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Subject: GNU Emacs FAQ (6/5): Changes
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                          GNU Emacs FAQ: Changes

The latest version of the GNU Emacs FAQ has changed from the previous version.
This article shows the changed text.  The contents of this article are from the
output of `diff -wu2'.  Since the question numbers are generated automatically
and can change, these are stripped from both versions before comparing them.
After generating the differences for each part, they were concatenated and then
edited to remove as much noise as possible.  You can't use this as a patch.

--
Joe Wells <[e-mail]> and Steven Byrnes <[e-mail]>

E-mail [e-mail] for details about the League for Programming Freedom.

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@@ -347,8 +336,6 @@

   You can order a printed copy of the GNU Emacs manual from the FSF for
-  $20.  For 6 or more manuals the price is $13 each.  {The price may be
-  tax-deductible as a business expense.  Can someone tell me for certain?  I
-  know that pure donations to the FSF are tax-deductible, but I don't know
-  about payments for manuals or tapes.}
+  $20.  For 6 or more manuals the price is $13 each.  The price may be
+  tax-deductible as a business expense.

   The full TeX source for the manual also comes in the `man' directory of
@@ -568,4 +567,8 @@
   * GNU Project Status Report

+  A collection of past GNU's Bulletins is available via anonymous FTP:
+
+    /ftp.funet.fi:pub/gnu/Bulletins/
+
 QQQ: Where can I get help in installing GNU Emacs?

@@ -641,4 +645,9 @@
     and it was released in February 1992.

+  * There is an old version of the FAQ list available for FTP in the GNU
+    archives at MIT:
+
+      /prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/GNUinfo/FAQ.emacs
+
   * As the very last resort, you can e-mail a request to
     [e-mail].  Don't do this unless you have
@@ -742,6 +751,6 @@
 QQQ: What variants of GNU Emacs exist?

-  * Nemacs, which can handle Japanese text, is derived from GNU Emacs
-    18.55.  See question QQQ.
+  * Nemacs (Nihongo Emacs), which can handle Japanese text, is derived from
+    GNU Emacs 18.55.  See question QQQ.

   * Demacs, which can run under MS-DOS on 386 machines, is derived from
@@ -750,4 +759,14 @@
   * Epoch, which has better X support, is derived from GNU Emacs 18.58.
     See question QQQ and QQQ.
+
+  * Nepoch (Nihongo Epoch), which can handle Japanese text, is derived from
+    Epoch.
+
+  * Mule (the MULtilingual Enhancement of GNU Emacs) can handle many
+    character sets simultaneously.  It is derived from Emacs 18.58.  It is
+    available for FTP:
+
+      /sh.wide.ad.jp:/JAPAN/mule/
+      /etlport.etl.go.jp:/pub/mule/

   * Lucid GNU Emacs is derived from an early unreleased version of GNU Emacs
@@ -389,7 +400,9 @@
 QQQ: How can I make Emacs automatically scroll horizontally?

-  Sorry, you can't.  The best you can do is rewrite a large number of
-  commands and make them check if the point is still on the screen after
-  they are done.  {Has someone done this already?}
+  There is no completely correct way of doing this that does not involve
+  rewriting all commands or writing your own top-level command loop (not a
+  completely bad idea).  Wayne Mesard <[e-mail]> has
+  written a particularly advanced kludge called `hscroll.el' that checks
+  once a second to make sure point is visible.

 QQQ: How do I make Emacs "typeover" or "overwrite" instead of inserting?
@@ -756,7 +772,4 @@
   intermediary.

-  Andy Norman has been accused of producing a patch for Emacs 18.57 that
-  allows it to use selections directly.
-
   This problem does not exist for Epoch or Lucid Emacs.

@@ -1064,4 +1079,7 @@
     NOT ELIMINATE THE RISK.

+    Lucid GNU Emacs does not accept synthetic X events unless you set a
+    variable.
+
   * autosave file permissions (Yes, a risk, hard to work around.)

@@ -1095,32 +1113,27 @@
   patch that fixes the problem for Irix.

