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Subject: Re: Oh my my -- some XEmacs/Mule lossages
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From: Steven L Baur <steve@miranova.com>
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Hrvoje Niksic writes:

> I've played a bit with XEmacs/Mule (or MULE?  What's the correct
> capitalization?), and found some problems.

> Problem No. 1 -- compilation in a different directory:

> XEmacs doesn't compile "out of the box" when compiled in a source
> directory other than `.'.  E.g.

Use the full path to configure.

Use the flags `--with-gnu-make' and `--srcdir=/your/path/to/xemacs/source'.
It works for me through the current version.

I'm running a binary built in this fashion right now.

> Problem No. 2 -- documentation for MULE:

> The documentation for MULE doesn't seem to work.  This is probably the
> result of 1. (lack of DOC files), though.

> `C-h d set-language-environment'
> Signaling: (args-out-of-range "" -1)

Probably.
C-h d set-language-environment
set-language-environment: (env)
  -- an interactive compiled Lisp function.
Set the current language environment to ENV.

> Problem 3 -- no ange-ftp:

> This seems like the most serious problem for me -- I can't get
> ange-ftp to work.  It just hangs after I press RET in the minibuffer.

I can't reproduce this.  It works for me.
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