange problems, check for these and get rid
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2394 of them, then try again.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2395
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2396 * After running emacs once, subsequent invocations crash.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2397
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parents:
diff changeset
2398 Some versions of SVR4 have a serious bug in the implementation of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2399 mmap () system call in the kernel; this causes emacs to run correctly
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2400 the first time, and then crash when run a second time.
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parents:
diff changeset
2401
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2402 Contact your vendor and ask for the mmap bug fix; in the mean time,
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2403 you may be able to work around the problem by adding a line to your
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2404 operating system description file (whose name is reported by the
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2405 configure script) that reads:
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2406 #define SYSTEM_MALLOC
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2407 This makes Emacs use memory less efficiently, but seems to work around
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2408 the kernel bug.
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2409
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2410 * Inability to send an Alt-modified key, when Emacs is communicating
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2411 directly with an X server.
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2412
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2413 If you have tried to bind an Alt-modified key as a command, and it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2414 does not work to type the command, the first thing you should check is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2415 whether the key is getting through to Emacs. To do this, type C-h c
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2416 followed by the Alt-modified key. C-h c should say what kind of event
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2417 it read. If it says it read an Alt-modified key, then make sure you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2418 have made the key binding correctly.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2419
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2420 If C-h c reports an event that doesn't have the Alt modifier, it may
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2421 be because your X server has no key for the Alt modifier. The X
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2422 server that comes from MIT does not set up the Alt modifier by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2423 default.
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2424
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2425 If your keyboard has keys named Alt, you can enable them as follows:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2426
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2427 xmodmap -e 'add mod2 = Alt_L'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2428 xmodmap -e 'add mod2 = Alt_R'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2429
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2430 If the keyboard has just one key named Alt, then only one of those
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2431 commands is needed. The modifier `mod2' is a reasonable choice if you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2432 are using an unmodified MIT version of X. Otherwise, choose any
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2433 modifier bit not otherwise used.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2434
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2435 If your keyboard does not have keys named Alt, you can use some other
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2436 keys. Use the keysym command in xmodmap to turn a function key (or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2437 some other 'spare' key) into Alt_L or into Alt_R, and then use the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2438 commands show above to make them modifier keys.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2439
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2440 Note that if you have Alt keys but no Meta keys, Emacs translates Alt
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2441 into Meta. This is because of the great importance of Meta in Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2442
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parents:
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2443 * `Pid xxx killed due to text modification or page I/O error'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2444
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2445 On HP/UX, you can get that error when the Emacs executable is on an NFS
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2446 file system. HP/UX responds this way if it tries to swap in a page and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2447 does not get a response from the server within a timeout whose default
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2448 value is just ten seconds.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2449
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2450 If this happens to you, extend the timeout period.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2451
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2452 * `expand-file-name' fails to work on any but the machine you dumped Emacs on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2453
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2454 On Ultrix, if you use any of the functions which look up information
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2455 in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2456 expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2457 in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2458
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2459 The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2460 anything it loads. Yuck - some solution.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2461
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2462 I'm not sure why this happens; if you can find out exactly what is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2463 going on, and perhaps find a fix or a workaround, please let us know.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2464 Perhaps the YP functions cache some information, the cache is included
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2465 in the dumped Emacs, and is then inaccurate on any other host.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2466
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2467 * On some variants of SVR4, Emacs does not work at all with X.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2468
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2469 Try defining BROKEN_FIONREAD in your config.h file. If this solves
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2470 the problem, please send a bug report to tell us this is needed; be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2471 sure to say exactly what type of machine and system you are using.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2472
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2473 * Linking says that the functions insque and remque are undefined.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2474
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2475 Change oldXMenu/Makefile by adding insque.o to the variable OBJS.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2476
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2477 * Emacs fails to understand most Internet host names, even though
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2478 the names work properly with other programs on the same system.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2479 * Emacs won't work with X-windows if the value of DISPLAY is HOSTNAME:0.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2480 * GNUs can't make contact with the specified host for nntp.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2481
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2482 This typically happens on Suns and other systems that use shared
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2483 libraries. The cause is that the site has installed a version of the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2484 shared library which uses a name server--but has not installed a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2485 similar version of the unshared library which Emacs uses.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2486
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2487 The result is that most programs, using the shared library, work with
