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Document Bug#5541.
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1 Known Problems with GNU Emacs
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3 Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
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4 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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5 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 See the end of the file for license conditions.
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9 This file describes various problems that have been encountered
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10 in compiling, installing and running GNU Emacs. Try doing C-c C-t
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11 and browsing through the outline headers. (See C-h m for help on
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12 Outline mode.)
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14 * Mule-UCS doesn't work in Emacs 23.
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16 It's completely redundant now, as far as we know.
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18 * Emacs startup failures
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20 ** Emacs fails to start, complaining about missing fonts.
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22 A typical error message might be something like
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24 No fonts match `-*-fixed-medium-r-*--6-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1'
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26 This happens because some X resource specifies a bad font family for
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27 Emacs to use. The possible places where this specification might be
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28 are:
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29
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30 - in your ~/.Xdefaults file
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32 - client-side X resource file, such as ~/Emacs or
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33 /usr/X11R6/lib/app-defaults/Emacs or
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34 /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs
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36 One of these files might have bad or malformed specification of a
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37 fontset that Emacs should use. To fix the problem, you need to find
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38 the problematic line(s) and correct them.
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40 ** Emacs aborts while starting up, only when run without X.
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42 This problem often results from compiling Emacs with GCC when GCC was
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43 installed incorrectly. The usual error in installing GCC is to
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44 specify --includedir=/usr/include. Installation of GCC makes
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45 corrected copies of the system header files. GCC is supposed to use
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46 the corrected copies in preference to the original system headers.
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47 Specifying --includedir=/usr/include causes the original system header
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48 files to be used. On some systems, the definition of ioctl in the
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49 original system header files is invalid for ANSI C and causes Emacs
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50 not to work.
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52 The fix is to reinstall GCC, and this time do not specify --includedir
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53 when you configure it. Then recompile Emacs. Specifying --includedir
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54 is appropriate only in very special cases and it should *never* be the
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55 same directory where system header files are kept.
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57 ** Emacs does not start, complaining that it cannot open termcap database file.
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59 If your system uses Terminfo rather than termcap (most modern
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60 systems do), this could happen if the proper version of
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61 ncurses is not visible to the Emacs configure script (i.e. it
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62 cannot be found along the usual path the linker looks for
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63 libraries). It can happen because your version of ncurses is
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64 obsolete, or is available only in form of binaries.
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66 The solution is to install an up-to-date version of ncurses in
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67 the developer's form (header files, static libraries and
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68 symbolic links); in some GNU/Linux distributions (e.g. Debian)
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69 it constitutes a separate package.
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71 ** Emacs 20 and later fails to load Lisp files at startup.
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73 The typical error message might be like this:
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75 "Cannot open load file: fontset"
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77 This could happen if you compress the file lisp/subdirs.el. That file
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78 tells Emacs what are the directories where it should look for Lisp
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79 files. Emacs cannot work with subdirs.el compressed, since the
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80 Auto-compress mode it needs for this will not be loaded until later,
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81 when your .emacs file is processed. (The package `fontset.el' is
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82 required to set up fonts used to display text on window systems, and
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83 it's loaded very early in the startup procedure.)
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85 Similarly, any other .el file for which there's no corresponding .elc
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86 file could fail to load if it is compressed.
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87
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88 The solution is to uncompress all .el files which don't have a .elc
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89 file.
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91 Another possible reason for such failures is stale *.elc files
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92 lurking somewhere on your load-path. The following command will
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93 print any duplicate Lisp files that are present in load-path:
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95 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows
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97 If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale,
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98 and should be deleted or their directories removed from your
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99 load-path.
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101 ** Emacs prints an error at startup after upgrading from an earlier version.
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103 An example of such an error is:
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105 x-complement-fontset-spec: "Wrong type argument: stringp, nil"
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107 This can be another symptom of stale *.elc files in your load-path.
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108 The following command will print any duplicate Lisp files that are
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109 present in load-path:
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111 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows
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113 If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale,
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114 and should be deleted or their directories removed from your
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115 load-path.
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117 ** With X11R6.4, public-patch-3, Emacs crashes at startup.
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119 Reportedly this patch in X fixes the problem.
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121 --- xc/lib/X11/imInt.c~ Wed Jun 30 13:31:56 1999
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122 +++ xc/lib/X11/imInt.c Thu Jul 1 15:10:27 1999
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123 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
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124 -/* $TOG: imInt.c /main/5 1998/05/30 21:11:16 kaleb $ */
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125 +/* $TOG: imInt.c /main/5 1998/05/30 21:11:16 kaleb $ */
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126 /******************************************************************
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127
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128 Copyright 1992, 1993, 1994 by FUJITSU LIMITED
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130 _XimMakeImName(lcd)
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131 XLCd lcd;
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132 {
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133 - char* begin;
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134 - char* end;
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135 + char* begin = NULL;
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136 + char* end = NULL;
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138 int i = 0;
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142 ret = Xmalloc(end - begin + 2);
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144 - (void)strncpy(ret, begin, end - begin + 1);
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148 + ret[0] = '\0';
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151 }
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152 return ret;
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154 ** Emacs crashes on startup after a glibc upgrade.
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155
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156 This is caused by a binary incompatible change to the malloc
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157 implementation in glibc 2.5.90-22. As a result, Emacs binaries built
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158 using prior versions of glibc crash when run under 2.5.90-22.
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159
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160 This problem was first seen in pre-release versions of Fedora 7, and
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161 may be fixed in the final Fedora 7 release. To stop the crash from
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162 happening, first try upgrading to the newest version of glibc; if this
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163 does not work, rebuild Emacs with the same version of glibc that you
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164 will run it under. For details, see
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165
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166 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239344
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167
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170 ** Emacs crashes in x-popup-dialog.
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172 This can happen if the dialog widget cannot find the font it wants to
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173 use. You can work around the problem by specifying another font with
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174 an X resource--for example, `Emacs.dialog*.font: 9x15' (or any font that
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175 happens to exist on your X server).
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177 ** Emacs crashes when you use Bibtex mode.
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179 This happens if your system puts a small limit on stack size. You can
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180 prevent the problem by using a suitable shell command (often `ulimit')
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181 to raise the stack size limit before you run Emacs.
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182
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183 Patches to raise the stack size limit automatically in `main'
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184 (src/emacs.c) on various systems would be greatly appreciated.
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185
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186 ** Error message `Symbol's value as variable is void: x', followed by
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187 a segmentation fault and core dump.
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189 This has been tracked to a bug in tar! People report that tar erroneously
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190 added a line like this at the beginning of files of Lisp code:
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192 x FILENAME, N bytes, B tape blocks
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193
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194 If your tar has this problem, install GNU tar--if you can manage to
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195 untar it :-).
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196
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197 ** Crashes when displaying GIF images in Emacs built with version
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198 libungif-4.1.0 are resolved by using version libungif-4.1.0b1.
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199 Configure checks for the correct version, but this problem could occur
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200 if a binary built against a shared libungif is run on a system with an
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201 older version.
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202
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203 ** Emacs aborts inside the function `tparam1'.
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204
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205 This can happen if Emacs was built without terminfo support, but the
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206 terminal's capabilities use format that is only supported by terminfo.
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207 If your system has ncurses installed, this might happen if your
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208 version of ncurses is broken; upgrading to a newer version of ncurses
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209 and reconfiguring and rebuilding Emacs should solve this.
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210
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211 All modern systems support terminfo, so even if ncurses is not the
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212 problem, you should look for a way to configure Emacs so that it uses
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213 terminfo when built.
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214
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215 ** Emacs crashes when using some version of the Exceed X server.
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217 Upgrading to a newer version of Exceed has been reported to prevent
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218 these crashes. You should consider switching to a free X server, such
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219 as Xming or Cygwin/X.
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221 ** Emacs crashes with SIGSEGV in XtInitializeWidgetClass.
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223 It crashes on X, but runs fine when called with option "-nw".
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225 This has been observed when Emacs is linked with GNU ld but without passing
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226 the -z nocombreloc flag. Emacs normally knows to pass the -z nocombreloc
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227 flag when needed, so if you come across a situation where the flag is
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228 necessary but missing, please report it via M-x report-emacs-bug.
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229
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230 On platforms such as Solaris, you can also work around this problem by
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231 configuring your compiler to use the native linker instead of GNU ld.
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233 ** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ crashes when closing a display (x-close-connection).
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234
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235 This happens because of bugs in Gtk+. Gtk+ 2.10 seems to be OK. See bug
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236 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=85715.
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237
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238 ** Emacs compiled with Gtk+ may loop forever if a display crashes.
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240 This is related to the bug above. A scenario for this is when emacs is run
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241 as a server, and an X frame is created. If the X server for the frame
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242 crashes or exits unexpectedly and an attempt is made to create a new
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243 frame on another X display, then a Gtk+ error happens in the emacs
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244 server that results in an endless loop. This is not fixed in any known
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245 Gtk+ version (2.14.4 being current).
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247 * General runtime problems
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249 ** Lisp problems
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250
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251 *** Changes made to .el files do not take effect.
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252
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253 You may have forgotten to recompile them into .elc files.
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254 Then the old .elc files will be loaded, and your changes
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255 will not be seen. To fix this, do M-x byte-recompile-directory
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256 and specify the directory that contains the Lisp files.
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257
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258 Emacs should print a warning when loading a .elc file which is older
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259 than the corresponding .el file.
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261 *** Watch out for .emacs files and EMACSLOADPATH environment vars.
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263 These control the actions of Emacs.
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264 ~/.emacs is your Emacs init file.
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265 EMACSLOADPATH overrides which directories the function
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266 "load" will search.
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268 If you observe strange problems, check for these and get rid
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269 of them, then try again.
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271 *** Using epop3.el package causes Emacs to signal an error.
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273 The error message might be something like this:
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275 "Lisp nesting exceeds max-lisp-eval-depth"
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277 This happens because epop3 redefines the function gethash, which is a
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278 built-in primitive beginning with Emacs 21.1. We don't have a patch
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279 for epop3 that fixes this, but perhaps a newer version of epop3
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280 corrects that.
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282 *** Buffers from `with-output-to-temp-buffer' get set up in Help mode.
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283
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284 Changes in Emacs 20.4 to the hooks used by that function cause
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285 problems for some packages, specifically BBDB. See the function's
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286 documentation for the hooks involved. BBDB 2.00.06 fixes the problem.
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288 *** The Hyperbole package causes *Help* buffers not to be displayed in
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289 Help mode due to setting `temp-buffer-show-hook' rather than using
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290 `add-hook'. Using `(add-hook 'temp-buffer-show-hook
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291 'help-mode-maybe)' after loading Hyperbole should fix this.
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292
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293 ** Keyboard problems
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295 *** "Compose Character" key does strange things when used as a Meta key.
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297 If you define one key to serve as both Meta and Compose Character, you
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298 will get strange results. In previous Emacs versions, this "worked"
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299 in that the key acted as Meta--that's because the older Emacs versions
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300 did not try to support Compose Character. Now Emacs tries to do
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301 character composition in the standard X way. This means that you
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302 must pick one meaning or the other for any given key.
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304 You can use both functions (Meta, and Compose Character) if you assign
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305 them to two different keys.
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307 *** C-z just refreshes the screen instead of suspending Emacs.
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309 You are probably using a shell that doesn't support job control, even
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310 though the system itself is capable of it. Either use a different shell,
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311 or set the variable `cannot-suspend' to a non-nil value.
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313 *** With M-x enable-flow-control, you need to type C-\ twice
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314 to do incremental search--a single C-\ gets no response.
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316 This has been traced to communicating with your machine via kermit,
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317 with C-\ as the kermit escape character. One solution is to use
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318 another escape character in kermit. One user did
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319
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320 set escape-character 17
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322 in his .kermrc file, to make C-q the kermit escape character.
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323
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324 ** Mailers and other helper programs
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325
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326 *** movemail compiled with POP support can't connect to the POP server.
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328 Make sure that the `pop' entry in /etc/services, or in the services
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329 NIS map if your machine uses NIS, has the same port number as the
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330 entry on the POP server. A common error is for the POP server to be
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331 listening on port 110, the assigned port for the POP3 protocol, while
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332 the client is trying to connect on port 109, the assigned port for the
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333 old POP protocol.
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334
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335 *** RMAIL gets error getting new mail.
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337 RMAIL gets new mail from /usr/spool/mail/$USER using a program
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338 called `movemail'. This program interlocks with /bin/mail using
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339 the protocol defined by /bin/mail.
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340
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341 There are two different protocols in general use. One of them uses
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342 the `flock' system call. The other involves creating a lock file;
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343 `movemail' must be able to write in /usr/spool/mail in order to do
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344 this. You control which one is used by defining, or not defining,
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345 the macro MAIL_USE_FLOCK in config.h or the m- or s- file it includes.
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346 IF YOU DON'T USE THE FORM OF INTERLOCKING THAT IS NORMAL ON YOUR
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347 SYSTEM, YOU CAN LOSE MAIL!
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348
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349 If your system uses the lock file protocol, and fascist restrictions
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350 prevent ordinary users from writing the lock files in /usr/spool/mail,
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351 you may need to make `movemail' setgid to a suitable group such as
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352 `mail'. To do this, use the following commands (as root) after doing the
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353 make install.
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355 chgrp mail movemail
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356 chmod 2755 movemail
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358 Installation normally copies movemail from the build directory to an
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359 installation directory which is usually under /usr/local/lib. The
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360 installed copy of movemail is usually in the directory
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361 /usr/local/lib/emacs/VERSION/TARGET. You must change the group and
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362 mode of the installed copy; changing the group and mode of the build
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363 directory copy is ineffective.
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365 *** rcs2log gives you the awk error message "too many fields".
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367 This is due to an arbitrary limit in certain versions of awk.
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368 The solution is to use gawk (GNU awk).
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370 ** Problems with hostname resolution
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372 *** Emacs fails to understand most Internet host names, even though
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373 the names work properly with other programs on the same system.
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374 *** Emacs won't work with X-windows if the value of DISPLAY is HOSTNAME:0.
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375 *** Gnus can't make contact with the specified host for nntp.
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377 This typically happens on Suns and other systems that use shared
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378 libraries. The cause is that the site has installed a version of the
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379 shared library which uses a name server--but has not installed a
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380 similar version of the unshared library which Emacs uses.
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382 The result is that most programs, using the shared library, work with
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383 the nameserver, but Emacs does not.
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385 The fix is to install an unshared library that corresponds to what you
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386 installed in the shared library, and then relink Emacs.
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388 If you have already installed the name resolver in the file libresolv.a,
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389 then you need to compile Emacs to use that library. The easiest way to
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390 do this is to add to config.h a definition of LIBS_SYSTEM, LIBS_MACHINE
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391 or LIB_STANDARD which uses -lresolv. Watch out! If you redefine a macro
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392 that is already in use in your configuration to supply some other libraries,
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393 be careful not to lose the others.
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395 Thus, you could start by adding this to config.h:
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397 #define LIBS_SYSTEM -lresolv
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399 Then if this gives you an error for redefining a macro, and you see that
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400 the s- file defines LIBS_SYSTEM as -lfoo -lbar, you could change config.h
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401 again to say this:
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403 #define LIBS_SYSTEM -lresolv -lfoo -lbar
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404
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405 *** Emacs does not know your host's fully-qualified domain name.
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406
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407 For example, (system-name) returns some variation on
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408 "localhost.localdomain", rather the name you were expecting.
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409
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410 You need to configure your machine with a fully qualified domain name,
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411 (i.e. a name with at least one ".") either in /etc/hosts,
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412 /etc/hostname, the NIS, or wherever your system calls for specifying
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413 this.
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414
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415 If you cannot fix the configuration, you can set the Lisp variable
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416 mail-host-address to the value you want.
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417
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418 ** NFS and RFS
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419
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420 *** Emacs says it has saved a file, but the file does not actually
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421 appear on disk.
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422
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423 This can happen on certain systems when you are using NFS, if the
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424 remote disk is full. It is due to a bug in NFS (or certain NFS
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425 implementations), and there is apparently nothing Emacs can do to
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426 detect the problem. Emacs checks the failure codes of all the system
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427 calls involved in writing a file, including `close'; but in the case
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428 where the problem occurs, none of those system calls fails.
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429
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430 *** Editing files through RFS gives spurious "file has changed" warnings.
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431 It is possible that a change in Emacs 18.37 gets around this problem,
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432 but in case not, here is a description of how to fix the RFS bug that
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433 causes it.
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434
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435 There was a serious pair of bugs in the handling of the fsync() system
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436 call in the RFS server.
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437
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438 The first is that the fsync() call is handled as another name for the
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439 close() system call (!!). It appears that fsync() is not used by very
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440 many programs; Emacs version 18 does an fsync() before closing files
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441 to make sure that the bits are on the disk.
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442
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443 This is fixed by the enclosed patch to the RFS server.
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444
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445 The second, more serious problem, is that fsync() is treated as a
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446 non-blocking system call (i.e., it's implemented as a message that
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447 gets sent to the remote system without waiting for a reply). Fsync is
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448 a useful tool for building atomic file transactions. Implementing it
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449 as a non-blocking RPC call (when the local call blocks until the sync
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450 is done) is a bad idea; unfortunately, changing it will break the RFS
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451 protocol. No fix was supplied for this problem.
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452
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453 (as always, your line numbers may vary)
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454
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455 % rcsdiff -c -r1.2 serversyscall.c
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456 RCS file: RCS/serversyscall.c,v
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457 retrieving revision 1.2
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458 diff -c -r1.2 serversyscall.c
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459 *** /tmp/,RCSt1003677 Wed Jan 28 15:15:02 1987
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460 --- serversyscall.c Wed Jan 28 15:14:48 1987
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461 ***************
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462 *** 163,169 ****
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463 /*
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464 * No return sent for close or fsync!
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465 */
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466 ! if (syscall == RSYS_close || syscall == RSYS_fsync)
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467 proc->p_returnval = deallocate_fd(proc, msg->m_args[0]);
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468 else
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469 {
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470 --- 166,172 ----
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471 /*
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472 * No return sent for close or fsync!
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473 */
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474 ! if (syscall == RSYS_close)
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475 proc->p_returnval = deallocate_fd(proc, msg->m_args[0]);
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476 else
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477 {
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478
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479 ** PSGML
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480
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481 *** Old versions of the PSGML package use the obsolete variables
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482 `before-change-function' and `after-change-function', which are no
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483 longer used by Emacs. Please use PSGML 1.2.3 or later.
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484
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485 *** PSGML conflicts with sgml-mode.
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486
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487 PSGML package uses the same names of some variables (like keymap)
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488 as built-in sgml-mode.el because it was created as a replacement
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489 of that package. The conflict will be shown if you load
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490 sgml-mode.el before psgml.el. E.g. this could happen if you edit
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491 HTML page and then start to work with SGML or XML file. html-mode
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492 (from sgml-mode.el) is used for HTML file and loading of psgml.el
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493 (for sgml-mode or xml-mode) will cause an error.
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494
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495 *** Versions of the PSGML package earlier than 1.0.3 (stable) or 1.1.2
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496 (alpha) fail to parse DTD files correctly in Emacs 20.3 and later.
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497 Here is a patch for psgml-parse.el from PSGML 1.0.1 and, probably,
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498 earlier versions.
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499
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500 --- psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:18:18 1.1
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501 +++ psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:20:00
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502 @@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ (defun sgml-push-to-entity (entity &opti
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503 (setq sgml-buffer-parse-state nil))
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504 (cond
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505 ((stringp entity) ; a file name
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506 - (save-excursion (insert-file-contents entity))
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507 + (insert-file-contents entity)
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508 (setq default-directory (file-name-directory entity)))
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509 ((consp (sgml-entity-text entity)) ; external id?
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510 (let* ((extid (sgml-entity-text entity))
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511
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512 ** AUCTeX
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513
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514 You should not be using a version older than 11.52 if you can avoid
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515 it.
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516
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517 *** Emacs 21 freezes when visiting a TeX file with AUCTeX installed.
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518
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519 Emacs 21 needs version 10 or later of AUCTeX; upgrading should solve
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520 these problems.
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521
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522 *** No colors in AUCTeX with Emacs 21.
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523
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524 Upgrade to AUC TeX version 10 or later, and make sure it is
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525 byte-compiled with Emacs 21.
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526
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527 ** PCL-CVS
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528
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529 *** Lines are not updated or new lines are added in the buffer upon commit.
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530
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531 When committing files located higher in the hierarchy than the examined
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532 directory, some versions of the CVS program return an ambiguous message
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533 from which PCL-CVS cannot extract the full location of the committed
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534 files. As a result, the corresponding lines in the PCL-CVS buffer are
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535 not updated with the new revision of these files, and new lines are
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536 added to the top-level directory.
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537
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538 This can happen with CVS versions 1.12.8 and 1.12.9. Upgrade to CVS
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539 1.12.10 or newer to fix this problem.
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540
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541 ** Miscellaneous problems
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542
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543 *** Emacs uses 100% of CPU time
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544
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545 This is a known problem with some versions of the Semantic package.
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546 The solution is to upgrade Semantic to version 2.0pre4 (distributed
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547 with CEDET 1.0pre4) or later.
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548
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549 *** Self-documentation messages are garbled.
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550
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551 This means that the file `etc/DOC-...' doesn't properly correspond
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552 with the Emacs executable. Redumping Emacs and then installing the
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553 corresponding pair of files should fix the problem.
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554
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555 *** Programs running under terminal emulator do not recognize `emacs'
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556 terminal type.
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557
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558 The cause of this is a shell startup file that sets the TERMCAP
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559 environment variable. The terminal emulator uses that variable to
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560 provide the information on the special terminal type that Emacs
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561 emulates.
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562
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563 Rewrite your shell startup file so that it does not change TERMCAP
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564 in such a case. You could use the following conditional which sets
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565 it only if it is undefined.
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566
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567 if ( ! ${?TERMCAP} ) setenv TERMCAP ~/my-termcap-file
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568
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569 Or you could set TERMCAP only when you set TERM--which should not
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570 happen in a non-login shell.
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571
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572 *** In Shell mode, you get a ^M at the end of every line.
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573
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574 This happens to people who use tcsh, because it is trying to be too
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575 smart. It sees that the Shell uses terminal type `unknown' and turns
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576 on the flag to output ^M at the end of each line. You can fix the
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577 problem by adding this to your .cshrc file:
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578
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579 if ($?EMACS) then
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580 if ("$EMACS" =~ /*) then
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581 unset edit
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582 stty -icrnl -onlcr -echo susp ^Z
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583 endif
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584 endif
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585
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586 *** Emacs startup on GNU/Linux systems (and possibly other systems) is slow.
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587
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588 This can happen if the system is misconfigured and Emacs can't get the
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589 full qualified domain name, FQDN. You should have your FQDN in the
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590 /etc/hosts file, something like this:
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591
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592 127.0.0.1 localhost
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593 129.187.137.82 nuc04.t30.physik.tu-muenchen.de nuc04
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594
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595 The way to set this up may vary on non-GNU systems.
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596
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597 *** Attempting to visit remote files via ange-ftp fails.
