newsticker and emacs-goodies-el
Hi all, I just realised that `newsticker' needs xml.el which XEmacs in woody doesn't have. My choices are: - depend on versioned xemacs (and the package will no longer be installable on woody, but we're releasing soon so it doesn't matter?). - don't byte-compile on XEmacs (and remove this limitation soon before the freeze) - don't byte-compile on XEmacs if it doesn't have xml (means extra code in my templates). - add some version of xml.el deep in the package's load-path (which one?) Comments? Suggestions? I think #3 is best so far. Thanks, Peter
Re: newsticker and emacs-goodies-el
I wrote: > I just realised that `newsticker' needs xml.el which XEmacs in woody > doesn't have. > > My choices are: > > - depend on versioned xemacs (and the package will no longer be > installable on woody, but we're releasing soon so it doesn't matter?). > > - don't byte-compile on XEmacs (and remove this limitation soon before > the freeze) > > - don't byte-compile on XEmacs if it doesn't have xml (means extra code > in my templates). > > - add some version of xml.el deep in the package's load-path (which one?) - change the (require 'xml) in newsticker.el to a non-fatal (load). That way the package will byte-compile but newsticker won't work on stable's XEmacs. The package will still be installable and all other files will be usable. Peter
Re: Ruby support problems
> I've installed the ruby-elisp package in Debian woody which I assumed > installed ruby-mode into Xemacs21. However, I have yet to get it to > "work". By not "working" I mean, that when I open a ruby file (*.rb), > Xemacs does not perform syntax highlighting, nor does it allow me to run > the ruby debugger on the scripts. When I do open a ruby file, I get the > message: "Loading...inf-ruby...done" > > Has anyone else tried ruby-mode and found these problems. I've already > asked on debian-user and haven't managed to solve the problem. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. I don't know ruby, but I installed ruby-elisp (which should really be named ruby-el) on woody, and it worked out of the box. The modeline says "(Ruby Font)" and it highlighted. What mode are you in? Have you tried in another flavor of Emacs? Peter
Re: Ruby support problems
"W. Crowshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've installed the ruby-elisp package in Debian > woody which I assumed installed ruby-mode into > Xemacs21. However, I have yet to get it to "work". > By not "working" I mean, that when I open a ruby > file (*.rb), Xemacs does not perform syntax > highlighting, nor does it allow me to run the ruby > debugger on the scripts. When I do open a ruby > file, I get the message: > "Loading...inf-ruby...done" [Disclaimer: I use GNU Emacs, not XEmacs, so this advice might be inaccurate.] Does it work if you start xemacs with the `-q' switch, which should cause your .emacs file to be ignored? If so then that's an indication that there's something in your .emacs that's interfering with the ruby mode. With -q, you will probably need to invoke font-lock-mode manually with M-x font-lock-mode. -- "I knew it was a bad sign when I drove through Hell (MI) on Wednesday and there was snow on the ground and all the standing water had a layer of ice on the surface... Yes folks, Hell has frozen over and my cable modem *still* wasn't working..." --Ed Glowacki