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2488 the nameserver, but Emacs does not.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2489
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2490 The fix is to install an unshared library that corresponds to what you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2491 installed in the shared library, and then relink Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2492
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2493 On SunOS 4.1, simply define HAVE_RES_INIT.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2494
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2495 If you have already installed the name resolver in the file libresolv.a,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2496 then you need to compile Emacs to use that library. The easiest way to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2497 do this is to add to config.h a definition of LIBS_SYSTEM, LIBS_MACHINE
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2498 or LIB_STANDARD which uses -lresolv. Watch out! If you redefine a macro
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2499 that is already in use in your configuration to supply some other libraries,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2500 be careful not to lose the others.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2501
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2502 Thus, you could start by adding this to config.h:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2503
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2504 #define LIBS_SYSTEM -lresolv
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2505
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2506 Then if this gives you an error for redefining a macro, and you see that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2507 the s- file defines LIBS_SYSTEM as -lfoo -lbar, you could change config.h
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2508 again to say this:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2509
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2510 #define LIBS_SYSTEM -lresolv -lfoo -lbar
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2511
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2512 * On a Sun running SunOS 4.1.1, you get this error message from GNU ld:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2513
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2514 /lib/libc.a(_Q_sub.o): Undefined symbol __Q_get_rp_rd referenced from text segment
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2515
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2516 The problem is in the Sun shared C library, not in GNU ld.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2517
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2518 The solution is to install Patch-ID# 100267-03 from Sun.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2519
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2520 * Self documentation messages are garbled.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2521
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2522 This means that the file `etc/DOC-...' doesn't properly correspond
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2523 with the Emacs executable. Redumping Emacs and then installing the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2524 corresponding pair of files should fix the problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2525
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2526 * Trouble using ptys on AIX.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2527
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2528 People often install the pty devices on AIX incorrectly.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2529 Use `smit pty' to reinstall them properly.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2530
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2531 * Shell mode on HP/UX gives the message, "`tty`: Ambiguous".
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2532
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2533 christos@theory.tn.cornell.edu says:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2534
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2535 The problem is that in your .cshrc you have something that tries to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2536 execute `tty`. If you are not running the shell on a real tty then
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2537 tty will print "not a tty". Csh expects one word in some places,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2538 but tty is giving it back 3.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2539
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2540 The solution is to add a pair of quotes around `tty` to make it a single
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2541 word:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2542
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2543 if (`tty` == "/dev/console")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2544
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2545 should be changed to:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2546
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2547 if ("`tty`" == "/dev/console")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2548
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2549 Even better, move things that set up terminal sections out of .cshrc
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2550 and into .login.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2551
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2552 * Using X Windows, control-shift-leftbutton makes Emacs hang.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2553
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2554 Use the shell command `xset bc' to make the old X Menu package work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2555
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2556 * Emacs running under X Windows does not handle mouse clicks.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2557 * `emacs -geometry 80x20' finds a file named `80x20'.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2558
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2559 One cause of such problems is having (setq term-file-prefix nil) in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2560 your .emacs file. Another cause is a bad value of EMACSLOADPATH in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2561 the environment.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2562
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2563 * Emacs gets error message from linker on Sun.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2564
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2565 If the error message says that a symbol such as `f68881_used' or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2566 `ffpa_used' or `start_float' is undefined, this probably indicates
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2567 that you have compiled some libraries, such as the X libraries,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2568 with a floating point option other than the default.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2569
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2570 It's not terribly hard to make this work with small changes in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2571 crt0.c together with linking with Fcrt1.o, Wcrt1.o or Mcrt1.o.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2572 However, the easiest approach is to build Xlib with the default
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2573 floating point option: -fsoft.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2574
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2575 * Emacs fails to get default settings from X Windows server.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2576
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2577 The X library in X11R4 has a bug; it interchanges the 2nd and 3rd
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2578 arguments to XGetDefaults. Define the macro XBACKWARDS in config.h to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2579 tell Emacs to compensate for this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2580
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2581 I don't believe there is any way Emacs can determine for itself
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2582 whether this problem is present on a given system.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2583
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2584 * Keyboard input gets confused after a beep when using a DECserver
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2585 as a concentrator.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2586
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2587 This problem seems to be a matter of configuring the DECserver to use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2588 7 bit characters rather than 8 bit characters.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2589
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2590 * M-x shell persistently reports "Process shell exited abnormally with code 1".
