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| author | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-02-23 16:33:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> | 2009-02-23 16:33:17 +0000 |
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* faq-using.xml: Rework XEmacs FAQ.
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 00edbfd33..ea2b9044a 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -806,13 +806,46 @@ Consider using XEmacs for now. </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.xemacs"> -<question><para>What about XEmacs?</para></question> +<question><para>Is there a Cygwin port of XEmacs?</para></question> <answer> -<para>For a concise description of the current situation with XEmacs, see -this message from the Cygwin mailing list: -<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00609.html">http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00609.html</ulink>. +<para>Yes. It can be used in three different modes:</para> +<para><itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) GUI</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist></para> +<para>You have to <emphasis>set</emphasis> the DISPLAY environment variable +before starting xemacs.</para> +<screen> + bash$ DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 xemacs & +</screen> +<para><itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Windows native GUI</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist></para> +<para>You have to <emphasis>unset</emphasis> the DISPLAY environment variable +before starting xemacs.</para> +<screen> + bash$ DISPLAY= xemacs & +</screen> +<para><itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>Console mode</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist></para> +<para>Start xemacs with -nw in a terminal (native or X11) window</para> +<screen> + bash$ xemacs -nw +</screen> +<para>The current stable Cygwin version of XEmacs is 21.4.x. But there is also a +Cygwin test release version (21.5.x) available for download via setup.exe. </para> +<para>To use all the standard packages with XEmacs you should download the following +two packages:</para> +<para><itemizedlist> +<listitem><para>xemacs-sumo - XEmacs standard packages</para></listitem> +<listitem><para>xemacs-mule-sumo - XEmacs MULE (MUlti Lingual Emacs) packages</para></listitem> +</itemizedlist></para> +<para>An alternative <emphasis>native</emphasis> distribution of XEmacs for +Windows based systems can be downloaded from +<ulink url="http://xemacs.org/Download/win32/index.html">http://xemacs.org/Download/win32/index.html</ulink>. +It uses an <emphasis>InnoSetup Kit</emphasis> based installer.</para> </answer></qandaentry> <qandaentry id="faq.using.ntemacs"> |