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598
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599 If the error message is "ange-ftp-file-modtime: Specified time is not
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600 representable", then this could happen when `lukemftp' is used as the
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601 ftp client. This was reported to happen on Debian GNU/Linux, kernel
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602 version 2.4.3, with `lukemftp' 1.5-5, but might happen on other
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603 systems as well. To avoid this problem, switch to using the standard
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604 ftp client. On a Debian system, type
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605
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606 update-alternatives --config ftp
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607
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608 and then choose /usr/bin/netkit-ftp.
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609
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610 *** JPEG images aren't displayed.
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611
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612 This has been reported when Emacs is built with jpeg-6a library.
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613 Upgrading to jpeg-6b solves the problem. Configure checks for the
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614 correct version, but this problem could occur if a binary built
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615 against a shared libjpeg is run on a system with an older version.
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616
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617 *** Dired is very slow.
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618
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619 This could happen if invocation of the `df' program takes a long
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620 time. Possible reasons for this include:
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621
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622 - ClearCase mounted filesystems (VOBs) that sometimes make `df'
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623 response time extremely slow (dozens of seconds);
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624
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625 - slow automounters on some old versions of Unix;
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626
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627 - slow operation of some versions of `df'.
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628
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629 To work around the problem, you could either (a) set the variable
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630 `directory-free-space-program' to nil, and thus prevent Emacs from
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631 invoking `df'; (b) use `df' from the GNU Fileutils package; or
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632 (c) use CVS, which is Free Software, instead of ClearCase.
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633
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634 *** Versions of the W3 package released before Emacs 21.1 don't run
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635 under Emacs 21. This fixed in W3 version 4.0pre.47.
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636
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637 *** The LDAP support rely on ldapsearch program from OpenLDAP version 2.
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638
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639 It can fail to work with ldapsearch program from OpenLDAP version 1.
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640 Version 1 of OpenLDAP is now deprecated. If you are still using it,
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641 please upgrade to version 2. As a temporary workaround, remove
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642 argument "-x" from the variable `ldap-ldapsearch-args'.
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643
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644 *** ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps.
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645
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646 This can happen if you use an old version of X-Symbol package: it
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647 defines compatibility functions which trick ps-print into thinking it
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648 runs in XEmacs, and look for the prologue files in a wrong directory.
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649
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650 The solution is to upgrade X-Symbol to a later version.
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651
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652 *** On systems with shared libraries you might encounter run-time errors
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653 from the dynamic linker telling you that it is unable to find some
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654 shared libraries, for instance those for Xaw3d or image support.
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655 These errors mean Emacs has been linked with a library whose shared
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656 library is not in the default search path of the dynamic linker.
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657
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658 Similar problems could prevent Emacs from building, since the build
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659 process invokes Emacs several times.
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660
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661 On many systems, it is possible to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH in your
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662 environment to specify additional directories where shared libraries
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663 can be found.
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664
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665 Other systems allow to set LD_RUN_PATH in a similar way, but before
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666 Emacs is linked. With LD_RUN_PATH set, the linker will include a
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667 specified run-time search path in the executable.
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668
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669 On some systems, Emacs can crash due to problems with dynamic
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670 linking. Specifically, on SGI Irix 6.5, crashes were reported with
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671 backtraces like this:
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672
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673 (dbx) where
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674 0 strcmp(0xf49239d, 0x4031184, 0x40302b4, 0x12, 0xf0000000, 0xf4923aa, 0x0, 0x492ddb2) ["/xlv22/ficus-jan23/work/irix/lib/libc/libc_n32_M3_ns/strings/strcmp.s":35, 0xfb7e480]
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675 1 general_find_symbol(0xf49239d, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0xf0000000, 0xf4923aa, 0x0, 0x492ddb2)
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676 ["/comp2/mtibuild/v73/workarea/v7.3/rld/rld.c":2140, 0xfb65a98]
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677 2 resolve_symbol(0xf49239d, 0x4031184, 0x0, 0xfbdd438, 0x0, 0xf4923aa, 0x0, 0x492ddb2)
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678 ["/comp2/mtibuild/v73/workarea/v7.3/rld/rld.c":1947, 0xfb657e4]
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679 3 lazy_text_resolve(0xd18, 0x1a3, 0x40302b4, 0x12, 0xf0000000, 0xf4923aa, 0x0, 0x492ddb2)
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680 ["/comp2/mtibuild/v73/workarea/v7.3/rld/rld.c":997, 0xfb64d44]
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681 4 _rld_text_resolve(0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
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682 ["/comp2/mtibuild/v73/workarea/v7.3/rld/rld_bridge.s":175, 0xfb6032c]
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683
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684 (`rld' is the dynamic linker.) We don't know yet why this
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685 happens, but setting the environment variable LD_BIND_NOW to 1 (which
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686 forces the dynamic linker to bind all shared objects early on) seems
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687 to work around the problem.
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688
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689 Please refer to the documentation of your dynamic linker for details.
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690
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691 *** You request inverse video, and the first Emacs frame is in inverse
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692 video, but later frames are not in inverse video.
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693
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694 This can happen if you have an old version of the custom library in
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695 your search path for Lisp packages. Use M-x list-load-path-shadows to
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696 check whether this is true. If it is, delete the old custom library.
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697
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698 *** When you run Ispell from Emacs, it reports a "misalignment" error.
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699
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700 This can happen if you compiled the Ispell program to use ASCII
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701 characters only and then try to use it from Emacs with non-ASCII
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702 characters, like Latin-1. The solution is to recompile Ispell with
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703 support for 8-bit characters.
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704
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705 To see whether your Ispell program supports 8-bit characters, type
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706 this at your shell's prompt:
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707
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708 ispell -vv
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709
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710 and look in the output for the string "NO8BIT". If Ispell says
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711 "!NO8BIT (8BIT)", your speller supports 8-bit characters; otherwise it
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712 does not.
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713
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714 To rebuild Ispell with 8-bit character support, edit the local.h file
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715 in the Ispell distribution and make sure it does _not_ define NO8BIT.
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716 Then rebuild the speller.
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717
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718 Another possible cause for "misalignment" error messages is that the
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719 version of Ispell installed on your machine is old. Upgrade.
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720
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721 Yet another possibility is that you are trying to spell-check a word
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722 in a language that doesn't fit the dictionary you choose for use by
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723 Ispell. (Ispell can only spell-check one language at a time, because
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724 it uses a single dictionary.) Make sure that the text you are
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725 spelling and the dictionary used by Ispell conform to each other.
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726
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727 If your spell-checking program is Aspell, it has been reported that if
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728 you have a personal configuration file (normally ~/.aspell.conf), it
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729 can cause this error. Remove that file, execute `ispell-kill-ispell'
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730 in Emacs, and then try spell-checking again.
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731
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732 * Runtime problems related to font handling
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733
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734 ** Characters are displayed as empty boxes or with wrong font under X.
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735
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736 *** This can occur when two different versions of FontConfig are used.
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737 For example, XFree86 4.3.0 has one version and Gnome usually comes
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738 with a newer version. Emacs compiled with Gtk+ will then use the
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739 newer version. In most cases the problem can be temporarily fixed by
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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740 stopping the application that has the error (it can be Emacs or any
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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741 other application), removing ~/.fonts.cache-1, and then start the
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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742 application again. If removing ~/.fonts.cache-1 and restarting
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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743 doesn't help, the application with problem must be recompiled with the
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744 same version of FontConfig as the rest of the system uses. For KDE,
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745 it is sufficient to recompile Qt.
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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746
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747 *** Some fonts have a missing glyph and no default character. This is
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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748 known to occur for character number 160 (no-break space) in some
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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749 fonts, such as Lucida but Emacs sets the display table for the unibyte
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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parents: 97990
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750 and Latin-1 version of this character to display a space.
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751
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752 *** Some of the fonts called for in your fontset may not exist on your
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753 X server.
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754
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755 Each X11 font covers just a fraction of the characters that Emacs
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756 supports. To display the whole range of Emacs characters requires
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757 many different fonts, collected into a fontset. You can remedy the
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758 problem by installing additional fonts.
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759
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760 The intlfonts distribution includes a full spectrum of fonts that can
71541
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761 display all the characters Emacs supports. The etl-unicode collection
f428905866be Mention etl-unicode fonts in addition to intlfonts.
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762 of fonts (available from <URL:ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/fonts/> and
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763 <URL:ftp://ftp.xfree86.org/pub/mirror/X.Org/contrib/fonts/>) includes
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parents: 71200
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764 fonts that can display many Unicode characters; they can also be used
f428905866be Mention etl-unicode fonts in addition to intlfonts.
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parents: 71200
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765 by ps-print and ps-mule to print Unicode characters.
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766
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767 ** Under X11, some characters appear improperly aligned in their lines.
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768
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f428905866be Mention etl-unicode fonts in addition to intlfonts.
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769 You may have bad X11 fonts; try installing the intlfonts distribution
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parents: 97990
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770 or the etl-unicode collection (see above).
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771
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772 ** Under X, an unexpected monospace font is used as the default font.
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parents: 97990
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773
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parents: 97990
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774 When compiled with XFT, Emacs tries to use a default font named
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775 "monospace". This is a "virtual font", which the operating system
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776 (Fontconfig) redirects to a suitable font such as DejaVu Sans Mono.
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parents: 97990
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777 On some systems, there exists a font that is actually named Monospace,
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778 which takes over the virtual font. This is considered an operating
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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parents: 97990
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779 system bug; see
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780
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781 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-10/msg00696.html
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782
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parents: 97990
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783 If you encounter this problem, set the default font to a specific font
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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parents: 97990
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784 in your .Xresources or initialization file. For instance, you can put
f6f4d415536b Document monospace font problems.
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785 the following in your .Xresources:
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786
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787 Emacs.font: DejaVu Sans Mono 12
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parents: 97990
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788
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789 ** Certain fonts make each line take one pixel more than it should.
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parents: 97990
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790
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791 This is because these fonts contain characters a little taller than
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792 the font's nominal height. Emacs needs to make sure that lines do not
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parents: 97990
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793 overlap.
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794
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795 ** Loading fonts is very slow.
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796
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797 You might be getting scalable fonts instead of precomputed bitmaps.
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798 Known scalable font directories are "Type1" and "Speedo". A font
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799 directory contains scalable fonts if it contains the file
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800 "fonts.scale".
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801
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802 If this is so, re-order your X windows font path to put the scalable
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803 font directories last. See the documentation of `xset' for details.
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804
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805 With some X servers, it may be necessary to take the scalable font
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806 directories out of your path entirely, at least for Emacs 19.26.
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807 Changes in the future may make this unnecessary.
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parents: 56645
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808
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809 ** Font Lock displays portions of the buffer in incorrect faces.
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parents: 56645
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810
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parents: 56645
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811 By far the most frequent cause of this is a parenthesis `(' or a brace
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812 `{' in column zero. Font Lock assumes that such a paren is outside of
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813 any comment or string. This is of course not true in general, but the
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parents: 56645
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814 vast majority of well-formatted program source files don't have such
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parents: 56645
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815 parens, and therefore this assumption is used to allow optimizations
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parents: 56645
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816 in Font Lock's syntactical analysis. These optimizations avoid some
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parents: 56645
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817 pathological cases where jit-lock, the Just-in-Time fontification
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parents: 56645
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818 introduced with Emacs 21.1, could significantly slow down scrolling
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parents: 56645
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819 through the buffer, especially scrolling backwards, and also jumping
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parents: 56645
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820 to the end of a very large buffer.
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parents: 56645
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821
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aac0a33f5772 Change release version from 21.4 to 22.1 throughout.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 58825
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822 Beginning with version 22.1, a parenthesis or a brace in column zero
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823 is highlighted in bold-red face if it is inside a string or a comment,
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824 to indicate that it could interfere with Font Lock (and also with
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825 indentation) and should be moved or escaped with a backslash.
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parents: 56645
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826
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827 If you don't use large buffers, or have a very fast machine which
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parents: 56645
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828 makes the delays insignificant, you can avoid the incorrect
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
829 fontification by setting the variable
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parents: 56645
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830 `font-lock-beginning-of-syntax-function' to a nil value. (This must
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parents: 56645
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831 be done _after_ turning on Font Lock.)
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parents: 56645
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832
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833 Another alternative is to avoid a paren in column zero. For example,
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834 in a Lisp string you could precede the paren with a backslash.
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835
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836 ** With certain fonts, when the cursor appears on a character, the
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parents: 56645
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837 character doesn't appear--you get a solid box instead.
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parents: 56645
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838
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839 One user on a Linux-based GNU system reported that this problem went
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parents: 56645
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840 away with installation of a new X server. The failing server was
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parents: 56645
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841 XFree86 3.1.1. XFree86 3.1.2 works.
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parents: 56645
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842
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parents: 56645
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843 ** Emacs pauses for several seconds when changing the default font.
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844
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845 This has been reported for fvwm 2.2.5 and the window manager of KDE
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846 2.1. The reason for the pause is Xt waiting for a ConfigureNotify
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847 event from the window manager, which the window manager doesn't send.
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848 Xt stops waiting after a default timeout of usually 5 seconds.
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849
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850 A workaround for this is to add something like
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851
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852 emacs.waitForWM: false
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853
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854 to your X resources. Alternatively, add `(wait-for-wm . nil)' to a
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855 frame's parameter list, like this:
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856
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857 (modify-frame-parameters nil '((wait-for-wm . nil)))
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858
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859 (this should go into your `.emacs' file).
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860
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861 ** Underlines appear at the wrong position.
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862
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863 This is caused by fonts having a wrong UNDERLINE_POSITION property.
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864 Examples are the font 7x13 on XFree prior to version 4.1, or the jmk
94606
72eafc3867a7 Derek Upham <sand at blarg.net> (tiny change)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 93759
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865 neep font from the Debian xfonts-jmk package prior to version 3.0.17.
72eafc3867a7 Derek Upham <sand at blarg.net> (tiny change)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 93759
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866 To circumvent this problem, set x-use-underline-position-properties
72eafc3867a7 Derek Upham <sand at blarg.net> (tiny change)
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 93759
diff changeset
867 to nil in your `.emacs'.
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868
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869 To see what is the value of UNDERLINE_POSITION defined by the font,
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parents: 56645
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870 type `xlsfonts -lll FONT' and look at the font's UNDERLINE_POSITION
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parents: 56645
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871 property.
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872
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873 ** When using Exceed, fonts sometimes appear too tall.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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874
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875 When the display is set to an Exceed X-server and fonts are specified
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876 (either explicitly with the -fn option or implicitly with X resources)
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877 then the fonts may appear "too tall". The actual character sizes are
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parents: 56645
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878 correct but there is too much vertical spacing between rows, which
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parents: 56645
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879 gives the appearance of "double spacing".
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880
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881 To prevent this, turn off the Exceed's "automatic font substitution"
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parents: 56645
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882 feature (in the font part of the configuration window).
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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883
78910
ba829cdc5870 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
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884 ** Subscript/superscript text in TeX is hard to read.
ba829cdc5870 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
885
84961
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
886 If `tex-fontify-script' is non-nil, tex-mode displays
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
887 subscript/superscript text in the faces subscript/superscript, which
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
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888 are smaller than the normal font and lowered/raised. With some fonts,
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
889 nested superscripts (say) can be hard to read. Switching to a
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
890 different font, or changing your antialiasing setting (on an LCD
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
891 screen), can both make the problem disappear. Alternatively, customize
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
892 the following variables: tex-font-script-display (how much to
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
893 lower/raise); tex-suscript-height-ratio (how much smaller than
f4c187eb69f2 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
diff changeset
894 normal); tex-suscript-height-minimum (minimum height).
78910
ba829cdc5870 Mention Tex superscript font issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78677
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895
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896 * Internationalization problems
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parents: 56645
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897
73155
1428588c2074 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 72833
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898 ** M-{ does not work on a Spanish PC keyboard.
1428588c2074 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 72833
diff changeset
899
1428588c2074 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 72833
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900 Many Spanish keyboards seem to ignore that combination. Emacs can't
1428588c2074 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 72833
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901 do anything about it.
1428588c2074 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 72833
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902
105000
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
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903 ** International characters aren't displayed under X.
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
904
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
905 *** Missing X fonts
47994
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
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906
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
907 XFree86 4 contains many fonts in iso10646-1 encoding which have
51316
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
908 minimal character repertoires (whereas the encoding part of the font
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
909 name is meant to be a reasonable indication of the repertoire
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
910 according to the XLFD spec). Emacs may choose one of these to display
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
911 characters from the mule-unicode charsets and then typically won't be
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
912 able to find the glyphs to display many characters. (Check with C-u
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
913 C-x = .) To avoid this, you may need to use a fontset which sets the
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
914 font for the mule-unicode sets explicitly. E.g. to use GNU unifont,
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
915 include in the fontset spec:
47994
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
916
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
917 mule-unicode-2500-33ff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1,\
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
918 mule-unicode-e000-ffff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1,\
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
919 mule-unicode-0100-24ff:-gnu-unifont-*-iso10646-1
f0fe517ae1cf XFree86 4 iso10646-1 fonts.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 47785
diff changeset
920
105000
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
921 *** Athena/Lucid toolkit limitations
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
922
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
923 The Athena/Lucid toolkit cannot display UTF-8 strings in the menu, so
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
924 if you have UTF-8 buffer names, the buffer menu won't display the
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
925 names properly. The GTK+ toolkit works properly.
c4fa6fe77406 * PROBLEMS: Document Athena/Lucid internationalization
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 103445
diff changeset
926
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927 ** The UTF-8/16/7 coding systems don't encode CJK (Far Eastern) characters.
51316
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
928
65518
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
929 Emacs directly supports the Unicode BMP whose code points are in the
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
930 ranges 0000-33ff and e000-ffff, and indirectly supports the parts of
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
931 CJK characters belonging to these legacy charsets:
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
932
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
933 GB2312, Big5, JISX0208, JISX0212, JISX0213-1, JISX0213-2, KSC5601
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
934
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
935 The latter support is done in Utf-Translate-Cjk mode (turned on by
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
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parents: 65362
diff changeset
936 default). Which Unicode CJK characters are decoded into which Emacs
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
937 charset is decided by the current language environment. For instance,
a3cb8f9ce434 Fix the paragraph describing the limitation of
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 65362
diff changeset
938 in Chinese-GB, most of them are decoded into chinese-gb2312.
51316
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
939
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
940 If you read UTF-8 data with code points outside these ranges, the
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
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parents: 51132
diff changeset
941 characters appear in the buffer as raw bytes of the original UTF-8
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
942 (composed into a single quasi-character) and they will be written back
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
943 correctly as UTF-8, assuming you don't break the composed sequences.
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
944 If you read such characters from UTF-16 or UTF-7 data, they are
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
diff changeset
945 substituted with the Unicode `replacement character', and you lose
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 51132
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946 information.
ce710f8e5a48 Correct Unicode stuff.
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parents: 51132
diff changeset
947
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948 ** Accented ISO-8859-1 characters are displayed as | or _.
34721
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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949
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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950 Try other font set sizes (S-mouse-1). If the problem persists with
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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951 other sizes as well, your text is corrupted, probably through software
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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952 that is not 8-bit clean. If the problem goes away with another font
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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953 size, it's probably because some fonts pretend to be ISO-8859-1 fonts
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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954 when they are really ASCII fonts. In particular the schumacher-clean
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
diff changeset
955 fonts have this bug in some versions of X.
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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956
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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957 To see what glyphs are included in a font, use `xfd', like this:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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958
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
diff changeset
959 xfd -fn -schumacher-clean-medium-r-normal--12-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
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parents: 34695
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960
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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961 If this shows only ASCII glyphs, the font is indeed the source of the
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
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962 problem.
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parents: 34695
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963
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
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parents: 34695
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964 The solution is to remove the corresponding lines from the appropriate
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
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parents: 34695
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965 `fonts.alias' file, then run `mkfontdir' in that directory, and then run
4a8980d062ad Document problems with ISO-8859 fonts which actually include only
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 34695
diff changeset
966 `xset fp rehash'.
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parents: 34695
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967
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968 ** The `oc-unicode' package doesn't work with Emacs 21.
36112
1ddf9f48dc2f Document problems with oc-unicode.
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parents: 36004
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969
36813
fcca57f520e5 *** empty log message ***
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parents: 36550
diff changeset
970 This package tries to define more private charsets than there are free
51132
cd3aedd0c69b utf bits. useXIM.
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parents: 50825
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971 slots now. The current built-in Unicode support is actually more
cd3aedd0c69b utf bits. useXIM.
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parents: 50825
diff changeset
972 flexible. (Use option `utf-translate-cjk-mode' if you need CJK
cd3aedd0c69b utf bits. useXIM.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 50825
diff changeset
973 support.) Files encoded as emacs-mule using oc-unicode aren't
cd3aedd0c69b utf bits. useXIM.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 50825
diff changeset
974 generally read correctly by Emacs 21.
35645
141f70353995 Add two items with solutions for Calc problems.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 35575
diff changeset
975
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976 ** After a while, Emacs slips into unibyte mode.
25853
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parents:
diff changeset
977
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parents:
diff changeset
978 The VM mail package, which is not part of Emacs, sometimes does
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
979 (standard-display-european t)
49600
23a1cea22d13 Trailing whitespace deleted.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 49396
diff changeset
980 That should be changed to
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
981 (standard-display-european 1 t)
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parents:
diff changeset
982
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983 * X runtime problems
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984
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diff changeset
985 ** X keyboard problems
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
986
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987 *** You "lose characters" after typing Compose Character key.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
988
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
989 This is because the Compose Character key is defined as the keysym
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
990 Multi_key, and Emacs (seeing that) does the proper X11
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
991 character-composition processing. If you don't want your Compose key
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
992 to do that, you can redefine it with xmodmap.
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parents:
diff changeset
993
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parents:
diff changeset
994 For example, here's one way to turn it into a Meta key:
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parents:
diff changeset
995
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
996 xmodmap -e "keysym Multi_key = Meta_L"
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parents:
diff changeset
997
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
998 If all users at your site of a particular keyboard prefer Meta to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
999 Compose, you can make the remapping happen automatically by adding the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1000 xmodmap command to the xdm setup script for that display.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1001
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1002 *** Using X Windows, control-shift-leftbutton makes Emacs hang.
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1003
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1004 Use the shell command `xset bc' to make the old X Menu package work.
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parents: 56645
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1005
69953
6a69cc2e7e0c (C-SPC fails ...): Explicitly say fcitx in the header.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69926
diff changeset
1006 *** C-SPC fails to work on Fedora GNU/Linux (or with fcitx input method).
63756
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1007
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1008 Fedora Core 4 steals the C-SPC key by default for the `iiimx' program
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1009 which is the input method for some languages. It blocks Emacs users
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1010 from using the C-SPC key for `set-mark-command'.
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1011
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1012 One solutions is to remove the `<Ctrl>space' from the `Iiimx' file
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1013 which can be found in the `/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults' directory.
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1014 However, that requires root access.
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1015
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1016 Another is to specify `Emacs*useXIM: false' in your X resources.
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1017
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1018 Another is to build Emacs with the `--without-xim' configure option.
c1c472b86d74 *** empty log message ***
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 63126
diff changeset
1019
69926
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69398
diff changeset
1020 The same problem happens on any other system if you are using fcitx
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69398
diff changeset
1021 (Chinese input method) which by default use C-SPC for toggling. If
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69398
diff changeset
1022 you want to use fcitx with Emacs, you have two choices. Toggle fcitx
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69398
diff changeset
1023 by another key (e.g. C-\) by modifying ~/.fcitx/config, or be
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
parents: 69398
diff changeset
1024 accustomed to use C-@ for `set-mark-command'.