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2591
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2592 This happened on Suns as a result of what is said to be a bug in Sunos
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2593 version 4.0.x. The only fix was to reboot the machine.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2594
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2595 * Programs running under terminal emulator do not recognize `emacs'
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2596 terminal type.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2597
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2598 The cause of this is a shell startup file that sets the TERMCAP
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2599 environment variable. The terminal emulator uses that variable to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2600 provide the information on the special terminal type that Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2601 emulates.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2602
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2603 Rewrite your shell startup file so that it does not change TERMCAP
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2604 in such a case. You could use the following conditional which sets
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2605 it only if it is undefined.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2606
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2607 if ( ! ${?TERMCAP} ) setenv TERMCAP ~/my-termcap-file
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2608
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2609 Or you could set TERMCAP only when you set TERM--which should not
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2610 happen in a non-login shell.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2611
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2612 * X Windows doesn't work if DISPLAY uses a hostname.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2613
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2614 People have reported kernel bugs in certain systems that cause Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2615 not to work with X Windows if DISPLAY is set using a host name. But
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2616 the problem does not occur if DISPLAY is set to `unix:0.0'. I think
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2617 the bug has to do with SIGIO or FIONREAD.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2618
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2619 You may be able to compensate for the bug by doing (set-input-mode nil nil).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2620 However, that has the disadvantage of turning off interrupts, so that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2621 you are unable to quit out of a Lisp program by typing C-g.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2622
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2623 The easy way to do this is to put
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2624
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2625 (setq x-sigio-bug t)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2626
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2627 in your site-init.el file.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2628
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2629 * Problem with remote X server on Suns.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2630
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2631 On a Sun, running Emacs on one machine with the X server on another
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2632 may not work if you have used the unshared system libraries. This
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2633 is because the unshared libraries fail to use YP for host name lookup.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2634 As a result, the host name you specify may not be recognized.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2635
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2636 * Shell mode ignores interrupts on Apollo Domain
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2637
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2638 You may find that M-x shell prints the following message:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2639
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2640 Warning: no access to tty; thus no job control in this shell...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2641
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2642 This can happen if there are not enough ptys on your system.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2643 Here is how to make more of them.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2644
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2645 % cd /dev
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2646 % ls pty*
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2647 # shows how many pty's you have. I had 8, named pty0 to pty7)
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2648 % /etc/crpty 8
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2649 # creates eight new pty's
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2650
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2651 * Fatal signal in the command temacs -l loadup inc dump
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2652
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2653 This command is the final stage of building Emacs. It is run by the
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2654 Makefile in the src subdirectory, or by build.com on VMS.
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2655
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2656 It has been known to get fatal errors due to insufficient swapping
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2657 space available on the machine.
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2658
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2659 On 68000's, it has also happened because of bugs in the
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2660 subroutine `alloca'. Verify that `alloca' works right, even
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2661 for large blocks (many pages).
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2662
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2663 * test-distrib says that the distribution has been clobbered
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2664 * or, temacs prints "Command key out of range 0-127"
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2665 * or, temacs runs and dumps emacs, but emacs totally fails to work.
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2666 * or, temacs gets errors dumping emacs
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2667
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2668 This can be because the .elc files have been garbled. Do not be
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2669 fooled by the fact that most of a .elc file is text: these are
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2670 binary files and can contain all 256 byte values.
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2671
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2672 In particular `shar' cannot be used for transmitting GNU Emacs.
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2673 It typically truncates "lines". What appear to be "lines" in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2674 a binary file can of course be of any length. Even once `shar'
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2675 itself is made to work correctly, `sh' discards null characters
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2676 when unpacking the shell archive.
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2677
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2678 I have also seen character \177 changed into \377. I do not know
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2679 what transfer means caused this problem. Various network
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2680 file transfer programs are suspected of clobbering the high bit.
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2681
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2682 If you have a copy of Emacs that has been damaged in its
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2683 nonprinting characters, you can fix them:
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2684
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2685 1) Record the names of all the .elc files.
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2686 2) Delete all the .elc files.
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2687 3) Recompile alloc.c with a value of PURESIZE twice as large.
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2688 (See puresize.h.) You might as well save the old alloc.o.
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2689 4) Remake emacs. It should work now.
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2690 5) Running emacs, do Meta-x byte-compile-file repeatedly
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2691 to recreate all the .elc files that used to exist.
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2692 You may need to increase the value of the variable
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2693 max-lisp-eval-depth to succeed in running the compiler interpreted
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2694 on certain .el files. 400 was sufficient as of last report.
