Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 13:19:52 +0300 (IDT) From: Eli Zaretskii X-Sender: eliz AT is To: Nimrod Abing cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: Mother Novell, DJGPP, and Emacs: Friends? In-Reply-To: <20000803085650.13661.qmail@hotmail.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: djgpp AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Nimrod Abing wrote: > I have installed the following DJGPP packages: > > faq230b.zip, djdev203.zip, upx101d.zip, rhide14b.zip, txt20b.zip, RHIDE 1.4 is very old and has some known bugs. I suggest to upgrade to the latest version available from Andris Pavenis's site (the URL is in the FAQ). > fil316b.zip, gcc2952b.zip, gdb418b.zip, gpp2952b.zip, mak3781b.zip, The latest port of Make is of version 3.7.9.1, mak3791b.zip. I suggest to upgrade. > I would also like to install Gnu Emacs, but I am worried about file > sharing. I want to configure Emacs so that it remembers the places in > files that it has been to (_places). I have already thought one way of > doing this, which is to modify _emacs to write _places into the > appropriate user's home directory. Look at the file _emacs.xmpl which comes with the Emacs distribution, it already shows how to set this up. (Search for "saveplace".) The example _emacs file also shows lots of other useful customizations that your users will probably like. > As an aside, are there more issues > that I should be aware of when using/installing DJGPP on Novell networks? > And oh yes, I've read the FAQ. I installed DJGPP July 1, 2000 so far no > serious problems. There are no known problems with Novell except those mentioned in the FAQ. If you already read that, and if DJGPP works for you, then I don't think you should worry.