[Erc-help] Re: define-minor-mode

[Ville <vil...@xe...>]

On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 20:08, Alex Schroeder wrote:

> > Yes, it's there.  Be aware though that there are substantial difference=
s
> > between XEmacs' easy-mmode.el and the GNU Emacs one.
>=20
> Hm, being an Emacs person, I have difficulties finding it...  Looking
> at how I installed my XEmacs in /usr/local, I cannot find the right
> one.
>=20
> /usr/local $ ls /usr/local/src/xem*
> /usr/local/src/xemacs-21.4.6.tar.gz
> /usr/local/src/xemacs-sumo-2002-01-19.tar.gz

Maybe you'll want to upgrade your XEmacs stuff to 21.4.(9|10RC2) and the
latest (09/2002) Sumos...

> ;;;###autoload
> (defalias 'easy-mmode-define-minor-mode 'define-minor-mode)
>=20
> But since the argument list does not match, we are out of luck.
>=20
> > A sync of this mode would be welcome.
>=20
> Can we (you) just replace the XEmacs definition with the Emacs
> version?

Not *just* replace, but to carefully examine the differences (and most
likely consequently do a more thorough sync).  The GNU one does a lot
more stuff than ours.  It would definitely be a Good Thing to get the
versions in sync.  All help with this task is very much welcome.

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\/ille Skytt=E4
ville.skytta at xemacs.org