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2695 6) Reinstall the old alloc.o (undoing changes to alloc.c if any)
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2696 and remake temacs.
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2697 7) Remake emacs. It should work now, with valid .elc files.
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2698
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2699 * temacs prints "Pure Lisp storage exhausted"
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2700
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2701 This means that the Lisp code loaded from the .elc and .el
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2702 files during temacs -l loadup inc dump took up more
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2703 space than was allocated.
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2704
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2705 This could be caused by
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2706 1) adding code to the preloaded Lisp files
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2707 2) adding more preloaded files in loadup.el
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2708 3) having a site-init.el or site-load.el which loads files.
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2709 Note that ANY site-init.el or site-load.el is nonstandard;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2710 if you have received Emacs from some other site
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2711 and it contains a site-init.el or site-load.el file, consider
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2712 deleting that file.
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2713 4) getting the wrong .el or .elc files
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2714 (not from the directory you expected).
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2715 5) deleting some .elc files that are supposed to exist.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2716 This would cause the source files (.el files) to be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2717 loaded instead. They take up more room, so you lose.
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2718 6) a bug in the Emacs distribution which underestimates
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2719 the space required.
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2720
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2721 If the need for more space is legitimate, change the definition
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2722 of PURESIZE in puresize.h.
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2723
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2724 But in some of the cases listed above, this problem is a consequence
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2725 of something else that is wrong. Be sure to check and fix the real
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2726 problem.
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2727
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2728 * Changes made to .el files do not take effect.
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2729
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2730 You may have forgotten to recompile them into .elc files.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2731 Then the old .elc files will be loaded, and your changes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2732 will not be seen. To fix this, do M-x byte-recompile-directory
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2733 and specify the directory that contains the Lisp files.
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2734
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2735 Emacs should print a warning when loading a .elc file which is older
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2736 than the corresponding .el file.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2737
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2738 * The dumped Emacs crashes when run, trying to write pure data.
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2739
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2740 Two causes have been seen for such problems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2741
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2742 1) On a system where getpagesize is not a system call, it is defined
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2743 as a macro. If the definition (in both unexec.c and malloc.c) is wrong,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2744 it can cause problems like this. You might be able to find the correct
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2745 value in the man page for a.out (5).
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2746
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diff changeset
2747 2) Some systems allocate variables declared static among the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2748 initialized variables. Emacs makes all initialized variables in most
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2749 of its files pure after dumping, but the variables declared static and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2750 not initialized are not supposed to be pure. On these systems you
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2751 may need to add "#define static" to the m- or the s- file.
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2752
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2753 * Compilation errors on VMS.
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2754
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2755 You will get warnings when compiling on VMS because there are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2756 variable names longer than 32 (or whatever it is) characters.
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2757 This is not an error. Ignore it.
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2758
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2759 VAX C does not support #if defined(foo). Uses of this construct
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2760 were removed, but some may have crept back in. They must be rewritten.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2761
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diff changeset
2762 There is a bug in the C compiler which fails to sign extend characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2763 in conditional expressions. The bug is:
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2764 char c = -1, d = 1;
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2765 int i;
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2766
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2767 i = d ? c : d;
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2768 The result is i == 255; the fix is to typecast the char in the
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2769 conditional expression as an (int). Known occurrences of such
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2770 constructs in Emacs have been fixed.
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2771
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2772 * rmail gets error getting new mail
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2773
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2774 rmail gets new mail from /usr/spool/mail/$USER using a program
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parents:
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2775 called `movemail'. This program interlocks with /bin/mail using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2776 the protocol defined by /bin/mail.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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2777
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2778 There are two different protocols in general use. One of them uses
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parents:
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2779 the `flock' system call. The other involves creating a lock file;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2780 `movemail' must be able to write in /usr/spool/mail in order to do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2781 this. You control which one is used by defining, or not defining,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2782 the macro MAIL_USE_FLOCK in config.h or the m- or s- file it includes.
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parents:
diff changeset
2783 IF YOU DON'T USE THE FORM OF INTERLOCKING THAT IS NORMAL ON YOUR
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2784 SYSTEM, YOU CAN LOSE MAIL!