0404d8fab507 (C-SPC fails ...): Add description for fcitx.
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parents: 69398
diff changeset
1025
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1026 *** M-SPC seems to be ignored as input.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1027
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1028 See if your X server is set up to use this as a command
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1029 for character composition.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1030
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1031 *** The S-C-t key combination doesn't get passed to Emacs on X.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1032
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1033 This happens because some X configurations assign the Ctrl-Shift-t
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1034 combination the same meaning as the Multi_key. The offending
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1035 definition is in the file `...lib/X11/locale/iso8859-1/Compose'; there
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1036 might be other similar combinations which are grabbed by X for similar
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1037 purposes.
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parents: 56645
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1038
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1039 We think that this can be countermanded with the `xmodmap' utility, if
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1040 you want to be able to bind one of these key sequences within Emacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1041
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1042 *** Under X, C-v and/or other keys don't work.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1043
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1044 These may have been intercepted by your window manager. In
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1045 particular, AfterStep 1.6 is reported to steal C-v in its default
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1046 configuration. Various Meta keys are also likely to be taken by the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1047 configuration of the `feel'. See the WM's documentation for how to
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
1048 change this.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1049
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1050 *** Clicking C-mouse-2 in the scroll bar doesn't split the window.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1051
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1052 This currently doesn't work with scroll-bar widgets (and we don't know
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1053 a good way of implementing it with widgets). If Emacs is configured
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1054 --without-toolkit-scroll-bars, C-mouse-2 on the scroll bar does work.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1055
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
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1056 *** Inability to send an Alt-modified key, when Emacs is communicating
25853
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parents:
diff changeset
1057 directly with an X server.
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parents:
diff changeset
1058
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parents:
diff changeset
1059 If you have tried to bind an Alt-modified key as a command, and it
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parents:
diff changeset
1060 does not work to type the command, the first thing you should check is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1061 whether the key is getting through to Emacs. To do this, type C-h c
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1062 followed by the Alt-modified key. C-h c should say what kind of event
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1063 it read. If it says it read an Alt-modified key, then make sure you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1064 have made the key binding correctly.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1065
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parents:
diff changeset
1066 If C-h c reports an event that doesn't have the Alt modifier, it may
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1067 be because your X server has no key for the Alt modifier. The X
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1068 server that comes from MIT does not set up the Alt modifier by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1069 default.
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parents:
diff changeset
1070
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parents:
diff changeset
1071 If your keyboard has keys named Alt, you can enable them as follows:
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parents:
diff changeset
1072
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parents:
diff changeset
1073 xmodmap -e 'add mod2 = Alt_L'
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parents:
diff changeset
1074 xmodmap -e 'add mod2 = Alt_R'
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parents:
diff changeset
1075
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parents:
diff changeset
1076 If the keyboard has just one key named Alt, then only one of those
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1077 commands is needed. The modifier `mod2' is a reasonable choice if you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1078 are using an unmodified MIT version of X. Otherwise, choose any
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1079 modifier bit not otherwise used.
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parents:
diff changeset
1080
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parents:
diff changeset
1081 If your keyboard does not have keys named Alt, you can use some other
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1082 keys. Use the keysym command in xmodmap to turn a function key (or
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1083 some other 'spare' key) into Alt_L or into Alt_R, and then use the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1084 commands show above to make them modifier keys.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1085
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1086 Note that if you have Alt keys but no Meta keys, Emacs translates Alt
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1087 into Meta. This is because of the great importance of Meta in Emacs.
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parents:
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1088
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1089 ** Window-manager and toolkit-related problems
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parents: 56645
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1090
106268
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1091 *** Metacity: Resizing Emacs or ALT-Tab causes X to be unresponsive.
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
diff changeset
1092
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1093 This happens sometimes when using Metacity. Resizing Emacs or ALT-Tab:bing
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1094 makes the system unresponsive to the mouse or the keyboard. Killing Emacs
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1095 or shifting out from X11 and back again usually cures it (i.e. Ctrl-Alt-F1
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1096 and then Alt-F7). A bug for it is here:
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1097 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/metacity/+bug/231034.
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1098 Note that a permanent fix seems to be to disable "assistive technologies".
da7a85775258 Mention Metacity hang on Emacs resize.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 106175
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1099
73196
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1100 *** Gnome: Emacs receives input directly from the keyboard, bypassing XIM.
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1101
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1102 This seems to happen when gnome-settings-daemon version 2.12 or later
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1103 is running. If gnome-settings-daemon is not running, Emacs receives
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1104 input through XIM without any problem. Furthermore, this seems only
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1105 to happen in *.UTF-8 locales; zh_CN.GB2312 and zh_CN.GBK locales, for
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1106 example, work fine. A bug report has been filed in the Gnome
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1107 bugzilla: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=357032
8c94e11c22ec * PROBLEMS: Document Emacs/XIM/gnome-settings-terminal clash.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 73155
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1108
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1109 *** Gnome: Emacs' xterm-mouse-mode doesn't work on the Gnome terminal.
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parents: 56645
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1110
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1111 A symptom of this bug is that double-clicks insert a control sequence
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parents: 56645
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1112 into the buffer. The reason this happens is an apparent
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parents: 56645
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1113 incompatibility of the Gnome terminal with Xterm, which also affects
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parents: 56645
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1114 other programs using the Xterm mouse interface. A problem report has
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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1115 been filed.
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parents: 56645
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1116
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parents: 56645
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1117 *** KDE: When running on KDE, colors or fonts are not as specified for Emacs,
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parents: 56645
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1118 or messed up.
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parents: 56645
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1119
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1120 For example, you could see background you set for Emacs only in the
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1121 empty portions of the Emacs display, while characters have some other
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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1122 background.
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parents: 56645
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1123
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1124 This happens because KDE's defaults apply its color and font
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parents: 56645
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1125 definitions even to applications that weren't compiled for KDE. The
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parents: 56645
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1126 solution is to uncheck the "Apply fonts and colors to non-KDE apps"
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parents: 56645
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1127 option in Preferences->Look&Feel->Style (KDE 2). In KDE 3, this option
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parents: 56645
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1128 is in the "Colors" section, rather than "Style".
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1129
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1130 Alternatively, if you do want the KDE defaults to apply to other
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parents: 56645
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1131 applications, but not to Emacs, you could modify the file `Emacs.ad'
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parents: 56645
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1132 (should be in the `/usr/share/apps/kdisplay/app-defaults/' directory)
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1133 so that it doesn't set the default background and foreground only for
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parents: 56645
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1134 Emacs. For example, make sure the following resources are either not
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parents: 56645
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1135 present or commented out:
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parents: 56645
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1136
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parents: 56645
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1137 Emacs.default.attributeForeground
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parents: 56645
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1138 Emacs.default.attributeBackground
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parents: 56645
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1139 Emacs*Foreground
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parents: 56645
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1140 Emacs*Background
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parents: 56645
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1141
78119
2d028479c671 Mention gtk-engines-qt problem.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 78014
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1142 It is also reported that a bug in the gtk-engines-qt engine can cause this if
2d028479c671 Mention gtk-engines-qt problem.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 78014
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1143 Emacs is compiled with Gtk+.
2d028479c671 Mention gtk-engines-qt problem.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 78014
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1144 The bug is fixed in version 0.7 or newer of gtk-engines-qt.
2d028479c671 Mention gtk-engines-qt problem.
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parents: 78014
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1145
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1146 *** KDE: Emacs hangs on KDE when a large portion of text is killed.
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1147
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parents: 56645
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1148 This is caused by a bug in the KDE applet `klipper' which periodically
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parents: 56645
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1149 requests the X clipboard contents from applications. Early versions
67539
0fa61a6c1680 ICCM => ICCCM
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 66452
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1150 of klipper don't implement the ICCCM protocol for large selections,
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parents: 56645
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1151 which leads to Emacs being flooded with selection requests. After a
58825
a1e4505728bf * PROBLEMS: Update information about klipper on KDE.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 57229
diff changeset
1152 while, Emacs may print a message:
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parents: 56645
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1153
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parents: 56645
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1154 Timed out waiting for property-notify event
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parents: 56645
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1155
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Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 57229
diff changeset
1156 A workaround is to not use `klipper'. An upgrade to the `klipper' that
a1e4505728bf * PROBLEMS: Update information about klipper on KDE.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 57229
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1157 comes with KDE 3.3 or later also solves the problem.
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1158
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parents: 56645
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1159 *** CDE: Frames may cover dialogs they created when using CDE.
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parents: 56645
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1160
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parents: 56645
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1161 This can happen if you have "Allow Primary Windows On Top" enabled which
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parents: 56645
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1162 seems to be the default in the Common Desktop Environment.
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parents: 56645
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1163 To change, go in to "Desktop Controls" -> "Window Style Manager"
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parents: 56645
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1164 and uncheck "Allow Primary Windows On Top".
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parents: 56645
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1165
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parents: 56645
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1166 *** Xaw3d : When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse
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parents: 56645
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1167 click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This
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parents: 56645
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1168 is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the
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parents: 56645
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1169 problem disappears.
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parents: 56645
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1170
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parents: 56645
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1171 *** Xaw: There are known binary incompatibilities between Xaw, Xaw3d, neXtaw,
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parents: 56645
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1172 XawM and the few other derivatives of Xaw. So when you compile with
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parents: 56645
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1173 one of these, it may not work to dynamically link with another one.
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parents: 56645
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1174 For example, strange problems, such as Emacs exiting when you type
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parents: 56645
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1175 "C-x 1", were reported when Emacs compiled with Xaw3d and libXaw was
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parents: 56645
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1176 used with neXtaw at run time.
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parents: 56645
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1177
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parents: 56645
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1178 The solution is to rebuild Emacs with the toolkit version you actually
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parents: 56645
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1179 want to use, or set LD_PRELOAD to preload the same toolkit version you
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parents: 56645
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1180 built Emacs with.
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parents: 56645
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1181
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1182 *** Open Motif: Problems with file dialogs in Emacs built with Open Motif.
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parents: 56645
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1183
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1184 When Emacs 21 is built with Open Motif 2.1, it can happen that the
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1185 graphical file dialog boxes do not work properly. The "OK", "Filter"
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parents: 56645
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1186 and "Cancel" buttons do not respond to mouse clicks. Dragging the
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parents: 56645
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1187 file dialog window usually causes the buttons to work again.
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parents: 56645
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1188
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1189 The solution is to use LessTif instead. LessTif is a free replacement
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1190 for Motif. See the file INSTALL for information on how to do this.
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1191
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1192 Another workaround is not to use the mouse to trigger file prompts,
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1193 but to use the keyboard. This way, you will be prompted for a file in
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1194 the minibuffer instead of a graphical file dialog.
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1195
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1196 *** LessTif: Problems in Emacs built with LessTif.
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1197
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1198 The problems seem to depend on the version of LessTif and the Motif
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1199 emulation for which it is set up.
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parents: 56645
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1200
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1201 Only the Motif 1.2 emulation seems to be stable enough in LessTif.
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8658cdd16704 Fix some typos.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77076
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1202 LessTif 0.92-17's Motif 1.2 emulation seems to work okay on FreeBSD.
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1203 On GNU/Linux systems, lesstif-0.92.6 configured with "./configure
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1204 --enable-build-12 --enable-default-12" is reported to be the most
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1205 successful. The binary GNU/Linux package
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1206 lesstif-devel-0.92.0-1.i386.rpm was reported to have problems with
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parents: 56645
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1207 menu placement.
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parents: 56645
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1208
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1209 On some systems, even with Motif 1.2 emulation, Emacs occasionally
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1210 locks up, grabbing all mouse and keyboard events. We still don't know
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1211 what causes these problems; they are not reproducible by Emacs
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parents: 56645
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1212 developers.
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parents: 56645
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1213
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1214 *** Motif: The Motif version of Emacs paints the screen a solid color.
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1215
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1216 This has been observed to result from the following X resource:
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parents: 56645
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1217
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1218 Emacs*default.attributeFont: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
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1219
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1220 That the resource has this effect indicates a bug in something, but we
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1221 do not yet know what. If it is an Emacs bug, we hope someone can
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1222 explain what the bug is so we can fix it. In the mean time, removing
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1223 the resource prevents the problem.
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1224
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1225 ** General X problems
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1226
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1227 *** Redisplay using X11 is much slower than previous Emacs versions.
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1228
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1229 We've noticed that certain X servers draw the text much slower when
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1230 scroll bars are on the left. We don't know why this happens. If this
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1231 happens to you, you can work around it by putting the scroll bars
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1232 on the right (as they were in Emacs 19).
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1233
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1234 Here's how to do this:
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1235
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1236 (set-scroll-bar-mode 'right)
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1237
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1238 If you're not sure whether (or how much) this problem affects you,
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1239 try that and see how much difference it makes. To set things back
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1240 to normal, do
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1241
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1242 (set-scroll-bar-mode 'left)
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1243
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1244 *** Error messages about undefined colors on X.
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1245
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1246 The messages might say something like this:
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1247
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1248 Unable to load color "grey95"
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1249
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1250 (typically, in the `*Messages*' buffer), or something like this:
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1251
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1252 Error while displaying tooltip: (error Undefined color lightyellow)
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1253
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1254 These problems could happen if some other X program has used up too
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1255 many colors of the X palette, leaving Emacs with insufficient system
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1256 resources to load all the colors it needs.
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1257
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1258 A solution is to exit the offending X programs before starting Emacs.
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1259
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1260 "undefined color" messages can also occur if the RgbPath entry in the
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1261 X configuration file is incorrect, or the rgb.txt file is not where
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1262 X expects to find it.
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1263
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1264 *** Improving performance with slow X connections.
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1265
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1266 There are several ways to improve this performance, any subset of which can
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1267 be carried out at the same time:
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1268
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1269 1) If you don't need X Input Methods (XIM) for entering text in some
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1270 language you use, you can improve performance on WAN links by using
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1271 the X resource useXIM to turn off use of XIM. This does not affect
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1272 the use of Emacs' own input methods, which are part of the Leim
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1273 package.
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1274
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1275 2) If the connection is very slow, you might also want to consider
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1276 switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar. Adding the
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1277 following forms to your .emacs file will accomplish that, but only
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1278 after the the initial frame is displayed:
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1279
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1280 (scroll-bar-mode -1)
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1281 (menu-bar-mode -1)
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1282 (tool-bar-mode -1)
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1283
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1284 For still quicker startup, put these X resources in your .Xdefaults
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1285 file:
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1286
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1287 Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off
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1288 Emacs.menuBar: off
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1289 Emacs.toolBar: off
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1290
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1291 3) Use ssh to forward the X connection, and enable compression on this
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1292 forwarded X connection (ssh -XC remotehostname emacs ...).
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1293
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1294 4) Use lbxproxy on the remote end of the connection. This is an interface
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1295 to the low bandwidth X extension in most modern X servers, which
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1296 improves performance dramatically, at the slight expense of correctness
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1297 of the X protocol. lbxproxy acheives the performance gain by grouping
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1298 several X requests in one TCP packet and sending them off together,
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1299 instead of requiring a round-trip for each X request in a separate
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1300 packet. The switches that seem to work best for emacs are:
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1301 -noatomsfile -nowinattr -cheaterrors -cheatevents
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1302 Note that the -nograbcmap option is known to cause problems.
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1303 For more about lbxproxy, see:
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1304 http://www.xfree86.org/4.3.0/lbxproxy.1.html
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1305
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1306 5) If copying and killing is slow, try to disable the interaction with the
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1307 native system's clipboard by adding these lines to your .emacs file:
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1308 (setq interprogram-cut-function nil)
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1309 (setq interprogram-paste-function nil)
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1310
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1311 *** Emacs gives the error, Couldn't find per display information.
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1312
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1313 This can result if the X server runs out of memory because Emacs uses
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1314 a large number of fonts. On systems where this happens, C-h h is
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1315 likely to cause it.
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1316
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1317 We do not know of a way to prevent the problem.
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1318
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1319 *** Emacs does not notice when you release the mouse.
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1320
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1321 There are reports that this happened with (some) Microsoft mice and
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1322 that replacing the mouse made it stop.
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1323
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1324 *** You can't select from submenus (in the X toolkit version).
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1325
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1326 On certain systems, mouse-tracking and selection in top-level menus
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1327 works properly with the X toolkit, but neither of them works when you
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1328 bring up a submenu (such as Bookmarks or Compare or Apply Patch, in
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1329 the Files menu).
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1330
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1331 This works on most systems. There is speculation that the failure is
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1332 due to bugs in old versions of X toolkit libraries, but no one really
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1333 knows. If someone debugs this and finds the precise cause, perhaps a
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1334 workaround can be found.
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1335
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1336 *** An error message such as `X protocol error: BadMatch (invalid
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1337 parameter attributes) on protocol request 93'.
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1338
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1339 This comes from having an invalid X resource, such as
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1340 emacs*Cursor: black
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1341 (which is invalid because it specifies a color name for something
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1342 that isn't a color.)
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1343
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1344 The fix is to correct your X resources.
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1345
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1346 *** Slow startup on X11R6 with X windows.
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1347
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1348 If Emacs takes two minutes to start up on X11R6, see if your X
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1349 resources specify any Adobe fonts. That causes the type-1 font
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1350 renderer to start up, even if the font you asked for is not a type-1
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1351 font.
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1352
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1353 One way to avoid this problem is to eliminate the type-1 fonts from
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1354 your font path, like this:
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1355
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1356 xset -fp /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/
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1358 *** Pull-down menus appear in the wrong place, in the toolkit version of Emacs.
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1359
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1360 An X resource of this form can cause the problem:
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1361
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1362 Emacs*geometry: 80x55+0+0
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1363
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1364 This resource is supposed to apply, and does apply, to the menus
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1365 individually as well as to Emacs frames. If that is not what you
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1366 want, rewrite the resource.
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1367
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1368 To check thoroughly for such resource specifications, use `xrdb
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
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1369 -query' to see what resources the X server records, and also look at
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parents: 56645
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1370 the user's ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xdefaults-* files.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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1371
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parents: 56645
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1372 *** Emacs running under X Windows does not handle mouse clicks.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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1373 *** `emacs -geometry 80x20' finds a file named `80x20'.
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1374
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1375 One cause of such problems is having (setq term-file-prefix nil) in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1376 your .emacs file. Another cause is a bad value of EMACSLOADPATH in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1377 the environment.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1378
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1379 *** Emacs fails to get default settings from X Windows server.
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1380
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1381 The X library in X11R4 has a bug; it interchanges the 2nd and 3rd
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1382 arguments to XGetDefaults. Define the macro XBACKWARDS in config.h to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1383 tell Emacs to compensate for this.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1384
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1385 I don't believe there is any way Emacs can determine for itself
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1386 whether this problem is present on a given system.
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1387
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1388 *** X Windows doesn't work if DISPLAY uses a hostname.
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1389
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1390 People have reported kernel bugs in certain systems that cause Emacs
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1391 not to work with X Windows if DISPLAY is set using a host name. But
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1392 the problem does not occur if DISPLAY is set to `unix:0.0'. I think
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1393 the bug has to do with SIGIO or FIONREAD.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1394
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1395 You may be able to compensate for the bug by doing (set-input-mode nil nil).
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1396 However, that has the disadvantage of turning off interrupts, so that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1397 you are unable to quit out of a Lisp program by typing C-g.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1398
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1399 The easy way to do this is to put
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1400
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1401 (setq x-sigio-bug t)
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1402
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1403 in your site-init.el file.
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1404
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1405 *** Prevent double pastes in X
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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1406
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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1407 The problem: a region, such as a command, is pasted twice when you copy
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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1408 it with your mouse from GNU Emacs to an xterm or an RXVT shell in X.
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parents: 97535
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1409 The solution: try the following in your X configuration file,
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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parents: 97535
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1410 /etc/X11/xorg.conf This should enable both PS/2 and USB mice for
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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1411 single copies. You do not need any other drivers or options.
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1412
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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1413 Section "InputDevice"
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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1414 Identifier "Generic Mouse"
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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1415 Driver "mousedev"
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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1416 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
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Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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1417 EndSection
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1418
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1419 * Runtime problems on character terminals
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1420
107518
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1421 ** The meta key does not work on xterm.
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1422 Typing M-x rings the terminal bell, and inserts a string like ";120~".
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1423 For recent xterm versions (>= 216), Emacs uses xterm's modifyOtherKeys
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1424 feature to generate strings for key combinations that are not
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1425 otherwise usable. One circumstance in which this can cause problems
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1426 is if you have specified the X resource
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1427
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1428 xterm*VT100.Translations
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1429
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1430 to contain translations that use the meta key. Then xterm will not
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1431 use meta in modified function-keys, which confuses Emacs. To fix
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1432 this, you can remove the X resource or put this in your init file:
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1433
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1434 (xterm-remove-modify-other-keys)
ca9132805f76 Document Bug#5541.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 106815
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1435
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1436 ** Emacs spontaneously displays "I-search: " at the bottom of the screen.
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1437
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1438 This means that Control-S/Control-Q (XON/XOFF) "flow control" is being
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1439 used. C-s/C-q flow control is bad for Emacs editors because it takes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1440 away C-s and C-q as user commands. Since editors do not output long
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1441 streams of text without user commands, there is no need for a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1442 user-issuable "stop output" command in an editor; therefore, a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1443 properly designed flow control mechanism would transmit all possible
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1444 input characters without interference. Designing such a mechanism is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1445 easy, for a person with at least half a brain.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1446
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1447 There are three possible reasons why flow control could be taking place:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1448
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1449 1) Terminal has not been told to disable flow control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1450 2) Insufficient padding for the terminal in use
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1451 3) Some sort of terminal concentrator or line switch is responsible
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1452
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1453 First of all, many terminals have a set-up mode which controls whether
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1454 they generate XON/XOFF flow control characters. This must be set to
103445
a53a6689e178 Merge in a few snippets just deleted from faq.texi.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1455 "no XON/XOFF" in order for Emacs to work. (For example, on a VT220
a53a6689e178 Merge in a few snippets just deleted from faq.texi.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1456 you may select "No XOFF" in the setup menu.) Sometimes there is an
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1457 escape sequence that the computer can send to turn flow control off
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1458 and on. If so, perhaps the termcap `ti' string should turn flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1459 control off, and the `te' string should turn it on.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1460
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1461 Once the terminal has been told "no flow control", you may find it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1462 needs more padding. The amount of padding Emacs sends is controlled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1463 by the termcap entry for the terminal in use, and by the output baud
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1464 rate as known by the kernel. The shell command `stty' will print
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1465 your output baud rate; `stty' with suitable arguments will set it if
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1466 it is wrong. Setting to a higher speed causes increased padding. If
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1467 the results are wrong for the correct speed, there is probably a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1468 problem in the termcap entry. You must speak to a local Unix wizard
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1469 to fix this. Perhaps you are just using the wrong terminal type.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1470
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1471 For terminals that lack a "no flow control" mode, sometimes just
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1472 giving lots of padding will prevent actual generation of flow control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1473 codes. You might as well try it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1474
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1475 If you are really unlucky, your terminal is connected to the computer
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1476 through a concentrator which sends XON/XOFF flow control to the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1477 computer, or it insists on sending flow control itself no matter how
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1478 much padding you give it. Unless you can figure out how to turn flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1479 control off on this concentrator (again, refer to your local wizard),
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1480 you are screwed! You should have the terminal or concentrator
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1481 replaced with a properly designed one. In the mean time, some drastic
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1482 measures can make Emacs semi-work.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1483
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1484 You can make Emacs ignore C-s and C-q and let the operating system
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1485 handle them. To do this on a per-session basis, just type M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1486 enable-flow-control RET. You will see a message that C-\ and C-^ are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1487 now translated to C-s and C-q. (Use the same command M-x
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1488 enable-flow-control to turn *off* this special mode. It toggles flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1489 control handling.)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1490
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
1491 If C-\ and C-^ are inconvenient for you (for example, if one of them
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1492 is the escape character of your terminal concentrator), you can choose
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1493 other characters by setting the variables flow-control-c-s-replacement
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1494 and flow-control-c-q-replacement. But choose carefully, since all
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1495 other control characters are already used by emacs.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1496
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1497 IMPORTANT: if you type C-s by accident while flow control is enabled,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1498 Emacs output will freeze, and you will have to remember to type C-q in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1499 order to continue.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1500
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1501 If you work in an environment where a majority of terminals of a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1502 certain type are flow control hobbled, you can use the function
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1503 `enable-flow-control-on' to turn on this flow control avoidance scheme
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1504 automatically. Here is an example:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1505
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1506 (enable-flow-control-on "vt200" "vt300" "vt101" "vt131")
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1507
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1508 If this isn't quite correct (e.g. you have a mixture of flow-control hobbled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1509 and good vt200 terminals), you can still run enable-flow-control
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1510 manually.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1511
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1512 I have no intention of ever redesigning the Emacs command set for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1513 assumption that terminals use C-s/C-q flow control. XON/XOFF flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1514 control technique is a bad design, and terminals that need it are bad
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1515 merchandise and should not be purchased. Now that X is becoming
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1516 widespread, XON/XOFF seems to be on the way out. If you can get some
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1517 use out of GNU Emacs on inferior terminals, more power to you, but I
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1518 will not make Emacs worse for properly designed systems for the sake
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1519 of inferior systems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1520
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1521 ** Control-S and Control-Q commands are ignored completely.
