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authorGlenn Morris2010-05-26 23:13:23 -0700
committerGlenn Morris2010-05-26 23:13:23 -0700
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* etc/PROBLEMS: Remove some more old information.
-rw-r--r--etc/PROBLEMS56
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 54 deletions
diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 87d95a19d5e..4d48b66f47a 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -91,14 +91,7 @@ The solution is to uncompress all .el files which don't have a .elc
91file. 91file.
92 92
93Another possible reason for such failures is stale *.elc files 93Another possible reason for such failures is stale *.elc files
94lurking somewhere on your load-path. The following command will 94lurking somewhere on your load-path -- see the next section.
95print any duplicate Lisp files that are present in load-path:
96
97 emacs -q -batch -f list-load-path-shadows
98
99If this command prints any file names, some of these files are stale,
100and should be deleted or their directories removed from your
101load-path.
102 95
103** Emacs prints an error at startup after upgrading from an earlier version. 96** Emacs prints an error at startup after upgrading from an earlier version.
104 97
@@ -489,13 +482,7 @@ causes it.
489 else 482 else
490 { 483 {
491 484
492** PSGML 485** PSGML conflicts with sgml-mode.
493
494*** Old versions of the PSGML package use the obsolete variables
495`before-change-function' and `after-change-function', which are no
496longer used by Emacs. Please use PSGML 1.2.3 or later.
497
498*** PSGML conflicts with sgml-mode.
499 486
500PSGML package uses the same names of some variables (like keymap) 487PSGML package uses the same names of some variables (like keymap)
501as built-in sgml-mode.el because it was created as a replacement 488as built-in sgml-mode.el because it was created as a replacement
@@ -505,23 +492,6 @@ HTML page and then start to work with SGML or XML file. html-mode
505(from sgml-mode.el) is used for HTML file and loading of psgml.el 492(from sgml-mode.el) is used for HTML file and loading of psgml.el
506(for sgml-mode or xml-mode) will cause an error. 493(for sgml-mode or xml-mode) will cause an error.
507 494
508*** Versions of the PSGML package earlier than 1.0.3 (stable) or 1.1.2
509(alpha) fail to parse DTD files correctly in Emacs 20.3 and later.
510Here is a patch for psgml-parse.el from PSGML 1.0.1 and, probably,
511earlier versions.
512
513--- psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:18:18 1.1
514+++ psgml-parse.el 1998/08/21 19:20:00
515@@ -2383,7 +2383,7 @@ (defun sgml-push-to-entity (entity &opti
516 (setq sgml-buffer-parse-state nil))
517 (cond
518 ((stringp entity) ; a file name
519- (save-excursion (insert-file-contents entity))
520+ (insert-file-contents entity)
521 (setq default-directory (file-name-directory entity)))
522 ((consp (sgml-entity-text entity)) ; external id?
523 (let* ((extid (sgml-entity-text entity))
524
525** PCL-CVS 495** PCL-CVS
526 496
527*** Lines are not updated or new lines are added in the buffer upon commit. 497*** Lines are not updated or new lines are added in the buffer upon commit.
@@ -629,13 +599,6 @@ To work around the problem, you could either (a) set the variable
629invoking `df'; (b) use `df' from the GNU Fileutils package; or 599invoking `df'; (b) use `df' from the GNU Fileutils package; or
630(c) use CVS, which is Free Software, instead of ClearCase. 600(c) use CVS, which is Free Software, instead of ClearCase.
631 601
632*** The LDAP support rely on ldapsearch program from OpenLDAP version 2.
633
634It can fail to work with ldapsearch program from OpenLDAP version 1.
635Version 1 of OpenLDAP is now deprecated. If you are still using it,
636please upgrade to version 2. As a temporary workaround, remove
637argument "-x" from the variable `ldap-ldapsearch-args'.
638
639*** ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps. 602*** ps-print commands fail to find prologue files ps-prin*.ps.
640 603
641This can happen if you use an old version of X-Symbol package: it 604This can happen if you use an old version of X-Symbol package: it
@@ -1365,15 +1328,6 @@ One cause of such problems is having (setq term-file-prefix nil) in
1365your .emacs file. Another cause is a bad value of EMACSLOADPATH in 1328your .emacs file. Another cause is a bad value of EMACSLOADPATH in
1366the environment. 1329the environment.
1367 1330
1368*** Emacs fails to get default settings from X Windows server.
1369
1370The X library in X11R4 has a bug; it interchanges the 2nd and 3rd
1371arguments to XGetDefaults. Define the macro XBACKWARDS in config.h to
1372tell Emacs to compensate for this.
1373
1374I don't believe there is any way Emacs can determine for itself
1375whether this problem is present on a given system.
1376
1377*** X Windows doesn't work if DISPLAY uses a hostname. 1331*** X Windows doesn't work if DISPLAY uses a hostname.
1378 1332
1379People have reported kernel bugs in certain systems that cause Emacs 1333People have reported kernel bugs in certain systems that cause Emacs
@@ -1385,12 +1339,6 @@ You may be able to compensate for the bug by doing (set-input-mode nil nil).
1385However, that has the disadvantage of turning off interrupts, so that 1339However, that has the disadvantage of turning off interrupts, so that
1386you are unable to quit out of a Lisp program by typing C-g. 1340you are unable to quit out of a Lisp program by typing C-g.
1387 1341
1388The easy way to do this is to put
1389
1390 (setq x-sigio-bug t)
1391
1392in your site-init.el file.
1393
1394*** Prevent double pastes in X 1342*** Prevent double pastes in X
1395 1343
1396The problem: a region, such as a command, is pasted twice when you copy 1344The problem: a region, such as a command, is pasted twice when you copy