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2785
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2786 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2787 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in /usr/spool/mail,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2788 you may need to make `movemail' setgid to a suitable group such as
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2789 `mail'. You can use these commands (as root):
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2790
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2791 chgrp mail movemail
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parents:
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2792 chmod 2755 movemail
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2793
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2794 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2795 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in /usr/spool/mail,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2796 you may need to make `movemail' setgid to a suitable group such as
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2797 `mail'. To do this, use the following commands (as root) after doing the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2798 make install.
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parents:
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2799
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2800 chgrp mail movemail
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parents:
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2801 chmod 2755 movemail
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parents:
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2802
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2803 Installation normally copies movemail from the build directory to an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2804 installation directory which is usually under /usr/local/lib. The
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2805 installed copy of movemail is usually in the directory
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parents:
diff changeset
2806 /usr/local/lib/emacs/VERSION/TARGET. You must change the group and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2807 mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the build
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2808 directory copy is ineffective.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2809
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
2810 * Emacs spontaneously displays "I-search: " at the bottom of the screen.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2811
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parents:
diff changeset
2812 This means that Control-S/Control-Q (XON/XOFF) "flow control" is being
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2813 used. C-s/C-q flow control is bad for Emacs editors because it takes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2814 away C-s and C-q as user commands. Since editors do not output long
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2815 streams of text without user commands, there is no need for a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2816 user-issuable "stop output" command in an editor; therefore, a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2817 properly designed flow control mechanism would transmit all possible
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2818 input characters without interference. Designing such a mechanism is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2819 easy, for a person with at least half a brain.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2820
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2821 There are three possible reasons why flow control could be taking place:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2822
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parents:
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2823 1) Terminal has not been told to disable flow control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2824 2) Insufficient padding for the terminal in use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2825 3) Some sort of terminal concentrator or line switch is responsible
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2826
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2827 First of all, many terminals have a set-up mode which controls whether
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2828 they generate XON/XOFF flow control characters. This must be set to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2829 "no XON/XOFF" in order for Emacs to work. Sometimes there is an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2830 escape sequence that the computer can send to turn flow control off
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2831 and on. If so, perhaps the termcap `ti' string should turn flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2832 control off, and the `te' string should turn it on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2833
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2834 Once the terminal has been told "no flow control", you may find it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2835 needs more padding. The amount of padding Emacs sends is controlled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2836 by the termcap entry for the terminal in use, and by the output baud
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2837 rate as known by the kernel. The shell command `stty' will print
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2838 your output baud rate; `stty' with suitable arguments will set it if
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2839 it is wrong. Setting to a higher speed causes increased padding. If
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2840 the results are wrong for the correct speed, there is probably a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2841 problem in the termcap entry. You must speak to a local Unix wizard
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2842 to fix this. Perhaps you are just using the wrong terminal type.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2843
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2844 For terminals that lack a "no flow control" mode, sometimes just
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2845 giving lots of padding will prevent actual generation of flow control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2846 codes. You might as well try it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2847
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2848 If you are really unlucky, your terminal is connected to the computer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2849 through a concentrator which sends XON/XOFF flow control to the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2850 computer, or it insists on sending flow control itself no matter how
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2851 much padding you give it. Unless you can figure out how to turn flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2852 control off on this concentrator (again, refer to your local wizard),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2853 you are screwed! You should have the terminal or concentrator
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2854 replaced with a properly designed one. In the mean time, some drastic
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2855 measures can make Emacs semi-work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2856
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2857 You can make Emacs ignore C-s and C-q and let the operating system
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2858 handle them. To do this on a per-session basis, just type M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2859 enable-flow-control RET. You will see a message that C-\ and C-^ are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2860 now translated to C-s and C-q. (Use the same command M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2861 enable-flow-control to turn *off* this special mode. It toggles flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2862 control handling.)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2863
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2864 If C-\ and C-^ are inconvenient for you (for example, if one of them
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2865 is the escape character of your terminal concentrator), you can choose
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2866 other characters by setting the variables flow-control-c-s-replacement
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2867 and flow-control-c-q-replacement. But choose carefully, since all
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2868 other control characters are already used by emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2869
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2870 IMPORTANT: if you type C-s by accident while flow control is enabled,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2871 Emacs output will freeze, and you will have to remember to type C-q in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2872 order to continue.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2873
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2874 If you work in an environment where a majority of terminals of a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2875 certain type are flow control hobbled, you can use the function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2876 `enable-flow-control-on' to turn on this flow control avoidance scheme
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2877 automatically. Here is an example:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2878
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2879 (enable-flow-control-on "vt200" "vt300" "vt101" "vt131")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2880