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1522
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1523 For some reason, your system is using brain-damaged C-s/C-q flow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1524 control despite Emacs's attempts to turn it off. Perhaps your
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1525 terminal is connected to the computer through a concentrator
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1526 that wants to use flow control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1527
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1528 You should first try to tell the concentrator not to use flow control.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1529 If you succeed in this, try making the terminal work without
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1530 flow control, as described in the preceding section.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1531
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1532 If that line of approach is not successful, map some other characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1533 into C-s and C-q using keyboard-translate-table. The example above
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1534 shows how to do this with C-^ and C-\.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1535
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
1536 ** Screen is updated wrong, but only on one kind of terminal.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1537
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1538 This could mean that the termcap entry you are using for that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1539 terminal is wrong, or it could mean that Emacs has a bug handing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1540 the combination of features specified for that terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1541
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1542 The first step in tracking this down is to record what characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1543 Emacs is sending to the terminal. Execute the Lisp expression
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1544 (open-termscript "./emacs-script") to make Emacs write all
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1545 terminal output into the file ~/emacs-script as well; then do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1546 what makes the screen update wrong, and look at the file
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1547 and decode the characters using the manual for the terminal.
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1548 There are several possibilities:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1549
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1550 1) The characters sent are correct, according to the terminal manual.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1551
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1552 In this case, there is no obvious bug in Emacs, and most likely you
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1553 need more padding, or possibly the terminal manual is wrong.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1554
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1555 2) The characters sent are incorrect, due to an obscure aspect
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1556 of the terminal behavior not described in an obvious way
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1557 by termcap.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1558
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1559 This case is hard. It will be necessary to think of a way for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1560 Emacs to distinguish between terminals with this kind of behavior
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1561 and other terminals that behave subtly differently but are
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1562 classified the same by termcap; or else find an algorithm for
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1563 Emacs to use that avoids the difference. Such changes must be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1564 tested on many kinds of terminals.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1565
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1566 3) The termcap entry is wrong.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1567
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1568 See the file etc/TERMS for information on changes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1569 that are known to be needed in commonly used termcap entries
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1570 for certain terminals.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1571
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1572 4) The characters sent are incorrect, and clearly cannot be
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1573 right for any terminal with the termcap entry you were using.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1574
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1575 This is unambiguously an Emacs bug, and can probably be fixed
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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1576 in termcap.c, tparam.c, term.c, scroll.c, cm.c or dispnew.c.
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1577
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1578 ** Control-S and Control-Q commands are ignored completely on a net connection.
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1579
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1580 Some versions of rlogin (and possibly telnet) do not pass flow
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1581 control characters to the remote system to which they connect.
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1582 On such systems, emacs on the remote system cannot disable flow
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1583 control on the local system. Sometimes `rlogin -8' will avoid this
a53a6689e178 Merge in a few snippets just deleted from faq.texi.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1584 problem.
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1585
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1586 One way to cure this is to disable flow control on the local host
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1587 (the one running rlogin, not the one running rlogind) using the
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1588 stty command, before starting the rlogin process. On many systems,
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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1589 "stty start u stop u" will do this. On some systems, use
a53a6689e178 Merge in a few snippets just deleted from faq.texi.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 103293
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1590 "stty -ixon" instead.
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1591
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1592 Some versions of tcsh will prevent even this from working. One way
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1593 around this is to start another shell before starting rlogin, and
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1594 issue the stty command to disable flow control from that shell.
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1595
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1596 If none of these methods work, the best solution is to type
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1597 M-x enable-flow-control at the beginning of your emacs session, or
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1598 if you expect the problem to continue, add a line such as the
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1599 following to your .emacs (on the host running rlogind):
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1600
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1601 (enable-flow-control-on "vt200" "vt300" "vt101" "vt131")
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1602
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1603 See the entry about spontaneous display of I-search (above) for more
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parents: 56645
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1604 info.
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1605
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1606 ** Output from Control-V is slow.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1607
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1608 On many bit-map terminals, scrolling operations are fairly slow.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1609 Often the termcap entry for the type of terminal in use fails
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1610 to inform Emacs of this. The two lines at the bottom of the screen
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1611 before a Control-V command are supposed to appear at the top after
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1612 the Control-V command. If Emacs thinks scrolling the lines is fast,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1613 it will scroll them to the top of the screen.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1614
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1615 If scrolling is slow but Emacs thinks it is fast, the usual reason is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1616 that the termcap entry for the terminal you are using does not
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1617 specify any padding time for the `al' and `dl' strings. Emacs
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1618 concludes that these operations take only as much time as it takes to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1619 send the commands at whatever line speed you are using. You must
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1620 fix the termcap entry to specify, for the `al' and `dl', as much
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1621 time as the operations really take.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1622
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1623 Currently Emacs thinks in terms of serial lines which send characters
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1624 at a fixed rate, so that any operation which takes time for the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1625 terminal to execute must also be padded. With bit-map terminals
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1626 operated across networks, often the network provides some sort of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1627 flow control so that padding is never needed no matter how slow
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1628 an operation is. You must still specify a padding time if you want
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1629 Emacs to realize that the operation takes a long time. This will
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1630 cause padding characters to be sent unnecessarily, but they do
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1631 not really cost much. They will be transmitted while the scrolling
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1632 is happening and then discarded quickly by the terminal.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1633
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1634 Most bit-map terminals provide commands for inserting or deleting
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1635 multiple lines at once. Define the `AL' and `DL' strings in the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1636 termcap entry to say how to do these things, and you will have
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1637 fast output without wasted padding characters. These strings should
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1638 each contain a single %-spec saying how to send the number of lines
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1639 to be scrolled. These %-specs are like those in the termcap
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1640 `cm' string.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1641
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1642 You should also define the `IC' and `DC' strings if your terminal
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1643 has a command to insert or delete multiple characters. These
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1644 take the number of positions to insert or delete as an argument.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1645
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1646 A `cs' string to set the scrolling region will reduce the amount
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1647 of motion you see on the screen when part of the screen is scrolled.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1648
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1649 ** You type Control-H (Backspace) expecting to delete characters.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1650
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1651 Put `stty dec' in your .login file and your problems will disappear
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1652 after a day or two.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1653
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1654 The choice of Backspace for erasure was based on confusion, caused by
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1655 the fact that backspacing causes erasure (later, when you type another
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1656 character) on most display terminals. But it is a mistake. Deletion
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1657 of text is not the same thing as backspacing followed by failure to
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1658 overprint. I do not wish to propagate this confusion by conforming
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1659 to it.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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1660
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1661 For this reason, I believe `stty dec' is the right mode to use,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1662 and I have designed Emacs to go with that. If there were a thousand
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1663 other control characters, I would define Control-h to delete as well;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1664 but there are not very many other control characters, and I think
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1665 that providing the most mnemonic possible Help character is more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1666 important than adapting to people who don't use `stty dec'.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1667
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1668 If you are obstinate about confusing buggy overprinting with deletion,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1669 you can redefine Backspace in your .emacs file:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1670 (global-set-key "\b" 'delete-backward-char)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1671 You can probably access help-command via f1.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
1672
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1673 ** Colors are not available on a tty or in xterm.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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1674
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parents: 56645
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1675 Emacs 21 supports colors on character terminals and terminal
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parents: 56645
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1676 emulators, but this support relies on the terminfo or termcap database
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1677 entry to specify that the display supports color. Emacs looks at the
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1678 "Co" capability for the terminal to find out how many colors are
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parents: 56645
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1679 supported; it should be non-zero to activate the color support within
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parents: 56645
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1680 Emacs. (Most color terminals support 8 or 16 colors.) If your system
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1681 uses terminfo, the name of the capability equivalent to "Co" is
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parents: 56645
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1682 "colors".
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parents: 56645
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1683
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parents: 56645
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1684 In addition to the "Co" capability, Emacs needs the "op" (for
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1685 ``original pair'') capability, which tells how to switch the terminal
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parents: 56645
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1686 back to the default foreground and background colors. Emacs will not
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parents: 56645
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1687 use colors if this capability is not defined. If your terminal entry
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1688 doesn't provide such a capability, try using the ANSI standard escape
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1689 sequence \E[00m (that is, define a new termcap/terminfo entry and make
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parents: 56645
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1690 it use your current terminal's entry plus \E[00m for the "op"
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parents: 56645
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1691 capability).
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1692
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1693 Finally, the "NC" capability (terminfo name: "ncv") tells Emacs which
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1694 attributes cannot be used with colors. Setting this capability
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parents: 56645
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1695 incorrectly might have the effect of disabling colors; try setting
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parents: 56645
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1696 this capability to `0' (zero) and see if that helps.
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parents: 56645
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1697
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1698 Emacs uses the database entry for the terminal whose name is the value
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1699 of the environment variable TERM. With `xterm', a common terminal
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1700 entry that supports color is `xterm-color', so setting TERM's value to
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1701 `xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible
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1702 emulator.
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parents: 56645
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1703
59996
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
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1704 Beginning with version 22.1, Emacs supports the --color command-line
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1705 option which may be used to force Emacs to use one of a few popular
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parents: 56645
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1706 modes for getting colors on a tty. For example, --color=ansi8 sets up
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1707 for using the ANSI-standard escape sequences that support 8 colors.
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1708
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1709 Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode.
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1710 Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on
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1711 Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The
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1712 recommended way of turning on Font-lock is by typing "M-x
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1713 global-font-lock-mode RET" or by customizing the variable
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1714 `global-font-lock-mode'.
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1715
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1716 * Runtime problems specific to individual Unix variants
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1717
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1718 ** GNU/Linux
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1719
63126
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1720 *** GNU/Linux: Process output is corrupted.
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1721
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1722 There is a bug in Linux kernel 2.6.10 PTYs that can cause emacs to
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1723 read corrupted process output.
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1724
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1725 *** GNU/Linux: Remote access to CVS with SSH causes file corruption.
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1726
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1727 If you access a remote CVS repository via SSH, files may be corrupted
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1728 due to bad interaction between CVS, SSH, and libc.
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1729
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1730 To fix the problem, save the following script into a file, make it
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1731 executable, and set CVS_RSH environment variable to the file name of
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1732 the script:
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1733
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1734 #!/bin/bash
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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1735 exec 2> >(exec cat >&2 2>/dev/null)
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1736 exec ssh "$@"
33a466a1789c Linux kernel 2.6.10 may corrupt process output.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 60158
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1737
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1738 *** GNU/Linux: On Linux-based GNU systems using libc versions 5.4.19 through
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1739 5.4.22, Emacs crashes at startup with a segmentation fault.
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parents: 56645
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1740
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1741 This problem happens if libc defines the symbol __malloc_initialized.
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parents: 56645
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1742 One known solution is to upgrade to a newer libc version. 5.4.33 is
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parents: 56645
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1743 known to work.
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parents: 56645
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1744
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parents: 56645
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1745 *** GNU/Linux: After upgrading to a newer version of Emacs,
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parents: 56645
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1746 the Meta key stops working.
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parents: 56645
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1747
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parents: 56645
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1748 This was reported to happen on a GNU/Linux system distributed by
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parents: 56645
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1749 Mandrake. The reason is that the previous version of Emacs was
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parents: 56645
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1750 modified by Mandrake to make the Alt key act as the Meta key, on a
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parents: 56645
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1751 keyboard where the Windows key is the one which produces the Meta
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parents: 56645
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1752 modifier. A user who started using a newer version of Emacs, which
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parents: 56645
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1753 was not hacked by Mandrake, expected the Alt key to continue to act as
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parents: 56645
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1754 Meta, and was astonished when that didn't happen.
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parents: 56645
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1755
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1756 The solution is to find out what key on your keyboard produces the Meta
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parents: 56645
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1757 modifier, and use that key instead. Try all of the keys to the left
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parents: 56645
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1758 and to the right of the space bar, together with the `x' key, and see
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parents: 56645
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1759 which combination produces "M-x" in the echo area. You can also use
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parents: 56645
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1760 the `xmodmap' utility to show all the keys which produce a Meta
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parents: 56645
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1761 modifier:
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1762
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parents: 56645
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1763 xmodmap -pk | egrep -i "meta|alt"
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parents: 56645
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1764
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parents: 56645
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1765 A more convenient way of finding out which keys produce a Meta modifier
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parents: 56645
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1766 is to use the `xkbprint' utility, if it's available on your system:
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parents: 56645
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1767
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parents: 56645
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1768 xkbprint 0:0 /tmp/k.ps
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parents: 56645
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1769
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parents: 56645
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1770 This produces a PostScript file `/tmp/k.ps' with a picture of your
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parents: 56645
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1771 keyboard; printing that file on a PostScript printer will show what
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parents: 56645
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1772 keys can serve as Meta.
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parents: 56645
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1773
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parents: 56645
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1774 The `xkeycaps' also shows a visual representation of the current
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parents: 56645
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1775 keyboard settings. It also allows to modify them.
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parents: 56645
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1776
71200
d004c9d874b7 Fix typo.
Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnuvola.org>
parents: 69953
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1777 *** GNU/Linux: slow startup on Linux-based GNU systems.
56734
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parents: 56645
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1778
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parents: 56645
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1779 People using systems based on the Linux kernel sometimes report that
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parents: 56645
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1780 startup takes 10 to 15 seconds longer than `usual'.
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parents: 56645
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1781
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parents: 56645
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1782 This is because Emacs looks up the host name when it starts.
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parents: 56645
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1783 Normally, this takes negligible time; the extra delay is due to
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parents: 56645
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1784 improper system configuration. This problem can occur for both
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parents: 56645
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1785 networked and non-networked machines.
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parents: 56645
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1786
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parents: 56645
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1787 Here is how to fix the configuration. It requires being root.
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parents: 56645
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1788
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parents: 56645
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1789 **** Networked Case.
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parents: 56645
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1790
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parents: 56645
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1791 First, make sure the files `/etc/hosts' and `/etc/host.conf' both
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parents: 56645
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1792 exist. The first line in the `/etc/hosts' file should look like this
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parents: 56645
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1793 (replace HOSTNAME with your host name):
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parents: 56645
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1794
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parents: 56645
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1795 127.0.0.1 HOSTNAME
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parents: 56645
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1796
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parents: 56645
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1797 Also make sure that the `/etc/host.conf' files contains the following
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parents: 56645
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1798 lines:
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parents: 56645
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1799
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parents: 56645
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1800 order hosts, bind
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parents: 56645
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1801 multi on
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parents: 56645
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1802
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parents: 56645
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1803 Any changes, permanent and temporary, to the host name should be
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parents: 56645
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1804 indicated in the `/etc/hosts' file, since it acts a limited local
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parents: 56645
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1805 database of addresses and names (e.g., some SLIP connections
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parents: 56645
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1806 dynamically allocate ip addresses).
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parents: 56645
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1807
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parents: 56645
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1808 **** Non-Networked Case.
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parents: 56645
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1809
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parents: 56645
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1810 The solution described in the networked case applies here as well.
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parents: 56645
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1811 However, if you never intend to network your machine, you can use a
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parents: 56645
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1812 simpler solution: create an empty `/etc/host.conf' file. The command
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parents: 56645
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1813 `touch /etc/host.conf' suffices to create the file. The `/etc/hosts'
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parents: 56645
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1814 file is not necessary with this approach.
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1815
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1816 *** GNU/Linux: Emacs on a tty switches the cursor to large blinking block.
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parents: 56645
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1817
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1818 This was reported to happen on some GNU/Linux systems which use
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parents: 56645
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1819 ncurses version 5.0, but could be relevant for other versions as well.
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parents: 56645
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1820 These versions of ncurses come with a `linux' terminfo entry, where
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parents: 56645
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1821 the "cvvis" capability (termcap "vs") is defined as "\E[?25h\E[?8c"
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1822 (show cursor, change size). This escape sequence switches on a
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1823 blinking hardware text-mode cursor whose size is a full character
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1824 cell. This blinking cannot be stopped, since a hardware cursor
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parents: 56645
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1825 always blinks.
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parents: 56645
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1826
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1827 A work-around is to redefine the "cvvis" capability so that it
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1828 enables a *software* cursor. The software cursor works by inverting
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1829 the colors of the character at point, so what you see is a block
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1830 cursor that doesn't blink. For this to work, you need to redefine
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1831 the "cnorm" capability as well, so that it operates on the software
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parents: 56645
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1832 cursor instead of the hardware cursor.
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1833
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1834 To this end, run "infocmp linux > linux-term", edit the file
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1835 `linux-term' to make both the "cnorm" and "cvvis" capabilities send
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1836 the sequence "\E[?25h\E[?17;0;64c", and then run "tic linux-term" to
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1837 produce a modified terminfo entry.
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1838
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1839 Alternatively, if you want a blinking underscore as your Emacs cursor,
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1840 change the "cvvis" capability to send the "\E[?25h\E[?0c" command.
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1841
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1842 *** GNU/Linux: Error messages `internal facep []' happen on GNU/Linux systems.
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1843
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1844 There is a report that replacing libc.so.5.0.9 with libc.so.5.2.16
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1845 caused this to start happening. People are not sure why, but the
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1846 problem seems unlikely to be in Emacs itself. Some suspect that it
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1847 is actually Xlib which won't work with libc.so.5.2.16.
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1848
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1849 Using the old library version is a workaround.
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1850
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1851 ** FreeBSD
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1852
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1853 *** FreeBSD 2.1.5: useless symbolic links remain in /tmp or other
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1854 directories that have the +t bit.
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1855
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1856 This is because of a kernel bug in FreeBSD 2.1.5 (fixed in 2.2).
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1857 Emacs uses symbolic links to implement file locks. In a directory
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1858 with +t bit, the directory owner becomes the owner of the symbolic
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1859 link, so that it cannot be removed by anyone else.
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1860
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1861 If you don't like those useless links, you can let Emacs not to using
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1862 file lock by adding #undef CLASH_DETECTION to config.h.
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1863
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1864 *** FreeBSD: Getting a Meta key on the console.
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1865
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1866 By default, neither Alt nor any other key acts as a Meta key on
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1867 FreeBSD, but this can be changed using kbdcontrol(1). Dump the
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1868 current keymap to a file with the command
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1869
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1870 $ kbdcontrol -d >emacs.kbd
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1871
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1872 Edit emacs.kbd, and give the key you want to be the Meta key the
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1873 definition `meta'. For instance, if your keyboard has a ``Windows''
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1874 key with scan code 105, change the line for scan code 105 in emacs.kbd
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1875 to look like this
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1876
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1877 105 meta meta meta meta meta meta meta meta O
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1878
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1879 to make the Windows key the Meta key. Load the new keymap with
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1880
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1881 $ kbdcontrol -l emacs.kbd
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1882
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1883 ** HP-UX
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1884
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1885 *** HP/UX : Shell mode gives the message, "`tty`: Ambiguous".
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1886
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1887 christos@theory.tn.cornell.edu says:
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1888
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1889 The problem is that in your .cshrc you have something that tries to
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1890 execute `tty`. If you are not running the shell on a real tty then
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1891 tty will print "not a tty". Csh expects one word in some places,
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1892 but tty is giving it back 3.
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1893
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1894 The solution is to add a pair of quotes around `tty` to make it a single
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1895 word:
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1896
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1897 if (`tty` == "/dev/console")
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1898
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1899 should be changed to:
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1900
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1901 if ("`tty`" == "/dev/console")
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1902
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1903 Even better, move things that set up terminal sections out of .cshrc
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1904 and into .login.
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1905
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1906 *** HP/UX: `Pid xxx killed due to text modification or page I/O error'.
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1907
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1908 On HP/UX, you can get that error when the Emacs executable is on an NFS
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1909 file system. HP/UX responds this way if it tries to swap in a page and
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1910 does not get a response from the server within a timeout whose default
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1911 value is just ten seconds.
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1912
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1913 If this happens to you, extend the timeout period.
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1914
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1915 *** HP/UX: The right Alt key works wrong on German HP keyboards (and perhaps
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1916 other non-English HP keyboards too).
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1917
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1918 This is because HP-UX defines the modifiers wrong in X. Here is a
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1919 shell script to fix the problem; be sure that it is run after VUE
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1920 configures the X server.
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1921
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1922 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF
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1923 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
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1924 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R
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1925 EOF
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1926
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1927 xmodmap - << EOF
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1928 clear mod1
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1929 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol
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1930 add mod1 = Meta_L
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1931 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch
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1932 add mod2 = Mode_switch
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1933 EOF
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1934
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1935 *** HP/UX: "Cannot find callback list" messages from dialog boxes in
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1936 Emacs built with Motif.
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1937
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1938 This problem resulted from a bug in GCC 2.4.5. Newer GCC versions
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1939 such as 2.7.0 fix the problem.
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1940
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1941 *** HP/UX: Emacs does not recognize the AltGr key.
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1942
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1943 To fix this, set up a file ~/.dt/sessions/sessionetc with executable
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1944 rights, containing this text:
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1945
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1946 --------------------------------
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1947 xmodmap 2> /dev/null - << EOF
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1948 keysym Alt_L = Meta_L
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1949 keysym Alt_R = Meta_R
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1950 EOF
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1951
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1952 xmodmap - << EOF
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1953 clear mod1
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1954 keysym Mode_switch = NoSymbol
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1955 add mod1 = Meta_L
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1956 keysym Meta_R = Mode_switch
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1957 add mod2 = Mode_switch
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1958 EOF
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1960
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1961 *** HP/UX 11.0: Emacs makes HP/UX 11.0 crash.
