Subject: Re: Question on Xemacs...
To: None <port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 04/03/1998 20:11:44
At 23:22 Uhr +0200 02.04.1998, Mario Magliocco wrote:
>There is a 1.3 install package for Xemacs on ftp.NetBSD.org.  But I found
>that
>the package installer fails to inform the user that Xemacs needs the ncurses
>package.

ncurses? 19.16 is doing just fine with the BSD curses.


...and at 1:20 Uhr +0200 03.04.1998, Ken Nakata wrote:
>On Thu, 2 Apr 1998 16:15:11 -0500 (EST),
>Chris Jewell <jewell@jewellce.es.dupont.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone know if there is a version of xemacs out there for MacBSD.  I
>> was unable to locate one on the emacs website.  Any help would be great.
>
>XEmacs 20.3 compiled right out of the box for me.  But it's too heavy
>to use confortably even on a 40MHz 68040.

Until now, I have sticked with 19.16 which is a bit sluggish on a IIci
(just built it yesterday, "out-of-the-box" and without package), but there
is not much difference between performance on my Q700/33 and my K6-233 at
work.

Thanks, Ken, for the greyscale X server!

	hauke


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