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2881 If this isn't quite correct (e.g. you have a mixture of flow-control hobbled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2882 and good vt200 terminals), you can still run enable-flow-control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2883 manually.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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2884
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2885 I have no intention of ever redesigning the Emacs command set for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2886 assumption that terminals use C-s/C-q flow control. XON/XOFF flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2887 control technique is a bad design, and terminals that need it are bad
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2888 merchandise and should not be purchased. Now that X is becoming
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2889 widespread, XON/XOFF seems to be on the way out. If you can get some
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2890 use out of GNU Emacs on inferior terminals, more power to you, but I
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2891 will not make Emacs worse for properly designed systems for the sake
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2892 of inferior systems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2893
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2894 * Control-S and Control-Q commands are ignored completely.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2895
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2896 For some reason, your system is using brain-damaged C-s/C-q flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2897 control despite Emacs's attempts to turn it off. Perhaps your
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2898 terminal is connected to the computer through a concentrator
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2899 that wants to use flow control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2900
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2901 You should first try to tell the concentrator not to use flow control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2902 If you succeed in this, try making the terminal work without
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2903 flow control, as described in the preceding section.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2904
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2905 If that line of approach is not successful, map some other characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2906 into C-s and C-q using keyboard-translate-table. The example above
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2907 shows how to do this with C-^ and C-\.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2908
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2909 * Control-S and Control-Q commands are ignored completely on a net connection.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2910
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2911 Some versions of rlogin (and possibly telnet) do not pass flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2912 control characters to the remote system to which they connect.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2913 On such systems, emacs on the remote system cannot disable flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2914 control on the local system.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2915
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2916 One way to cure this is to disable flow control on the local host
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2917 (the one running rlogin, not the one running rlogind) using the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2918 stty command, before starting the rlogin process. On many systems,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2919 "stty start u stop u" will do this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2920
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2921 Some versions of tcsh will prevent even this from working. One way
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2922 around this is to start another shell before starting rlogin, and
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2923 issue the stty command to disable flow control from that shell.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2924
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2925 If none of these methods work, the best solution is to type
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2926 M-x enable-flow-control at the beginning of your emacs session, or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2927 if you expect the problem to continue, add a line such as the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2928 following to your .emacs (on the host running rlogind):
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2929
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2930 (enable-flow-control-on "vt200" "vt300" "vt101" "vt131")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2931
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2932 See the entry about spontaneous display of I-search (above) for more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2933 info.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2934
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2935 * Screen is updated wrong, but only on one kind of terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2936
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2937 This could mean that the termcap entry you are using for that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2938 terminal is wrong, or it could mean that Emacs has a bug handing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2939 the combination of features specified for that terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2940
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2941 The first step in tracking this down is to record what characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2942 Emacs is sending to the terminal. Execute the Lisp expression
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2943 (open-termscript "./emacs-script") to make Emacs write all
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2944 terminal output into the file ~/emacs-script as well; then do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2945 what makes the screen update wrong, and look at the file
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2946 and decode the characters using the manual for the terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2947 There are several possibilities:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2948
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2949 1) The characters sent are correct, according to the terminal manual.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2950
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2951 In this case, there is no obvious bug in Emacs, and most likely you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2952 need more padding, or possibly the terminal manual is wrong.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2953
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2954 2) The characters sent are incorrect, due to an obscure aspect
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2955 of the terminal behavior not described in an obvious way
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2956 by termcap.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2957
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2958 This case is hard. It will be necessary to think of a way for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2959 Emacs to distinguish between terminals with this kind of behavior
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2960 and other terminals that behave subtly differently but are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2961 classified the same by termcap; or else find an algorithm for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2962 Emacs to use that avoids the difference. Such changes must be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2963 tested on many kinds of terminals.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2964
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2965 3) The termcap entry is wrong.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2966
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2967 See the file etc/TERMS for information on changes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2968 that are known to be needed in commonly used termcap entries
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2969 for certain terminals.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2970
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2971 4) The characters sent are incorrect, and clearly cannot be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2972 right for any terminal with the termcap entry you were using.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2973
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2974 This is unambiguously an Emacs bug, and can probably be fixed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2975 in termcap.c, tparam.c, term.c, scroll.c, cm.c or dispnew.c.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2976
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2977 * Output from Control-V is slow.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2978
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2979 On many bit-map terminals, scrolling operations are fairly slow.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2980 Often the termcap entry for the type of terminal in use fails
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2981 to inform Emacs of this. The two lines at the bottom of the screen
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2982 before a Control-V command are supposed to appear at the top after
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2983 the Control-V command. If Emacs thinks scrolling the lines is fast,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2984 it will scroll them to the top of the screen.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2985