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1962
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1963 This is a bug in HPUX; HPUX patch PHKL_16260 is said to fix it.
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1964
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1965 ** AIX
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1966
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1967 *** AIX: Trouble using ptys.
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1968
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1969 People often install the pty devices on AIX incorrectly.
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1970 Use `smit pty' to reinstall them properly.
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1971
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1972 *** AIXterm: Your Delete key sends a Backspace to the terminal.
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1973
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1974 The solution is to include in your .Xdefaults the lines:
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1975
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1976 *aixterm.Translations: #override <Key>BackSpace: string(0x7f)
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1977 aixterm*ttyModes: erase ^?
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1978
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1979 This makes your Backspace key send DEL (ASCII 127).
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1980
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1981 *** AIX: If linking fails because libXbsd isn't found, check if you
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1982 are compiling with the system's `cc' and CFLAGS containing `-O5'. If
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1983 so, you have hit a compiler bug. Please make sure to re-configure
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1984 Emacs so that it isn't compiled with `-O5'.
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1985
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1986 *** AIX 4.3.x or 4.4: Compiling fails.
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1987
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1988 This could happen if you use /bin/c89 as your compiler, instead of
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1989 the default `cc'. /bin/c89 treats certain warnings, such as benign
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1990 redefinitions of macros, as errors, and fails the build. A solution
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1991 is to use the default compiler `cc'.
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1992
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1993 *** AIX 4: Some programs fail when run in a Shell buffer
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1994 with an error message like No terminfo entry for "unknown".
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1995
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1996 On AIX, many terminal type definitions are not installed by default.
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1997 `unknown' is one of them. Install the "Special Generic Terminal
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1998 Definitions" to make them defined.
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1999
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2000 ** Solaris
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2001
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2002 We list bugs in current versions here. Solaris 2.x and 4.x are covered in the
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2003 section on legacy systems.
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2004
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2005 *** On Solaris, C-x doesn't get through to Emacs when you use the console.
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2006
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2007 This is a Solaris feature (at least on Intel x86 cpus). Type C-r
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2008 C-r C-t, to toggle whether C-x gets through to Emacs.
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2009
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2010 *** Problem with remote X server on Suns.
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2011
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2012 On a Sun, running Emacs on one machine with the X server on another
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2013 may not work if you have used the unshared system libraries. This
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2014 is because the unshared libraries fail to use YP for host name lookup.
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2015 As a result, the host name you specify may not be recognized.
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2016
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2017 *** Solaris 2,6: Emacs crashes with SIGBUS or SIGSEGV on Solaris after you delete a frame.
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2018
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2019 We suspect that this is a bug in the X libraries provided by
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2020 Sun. There is a report that one of these patches fixes the bug and
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2021 makes the problem stop:
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2022
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2023 105216-01 105393-01 105518-01 105621-01 105665-01 105615-02 105216-02
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2024 105667-01 105401-08 105615-03 105621-02 105686-02 105736-01 105755-03
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2025 106033-01 105379-01 105786-01 105181-04 105379-03 105786-04 105845-01
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2026 105284-05 105669-02 105837-01 105837-02 105558-01 106125-02 105407-01
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2027
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2028 Another person using a newer system (kernel patch level Generic_105181-06)
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2029 suspects that the bug was fixed by one of these more recent patches:
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2030
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2031 106040-07 SunOS 5.6: X Input & Output Method patch
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2032 106222-01 OpenWindows 3.6: filemgr (ff.core) fixes
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2033 105284-12 Motif 1.2.7: sparc Runtime library patch
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2034
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2035 *** Solaris 7 or 8: Emacs reports a BadAtom error (from X)
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2036
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2037 This happens when Emacs was built on some other version of Solaris.
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2038 Rebuild it on Solaris 8.
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2039
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2040 *** When using M-x dbx with the SparcWorks debugger, the `up' and `down'
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2041 commands do not move the arrow in Emacs.
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2042
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2043 You can fix this by adding the following line to `~/.dbxinit':
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2044
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2045 dbxenv output_short_file_name off
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2046
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2047 *** On Solaris, CTRL-t is ignored by Emacs when you use
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2048 the fr.ISO-8859-15 locale (and maybe other related locales).
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2049
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2050 You can fix this by editing the file:
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2051
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8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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2052 /usr/openwin/lib/locale/iso8859-15/Compose
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2053
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2054 Near the bottom there is a line that reads:
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2055
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Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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2056 Ctrl<t> <quotedbl> <Y> : "\276" threequarters
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2057
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2058 that should read:
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2059
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Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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2060 Ctrl<T> <quotedbl> <Y> : "\276" threequarters
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2061
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2062 Note the lower case <t>. Changing this line should make C-t work.
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2063
80121
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Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2064 *** On Solaris, Emacs fails to set menu-bar-update-hook on startup, with error
288a07952e03 Add "Point before start of properties" bug.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2065 "Error in menu-bar-update-hook: (error Point before start of properties)".
288a07952e03 Add "Point before start of properties" bug.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2066 This seems to be a GCC optimization bug that occurs for GCC 4.1.2 (-g
288a07952e03 Add "Point before start of properties" bug.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2067 and -g -O2) and GCC 4.2.3 (-g -O and -g -O2). You can fix this by
288a07952e03 Add "Point before start of properties" bug.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2068 compiling with GCC 4.2.3 or CC 5.7, with no optimizations.
288a07952e03 Add "Point before start of properties" bug.
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 79767
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2069
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2070 ** Irix
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2071
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2072 *** Irix 6.5: Emacs crashes on the SGI R10K, when compiled with GCC.
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2073
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2074 This seems to be fixed in GCC 2.95.
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2075
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2076 *** Irix: Trouble using ptys, or running out of ptys.
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2077
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2078 The program mkpts (which may be in `/usr/adm' or `/usr/sbin') needs to
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2079 be set-UID to root, or non-root programs like Emacs will not be able
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2080 to allocate ptys reliably.
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2081
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2082 * Runtime problems specific to MS-Windows
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2083
101624
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Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2084 ** PATH can contain unexpanded environment variables
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
diff changeset
2085
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
diff changeset
2086 Old releases of TCC (version 9) and 4NT (up to version 8) do not correctly
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2087 expand App Paths entries of type REG_EXPAND_SZ. When Emacs is run from TCC
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2088 and such an entry exists for emacs.exe, exec-path will contain the
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2089 unexpanded entry. This has been fixed in TCC 10. For more information,
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2090 see bug#2062.
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Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
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2091
101445
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
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2092 ** Setting w32-pass-rwindow-to-system and w32-pass-lwindow-to-system to nil
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
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2093 does not prevent the Start menu from popping up when the left or right
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
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2094 ``Windows'' key is pressed.
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
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2095
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
diff changeset
2096 This was reported to happen when XKeymacs is installed. At least with
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
diff changeset
2097 XKeymacs Version 3.47, deactivating XKeymacs when Emacs is active is
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
diff changeset
2098 not enough to avoid its messing with the keyboard input. Exiting
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
diff changeset
2099 XKeymacs completely is reported to solve the problem.
296066356761 Mention trouble with XKeymacs and the Windows keys.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100972
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2100
71902
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
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2101 ** Windows 95 and networking.
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2102
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2103 To support server sockets, Emacs 22.1 loads ws2_32.dll. If this file
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2104 is missing, all Emacs networking features are disabled.
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2105
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2106 Old versions of Windows 95 may not have the required DLL. To use
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2107 Emacs' networking features on Windows 95, you must install the
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2108 "Windows Socket 2" update available from MicroSoft's support Web.
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2109
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2110 ** Emacs exits with "X protocol error" when run with an X server for MS-Windows.
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parents: 56645
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2111
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diff changeset
2112 A certain X server for Windows had a bug which caused this.
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2113 Supposedly the newer 32-bit version of this server doesn't have the
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2114 problem.
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diff changeset
2115
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Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
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2116 ** Emacs crashes when opening a file with a UNC path and rails-mode is loaded.
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2117
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2118 Loading rails-mode seems to interfere with UNC path handling. This has been
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2119 reported as a bug against both Emacs and rails-mode, so look for an updated
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2120 rails-mode that avoids this crash, or avoid using UNC paths if using
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2121 rails-mode.
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2122
548fc19ce253 bug #719
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80338
diff changeset
2123 ** Known problems with the MS-Windows port of Emacs 22.3
66452
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2124
80338
28af19e6b167 M-x term does not work on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80127
diff changeset
2125 M-x term does not work on MS-Windows. TTY emulation on Windows is
28af19e6b167 M-x term does not work on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80127
diff changeset
2126 undocumented, and programs such as stty which are used on posix platforms
28af19e6b167 M-x term does not work on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80127
diff changeset
2127 to control tty emulation do not exist for native windows terminals.
28af19e6b167 M-x term does not work on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80127
diff changeset
2128
66452
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2129 Using create-fontset-from-ascii-font or the --font startup parameter
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2130 with a Chinese, Japanese or Korean font leads to display problems.
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2131 Use a Latin-only font as your default font. If you want control over
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2132 which font is used to display Chinese, Japanese or Korean character,
50f2dd53cf9a Added note about create-fontset-from-ascii-font problem on MS-Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 65518
diff changeset
2133 use create-fontset-from-fontset-spec to define a fontset.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2134
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2135 Frames are not refreshed while the File or Font dialog or a pop-up menu
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2136 is displayed. This also means help text for pop-up menus is not
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2137 displayed at all. This is because message handling under Windows is
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2138 synchronous, so we cannot handle repaint (or any other) messages while
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2139 waiting for a system function to return the result of the dialog or
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2140 pop-up menu interaction.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2141
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2142 Windows 95 and Windows NT up to version 4.0 do not support help text
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2143 for menus. Help text is only available in later versions of Windows.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2144
77076
9bc027540c27 Describe problems on Windows with ClearType enabled.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77047
diff changeset
2145 When "ClearType" method is selected as the "method to smooth edges of
9bc027540c27 Describe problems on Windows with ClearType enabled.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77047
diff changeset
2146 screen fonts" (in Display Properties, Appearance tab, under
9bc027540c27 Describe problems on Windows with ClearType enabled.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77047
diff changeset
2147 "Effects"), there are various problems related to display of
80125
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2148 characters: Bold fonts can be hard to read, small portions of some
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2149 characters could appear chopped, etc. This happens because, under
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2150 ClearType, characters are drawn outside their advertised bounding box.
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2151 Emacs 21 disabled the use of ClearType, whereas Emacs 22 allows it and
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2152 has some code to enlarge the width of the bounding box. Apparently,
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2153 this display feature needs more changes to get it 100% right. A
a1e7a4fcb970 Fixed part of Cleartype problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80121
diff changeset
2154 workaround is to disable ClearType.
77076
9bc027540c27 Describe problems on Windows with ClearType enabled.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77047
diff changeset
2155
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2156 There are problems with display if mouse-tracking is enabled and the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2157 mouse is moved off a frame, over another frame then back over the first
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2158 frame. A workaround is to click the left mouse button inside the frame
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2159 after moving back into it.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2160
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2161 Some minor flickering still persists during mouse-tracking, although
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2162 not as severely as in 21.1.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2163
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2164 An inactive cursor remains in an active window after the Windows
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2165 Manager driven switch of the focus, until a key is pressed.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2166
77047
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2167 Windows input methods are not recognized by Emacs. However, some
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2168 of these input methods cause the keyboard to send characters encoded
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2169 in the appropriate coding system (e.g., ISO 8859-1 for Latin-1
77047
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2170 characters, ISO 8859-8 for Hebrew characters, etc.). To make these
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2171 input methods work with Emacs, set the keyboard coding system to the
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2172 appropriate value after you activate the Windows input method. For
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2173 example, if you activate the Hebrew input method, type this:
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2174
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2175 C-x RET k hebrew-iso-8bit RET
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2176
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2177 (Emacs ought to recognize the Windows language-change event and set up
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2178 the appropriate keyboard encoding automatically, but it doesn't do
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2179 that yet.) In addition, to use these Windows input methods, you
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2180 should set your "Language for non-Unicode programs" (on Windows XP,
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2181 this is on the Advanced tab of Regional Settings) to the language of
e764b3b9820d Update information about non-support of Windows input methods.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76934
diff changeset
2182 the input method.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2183
76824
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2184 To bind keys that produce non-ASCII characters with modifiers, you
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2185 must specify raw byte codes. For instance, if you want to bind
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2186 META-a-grave to a command, you need to specify this in your `~/.emacs':
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2187
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2188 (global-set-key [?\M-\340] ...)
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2189
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2190 The above example is for the Latin-1 environment where the byte code
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2191 of the encoded a-grave is 340 octal. For other environments, use the
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2192 encoding appropriate to that environment.
213bd9333baa (MS-Windows problems): How to bind non-ASCII keys with modifiers.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76763
diff changeset
2193
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2194 The %b specifier for format-time-string does not produce abbreviated
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2195 month names with consistent widths for some locales on some versions
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2196 of Windows. This is caused by a deficiency in the underlying system
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2197 library function.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2198
79164
58e889027356 display-time-world does not exist yet.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 79163
diff changeset
2199 The function set-time-zone-rule gives incorrect results for many
58e889027356 display-time-world does not exist yet.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 79163
diff changeset
2200 non-US timezones. This is due to over-simplistic handling of
58e889027356 display-time-world does not exist yet.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 79163
diff changeset
2201 daylight savings switchovers by the Windows libraries.
79130
e30a5ff2205a display-world-time does not work on Windows.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 79018
diff changeset
2202
77518
4dd556dec0f0 Mention problems with files larger than 4GB on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77311
diff changeset
2203 Files larger than 4GB cause overflow in the size (represented as a
4dd556dec0f0 Mention problems with files larger than 4GB on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77311
diff changeset
2204 32-bit integer) reported by `file-attributes'. This affects Dired as
4dd556dec0f0 Mention problems with files larger than 4GB on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77311
diff changeset
2205 well, since the Windows port uses a Lisp emulation of `ls' that relies
4dd556dec0f0 Mention problems with files larger than 4GB on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77311
diff changeset
2206 on `file-attributes'.
4dd556dec0f0 Mention problems with files larger than 4GB on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77311
diff changeset
2207
78014
91d0311ee2cc Document that :data is unsupported for playing sound on Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77815
diff changeset
2208 Sound playing is not supported with the `:data DATA' key-value pair.
91d0311ee2cc Document that :data is unsupported for playing sound on Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77815
diff changeset
2209 You _must_ use the `:file FILE' method.
91d0311ee2cc Document that :data is unsupported for playing sound on Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77815
diff changeset
2210
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2211 ** Typing Alt-Shift has strange effects on MS-Windows.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2212
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2213 This combination of keys is a command to change keyboard layout. If
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2214 you proceed to type another non-modifier key before you let go of Alt
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2215 and Shift, the Alt and Shift act as modifiers in the usual way. A
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2216 more permanent work around is to change it to another key combination,
79444
2eb513da4da5 Provide exact information about customizing Alt-Shift on Windows XP.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 79164
diff changeset
2217 or disable it in the "Regional and Language Options" applet of the
2eb513da4da5 Provide exact information about customizing Alt-Shift on Windows XP.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 79164
diff changeset
2218 Control Panel. (The exact sequence of mouse clicks in the "Regional
2eb513da4da5 Provide exact information about customizing Alt-Shift on Windows XP.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 79164
diff changeset
2219 and Language Options" applet needed to find the key combination that
2eb513da4da5 Provide exact information about customizing Alt-Shift on Windows XP.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 79164
diff changeset
2220 changes the keyboard layout depends on your Windows version; for XP,
2eb513da4da5 Provide exact information about customizing Alt-Shift on Windows XP.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 79164
diff changeset
2221 in the Languages tab, click "Details" and then "Key Settings".)
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2222
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2223 ** Interrupting Cygwin port of Bash from Emacs doesn't work.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2224
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2225 Cygwin 1.x builds of the ported Bash cannot be interrupted from the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2226 MS-Windows version of Emacs. This is due to some change in the Bash
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2227 port or in the Cygwin library which apparently make Bash ignore the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2228 keyboard interrupt event sent by Emacs to Bash. (Older Cygwin ports
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2229 of Bash, up to b20.1, did receive SIGINT from Emacs.)
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2230
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2231 ** Accessing remote files with ange-ftp hangs the MS-Windows version of Emacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2232
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2233 If the FTP client is the Cygwin port of GNU `ftp', this appears to be
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2234 due to some bug in the Cygwin DLL or some incompatibility between it
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2235 and the implementation of asynchronous subprocesses in the Windows
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2236 port of Emacs. Specifically, some parts of the FTP server responses
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2237 are not flushed out, apparently due to buffering issues, which
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2238 confuses ange-ftp.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2239
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2240 The solution is to downgrade to an older version of the Cygwin DLL
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2241 (version 1.3.2 was reported to solve the problem), or use the stock
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2242 Windows FTP client, usually found in the `C:\WINDOWS' or 'C:\WINNT'
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2243 directory. To force ange-ftp use the stock Windows client, set the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2244 variable `ange-ftp-ftp-program-name' to the absolute file name of the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2245 client's executable. For example:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2246
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2247 (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-name "c:/windows/ftp.exe")
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2248
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2249 If you want to stick with the Cygwin FTP client, you can work around
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2250 this problem by putting this in your `.emacs' file:
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2251
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2252 (setq ange-ftp-ftp-program-args '("-i" "-n" "-g" "-v" "--prompt" "")
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2253
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2254 ** lpr commands don't work on MS-Windows with some cheap printers.
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2255
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2256 This problem may also strike other platforms, but the solution is
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2257 likely to be a global one, and not Emacs specific.
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2258
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2259 Many cheap inkjet, and even some cheap laser printers, do not
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2260 print plain text anymore, they will only print through graphical
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2261 printer drivers. A workaround on MS-Windows is to use Windows' basic
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2262 built in editor to print (this is possibly the only useful purpose it
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2263 has):
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2264
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2265 (setq printer-name "") ;; notepad takes the default
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2266 (setq lpr-command "notepad") ;; notepad
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2267 (setq lpr-switches nil) ;; not needed
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2268 (setq lpr-printer-switch "/P") ;; run notepad as batch printer
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2269
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2270 ** Antivirus software interacts badly with the MS-Windows version of Emacs.
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2271
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2272 The usual manifestation of these problems is that subprocesses don't
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2273 work or even wedge the entire system. In particular, "M-x shell RET"
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2274 was reported to fail to work. But other commands also sometimes don't
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2275 work when an antivirus package is installed.
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2276
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2277 The solution is to switch the antivirus software to a less aggressive
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2278 mode (e.g., disable the ``auto-protect'' feature), or even uninstall
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2279 or disable it entirely.
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2280
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2281 ** Pressing the mouse button on MS-Windows does not give a mouse-2 event.
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2282
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2283 This is usually a problem with the mouse driver. Because most Windows
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2284 programs do not do anything useful with the middle mouse button, many
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2285 mouse drivers allow you to define the wheel press to do something
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2286 different. Some drivers do not even have the option to generate a
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2287 middle button press. In such cases, setting the wheel press to
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2288 "scroll" sometimes works if you press the button twice. Trying a
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2289 generic mouse driver might help.
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2290
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2291 ** Scrolling the mouse wheel on MS-Windows always scrolls the top window.
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2292
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2293 This is another common problem with mouse drivers. Instead of
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2294 generating scroll events, some mouse drivers try to fake scroll bar
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2295 movement. But they are not intelligent enough to handle multiple
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2296 scroll bars within a frame. Trying a generic mouse driver might help.
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2297
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2298 ** Mail sent through Microsoft Exchange in some encodings appears to be
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2299 mangled and is not seen correctly in Rmail or Gnus. We don't know
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2300 exactly what happens, but it isn't an Emacs problem in cases we've
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2301 seen.
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2302
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2303 ** On MS-Windows, you cannot use the right-hand ALT key and the left-hand
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2304 CTRL key together to type a Control-Meta character.
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2305
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2306 This is a consequence of a misfeature beyond Emacs's control.
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2307
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2308 Under Windows, the AltGr key on international keyboards generates key
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2309 events with the modifiers Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl. Since Emacs cannot
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2310 distinguish AltGr from an explicit Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl
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2311 combination, whenever it sees Right-Alt and Left-Ctrl it assumes that
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2312 AltGr has been pressed. The variable `w32-recognize-altgr' can be set
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2313 to nil to tell Emacs that AltGr is really Ctrl and Alt.
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2314
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2315 ** Under some X-servers running on MS-Windows, Emacs' display is incorrect.
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2316
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2317 The symptoms are that Emacs does not completely erase blank areas of the
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2318 screen during scrolling or some other screen operations (e.g., selective
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2319 display or when killing a region). M-x recenter will cause the screen
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2320 to be completely redisplayed and the "extra" characters will disappear.
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2321
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2322 This is known to occur under Exceed 6, and possibly earlier versions
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2323 as well; it is reportedly solved in version 6.2.0.16 and later. The
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2324 problem lies in the X-server settings.
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2325
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2326 There are reports that you can solve the problem with Exceed by
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2327 running `Xconfig' from within NT, choosing "X selection", then
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2328 un-checking the boxes "auto-copy X selection" and "auto-paste to X
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2329 selection".
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2330
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2331 Of this does not work, please inform bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. Then
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2332 please call support for your X-server and see if you can get a fix.
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2333 If you do, please send it to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org so we can list it
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2334 here.
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2335
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2336 * Build-time problems
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2337
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2338 ** Configuration
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2339
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2340 *** The `configure' script doesn't find the jpeg library.
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2341
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2342 There are reports that this happens on some systems because the linker
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2343 by default only looks for shared libraries, but jpeg distribution by
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2344 default only installs a nonshared version of the library, `libjpeg.a'.
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2345
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2346 If this is the problem, you can configure the jpeg library with the
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2347 `--enable-shared' option and then rebuild libjpeg. This produces a
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2348 shared version of libjpeg, which you need to install. Finally, rerun
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2349 the Emacs configure script, which should now find the jpeg library.
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2350 Alternatively, modify the generated src/Makefile to link the .a file
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2351 explicitly, and edit src/config.h to define HAVE_JPEG.
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2352
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2353 *** `configure' warns ``accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor''.
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2354
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2355 This indicates a mismatch between the C compiler and preprocessor that
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2356 configure is using. For example, on Solaris 10 trying to use
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2357 CC=/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc (the Sun Studio compiler) together with
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2358 CPP=/usr/ccs/lib/cpp can result in errors of this form (you may also
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2359 see the error ``"/usr/include/sys/isa_defs.h", line 500: undefined control'').
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2360
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2361 The solution is to tell configure to use the correct C preprocessor
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2362 for your C compiler (CPP="/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -E" in the above
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2363 example).
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2364
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2365 *** `configure' fails with ``"junk.c", line 660: invalid input token: 8.elc''
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2366
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2367 The final stage of the Emacs configure process uses the C preprocessor
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2368 to generate the Makefiles. Errors of this form can occur if the C
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2369 preprocessor inserts extra whitespace into its output. The solution
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2370 is to find the switches that stop your preprocessor from inserting extra
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2371 whitespace, add them to CPPFLAGS, and re-run configure. For example,
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2372 this error can occur on Solaris 10 when using the Sun Studio compiler
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2373 ``Sun C 5.8'' with its preprocessor CPP="/opt/SUNWspro/bin/cc -E".