-QQQ: How do I get Emacs to compile with all features under OpenWindows?
-
-  Problems fixed in 18.58: the reference to include file <X11/X10.h>,
-  linking with the OpenWindows libX11.a.
-
-  If libX11.a is missing, you may need to use `add_services' to add the
-  `OpenWindows Programmers' optional software category from the CD-ROM.  To
-  get the Xmenu stuff to work, you need to find a copy of MIT's liboldX.a.
-
-  Questions for the net {please send me answers!}:
-
-  * Are compiled versions of liboldX.A for Sun 4s running SunOS 4.*
-    available for FTP anywhere?
-  * What is the solution to the `not a sun window' problem with xvetool?
+QQQ: Why does linking Emacs with -lX11 fail?

-QQQ: How do I build Emacs under HP-UX 8.0?
+  Emacs needs to be linked with the static version of the X11 library,
+  libX11.a.  This may be missing.

-  Problems fixed in 18.58: missing errnet.h, `Cannot do arithmetic with
-  pointers to objects of unknown size' (void *), not finding -lX11, unexec
-  making a bad dumped emacs due to shared libraries (`Fatal Error(11)-
-  Segmentation Fault', I think).
+  Under OpenWindows, you may need to use `add_services' to add the
+  `OpenWindows Programmers' optional software category from the CD-ROM.

-  If libX11.a is missing, you may need to run `update' again to load the
+  Under HP-UX 8.0, you may need to run `update' again to load the
   X11-PRG `fileset'.  This may be missing even if you specified `all
   filesets' the first time.  If libcurses.a is missing, you may need to load
-  the `Berkeley Development Option' {???}.  You can always define
+  the `Berkeley Development Option' {???}.
+
+  If you are building the MIT X11 sources, you may need to modify your
+  `site.cf' file to get static versions of the libraries.  (Info from David
+  Zuhn <[e-mail]>.)
+
+  Other systems may have similar problems.  You can always define
   CANNOT_DUMP and link with the shared libraries instead.

+  To get the Xmenu stuff to work, you need to find a copy of MIT's
+  liboldX.a.
+
 QQQ: Why does Emacs 18.55 say `Fatal error (6).Abort' under SunOS 4.1?

@@ -1133,9 +1146,4 @@
   (eg., you are compiling Nemacs), the easiest workaround was to put
   `#define SYSTEM_MALLOC' in src/config.h.
-
-QQQ: Why do I get an `f68881_used undefined' error, when I build Emacs on my
- Sun 3?
-
-  See the file `PROBLEMS'.


@@ -184,4 +188,8 @@
   in the Lisp Code Directory (see question QQQ).

+  There is a package called BAM (Born Again Menus) which provides menus for
+  GNU Emacs via an external C program.  It does not provide mouse support in
+  the Emacs window such as scrollbars, cut-and-paste, etc.
+
   NOTE: Epoch only works with the X Window System; it works on ordinary
   terminals by invoking regular GNU Emacs.  Lucid Emacs does not currently
@@ -402,4 +445,11 @@
     last 12 months, so they should be widely available.

+  Richard Levitte <[e-mail]> tells us that there are patches for
+  Emacs 18.57 and 18.58 available via e-mail:
+
+    To: [e-mail]
+    body: SEND EMACS-1857-PATCHES
+      or: SEND EMACS-1858-PATCHES
+
 QQQ: Where can I get modes for Lex, Yacc/Bison, Bourne Shell, Csh, C++,
  Objective C, Pascal, Awk?
@@ -414,5 +464,5 @@
   If you are at a site with a deficient nameserver, you may need to know
   the IP address of a host to FTP files from it.  You can get this
-  information from nic.ddn.mil in two ways:
+  information in two ways:

   * By telnet:
@@ -432,4 +478,12 @@
            or: help

+    or:
+
+      To: [e-mail]
+      body: site XXX.YYY.ZZZ
+
+    Information from Brendan Kehoe <[e-mail]>.
+
+