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2986 If scrolling is slow but Emacs thinks it is fast, the usual reason is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2987 that the termcap entry for the terminal you are using does not
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2988 specify any padding time for the `al' and `dl' strings. Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2989 concludes that these operations take only as much time as it takes to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2990 send the commands at whatever line speed you are using. You must
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2991 fix the termcap entry to specify, for the `al' and `dl', as much
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2992 time as the operations really take.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2993
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2994 Currently Emacs thinks in terms of serial lines which send characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2995 at a fixed rate, so that any operation which takes time for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2996 terminal to execute must also be padded. With bit-map terminals
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2997 operated across networks, often the network provides some sort of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2998 flow control so that padding is never needed no matter how slow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
2999 an operation is. You must still specify a padding time if you want
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3000 Emacs to realize that the operation takes a long time. This will
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3001 cause padding characters to be sent unnecessarily, but they do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3002 not really cost much. They will be transmitted while the scrolling
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3003 is happening and then discarded quickly by the terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3004
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3005 Most bit-map terminals provide commands for inserting or deleting
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3006 multiple lines at once. Define the `AL' and `DL' strings in the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3007 termcap entry to say how to do these things, and you will have
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3008 fast output without wasted padding characters. These strings should
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3009 each contain a single %-spec saying how to send the number of lines
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3010 to be scrolled. These %-specs are like those in the termcap
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3011 `cm' string.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3012
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3013 You should also define the `IC' and `DC' strings if your terminal
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3014 has a command to insert or delete multiple characters. These
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3015 take the number of positions to insert or delete as an argument.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3016
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3017 A `cs' string to set the scrolling region will reduce the amount
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3018 of motion you see on the screen when part of the screen is scrolled.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3019
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3020 * Your Delete key sends a Backspace to the terminal, using an AIXterm.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3021
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3022 The solution is to include in your .Xdefaults the lines:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3023
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3024 *aixterm.Translations: #override <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7f)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3025 aixterm*ttyModes: erase ^?
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3026
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3027 This makes your Backspace key send DEL (ASCII 127).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3028
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3029 * You type Control-H (Backspace) expecting to delete characters.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3030
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3031 Put `stty dec' in your .login file and your problems will disappear
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3032 after a day or two.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3033
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3034 The choice of Backspace for erasure was based on confusion, caused by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3035 the fact that backspacing causes erasure (later, when you type another
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3036 character) on most display terminals. But it is a mistake. Deletion
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3037 of text is not the same thing as backspacing followed by failure to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3038 overprint. I do not wish to propagate this confusion by conforming
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3039 to it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3040
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3041 For this reason, I believe `stty dec' is the right mode to use,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3042 and I have designed Emacs to go with that. If there were a thousand
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3043 other control characters, I would define Control-h to delete as well;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3044 but there are not very many other control characters, and I think
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3045 that providing the most mnemonic possible Help character is more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3046 important than adapting to people who don't use `stty dec'.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3047
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3048 If you are obstinate about confusing buggy overprinting with deletion,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3049 you can redefine Backspace in your .emacs file:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3050 (global-set-key "\b" 'delete-backward-char)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3051 You can probably access help-command via f1.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3052
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3053 * Editing files through RFS gives spurious "file has changed" warnings.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3054 It is possible that a change in Emacs 18.37 gets around this problem,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3055 but in case not, here is a description of how to fix the RFS bug that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3056 causes it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3057
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3058 There was a serious pair of bugs in the handling of the fsync() system
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3059 call in the RFS server.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3060
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3061 The first is that the fsync() call is handled as another name for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3062 close() system call (!!). It appears that fsync() is not used by very
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3063 many programs; Emacs version 18 does an fsync() before closing files
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3064 to make sure that the bits are on the disk.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3065
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3066 This is fixed by the enclosed patch to the RFS server.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3067
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3068 The second, more serious problem, is that fsync() is treated as a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3069 non-blocking system call (i.e., it's implemented as a message that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3070 gets sent to the remote system without waiting for a reply). Fsync is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3071 a useful tool for building atomic file transactions. Implementing it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3072 as a non-blocking RPC call (when the local call blocks until the sync
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3073 is done) is a bad idea; unfortunately, changing it will break the RFS
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3074 protocol. No fix was supplied for this problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3075
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3076 (as always, your line numbers may vary)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3077
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3078 % rcsdiff -c -r1.2 serversyscall.c
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3079 RCS file: RCS/serversyscall.c,v
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3080 retrieving revision 1.2
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3081 diff -c -r1.2 serversyscall.c
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3082 *** /tmp/,RCSt1003677 Wed Jan 28 15:15:02 1987
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3083 --- serversyscall.c Wed Jan 28 15:14:48 1987
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3084 ***************
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3085 *** 163,169 ****
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3086 /*
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3087 * No return sent for close or fsync!