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2374 The relevant switch in this case is "-Xs" (``compile assuming
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2375 (pre-ANSI) K & R C style code'').
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2376
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2377 ** Compilation
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2378
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2379 *** Building Emacs over NFS fails with ``Text file busy''.
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2380
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2381 This was reported to happen when building Emacs on a GNU/Linux system
77139
8658cdd16704 Fix some typos.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77076
diff changeset
2382 (Red Hat Linux 6.2) using a build directory automounted from Solaris
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2383 (SunOS 5.6) file server, but it might not be limited to that
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2384 configuration alone. Presumably, the NFS server doesn't commit the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
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2385 files' data to disk quickly enough, and the Emacs executable file is
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2386 left ``busy'' for several seconds after Emacs has finished dumping
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2387 itself. This causes the subsequent commands which invoke the dumped
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2388 Emacs executable to fail with the above message.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2389
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2390 In some of these cases, a time skew between the NFS server and the
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2391 machine where Emacs is built is detected and reported by GNU Make
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2392 (it says that some of the files have modification time in the future).
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2393 This might be a symptom of NFS-related problems.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2394
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2395 If the NFS server runs on Solaris, apply the Solaris patch 105379-05
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parents: 56645
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2396 (Sunos 5.6: /kernel/misc/nfssrv patch). If that doesn't work, or if
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2397 you have a different version of the OS or the NFS server, you can
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2398 force the NFS server to use 1KB blocks, which was reported to fix the
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parents: 56645
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2399 problem albeit at a price of slowing down file I/O. You can force 1KB
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2400 blocks by specifying the "-o rsize=1024,wsize=1024" options to the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2401 `mount' command, or by adding ",rsize=1024,wsize=1024" to the mount
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2402 options in the appropriate system configuration file, such as
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2403 `/etc/auto.home'.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2404
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parents: 56645
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2405 Alternatively, when Make fails due to this problem, you could wait for
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parents: 56645
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2406 a few seconds and then invoke Make again. In one particular case,
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2407 waiting for 10 or more seconds between the two Make invocations seemed
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2408 to work around the problem.
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parents: 56645
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2409
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2410 Similar problems can happen if your machine NFS-mounts a directory
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2411 onto itself. Suppose the Emacs sources live in `/usr/local/src' and
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2412 you are working on the host called `marvin'. Then an entry in the
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2413 `/etc/fstab' file like the following is asking for trouble:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2414
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2415 marvin:/usr/local/src /usr/local/src ...options.omitted...
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parents: 56645
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2416
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2417 The solution is to remove this line from `etc/fstab'.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2418
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parents: 56645
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2419 *** Building Emacs with GCC 2.9x fails in the `src' directory.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2420
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2421 This may happen if you use a development version of GNU `cpp' from one
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2422 of the GCC snapshots between Oct 2000 and Feb 2001, or from a released
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2423 version of GCC newer than 2.95.2 which was prepared around those
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2424 dates; similar problems were reported with some snapshots of GCC 3.1
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2425 around Sep 30 2001. The preprocessor in those versions is
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2426 incompatible with a traditional Unix cpp (e.g., it expands ".." into
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2427 ". .", which breaks relative file names that reference the parent
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2428 directory; or inserts TAB characters before lines that set Make
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2429 variables).
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2430
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2431 The solution is to make sure the preprocessor is run with the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2432 `-traditional' option. The `configure' script does that automatically
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2433 when it detects the known problems in your cpp, but you might hit some
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2434 unknown ones. To force the `configure' script to use `-traditional',
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2435 run the script like this:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2436
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2437 CPP='gcc -E -traditional' ./configure ...
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2438
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2439 (replace the ellipsis "..." with any additional arguments you pass to
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2440 the script).
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2441
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2442 Note that this problem does not pertain to the MS-Windows port of
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2443 Emacs, since it doesn't use the preprocessor to generate Makefiles.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2444
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2445 *** src/Makefile and lib-src/Makefile are truncated--most of the file missing.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2446 *** Compiling wakeup, in lib-src, says it can't make wakeup.c.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2447
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2448 This can happen if configure uses GNU sed version 2.03. That version
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2449 had a bug. GNU sed version 2.05 works properly.To solve the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2450 problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun Emacs's
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2451 configure script.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2452
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2453 *** Compiling lib-src says there is no rule to make test-distrib.c.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2454
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2455 This results from a bug in a VERY old version of GNU Sed. To solve
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2456 the problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2457 Emacs's configure script.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2458
75211
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2459 *** Building a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit GNU/Linux architecture.
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2460
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2461 First ensure that the necessary 32-bit system libraries and include
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2462 files are installed. Then use:
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2463
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2464 env CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --build=i386-linux-gnu \
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2465 --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2466
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2467 (using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system).
9cd33b55eebf Add information on compiling 32-bit Emacs on 64-bit GNU/Linux.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 74660
diff changeset
2468
77174
e1068b61ec58 Fix typos in Cygwin-related entries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77139
diff changeset
2469 *** Building the Cygwin port for MS-Windows can fail with some GCC versions
73673
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2470
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2471 Building Emacs 22 with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4-1 and 3.4.4-2 is
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2472 reported to either fail or cause Emacs to segfault at run time. In
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2473 addition, the Cygwin GCC 3.4.4-2 has problems with generating debug
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2474 info. Cygwin users are advised not to use these versions of GCC for
77186
f9ff5212e1e4 Update versions of Cygwin GCC known to produce good binaries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77174
diff changeset
2475 compiling Emacs. GCC versions 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.1, and 4.1.2
f9ff5212e1e4 Update versions of Cygwin GCC known to produce good binaries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77174
diff changeset
2476 reportedly build a working Cygwin binary of Emacs, so we recommend
f9ff5212e1e4 Update versions of Cygwin GCC known to produce good binaries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77174
diff changeset
2477 these GCC versions. Note that these versions of GCC, 4.0.3, 4.0.4,
f9ff5212e1e4 Update versions of Cygwin GCC known to produce good binaries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77174
diff changeset
2478 4.1.1, and 4.1.2, are currently the _only_ versions known to succeed
f9ff5212e1e4 Update versions of Cygwin GCC known to produce good binaries.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 77174
diff changeset
2479 in building Emacs (as of v22.1).
73673
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2480
dde3145743e4 Document problems with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 73631
diff changeset
2481 *** Building the native MS-Windows port with Cygwin GCC can fail.
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2482
80126
6d1f448b6c77 Cygwin GCC builds that do not work are no longer recent.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 80125
diff changeset
2483 Emacs may not build using some Cygwin builds of GCC, such as Cygwin
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2484 version 1.1.8, using the default configure settings. It appears to be
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2485 necessary to specify the -mwin32 flag when compiling, and define
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2486 __MSVCRT__, like so:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2487
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2488 configure --with-gcc --cflags -mwin32 --cflags -D__MSVCRT__
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2489
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2490 *** Building the MS-Windows port fails with a CreateProcess failure.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2491
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2492 Some versions of mingw32 make on some versions of Windows do not seem
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2493 to detect the shell correctly. Try "make SHELL=cmd.exe", or if that
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2494 fails, try running make from Cygwin bash instead.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2495
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2496 *** Building `ctags' for MS-Windows with the MinGW port of GCC fails.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2497
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2498 This might happen due to a bug in the MinGW header assert.h, which
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2499 defines the `assert' macro with a trailing semi-colon. The following
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2500 patch to assert.h should solve this:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2501
76275
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2502 *** include/assert.h.orig Sun Nov 7 02:41:36 1999
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2503 --- include/assert.h Mon Jan 29 11:49:10 2001
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2504 ***************
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2505 *** 41,47 ****
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2506 /*
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2507 * If not debugging, assert does nothing.
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2508 */
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2509 ! #define assert(x) ((void)0);
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2510
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2511 #else /* debugging enabled */
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2512
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2513 --- 41,47 ----
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2514 /*
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2515 * If not debugging, assert does nothing.
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2516 */
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2517 ! #define assert(x) ((void)0)
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2518
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2519 #else /* debugging enabled */
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2520
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2521
76273
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2522 *** Building the MS-Windows port with Visual Studio 2005 fails.
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2523
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2524 Microsoft no longer ships the single threaded version of the C library
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2525 with their compiler, and the multithreaded static library is missing
76275
f5dc9b3e2eea Fix last change. Indent the patch for assert.h one column.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 76273
diff changeset
2526 some functions that Microsoft have deemed non-threadsafe. The
76273
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2527 dynamically linked C library has all the functions, but there is a
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2528 conflict between the versions of malloc in the DLL and in Emacs, which
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2529 is not resolvable due to the way Windows does dynamic linking.
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2530
101793
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2531 We recommend the use of the MinGW port of GCC for compiling Emacs, as
76273
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2532 not only does it not suffer these problems, but it is also Free
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2533 software like Emacs.
1af36c639a87 Note added about the Visual Studio 2005 problem.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 76209
diff changeset
2534
101793
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2535 *** Building the MS-Windows port with Visual Studio fails compiling emacs.rc
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2536
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2537 If the build fails with the following message then the problem
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2538 described here most likely applies:
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2539
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2540 ../nt/emacs.rc(1) : error RC2176 : old DIB in icons\emacs.ico; pass it
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2541 through SDKPAINT
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2542
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2543 The Emacs icon contains a high resolution PNG icon for Vista, which is
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2544 not recognized by older versions of the resource compiler. There are
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2545 several workarounds for this problem:
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2546 1. Use Free MinGW tools to compile, which do not have this problem.
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2547 2. Install the latest Windows SDK.
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2548 3. Replace emacs.ico with an older or edited icon.
65f8f3d1365d (CPP): Note problem with resource compiler of MSVC.
Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
parents: 101624
diff changeset
2549
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2550 ** Linking
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2551
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2552 *** Building Emacs with a system compiler fails to link because of an
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2553 undefined symbol such as __eprintf which does not appear in Emacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2554
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2555 This can happen if some of the libraries linked into Emacs were built
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2556 with GCC, but Emacs itself is being linked with a compiler other than
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2557 GCC. Object files compiled with GCC might need some helper functions
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2558 from libgcc.a, the library which comes with GCC, but the system
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2559 compiler does not instruct the linker to search libgcc.a during the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2560 link stage.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2561
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2562 A solution is to link with GCC, like this:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2563
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
diff changeset
2564 make CC=gcc
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2565
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2566 Since the .o object files already exist, this will not recompile Emacs
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2567 with GCC, but just restart by trying again to link temacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2568
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2569 *** AIX 1.3 ptf 0013: Link failure.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2570
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2571 There is a real duplicate definition of the function `_slibc_free' in
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2572 the library /lib/libc_s.a (just do nm on it to verify). The
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2573 workaround/fix is:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2574
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2575 cd /lib
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2576 ar xv libc_s.a NLtmtime.o
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2577 ar dv libc_s.a NLtmtime.o
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2578
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2579 *** AIX 4.1.2: Linker error messages such as
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2580 ld: 0711-212 SEVERE ERROR: Symbol .__quous, found in the global symbol table
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
diff changeset
2581 of archive /usr/lib/libIM.a, was not defined in archive member shr.o.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2582
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2583 This is a problem in libIM.a. You can work around it by executing
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2584 these shell commands in the src subdirectory of the directory where
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2585 you build Emacs:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2586
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2587 cp /usr/lib/libIM.a .
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2588 chmod 664 libIM.a
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2589 ranlib libIM.a
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2590
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2591 Then change -lIM to ./libIM.a in the command to link temacs (in
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2592 Makefile).
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2593
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2594 *** Sun with acc: Link failure when using acc on a Sun.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2595
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2596 To use acc, you need additional options just before the libraries, such as
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2597
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2598 /usr/lang/SC2.0.1/values-Xt.o -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1/cg87 -L/usr/lang/SC2.0.1
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2599
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2600 and you need to add -lansi just before -lc.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2601
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2602 The precise file names depend on the compiler version, so we
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2603 cannot easily arrange to supply them.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2604
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2605 *** Linking says that the functions insque and remque are undefined.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2606
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2607 Change oldXMenu/Makefile by adding insque.o to the variable OBJS.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2608
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2609 *** `tparam' reported as a multiply-defined symbol when linking with ncurses.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2610
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2611 This problem results from an incompatible change in ncurses, in
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2612 version 1.9.9e approximately. This version is unable to provide a
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2613 definition of tparm without also defining tparam. This is also
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2614 incompatible with Terminfo; as a result, the Emacs Terminfo support
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2615 does not work with this version of ncurses.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2616
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2617 The fix is to install a newer version of ncurses, such as version 4.2.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2618
97990
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2619 ** Bootstrapping
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2620
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2621 Bootstrapping (compiling the .el files) is normally only necessary
101624
6033e5211761 * PROBLEMS (Windows): Add entry about TCC/4NT and App Paths keys.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 101543
diff changeset
2622 with CVS builds, since the .elc files are pre-compiled in releases.
97990
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2623
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2624 *** "No rule to make target" with Ubuntu 8.04 make 3.81-3build1
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2625
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2626 Compiling the lisp files fails at random places, complaining:
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2627 "No rule to make target `/path/to/some/lisp.elc'".
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2628 The causes of this problem are not understood. Using GNU make 3.81 compiled
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2629 from source, rather than the Ubuntu version, worked. See Bug#327,821.
61fcd7a08a42 Mention Ubuntu make weirdness.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 97732
diff changeset
2630
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2631 ** Dumping
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2632
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2633 *** Linux: Segfault during `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2634
77139
8658cdd16704 Fix some typos.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77076
diff changeset
2635 With certain recent Linux kernels (like the one of Red Hat Fedora Core
63968
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2636 1 and newer), the new "Exec-shield" functionality is enabled by default, which
63969
4b9c4819acb4 Added that emacs tries to handle exec-shield at build time.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63968
diff changeset
2637 creates a different memory layout that breaks the emacs dumper. Emacs tries
4b9c4819acb4 Added that emacs tries to handle exec-shield at build time.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63968
diff changeset
2638 to handle this at build time, but if the workaround used fails, these
4b9c4819acb4 Added that emacs tries to handle exec-shield at build time.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63968
diff changeset
2639 instructions can be useful.
63968
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2640 The work-around explained here is not enough on Fedora Core 4 (and possible
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2641 newer). Read the next item.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2642
57229
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2643 Configure can overcome the problem of exec-shield if the architecture is
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2644 x86 and the program setarch is present. On other architectures no
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2645 workaround is known.
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2646
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2647 You can check the Exec-shield state like this:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2648
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2649 cat /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2650
57229
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2651 It returns non-zero when Exec-shield is enabled, 0 otherwise. Please
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2652 read your system documentation for more details on Exec-shield and
57229
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2653 associated commands. Exec-shield can be turned off with this command:
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2654
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2655 echo "0" > /proc/sys/kernel/exec-shield
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2656
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2657 When Exec-shield is enabled, building Emacs will segfault during the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2658 execution of this command:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2659
57229
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2660 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2661
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2662 To work around this problem, it is necessary to temporarily disable
57229
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2663 Exec-shield while building Emacs, or, on x86, by using the `setarch'
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2664 command when running temacs like this:
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2665
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2666 setarch i386 ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
fb9de0d75bef * PROBLEMS: Updated exec-shield description.
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 56914
diff changeset
2667
71902
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2668
63968
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2669 *** Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping.
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2670
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2671 In addition to exec-shield explained above "Linux: Segfault during
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2672 `make bootstrap' under certain recent versions of the Linux kernel"
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2673 item, Linux kernel shipped with Fedora Core 4 randomizes the virtual
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2674 address space of a process. As the result dumping may fail even if
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2675 you turn off exec-shield. In this case, use the -R option to the setarch
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2676 command:
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2677
64489
86ac75fb6283 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63969
diff changeset
2678 setarch i386 -R ./temacs --batch --load loadup [dump|bootstrap]
63968
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2679
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2680 or
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2681
71902
967a56f9d307 Emacs now requires ws2_32.dll on Windows.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 71541
diff changeset
2682 setarch i386 -R make bootstrap
63968
679b14e71677 * PROBLEMS (Fedora Core 4 GNU/Linux: Segfault during dumping):
Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
parents: 63883
diff changeset
2683
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2684 *** Fatal signal in the command temacs -l loadup inc dump.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2685
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2686 This command is the final stage of building Emacs. It is run by the
97142
c3512b2085a0 * bitmaps/README:
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 97043
diff changeset
2687 Makefile in the src subdirectory.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2688
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2689 It has been known to get fatal errors due to insufficient swapping
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2690 space available on the machine.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2691
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2692 On 68000s, it has also happened because of bugs in the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2693 subroutine `alloca'. Verify that `alloca' works right, even
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2694 for large blocks (many pages).
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2695
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2696 *** test-distrib says that the distribution has been clobbered.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2697 *** or, temacs prints "Command key out of range 0-127".
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2698 *** or, temacs runs and dumps emacs, but emacs totally fails to work.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2699 *** or, temacs gets errors dumping emacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2700
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2701 This can be because the .elc files have been garbled. Do not be
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2702 fooled by the fact that most of a .elc file is text: these are
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2703 binary files and can contain all 256 byte values.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2704
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2705 In particular `shar' cannot be used for transmitting GNU Emacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2706 It typically truncates "lines". What appear to be "lines" in
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2707 a binary file can of course be of any length. Even once `shar'
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2708 itself is made to work correctly, `sh' discards null characters
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2709 when unpacking the shell archive.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2710
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2711 I have also seen character \177 changed into \377. I do not know
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2712 what transfer means caused this problem. Various network
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2713 file transfer programs are suspected of clobbering the high bit.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2714
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2715 If you have a copy of Emacs that has been damaged in its
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2716 nonprinting characters, you can fix them:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2717
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2718 1) Record the names of all the .elc files.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2719 2) Delete all the .elc files.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2720 3) Recompile alloc.c with a value of PURESIZE twice as large.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2721 (See puresize.h.) You might as well save the old alloc.o.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2722 4) Remake emacs. It should work now.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2723 5) Running emacs, do Meta-x byte-compile-file repeatedly
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2724 to recreate all the .elc files that used to exist.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2725 You may need to increase the value of the variable
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2726 max-lisp-eval-depth to succeed in running the compiler interpreted
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2727 on certain .el files. 400 was sufficient as of last report.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2728 6) Reinstall the old alloc.o (undoing changes to alloc.c if any)
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2729 and remake temacs.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2730 7) Remake emacs. It should work now, with valid .elc files.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2731
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2732 *** temacs prints "Pure Lisp storage exhausted".
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2733
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2734 This means that the Lisp code loaded from the .elc and .el
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2735 files during temacs -l loadup inc dump took up more
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2736 space than was allocated.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2737
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2738 This could be caused by
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2739 1) adding code to the preloaded Lisp files
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2740 2) adding more preloaded files in loadup.el
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2741 3) having a site-init.el or site-load.el which loads files.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2742 Note that ANY site-init.el or site-load.el is nonstandard;
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2743 if you have received Emacs from some other site
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2744 and it contains a site-init.el or site-load.el file, consider
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2745 deleting that file.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2746 4) getting the wrong .el or .elc files
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2747 (not from the directory you expected).
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2748 5) deleting some .elc files that are supposed to exist.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2749 This would cause the source files (.el files) to be
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2750 loaded instead. They take up more room, so you lose.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2751 6) a bug in the Emacs distribution which underestimates
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2752 the space required.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2753
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2754 If the need for more space is legitimate, change the definition
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2755 of PURESIZE in puresize.h.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2756
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2757 But in some of the cases listed above, this problem is a consequence
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2758 of something else that is wrong. Be sure to check and fix the real
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2759 problem.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2760
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2761 *** Linux: Emacs crashes when dumping itself on Mac PPC running Yellow Dog GNU/Linux.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2762
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2763 The crashes happen inside the function Fmake_symbol; here's a typical
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2764 C backtrace printed by GDB:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2765
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2766 0x190c0c0 in Fmake_symbol ()
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2767 (gdb) where
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2768 #0 0x190c0c0 in Fmake_symbol ()
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2769 #1 0x1942ca4 in init_obarray ()
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2770 #2 0x18b3500 in main ()
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2771 #3 0x114371c in __libc_start_main (argc=5, argv=0x7ffff5b4, envp=0x7ffff5cc,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2772
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2773 This could happen because GCC version 2.95 and later changed the base
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2774 of the load address to 0x10000000. Emacs needs to be told about this,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2775 but we currently cannot do that automatically, because that breaks
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2776 other versions of GNU/Linux on the MacPPC. Until we find a way to
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2777 distinguish between the Yellow Dog and the other varieties of
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2778 GNU/Linux systems on the PPC, you will have to manually uncomment the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2779 following section near the end of the file src/m/macppc.h in the Emacs
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2780 distribution:
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2781
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2782 #if 0 /* This breaks things on PPC GNU/Linux except for Yellowdog,
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
diff changeset
2783 even with identical GCC, as, ld. Let's take it out until we
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
diff changeset
2784 know what's really going on here. */
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2785 /* GCC 2.95 and newer on GNU/Linux PPC changed the load address to
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2786 0x10000000. */
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2787 #if defined __linux__
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2788 #if __GNUC__ > 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 95)
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2789 #define DATA_SEG_BITS 0x10000000
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2790 #endif
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2791 #endif
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2792 #endif /* 0 */
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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2793
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2794 Remove the "#if 0" and "#endif" directives which surround this, save
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2795 the file, and then reconfigure and rebuild Emacs. The dumping process
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2796 should now succeed.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2797
77736
cf1eb9bac78f (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77601
diff changeset
2798 *** OpenBSD 4.0 macppc: Segfault during dumping.
cf1eb9bac78f (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77601
diff changeset
2799
cf1eb9bac78f (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77601
diff changeset
2800 The build aborts with signal 11 when the command `./temacs --batch
77746
98f25c40a396 Tweak previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77737
diff changeset
2801 --load loadup bootstrap' tries to load files.el. A workaround seems
98f25c40a396 Tweak previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77737
diff changeset
2802 to be to reduce the level of compiler optimization used during the
98f25c40a396 Tweak previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77737
diff changeset
2803 build (from -O2 to -O1). It is possible this is an OpenBSD
77736
cf1eb9bac78f (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77601
diff changeset
2804 GCC problem specific to the macppc architecture, possibly only
77746
98f25c40a396 Tweak previous change.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77737
diff changeset
2805 occurring with older versions of GCC (e.g. 3.3.5).
77736
cf1eb9bac78f (Dumping): Mention OpenBSD macppc problem.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77601
diff changeset
2806
79018
e032ea593ebb Mention openSUSE bcopy issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78998
diff changeset
2807 *** openSUSE 10.3: Segfault in bcopy during dumping.
e032ea593ebb Mention openSUSE bcopy issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78998
diff changeset
2808
e032ea593ebb Mention openSUSE bcopy issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78998
diff changeset
2809 This is due to a bug in the bcopy implementation in openSUSE 10.3.
e032ea593ebb Mention openSUSE bcopy issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78998
diff changeset
2810 It is/will be fixed in an openSUSE update.
e032ea593ebb Mention openSUSE bcopy issue.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 78998
diff changeset
2811
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2812 ** Installation
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2813
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2814 *** Installing Emacs gets an error running `install-info'.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
2815
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2816 You need to install a recent version of Texinfo; that package
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2817 supplies the `install-info' command.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2818
76755
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2819 *** Installing to a directory with spaces in the name fails.