@@ -524,12 +580,9 @@

   Author: Andy Norman <[e-mail]>
-  Latest official version: 4.11
+  Latest official version: 4.20
   Anonymous FTP:
-    alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu:ange-ftp/ange-ftp.el.Z
-    Emacs Lisp Archive:
-      packages/ange-ftp.el.Z
-      as-is/ange-ftp.el.Z (old version ???)
-    ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/ange-ftp.el.Z
-    nic.funet.fi:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp/ange-ftp-4.11.tar.Z
+    /alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu:ange-ftp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
+    /archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/ange-ftp.tar.Z
+    ugle.unit.no:pub/gnu/emacs-lisp/ange-ftp.tar.Z
   Mailing lists:
     [e-mail] (for subscriptions)
@@ -563,8 +616,8 @@

   Author: Kresten Krab Thorup <[e-mail]>
-  Latest released version: 5.6e { or 5.2 ??? or 5.0 non-beta??? }
+  Latest released version: 6.1 {???}
   Anonymous FTP:
-    iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex_5_6e.tar.Z {maybe???}
-    iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auc-tex.tar.Z
+    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auctex_5_6e.tar.Z  {wrong}
+    /iesd.auc.dk:pub/emacs-lisp/auc-tex.tar.Z
   Mailing list:
     [e-mail] (for subscriptions)
@@ -613,12 +666,13 @@

   Author: Jamie Zawinski <[e-mail]>
-  Latest released version: 1.46
+  Latest released version: 1.47
   Anonymous FTP:
-    Emas Lisp Archive: packages/bbdb.tar.Z
+    /archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/packages/bbdb.tar.Z
   Mailing list:
     [e-mail] (for subscriptions)
-    [e-mail] (for subscriptions)
+    [e-mail]
     [e-mail] (to be informed of new releases)
-  Note: BBDB only works with VM 5, not with VM 4.
+  Note: BBDB does not work with VM 4.  It does work with VM 5, RMAIL, GNUS,
+    and MH-E.

 QQQ: Ispell -- spell checker in C with interface for Emacs
@@ -638,9 +691,10 @@
 QQQ: Epoch -- enhanced GNU Emacs with better X interface

-  Latest released version: 4.0 patchlevel 2
+  Latest released version: 4.2
   Anonymous FTP:
-    cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-4.0p2.tar.Z
-    src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu/epoch/
-    aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de:gnu/emacs/epoch/
+    /cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-4.2.tar.Z
+    /cs.uiuc.edu:pub/epoch-files/epoch/epoch-diff-4.1-4.2.tar.Z
+    /src.doc.ic.ac.uk:gnu/epoch/
+    /aix370.rrz.uni-koeln.de:gnu/emacs/epoch/
   Newsgroup and mailing lists:
     Epoch:
@@ -759,8 +818,9 @@

   Author: Larry Wall <[e-mail]>
-  Latest version: 2.0 patchlevel 12u6
+  Latest version: 2.0 patchlevel 12u8
     (This is the version that supports the new unified diff format.)
   Anonymous FTP:
-    prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12u6.tar.Z
+    /prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12u8.tar.Z
+    /prep.ai.mit.edu:pub/gnu/patch-2.0.12g8.tar.Z  (GNU version)


@@ -84,4 +84,9 @@
   See `Key Bindings' and `Rebinding' in the online manual.

+  In Emacs 19 (including Lucid Emacs), you can bind function key F24 like
+  this:
+
+    (global-set-key 'f24 'some-command)
+
 QQQ: Why does Emacs say `Key sequence XXX uses invalid prefix characters'?

@@ -739,7 +737,7 @@
 QQQ: How do I bind a combination of modifier key and function key?

-  Unless you're using Emacs under emacstool (or xvetool?) or you have a
-  working version of x-rebind-key (see question QQQ), you
-  can't do this with Emacs alone.
+  Unless you're using Emacs under emacstool (or xvetool?), have a working
+  version of x-rebind-key (see question QQQ), or are using Emacs 19 (Lucid
+  Emacs), you can't do this with Emacs alone.

