pam@LABS-N.BBN.COM (Pam Andrews) (01/13/87)
On labs-n.bbn.com ( 4.3 system), I have installed the emacs that comes with the 4.3 BSD release tapes as user contribued software. The version is 17.71, dated Dec. 31, 1986. So we are in between the version on BBNV and the latest announcement (still being tested somewhere?). As Vaxes are upgraded to 4.3 we will install the latest version. On 4.3 BSD systems: I propose putting the latest version in /usr/local/nosupport as gnu-emacs. The emacs and emacs.85 in /usr/local/bin will also be moved to /usr/local/nosupport. Your question about rmail is being forwarded to the emacs-lovers group. I would also like to consult with a gnu-emacs user to see whether the default setting for the names of certain files and directoreis that Emacs refers to is set up correctly. On bbn-labs-n the file I question is /u2/ucs/emacs/lisp/paths.el. Any user out there want to try the new gnu-emacs? -Pam Andrews ----BEGINNING OF FORWARDED MESSAGES---- Received: from VAX.BBN.COM by CCJ.BBN.COM ; 5 Jan 87 21:18:11 EST To: unix-emacs@VAX.BBN.COM Cc: kanderson@VAX.BBN.COM, request@VAX.BBN.COM Subject: Latest Gnuemacs version at BBN Date: 05 Jan 87 21:16:20 EST (Mon) From: kanderso@VAX.BBN.COM I was wondering what versions of GNUEMACS other people at BBN were running. On BBNV the latest working version i've found is 16.56.10 (Feb 11 1986) Richard Stallman has just announced 18.35. Is there something in between at bbn i can upgrade to? Is there anyone trying to keep a reasonably up to date version? I have been using Jim Larus' mh-e mailer because i could never get rmail to work. Could someone show me how rmail works? k ----END OF FORWARDED MESSAGES----
rwells@PROPHET.BBN.COM (01/13/87)
If you are going to put a standard version of gnu-emacs up on most of the machines, it would also be nice to get the support library for it into a standard place - /u2/ucs/emacs/lisp is neither obvious nor is it clear that /u2 is the right place on all systems. Something like /usr/local/nosupport/lib/gnuemacs.17.71/lisp would be better. Note that in general each version of the executable should use its own set of library support corresponding to that version. On bbn-prophet the executable is /usr/thishost/bin/emacs-17.61.11 linked to /usr/thishost/bin/xemacs and the corresponding support library (with path built into the executable) is /usr/thishost/lib/gnuemacs.17.61, with etc and lisp subdirectories. This version of emacs also has compiled into it the path for the lock file directory, which is /usr/thishost/lib/gnuemacs/lock The reasoning here is that all versions of gnuemacs should share the same lock directory. This scheme was ported with minimal difficulty and no recompilation or path changes to bbn-spca; /usr/thishost/src/gnuemacs.17.61 was not copied, so only ~2.5MB rather than ~12MB were taken up on bbn-spca. -Robert