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2820
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2821 For example, if you call configure with a directory-related option
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2822 with spaces in the value, eg --enable-locallisppath='/path/with\ spaces'.
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2823 Using directory paths with spaces is not supported at this time: you
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2824 must re-configure without using spaces.
f803dda9e616 *** empty log message ***
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 76473
diff changeset
2825
77791
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2826 *** Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails.
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2827
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2828 Installation may fail, or the Emacs executable may not start
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2829 correctly, if a directory name containing non-ASCII characters is used
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2830 as a `configure' argument (e.g. `--prefix'). The problem can also
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2831 occur if a non-ASCII directory is specified in the EMACSLOADPATH
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2832 envvar.
2281fafb5f9d Add "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII characters in the name fails".
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
parents: 77766
diff changeset
2833
77601
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2834 *** On Solaris, use GNU Make when installing an out-of-tree build
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2835
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2836 The Emacs configuration process allows you to configure the
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2837 build environment so that you can build emacs in a directory
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2838 outside of the distribution tree. When installing Emacs from an
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2839 out-of-tree build directory on Solaris, you may need to use GNU
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2840 make. The make programs bundled with Solaris support the VPATH
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2841 macro but use it differently from the way the VPATH macro is
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2842 used by GNU make. The differences will cause the "make install"
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2843 step to fail, leaving you with an incomplete emacs
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2844 installation. GNU make is available in /usr/sfw/bin on Solaris
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2845 10 and can be installed as /opt/sfw/bin/gmake from the Solaris 9
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2846 Software Companion CDROM.
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2847
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2848 The problems due to the VPATH processing differences affect only
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2849 out of tree builds so, if you are on a Solaris installation
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2850 without GNU make, you can install Emacs completely by installing
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2851 from a build environment using the original emacs distribution tree.
19cb46e07cc9 David R. Linn <drl at jekyll.vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 77518
diff changeset
2852
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2853 ** First execution
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2854
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2855 *** Emacs binary is not in executable format, and cannot be run.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2856
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2857 This was reported to happen when Emacs is built in a directory mounted
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2858 via NFS, for some combinations of NFS client and NFS server.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2859 Usually, the file `emacs' produced in these cases is full of
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2860 binary null characters, and the `file' utility says:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2861
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2862 emacs: ASCII text, with no line terminators
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2863
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2864 We don't know what exactly causes this failure. A work-around is to
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2865 build Emacs in a directory on a local disk.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2866
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2867 *** The dumped Emacs crashes when run, trying to write pure data.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2868
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2869 Two causes have been seen for such problems.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2870
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2871 1) On a system where getpagesize is not a system call, it is defined
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2872 as a macro. If the definition (in both unexec.c and malloc.c) is wrong,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2873 it can cause problems like this. You might be able to find the correct
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2874 value in the man page for a.out (5).
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2875
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2876 2) Some systems allocate variables declared static among the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2877 initialized variables. Emacs makes all initialized variables in most
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2878 of its files pure after dumping, but the variables declared static and
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2879 not initialized are not supposed to be pure. On these systems you
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2880 may need to add "#define static" to the m- or the s- file.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2881
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2882 * Emacs 19 problems
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2883
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2884 ** Error messages `Wrong number of arguments: #<subr where-is-internal>, 5'.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2885
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2886 This typically results from having the powerkey library loaded.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2887 Powerkey was designed for Emacs 19.22. It is obsolete now because
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2888 Emacs 19 now has this feature built in; and powerkey also calls
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2889 where-is-internal in an obsolete way.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2890
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2891 So the fix is to arrange not to load powerkey.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2892
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2893 * Runtime problems on legacy systems
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2894
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2895 This section covers bugs reported on very old hardware or software.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2896 If you are using hardware and an operating system shipped after 2000,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2897 it is unlikely you will see any of these.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2898
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2899 ** Ancient operating systems
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
2900
56914
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
2901 AIX 4.2 was end-of-lifed on Dec 31st, 1999.
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
2902
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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2903 *** AIX: You get this compiler error message:
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2904
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2905 Processing include file ./XMenuInt.h
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2906 1501-106: (S) Include file X11/Xlib.h not found.
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2907
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2908 This means your system was installed with only the X11 runtime i.d
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2909 libraries. You have to find your sipo (bootable tape) and install
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2910 X11Dev... with smit.
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2911
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2912 (This report must be ancient. Bootable tapes are long dead.)
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2913
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2914 *** AIX 3.2.4: Releasing Ctrl/Act key has no effect, if Shift is down.
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2915
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2916 Due to a feature of AIX, pressing or releasing the Ctrl/Act key is
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2917 ignored when the Shift, Alt or AltGr keys are held down. This can
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2918 lead to the keyboard being "control-locked"--ordinary letters are
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2919 treated as control characters.
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2920
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2921 You can get out of this "control-locked" state by pressing and
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2922 releasing Ctrl/Act while not pressing or holding any other keys.
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2923
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2924 *** AIX 3.2.5: You get this message when running Emacs:
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2925
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2926 Could not load program emacs
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2927 Symbol smtcheckinit in csh is undefined
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2928 Error was: Exec format error
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2929
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2930 or this one:
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2931
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2932 Could not load program .emacs
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2933 Symbol _system_con in csh is undefined
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2934 Symbol _fp_trapsta in csh is undefined
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2935 Error was: Exec format error
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2936
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2937 These can happen when you try to run on AIX 3.2.5 a program that was
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2938 compiled with 3.2.4. The fix is to recompile.
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2939
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2940 *** AIX 4.2: Emacs gets a segmentation fault at startup.
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2941
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2942 If you are using IBM's xlc compiler, compile emacs.c
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2943 without optimization; that should avoid the problem.
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2944
56734
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2945 *** ISC Unix
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2946
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2947 **** ISC: display-time causes kernel problems on ISC systems.
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2948
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2949 Under Interactive Unix versions 3.0.1 and 4.0 (and probably other
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2950 versions), display-time causes the loss of large numbers of STREVENT
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2951 cells. Eventually the kernel's supply of these cells is exhausted.
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2952 This makes emacs and the whole system run slow, and can make other
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2953 processes die, in particular pcnfsd.
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2954
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2955 Other emacs functions that communicate with remote processes may have
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2956 the same problem. Display-time seems to be far the worst.
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2957
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2958 The only known fix: Don't run display-time.
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2959
56914
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2960 **** Sunos 5.3: Subprocesses remain, hanging but not zombies.
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2961
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2962 A bug in Sunos 5.3 causes Emacs subprocesses to remain after Emacs
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2963 exits. Sun patch # 101415-02 is part of the fix for this, but it only
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2964 applies to ptys, and doesn't fix the problem with subprocesses
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2965 communicating through pipes.
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2966
56734
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2967 *** Irix
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2968
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2969 *** Irix 6.2: No visible display on mips-sgi-irix6.2 when compiling with GCC 2.8.1.
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2970
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2971 This problem went away after installing the latest IRIX patches
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2972 as of 8 Dec 1998.
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2973
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2974 The same problem has been reported on Irix 6.3.
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2975
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2976 *** Irix 6.3: substituting environment variables in file names
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2977 in the minibuffer gives peculiar error messages such as
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2978
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2979 Substituting nonexistent environment variable ""
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2980
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2981 This is not an Emacs bug; it is caused by something in SGI patch
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2982 003082 August 11, 1998.
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2983
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2984 *** OPENSTEP
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2985
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2986 **** OPENSTEP 4.2: Compiling syntax.c with gcc 2.7.2.1 fails.
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2987
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2988 The compiler was reported to crash while compiling syntax.c with the
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2989 following message:
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2990
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2991 cc: Internal compiler error: program cc1obj got fatal signal 11
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2992
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2993 To work around this, replace the macros UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD,
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2994 INC_BOTH, and INC_FROM with functions. To this end, first define 3
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2995 functions, one each for every macro. Here's an example:
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2996
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2997 static int update_syntax_table_forward(int from)
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2998 {
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2999 return(UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD(from));
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3000 }/*update_syntax_table_forward*/
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3001
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3002 Then replace all references to UPDATE_SYNTAX_TABLE_FORWARD in syntax.c
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3003 with a call to the function update_syntax_table_forward.
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3004
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3005 *** Solaris 2.x
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3006
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3007 **** Strange results from format %d in a few cases, on a Sun.
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3008
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3009 Sun compiler version SC3.0 has been found to miscompile part of
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3010 editfns.c. The workaround is to compile with some other compiler such
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3011 as GCC.
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3012
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3013 **** On Solaris, Emacs dumps core if lisp-complete-symbol is called.
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3014
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3015 If you compile Emacs with the -fast or -xO4 option with version 3.0.2
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3016 of the Sun C compiler, Emacs dumps core when lisp-complete-symbol is
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3017 called. The problem does not happen if you compile with GCC.
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3018
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3019 **** On Solaris, Emacs crashes if you use (display-time).
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3020
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3021 This can happen if you configure Emacs without specifying the precise
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3022 version of Solaris that you are using.
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3023
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3024 **** Solaris 2.3 and 2.4: Unpredictable segmentation faults.
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3025
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3026 A user reported that this happened in 19.29 when it was compiled with
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3027 the Sun compiler, but not when he recompiled with GCC 2.7.0.
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3028
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3029 We do not know whether something in Emacs is partly to blame for this.
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3030
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3031 **** Solaris 2.4: Emacs dumps core on startup.
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3032
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3033 Bill Sebok says that the cause of this is Solaris 2.4 vendor patch
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3034 102303-05, which extends the Solaris linker to deal with the Solaris
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3035 Common Desktop Environment's linking needs. You can fix the problem
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3036 by removing this patch and installing patch 102049-02 instead.
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3037 However, that linker version won't work with CDE.
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3038
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3039 Solaris 2.5 comes with a linker that has this bug. It is reported that if
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3040 you install all the latest patches (as of June 1996), the bug is fixed.
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3041 We suspect the crucial patch is one of these, but we don't know
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3042 for certain.
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3043
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3044 103093-03: [README] SunOS 5.5: kernel patch (2140557 bytes)
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3045 102832-01: [README] OpenWindows 3.5: Xview Jumbo Patch (4181613 bytes)
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
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3046 103242-04: [README] SunOS 5.5: linker patch (595363 bytes)
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3047
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3048 (One user reports that the bug was fixed by those patches together
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3049 with patches 102980-04, 103279-01, 103300-02, and 103468-01.)
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3050
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parents: 56645
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3051 If you can determine which patch does fix the bug, please tell
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parents: 56645
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3052 bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org.
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parents: 56645
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3053
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3054 Meanwhile, the GNU linker links Emacs properly on both Solaris 2.4 and
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3055 Solaris 2.5.
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parents: 56645
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3056
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3057 **** Solaris 2.4: Dired hangs and C-g does not work. Or Emacs hangs
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parents: 56645
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3058 forever waiting for termination of a subprocess that is a zombie.
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parents: 56645
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3059
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parents: 56645
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3060 casper@fwi.uva.nl says the problem is in X11R6. Rebuild libX11.so
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3061 after changing the file xc/config/cf/sunLib.tmpl. Change the lines
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parents: 56645
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3062
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3063 #if ThreadedX
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3064 #define SharedX11Reqs -lthread
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parents: 56645
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3065 #endif
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3066
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parents: 56645
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3067 to:
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parents: 56645
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3068
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3069 #if OSMinorVersion < 4
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parents: 56645
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3070 #if ThreadedX
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parents: 56645
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3071 #define SharedX11Reqs -lthread
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3072 #endif
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parents: 56645
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3073 #endif
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3074
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parents: 56645
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3075 Be sure also to edit x/config/cf/sun.cf so that OSMinorVersion is 4
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parents: 56645
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3076 (as it should be for Solaris 2.4). The file has three definitions for
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parents: 56645
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3077 OSMinorVersion: the first is for x86, the second for SPARC under
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parents: 56645
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3078 Solaris, and the third for SunOS 4. Make sure to update the
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parents: 56645
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3079 definition for your type of machine and system.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3080
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parents: 56645
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3081 Then do `make Everything' in the top directory of X11R6, to rebuild
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parents: 56645
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3082 the makefiles and rebuild X. The X built this way work only on
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3083 Solaris 2.4, not on 2.3.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3084
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3085 For multithreaded X to work it is necessary to install patch
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parents: 56645
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3086 101925-02 to fix problems in header files [2.4]. You need
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parents: 56645
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3087 to reinstall gcc or re-run just-fixinc after installing that
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3088 patch.
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parents: 56645
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3089
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parents: 56645
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3090 However, Frank Rust <frust@iti.cs.tu-bs.de> used a simpler solution:
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parents: 56645
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3091 he changed
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3092 #define ThreadedX YES
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parents: 56645
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3093 to
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parents: 56645
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3094 #define ThreadedX NO
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parents: 56645
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3095 in sun.cf and did `make World' to rebuild X11R6. Removing all
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parents: 56645
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3096 `-DXTHREAD*' flags and `-lthread' entries from lib/X11/Makefile and
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3097 typing 'make install' in that directory also seemed to work.
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parents: 56645
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3098
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3099 **** Solaris 2.x: GCC complains "64 bit integer types not supported".
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parents: 56645
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3100
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parents: 56645
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3101 This suggests that GCC is not installed correctly. Most likely you
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parents: 56645
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3102 are using GCC 2.7.2.3 (or earlier) on Solaris 2.6 (or later); this
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parents: 56645
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3103 does not work without patching. To run GCC 2.7.2.3 on Solaris 2.6 or
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parents: 56645
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3104 later, you must patch fixinc.svr4 and reinstall GCC from scratch as
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parents: 56645
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3105 described in the Solaris FAQ
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parents: 56645
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3106 <http://www.wins.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2.html>. A better fix is
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3107 to upgrade to GCC 2.8.1 or later.
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3108
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3109 **** Solaris 2.7: Building Emacs with WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15
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parents: 56645
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3110 C 5.0 failed, apparently with non-default CFLAGS, most probably due to
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parents: 56645
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3111 compiler bugs. Using Sun Solaris 2.7 Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 C
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parents: 56645
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3112 release was reported to work without problems. It worked OK on
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3113 another system with Solaris 8 using apparently the same 5.0 compiler
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parents: 56645
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3114 and the default CFLAGS.
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parents: 56645
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3115
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parents: 56645
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3116 **** Solaris 2.x: Emacs dumps core when built with Motif.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3117
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3118 The Solaris Motif libraries are buggy, at least up through Solaris 2.5.1.
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parents: 56645
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3119 Install the current Motif runtime library patch appropriate for your host.
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parents: 56645
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3120 (Make sure the patch is current; some older patch versions still have the bug.)
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parents: 56645
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3121 You should install the other patches recommended by Sun for your host, too.
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parents: 56645
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3122 You can obtain Sun patches from ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches/;
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parents: 56645
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3123 look for files with names ending in `.PatchReport' to see which patches
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parents: 56645
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3124 are currently recommended for your host.
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parents: 56645
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3125
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parents: 56645
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3126 On Solaris 2.6, Emacs is said to work with Motif when Solaris patch
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parents: 56645
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3127 105284-12 is installed, but fail when 105284-15 is installed.
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parents: 56645
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3128 105284-18 might fix it again.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3129
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3130 **** Solaris 2.6 and 7: the Compose key does not work.
56734
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3131
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3132 This is a bug in Motif in Solaris. Supposedly it has been fixed for
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parents: 56645
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3133 the next major release of Solaris. However, if someone with Sun
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parents: 56645
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3134 support complains to Sun about the bug, they may release a patch.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3135 If you do this, mention Sun bug #4188711.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3136
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parents: 56645
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3137 One workaround is to use a locale that allows non-ASCII characters.
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parents: 56645
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3138 For example, before invoking emacs, set the LC_ALL environment
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parents: 56645
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3139 variable to "en_US" (American English). The directory /usr/lib/locale
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parents: 56645
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3140 lists the supported locales; any locale other than "C" or "POSIX"
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3141 should do.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3142
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3143 pen@lysator.liu.se says (Feb 1998) that the Compose key does work
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parents: 56645
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3144 if you link with the MIT X11 libraries instead of the Solaris X11
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3145 libraries.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3146
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3147 *** HP/UX versions before 11.0
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3148
59996
aac0a33f5772 Change release version from 21.4 to 22.1 throughout.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 58825
diff changeset
3149 HP/UX 9 was end-of-lifed in December 1998.
56914
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3150 HP/UX 10 was end-of-lifed in May 1999.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3151
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3152 **** HP/UX 9: Emacs crashes with SIGBUS or SIGSEGV after you delete a frame.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3153
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3154 We think this is due to a bug in the X libraries provided by HP. With
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3155 the alternative X libraries in /usr/contrib/mitX11R5/lib, the problem
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3156 does not happen.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3157
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3158 *** HP/UX 10: Large file support is disabled.
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3159
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3160 See the comments in src/s/hpux10.h.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3161
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3162 *** HP/UX: Emacs is slow using X11R5.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3163
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3164 This happens if you use the MIT versions of the X libraries--it
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3165 doesn't run as fast as HP's version. People sometimes use the version
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3166 because they see the HP version doesn't have the libraries libXaw.a,
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3167 libXmu.a, libXext.a and others. HP/UX normally doesn't come with
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3168 those libraries installed. To get good performance, you need to
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3169 install them and rebuild Emacs.
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3170
56734
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3171 *** Ultrix and Digital Unix
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3172
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3173 **** Ultrix 4.2: `make install' fails on install-doc with `Error 141'.
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3174
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3175 This happens on Ultrix 4.2 due to failure of a pipeline of tar
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3176 commands. We don't know why they fail, but the bug seems not to be in
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3177 Emacs. The workaround is to run the shell command in install-doc by
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3178 hand.
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3179
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3180 **** Digital Unix 4.0: Garbled display on non-X terminals when Emacs runs.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3181
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3182 So far it appears that running `tset' triggers this problem (when TERM
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3183 is vt100, at least). If you do not run `tset', then Emacs displays
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3184 properly. If someone can tell us precisely which effect of running
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parents: 56645
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3185 `tset' actually causes the problem, we may be able to implement a fix
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3186 in Emacs.
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3187
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3188 **** Ultrix: `expand-file-name' fails to work on any but the machine you dumped Emacs on.
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3189
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3190 On Ultrix, if you use any of the functions which look up information
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3191 in the passwd database before dumping Emacs (say, by using
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3192 expand-file-name in site-init.el), then those functions will not work
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3193 in the dumped Emacs on any host but the one Emacs was dumped on.
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3194
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3195 The solution? Don't use expand-file-name in site-init.el, or in
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3196 anything it loads. Yuck - some solution.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3197
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3198 I'm not sure why this happens; if you can find out exactly what is
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parents: 56645
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3199 going on, and perhaps find a fix or a workaround, please let us know.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3200 Perhaps the YP functions cache some information, the cache is included
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3201 in the dumped Emacs, and is then inaccurate on any other host.
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3202
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parents: 56645
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3203 *** SVr4
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
3204
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parents: 56645
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3205 **** SVr4: On some variants of SVR4, Emacs does not work at all with X.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3206
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3207 Try defining BROKEN_FIONREAD in your config.h file. If this solves
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3208 the problem, please send a bug report to tell us this is needed; be
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3209 sure to say exactly what type of machine and system you are using.
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parents: 56645
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3210
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parents: 56645
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3211 **** SVr4: After running emacs once, subsequent invocations crash.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3212
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parents: 56645
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3213 Some versions of SVR4 have a serious bug in the implementation of the
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3214 mmap () system call in the kernel; this causes emacs to run correctly
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3215 the first time, and then crash when run a second time.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3216
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3217 Contact your vendor and ask for the mmap bug fix; in the mean time,
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parents: 56645
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3218 you may be able to work around the problem by adding a line to your
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3219 operating system description file (whose name is reported by the
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3220 configure script) that reads:
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3221 #define SYSTEM_MALLOC
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diff changeset
3222 This makes Emacs use memory less efficiently, but seems to work around
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3223 the kernel bug.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3224
56914
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3225 *** Irix 5 and earlier
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3226
59996
aac0a33f5772 Change release version from 21.4 to 22.1 throughout.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 58825
diff changeset
3227 Exactly when Irix-5 end-of-lifed is obscure. But since Irix 6.0
56914
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3228 shipped in 1994, it has been some years.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3229
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3230 **** Irix 5.2: unexelfsgi.c can't find cmplrs/stsupport.h.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3231
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3232 The file cmplrs/stsupport.h was included in the wrong file set in the
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3233 Irix 5.2 distribution. You can find it in the optional fileset
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
3234 compiler_dev, or copy it from some other Irix 5.2 system. A kludgy
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3235 workaround is to change unexelfsgi.c to include sym.h instead of
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3236 syms.h.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
3237
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3238 **** Irix 5.3: "out of virtual swap space".
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3239
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diff changeset
3240 This message occurs when the system runs out of swap space due to too
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3241 many large programs running. The solution is either to provide more
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3242 swap space or to reduce the number of large programs being run. You
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3243 can check the current status of the swap space by executing the
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3244 command `swap -l'.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3245
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3246 You can increase swap space by changing the file /etc/fstab. Adding a
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3247 line like this:
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3248
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3249 /usr/swap/swap.more swap swap pri=3 0 0
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3250
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3251 where /usr/swap/swap.more is a file previously created (for instance
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3252 by using /etc/mkfile), will increase the swap space by the size of
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3253 that file. Execute `swap -m' or reboot the machine to activate the
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3254 new swap area. See the manpages for `swap' and `fstab' for further
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3255 information.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3256
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3257 The objectserver daemon can use up lots of memory because it can be
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3258 swamped with NIS information. It collects information about all users
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3259 on the network that can log on to the host.
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parents: 56754
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3260
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3261 If you want to disable the objectserver completely, you can execute
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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diff changeset
3262 the command `chkconfig objectserver off' and reboot. That may disable
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3263 some of the window system functionality, such as responding CDROM
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3264 icons.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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diff changeset
3265
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3266 You can also remove NIS support from the objectserver. The SGI `admin'
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3267 FAQ has a detailed description on how to do that; see question 35
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3268 ("Why isn't the objectserver working?"). The admin FAQ can be found at
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diff changeset
3269 ftp://viz.tamu.edu/pub/sgi/faq/.
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3270
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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parents: 56754
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3271 **** Irix 5.3: Emacs crashes in utmpname.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3272
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3273 This problem is fixed in Patch 3175 for Irix 5.3.
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3274 It is also fixed in Irix versions 6.2 and up.
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3275
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3276 **** Irix 6.0: Make tries (and fails) to build a program named unexelfsgi.
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diff changeset
3277
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3278 A compiler bug inserts spaces into the string "unexelfsgi . o"
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3279 in src/Makefile. Edit src/Makefile, after configure is run,
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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3280 find that string, and take out the spaces.
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3281
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3282 Compiler fixes in Irix 6.0.1 should eliminate this problem.
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3283
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3284 *** SCO Unix and UnixWare
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3285
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3286 **** SCO 3.2v4: Unusable default font.