   If you are using emacstool, Emacs sees different character sequences for
@@ -763,4 +761,19 @@
   site?}

+  If you have x-rebind-key, you can have any arbitrary combination of
+  modifiers with a key replaced by any sequence of "normal" characters.  For
+  example, this makes Shift-Return behave as though you had typed "C-x C-e"
+  (example from Jerry Graves):
+
+    (x-rebind-key "Return" 'shift "\C-x\C-e")
+
+  In Emacs 19 (Lucid Emacs), you can bind Meta-Left-Arrow like this (example
+  from Jamie Zawinski):
+
+    (global-set-key '(meta left) 'backward-word)
+
+  With the last two methods, use `xmodmap' and `xev' to discover the keysym
+  and modifier names.
+
 QQQ: Why doesn't my Meta key work in an xterm window?

@@ -78,5 +78,6 @@

      WARNING: If you are visiting the file ~/outgoing at the time you send
-     the mail, this can cause a variety of horrible problems.
+     the mail, this can cause a variety of horrible problems.  Jamie
+     Zawinski has written a solution for this.

   It does not work to put `set record filename' in the .mailrc file.
@@ -154,5 +155,6 @@
   using it because saved mail in their `mbox' file has been converted into
   an incompatible format (BABYL) that only RMAIL understands.  RMAIL
-  provides no obvious way to reverse this transformation.  To convert a mail
+  provides no obvious way to reverse this transformation.  Kyle Jones has
+  aptly named this "the great Emacs Mail Eating Monster".  To convert a mail
   file back to standard Unix format, there are several methods:

@@ -310,4 +312,7 @@
   Of course, GNUS will run faster if you make sure it is byte-compiled.

+  Felix Lee wrote some enhancements called `gnus-speedups.el' that fix some
+  of the problems.  See the Emacs Lisp Archive.
+
 QQQ: How do I catch up all newsgroups in GNUS?

@@ -351,8 +356,20 @@
 QQQ: Why does GNUS hang for a long time when posting?

-  What is the answer?????
+  David Lawrence <[e-mail]> explains:

-  Is there a solution?  Any way to post in the background so useful work can
-  be done while waiting for inews?
+    The problem is almost always interaction between NNTP and C News.  NNTP
+    POST asks C News's inews to not background itself but rather hang around
+    and give its exit status so it knows whether the post was successful.
+    (That wait will on some systems not return the exit status of the
+    waited for job is a different sort of problem.)  It ends up taking a
+    long time because inews is calling relaynews, which often waits for
+    another relaynews to free the lock on the news system so it can file the
+    article.
+
+    My preferred solution is to change inews to not call relaynews, but
+    rather use newsspool.  This loses some error-catching functionality, but
+    is for the most part safe as inews will detect a lot of the errors on
+    its own.  The C News folks have sped up inews, too, so speed should look
+    better to most folks as that update propagates around.

 QQQ: Why don't my news postings in GNUS get past the local machine?
@@ -359,6 +376,8 @@

   Three possible reasons: local distribution, C News date problem (see
-  question QQQ, and the path problem.  {What is the correct fix
-  to the path problem?}
+  question QQQ, and the path problem.  This piece of code may fix the path
+  problem for you:
+
+    (setq gnus-use-generic-path t)

 QQQ: Why is the GNUS-generated `Date:' header invalid?
@@ -371,5 +390,6 @@
     (defun gnus-inews-date () nil)

-  I think this is fixed in GNUS 3.14.1.
+  I think this is fixed in GNUS 3.14.1 if you set gnus-news-system {?} to
+  Cnews.

 QQQ: Why doesn't GNUS generate the `Lines:' header?
@@ -396,4 +416,7 @@
   calculate the `Lines:' header for incoming articles when necessary that
   works for sites with local news spools.
+
+  David Lawrence <[e-mail]> says that GNUS 3.14.1 generates Lines
+  if gnus-news-system is Cnews.

 QQQ: Why do I get "Cannot open load file" "nntp" when compiling GNUS?