XEmacs 19.13 Release Notes
XEmacs is a powerful, extensible text editor with full GUI support,
initially based on an early version of GNU Emacs 19 from the Free
Software Foundation and since kept up to date with recent versions of
that product. XEmacs stems from a collaboration of Lucid, Inc. with
Sun Microsystems, Inc. and the University of Illinois with additional
support having been provided by Amdahl Corporation.
For more information, please check the
XEmacs WWW page.
XEmacs Subsystems
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.base
- Main XEmacs software
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp
- Lisp support utilities for XEmacs
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_calendar
- Calendar management software
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_edebug
- An Emacs lisp debugger
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_ediff
- A visual interface to Unix diff and patch utilities
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_emulators
- Various emulators for other editors. Among others, this includes emulators for edt, evi, gosling emacs, teco, tpu, and WordStar
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_extras
- Additional packages not included with the standard XEmacs distribution. This includes:
- bbdb 1.50
- The Big Brother Database -- a personal information database that integrates into the XEmacs mail and USENET readers
- tm 6.78
- A MIME viewing system which can be integrated into the included mail and USENET readers
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_games
- Various games for XEmacs
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_html
- HTML editing mode for XEmacs. This is especially useful when installed with the W3 WWW broswer.
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_hyperbole
- Hyperbole is an open, efficient, programmable information management and hypertext system
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_ilisp
- Interface from GNU Emacs to an inferior LISP
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_mailcrypt
- PGP interface for XEmacs. This package can be bound into the mail and USENET readers included with XEmacs.
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_mh
- XEmacs interface to the mh mail system
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_oobr
- "OO-Browser" is a multi-windowed, interactive, object-oriented class browser designed for professional use. Its user interface is similar to the well-known Smalltalk browsers. Requires Hyperbole
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_pcl-cvs
- Software to interface to the CVS revision control system
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_rmail
- RMail -- one of the original mail readers for Emacs
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_sun
- Sun specific enhancements for XEmacs -- energize, eos, and sunpro
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_vm
- VM 5.95 (beta) -- A e-mail reader that was designed to replace rmail
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_w3
- W3 2.2.15 -- A WWW browser for XEmacs
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_gnus
- GNUS 5.0.1 -- A new version of the Emacs USENET newsreader for XEmacs, formerly called (ding) GNUS
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp_gnus_old
- GNUS 4.1.3 -- A USENET newsreader for XEmacs
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.man.manpages
- Formatted manpages
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.man.relnotes
- XEmacs release notes
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.man.mansrc
- Nroff source for the man pages
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.info.XEmacs
- XEmacs built-in documentation
- fw_UIUCXEmacs.src.XEmacs
- Full source code for XEmacs. You probably only want this if you plan on recompiling package.
Installation Method
All of the subsystems for XEmacs can be installed using IRIX. You do not need to use the miniroot. Refer to the Software Installation Administrator's Guide for complete installation instructions.
Prerequisites
In order to install any of the lisp products, you must also install fw_UIUCXEmacs.sw.lisp.
Other Installation Information
If you wish to use any of the mail packages include with XEmacs, you will need to enable the software to read your mailbox. This can be done by running the following command as root:
chmod g+s /usr/freeware/lib/xemacs-19.13/mips-sgi-irix5.3/movemail
XEmacs also has the ability to display the system load average in the window modeline. In order to enable this feature you must allow the software access to your kernel memory. This can be done by executing the following as root:
chmod g+s /usr/freeware/bin/xemacs*