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3287
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3288 The Open Desktop environment comes with default X resource settings
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3289 that tell Emacs to use a variable-width font. Emacs cannot use such
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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3290 fonts, so it does not work.
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3291
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3292 This is caused by the file /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/ScoTerm, which is
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3293 the application-specific resource file for the `scoterm' terminal
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3294 emulator program. It contains several extremely general X resources
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3295 that affect other programs besides `scoterm'. In particular, these
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3296 resources affect Emacs also:
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3297
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3298 *Font: -*-helvetica-medium-r-*--12-*-p-*
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3299 *Background: scoBackground
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3300 *Foreground: scoForeground
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3301
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3302 The best solution is to create an application-specific resource file for
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3303 Emacs, /usr/lib/X11/sco/startup/Emacs, with the following contents:
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3304
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3305 Emacs*Font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
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3306 Emacs*Background: white
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3307 Emacs*Foreground: black
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3308
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3309 (These settings mimic the Emacs defaults, but you can change them to
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3310 suit your needs.) This resource file is only read when the X server
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3311 starts up, so you should restart it by logging out of the Open Desktop
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3312 environment or by running `scologin stop; scologin start` from the shell
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3313 as root. Alternatively, you can put these settings in the
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3314 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Emacs resource file and simply restart Emacs,
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3315 but then they will not affect remote invocations of Emacs that use the
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3316 Open Desktop display.
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3317
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3318 These resource files are not normally shared across a network of SCO
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3319 machines; you must create the file on each machine individually.
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3320
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3321 **** SCO 4.2.0: Regular expressions matching bugs on SCO systems.
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3322
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3323 On SCO, there are problems in regexp matching when Emacs is compiled
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3324 with the system compiler. The compiler version is "Microsoft C
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3325 version 6", SCO 4.2.0h Dev Sys Maintenance Supplement 01/06/93; Quick
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3326 C Compiler Version 1.00.46 (Beta). The solution is to compile with
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3327 GCC.
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3328
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3329 **** UnixWare 2.1: Error 12 (virtual memory exceeded) when dumping Emacs.
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3330
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3331 Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) reports that with the installed
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3332 virtual memory settings for UnixWare 2.1.2, an Error 12 occurs during
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3333 the "make" that builds Emacs, when running temacs to dump emacs. That
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3334 error indicates that the per-process virtual memory limit has been
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3335 exceeded. The default limit is probably 32MB. Raising the virtual
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3336 memory limit to 40MB should make it possible to finish building Emacs.
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3337
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3338 You can do this with the command `ulimit' (sh) or `limit' (csh).
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3339 But you have to be root to do it.
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3340
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3341 According to Martin Sohnius, you can also retune this in the kernel:
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3342
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3343 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune SDATLIM 33554432 ## soft data size limit
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3344 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune HDATLIM 33554432 ## hard "
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3345 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune SVMMSIZE unlimited ## soft process size limit
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3346 # /etc/conf/bin/idtune HVMMSIZE unlimited ## hard "
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3347 # /etc/conf/bin/idbuild -B
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3348
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3349 (He recommends you not change the stack limit, though.)
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3350 These changes take effect when you reboot.
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3351
56734
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3352 *** Linux 1.x
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3353
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3354 **** Linux 1.0-1.04: Typing C-c C-c in Shell mode kills your X server.
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3355
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3356 This happens with Linux kernel 1.0 thru 1.04, approximately. The workaround is
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3357 to define SIGNALS_VIA_CHARACTERS in config.h and recompile Emacs.
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3358 Newer Linux kernel versions don't have this problem.
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3359
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3360 **** Linux 1.3: Output from subprocess (such as man or diff) is randomly
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3361 truncated on GNU/Linux systems.
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3362
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3363 This is due to a kernel bug which seems to be fixed in Linux version
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3364 1.3.75.
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3365
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3366 ** Windows 3.1, 95, 98, and ME
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3367
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3368 *** MS-Windows NT/95: Problems running Perl under Emacs
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3369
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3370 `perl -de 0' just hangs when executed in an Emacs subshell.
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3371 The fault lies with Perl (indirectly with Windows NT/95).
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3372
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3373 The problem is that the Perl debugger explicitly opens a connection to
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3374 "CON", which is the DOS/NT equivalent of "/dev/tty", for interacting
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3375 with the user.
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3376
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3377 On Unix, this is okay, because Emacs (or the shell?) creates a
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3378 pseudo-tty so that /dev/tty is really the pipe Emacs is using to
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3379 communicate with the subprocess.
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3380
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3381 On NT, this fails because CON always refers to the handle for the
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3382 relevant console (approximately equivalent to a tty), and cannot be
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3383 redirected to refer to the pipe Emacs assigned to the subprocess as
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3384 stdin.
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3385
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3386 A workaround is to modify perldb.pl to use STDIN/STDOUT instead of CON.
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3387
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3388 For Perl 4:
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3389
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3390 *** PERL/LIB/PERLDB.PL.orig Wed May 26 08:24:18 1993
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3391 --- PERL/LIB/PERLDB.PL Mon Jul 01 15:28:16 1996
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3392 ***************
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3393 *** 68,74 ****
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3394 $rcfile=".perldb";
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3395 }
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3396 else {
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3397 ! $console = "con";
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3398 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
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3399 }
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3400
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3401 --- 68,74 ----
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3402 $rcfile=".perldb";
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3403 }
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3404 else {
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3405 ! $console = "";
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3406 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
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3407 }
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3408
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3409
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3410 For Perl 5:
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3411 *** perl/5.001/lib/perl5db.pl.orig Sun Jun 04 21:13:40 1995
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3412 --- perl/5.001/lib/perl5db.pl Mon Jul 01 17:00:08 1996
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parents: 56754
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3413 ***************
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parents: 56754
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3414 *** 22,28 ****
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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parents: 97535
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3415 $rcfile=".perldb";
56914
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parents: 56754
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3416 }
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3417 elsif (-e "con") {
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parents: 56754
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3418 ! $console = "con";
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parents: 97535
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3419 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
56914
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3420 }
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3421 else {
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parents: 56754
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3422 --- 22,28 ----
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
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parents: 97535
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3423 $rcfile=".perldb";
56914
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parents: 56754
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3424 }
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3425 elsif (-e "con") {
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3426 ! $console = "";
97732
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parents: 97535
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3427 $rcfile="perldb.ini";
56914
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3428 }
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3429 else {
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parents: 56754
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3430
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parents: 56754
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3431 *** MS-Windows 95: Alt-f6 does not get through to Emacs.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3432
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3433 This character seems to be trapped by the kernel in Windows 95.
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3434 You can enter M-f6 by typing ESC f6.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
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3435
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3436 *** MS-Windows 95/98/ME: subprocesses do not terminate properly.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3437
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parents: 56754
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3438 This is a limitation of the Operating System, and can cause problems
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3439 when shutting down Windows. Ensure that all subprocesses are exited
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3440 cleanly before exiting Emacs. For more details, see the FAQ at
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3441 http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/.
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parents: 56754
diff changeset
3442
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3443 *** MS-Windows 95/98/ME: crashes when Emacs invokes non-existent programs.
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3444
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3445 When a program you are trying to run is not found on the PATH,
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3446 Windows might respond by crashing or locking up your system. In
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3447 particular, this has been reported when trying to compile a Java
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3448 program in JDEE when javac.exe is installed, but not on the system
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3449 PATH.
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3450
56734
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3451 ** MS-DOS
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3452
100561
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3453 *** When compiling with DJGPP on MS-Windows NT or later, "config msdos" fails.
56734
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3454
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3455 If the error message is "VDM has been already loaded", this is because
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3456 Windows has a program called `redir.exe' that is incompatible with a
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3457 program by the same name supplied with DJGPP, which is used by
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3458 config.bat. To resolve this, move the DJGPP's `bin' subdirectory to
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3459 the front of your PATH environment variable.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3460
102250
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3461 *** When Emacs compiled with DJGPP runs on Windows 2000 and later, it cannot
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3462 find your HOME directory.
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3463
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3464 This was reported to happen when you click on "Save for future
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3465 sessions" button in a Customize buffer. You might see an error
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3466 message like this one:
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3467
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3468 basic-save-buffer-2: c:/FOO/BAR/~dosuser/: no such directory
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3469
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3470 (The telltale sign is the "~USER" part at the end of the directory
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3471 Emacs complains about, where USER is your username or the literal
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3472 string "dosuser", which is the default username set up by the DJGPP
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3473 startup file DJGPP.ENV.)
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3474
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3475 This happens when the functions `user-login-name' and
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3476 `user-real-login-name' return different strings for your username as
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3477 Emacs sees it. To correct this, make sure both USER and USERNAME
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3478 environment variables are set to the same value. Windows 2000 and
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3479 later sets USERNAME, so if you want to keep that, make sure USER is
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3480 set to the same value. If you don't want to set USER globally, you
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3481 can do it in the [emacs] section of your DJGPP.ENV file.
1107d3965884 Mention problems with username in the MS-DOS port on MS-Windows.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 101793
diff changeset
3482
100561
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3483 *** When Emacs compiled with DJGPP runs on Vista, it runs out of memory.
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3484
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3485 If Emacs running on Vista displays "!MEM FULL!" in the mode line, you
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3486 are hitting the memory allocation bugs in the Vista DPMI server. See
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3487 msdos/INSTALL for how to work around these bugs (search for "Vista").
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3488
56734
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3489 *** When compiling with DJGPP on MS-Windows 95, Make fails for some targets
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3490 like make-docfile.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3491
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3492 This can happen if long file name support (the setting of environment
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3493 variable LFN) when Emacs distribution was unpacked and during
100561
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3494 compilation are not the same. See msdos/INSTALL for the explanation
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 100504
diff changeset
3495 of how to avoid this problem.
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3496
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3497 *** Emacs compiled with DJGPP complains at startup:
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3498
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3499 "Wrong type of argument: internal-facep, msdos-menu-active-face"
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3500
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3501 This can happen if you define an environment variable `TERM'. Emacs
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3502 on MSDOS uses an internal terminal emulator which is disabled if the
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3503 value of `TERM' is anything but the string "internal". Emacs then
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3504 works as if its terminal were a dumb glass teletype that doesn't
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3505 support faces. To work around this, arrange for `TERM' to be
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3506 undefined when Emacs runs. The best way to do that is to add an
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3507 [emacs] section to the DJGPP.ENV file which defines an empty value for
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3508 `TERM'; this way, only Emacs gets the empty value, while the rest of
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3509 your system works as before.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3510
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3511 *** MS-DOS: Emacs crashes at startup.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3512
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3513 Some users report that Emacs 19.29 requires dpmi memory management,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3514 and crashes on startup if the system does not have it. We don't yet
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3515 know why this happens--perhaps these machines don't have enough real
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3516 memory, or perhaps something is wrong in Emacs or the compiler.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3517 However, arranging to use dpmi support is a workaround.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3518
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3519 You can find out if you have a dpmi host by running go32 without
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3520 arguments; it will tell you if it uses dpmi memory. For more
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3521 information about dpmi memory, consult the djgpp FAQ. (djgpp
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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parents: 56645
diff changeset
3522 is the GNU C compiler as packaged for MSDOS.)
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3523
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3524 Compiling Emacs under MSDOS is extremely sensitive for proper memory
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3525 configuration. If you experience problems during compilation, consider
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3526 removing some or all memory resident programs (notably disk caches)
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3527 and make sure that your memory managers are properly configured. See
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3528 the djgpp faq for configuration hints.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3529
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3530 *** Emacs compiled with DJGPP for MS-DOS/MS-Windows cannot access files
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3531 in the directory with the special name `dev' under the root of any
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3532 drive, e.g. `c:/dev'.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3533
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3534 This is an unfortunate side-effect of the support for Unix-style
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3535 device names such as /dev/null in the DJGPP runtime library. A
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3536 work-around is to rename the problem directory to another name.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3537
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
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3538 *** MS-DOS+DJGPP: Problems on MS-DOG if DJGPP v2.0 is used to compile Emacs.
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3539
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3540 There are two DJGPP library bugs which cause problems:
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3541
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3542 * Running `shell-command' (or `compile', or `grep') you get
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3543 `Searching for program: permission denied (EACCES), c:/command.com';
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3544 * After you shell to DOS, Ctrl-Break kills Emacs.
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3545
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3546 To work around these bugs, you can use two files in the msdos
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3547 subdirectory: `is_exec.c' and `sigaction.c'. Compile them and link
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3548 them into the Emacs executable `temacs'; then they will replace the
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3549 incorrect library functions.
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3550
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3551 *** MS-DOS: Emacs compiled for MSDOS cannot find some Lisp files, or other
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3552 run-time support files, when long filename support is enabled.
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3553
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3554 Usually, this problem will manifest itself when Emacs exits
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3555 immediately after flashing the startup screen, because it cannot find
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3556 the Lisp files it needs to load at startup. Redirect Emacs stdout
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3557 and stderr to a file to see the error message printed by Emacs.
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3558
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3559 Another manifestation of this problem is that Emacs is unable to load
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3560 the support for editing program sources in languages such as C and
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3561 Lisp.
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3562
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3563 This can happen if the Emacs distribution was unzipped without LFN
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3564 support, thus causing long filenames to be truncated to the first 6
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3565 characters and a numeric tail that Windows 95 normally attaches to it.
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3566 You should unzip the files again with a utility that supports long
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3567 filenames (such as djtar from DJGPP or InfoZip's UnZip program
100561
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
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3568 compiled with DJGPP v2). The file msdos/INSTALL explains this issue
c49d80bdf651 (MS-DOS): Document the problems on Vista.
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parents: 100504
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3569 in more detail.
56734
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3570
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3571 Another possible reason for such failures is that Emacs compiled for
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3572 MSDOS is used on Windows NT, where long file names are not supported
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3573 by this version of Emacs, but the distribution was unpacked by an
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3574 unzip program that preserved the long file names instead of truncating
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3575 them to DOS 8+3 limits. To be useful on NT, the MSDOS port of Emacs
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3576 must be unzipped by a DOS utility, so that long file names are
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3577 properly truncated.
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3578
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3579 ** Archaic window managers and toolkits
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3580
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3581 *** OpenLook: Under OpenLook, the Emacs window disappears when you type M-q.
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3582
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3583 Some versions of the Open Look window manager interpret M-q as a quit
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3584 command for whatever window you are typing at. If you want to use
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3585 Emacs with that window manager, you should try to configure the window
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3586 manager to use some other command. You can disable the
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3587 shortcut keys entirely by adding this line to ~/.OWdefaults:
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3588
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3589 OpenWindows.WindowMenuAccelerators: False
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3590
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3591 **** twm: A position you specified in .Xdefaults is ignored, using twm.
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3592
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3593 twm normally ignores "program-specified" positions.
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3594 You can tell it to obey them with this command in your `.twmrc' file:
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3595
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3596 UsePPosition "on" #allow clients to request a position
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3597
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3598 ** Bugs related to old DEC hardware
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3599
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3600 *** The Compose key on a DEC keyboard does not work as Meta key.
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parents: 56645
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3601
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3602 This shell command should fix it:
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3603
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3604 xmodmap -e 'keycode 0xb1 = Meta_L'
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3605
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3606 *** Keyboard input gets confused after a beep when using a DECserver
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3607 as a concentrator.
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3608
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3609 This problem seems to be a matter of configuring the DECserver to use
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3610 7 bit characters rather than 8 bit characters.
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3611
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3612 * Build problems on legacy systems
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3613
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3614 ** BSD/386 1.0: --with-x-toolkit option configures wrong.
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3615
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3616 This problem is due to bugs in the shell in version 1.0 of BSD/386.
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3617 The workaround is to edit the configure file to use some other shell,
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3618 such as bash.
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3619
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3620 ** Digital Unix 4.0: Emacs fails to build, giving error message
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parents: 56645
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3621 Invalid dimension for the charset-ID 160
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3622
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3623 This is due to a bug or an installation problem in GCC 2.8.0.
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3624 Installing a more recent version of GCC fixes the problem.
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3625
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3626 ** Digital Unix 4.0: Failure in unexec while dumping emacs.
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parents: 56645
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3627
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3628 This problem manifests itself as an error message
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3629
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3630 unexec: Bad address, writing data section to ...
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parents: 56645
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3631
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3632 The user suspects that this happened because his X libraries
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3633 were built for an older system version,
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3634
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3635 ./configure --x-includes=/usr/include --x-libraries=/usr/shlib
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3636
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3637 made the problem go away.
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3638
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3639 ** Sunos 4.1.1: there are errors compiling sysdep.c.
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parents: 56645
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3640
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3641 If you get errors such as
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3642
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3643 "sysdep.c", line 2017: undefined structure or union
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3644 "sysdep.c", line 2017: undefined structure or union
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3645 "sysdep.c", line 2019: nodename undefined
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3646
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3647 This can result from defining LD_LIBRARY_PATH. It is very tricky
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3648 to use that environment variable with Emacs. The Emacs configure
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3649 script links many test programs with the system libraries; you must
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3650 make sure that the libraries available to configure are the same
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3651 ones available when you build Emacs.
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3652
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3653 ** SunOS 4.1.1: You get this error message from GNU ld:
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3654
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3655 /lib/libc.a(_Q_sub.o): Undefined symbol __Q_get_rp_rd referenced from text segment
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3656
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3657 The problem is in the Sun shared C library, not in GNU ld.
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3658
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3659 The solution is to install Patch-ID# 100267-03 from Sun.
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3660
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3661 ** Sunos 4.1: Undefined symbols when linking using --with-x-toolkit.
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3662
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3663 If you get the undefined symbols _atowc _wcslen, _iswprint, _iswspace,
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3664 _iswcntrl, _wcscpy, and _wcsncpy, then you need to add -lXwchar after
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3665 -lXaw in the command that links temacs.
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3666
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3667 This problem seems to arise only when the international language
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3668 extensions to X11R5 are installed.
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3669
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3670 ** SunOS: Emacs gets error message from linker on Sun.
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3671
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3672 If the error message says that a symbol such as `f68881_used' or
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3673 `ffpa_used' or `start_float' is undefined, this probably indicates
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3674 that you have compiled some libraries, such as the X libraries,
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3675 with a floating point option other than the default.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3676
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
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3677 It's not terribly hard to make this work with small changes in
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3678 crt0.c together with linking with Fcrt1.o, Wcrt1.o or Mcrt1.o.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3679 However, the easiest approach is to build Xlib with the default
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3680 floating point option: -fsoft.
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3681
56914
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3682 ** HPUX 10.20: Emacs crashes during dumping on the HPPA machine.
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3683
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3684 This seems to be due to a GCC bug; it is fixed in GCC 2.8.1.
ce4c0cb926e3 From Eric S. Raymond: More reorganization to exile old stuff to the
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56754
diff changeset
3685
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3686 ** Vax C compiler bugs affecting Emacs.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3687
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3688 You may get one of these problems compiling Emacs:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3689
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3690 foo.c line nnn: compiler error: no table entry for op STASG
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3691 foo.c: fatal error in /lib/ccom
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3692
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3693 These are due to bugs in the C compiler; the code is valid C.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3694 Unfortunately, the bugs are unpredictable: the same construct
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3695 may compile properly or trigger one of these bugs, depending
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3696 on what else is in the source file being compiled. Even changes
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3697 in header files that should not affect the file being compiled
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3698 can affect whether the bug happens. In addition, sometimes files
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3699 that compile correctly on one machine get this bug on another machine.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3700
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3701 As a result, it is hard for me to make sure this bug will not affect
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3702 you. I have attempted to find and alter these constructs, but more
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3703 can always appear. However, I can tell you how to deal with it if it
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3704 should happen. The bug comes from having an indexed reference to an
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3705 array of Lisp_Objects, as an argument in a function call:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3706 Lisp_Object *args;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3707 ...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3708 ... foo (5, args[i], ...)...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3709 putting the argument into a temporary variable first, as in
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3710 Lisp_Object *args;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3711 Lisp_Object tem;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3712 ...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3713 tem = args[i];
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3714 ... foo (r, tem, ...)...
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3715 causes the problem to go away.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3716 The `contents' field of a Lisp vector is an array of Lisp_Objects,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3717 so you may see the problem happening with indexed references to that.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3718
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3719 ** 68000 C compiler problems
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3720
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3721 Various 68000 compilers have different problems.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3722 These are some that have been observed.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3723
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3724 *** Using value of assignment expression on union type loses.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3725 This means that x = y = z; or foo (x = z); does not work
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3726 if x is of type Lisp_Object.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3727
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3728 *** "cannot reclaim" error.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3729
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3730 This means that an expression is too complicated. You get the correct
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3731 line number in the error message. The code must be rewritten with
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3732 simpler expressions.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3733
56734
01528b0a38df Massively rearranged by category, to make environment
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3734 *** XCONS, XSTRING, etc macros produce incorrect code.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3735
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3736 If temacs fails to run at all, this may be the cause.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3737 Compile this test program and look at the assembler code:
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3738
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3739 struct foo { char x; unsigned int y : 24; };
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3740
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3741 lose (arg)
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3742 struct foo arg;
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3743 {
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3744 test ((int *) arg.y);
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3745 }
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3746
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3747 If the code is incorrect, your compiler has this problem.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3748 In the XCONS, etc., macros in lisp.h you must replace (a).u.val with
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3749 ((a).u.val + coercedummy) where coercedummy is declared as int.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3750
96602
0e3e875ffade * lisp.h:
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95004
diff changeset
3751 This problem will only happen if USE_LISP_UNION_TYPE is manually
0e3e875ffade * lisp.h:
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95004
diff changeset
3752 defined in lisp.h.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3753
56734
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 56645
diff changeset
3754 *** C compilers lose on returning unions.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3755
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3756 I hear that some C compilers cannot handle returning a union type.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3757 Most of the functions in GNU Emacs return type Lisp_Object, which is
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3758 defined as a union on some rare architectures.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3759
96602
0e3e875ffade * lisp.h:
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95004
diff changeset
3760 This problem will only happen if USE_LISP_UNION_TYPE is manually
0e3e875ffade * lisp.h:
Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
parents: 95004
diff changeset
3761 defined in lisp.h.
25853
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
3762
41836
09535ed6868f Use outline-mode.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 41793
diff changeset
3763
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3764 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3765
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94606
diff changeset
3766 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3767 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94606
diff changeset
3768 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94606
diff changeset
3769 (at your option) any later version.
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3770
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3771 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3772 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3773 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3774 GNU General Public License for more details.
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3775
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3776 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
95004
cbf5528cf447 Switch to recommended form of GPLv3 permissions notice.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 94606
diff changeset
3777 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
75774
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3778
dc23aaa67696 Switch to standard GPL text for license.
Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
parents: 75433
diff changeset
3779
41836
09535ed6868f Use outline-mode.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 41793
diff changeset
3780 Local variables:
09535ed6868f Use outline-mode.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 41793
diff changeset
3781 mode: outline
97732
8a5e7f0bc116 Prevent pasting a region twice on an xterm or rxvt in X.
Robert J. Chassell <bob@rattlesnake.com>
parents: 97535
diff changeset
3782 paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
41836
09535ed6868f Use outline-mode.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 41793
diff changeset
3783 end:
52401
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 52010
diff changeset
3784
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 52010
diff changeset
3785 arch-tag: 49fc0d95-88cb-4715-b21c-f27fb5a4764a