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3088 */
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3089 ! if (syscall == RSYS_close || syscall == RSYS_fsync)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3090 proc->p_returnval = deallocate_fd(proc, msg->m_args[0]);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3091 else
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3092 {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3093 --- 166,172 ----
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3094 /*
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3095 * No return sent for close or fsync!
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3096 */
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3097 ! if (syscall == RSYS_close)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3098 proc->p_returnval = deallocate_fd(proc, msg->m_args[0]);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3099 else
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3100 {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3101
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3102 * Vax C compiler bugs affecting Emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3103
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3104 You may get one of these problems compiling Emacs:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3105
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3106 foo.c line nnn: compiler error: no table entry for op STASG
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3107 foo.c: fatal error in /lib/ccom
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3108
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3109 These are due to bugs in the C compiler; the code is valid C.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3110 Unfortunately, the bugs are unpredictable: the same construct
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3111 may compile properly or trigger one of these bugs, depending
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3112 on what else is in the source file being compiled. Even changes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3113 in header files that should not affect the file being compiled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3114 can affect whether the bug happens. In addition, sometimes files
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3115 that compile correctly on one machine get this bug on another machine.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3116
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3117 As a result, it is hard for me to make sure this bug will not affect
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3118 you. I have attempted to find and alter these constructs, but more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3119 can always appear. However, I can tell you how to deal with it if it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3120 should happen. The bug comes from having an indexed reference to an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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3121 array of Lisp_Objects, as an argument in a function call:
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3122 Lisp_Object *args;
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3123 ...
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3124 ... foo (5, args[i], ...)...
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3125 putting the argument into a temporary variable first, as in
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3126 Lisp_Object *args;
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3127 Lisp_Object tem;
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3128 ...
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3129 tem = args[i];
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3130 ... foo (r, tem, ...)...
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3131 causes the problem to go away.
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3132 The `contents' field of a Lisp vector is an array of Lisp_Objects,
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3133 so you may see the problem happening with indexed references to that.
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3134
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3135 * 68000 C compiler problems
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3136
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3137 Various 68000 compilers have different problems.
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3138 These are some that have been observed.
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3139
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3140 ** Using value of assignment expression on union type loses.
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3141 This means that x = y = z; or foo (x = z); does not work
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3142 if x is of type Lisp_Object.
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3143
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3144 ** "cannot reclaim" error.
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3145
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3146 This means that an expression is too complicated. You get the correct
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3147 line number in the error message. The code must be rewritten with
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3148 simpler expressions.
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3149
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3150 ** XCONS, XSTRING, etc macros produce incorrect code.
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3151
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3152 If temacs fails to run at all, this may be the cause.
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3153 Compile this test program and look at the assembler code:
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3154
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3155 struct foo { char x; unsigned int y : 24; };
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3156
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3157 lose (arg)
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3158 struct foo arg;
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3159 {
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3160 test ((int *) arg.y);
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3161 }
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3162
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3163 If the code is incorrect, your compiler has this problem.
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3164 In the XCONS, etc., macros in lisp.h you must replace (a).u.val with
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3165 ((a).u.val + coercedummy) where coercedummy is declared as int.
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3166
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3167 This problem will not happen if the m-...h file for your type
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3168 of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE. That is the recommended setting now.
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3169
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3170 * C compilers lose on returning unions
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3171
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3172 I hear that some C compilers cannot handle returning a union type.
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3173 Most of the functions in GNU Emacs return type Lisp_Object, which is
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3174 defined as a union on some rare architectures.
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3175
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3176 This problem will not happen if the m-...h file for your type
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3177 of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.
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3178