gentoo-overlay/app-editors/xemacs/files

README.Gentoo

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This is a quick tutorial on how to configure the XEmacs package user

interface (package-ui). After you configure package-ui, you will be

able to download and install XEmacs packages and dependencies while in

XEmacs. For the complete documentation, see

/usr/share/doc/xemacs-21.4.*/README.packages.gz



Once XEmacs is emerged onto a Gentoo Linux system, you will only have

the following elisp modules installed: xemacs-base, efs and

(optionally if you had mule in USE) mule-base. This guide will show

how to use package-ui to download and install your own preference in

elisp modules to ~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages.



First, start XEmacs and load the package-ui elisp module.



  M-x load-library RET package-ui RET



The first thing to set is the download site (package-ui installs via

network).



  M-x customize-variable RET package-get-remote RET



Insert a new value, then:



  Choice: Remote

  Host: ibiblio.org

  Directory: /pub/packages/editors/xemacs/packages/



Make sure you set and save the change. Note, other host/directories

are possible. The the documentation for package-ui for more

information. Hint: ibiblio.org is *fast*.



Then set the location package-ui should install to:



  M-x customize-variable RET pui-package-install-dest-dir RET



  Directory: ~/.xemacs/xemacs-packages



Make sure you set and save the change.



At this point you can install your modules:



  M-x pui-list-packages