Re: gnuserver and client for the Win9x version

>>>>> "Levent" == Levent Atasoy <[email protected]> writes:

    Levent> Sorry, it was my mistake. I found out what caused the
    Levent> difference.  My intallation of XEmacs on Windows follows a
    Levent> directory structure similar to UNIX, IOW I but the new
    Levent> XEmacs trees under a lib directory under emacs_root and
    Levent> then copy the i586-pc-win32 to a bin directory emacs_root.
    Levent> If I create the shortcut from the bin directory then it
    Levent> finds the site-start properly. If I start it from the
    Levent> i586-pc-win32, it does not, as expected.  I had just
    Levent> created the shortcut to winclient from the i586-pc-win32,
    Levent> and that was the problem.

    Levent> So, the only remaining question is now: What is the deal
    Levent> with gnuserv?  Is there a replacement binary for that or
    Levent> what?

Unfortunately I don't currently have the time to look into this issue.

Hopefully someone else will get back to you on this.

Adrian

    Levent> Thanks.

    Levent> -----Original Message-----
    Levent> From: Levent Atasoy 
    Levent> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:03 AM
    Levent> To: '[email protected]'
    Levent> Cc: '[email protected]'
    Levent> Subject: Re: gnuserver and client for the Win9x version

    Levent> I have been using some gnuclientw and gnuserv executable I got from
    Levent> somewhere a few years ago. They seem to work.  It is pain to keep
    Levent> migrating them along with every new XEmacs version, so I am glad to hear
    Levent> that they are being incorporated into the distribution.

    Levent> I tried winclient, and it seems to work.  I noticed the following
    Levent> behavior, however, and your ideas are welcome.  When I execute winclient
    Levent> from a cygwin window it loads the site-start.el and all my
    Levent> customizations. When I execute it by clicking on a shortcut, it just
    Levent> opens a vanilla window and does not load site-start.  With my old
    Levent> gnuclientw, clicking on the shortcut loads the site-start.
    Levent> The only thing I can think of is that my .bashrc defines a bunch of
    Levent> variables under cygwin that may make a difference for winclient.  What
    Levent> do you think?


    Levent> Also, I did not see a gnuserv executable next to the gnuclient.  What is
    Levent> the story there?  Is there any documentation on how the newer winclient
    Levent> is replacing old gnuserv/gnuclient?
	
>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Brauer <[email protected]> writes:

    Uwe> Hello 
    Uwe> I presume this is a FAQ, but I could not find it.
    Uwe> Is there a gnuserver (and gnuclient) version for Win9x?

    Levent> XEmacs-21.4.xx comes with i586-pc-win32\winclient.exe

    Levent> Try that and report back, please!

    Levent> It's available from
    Levent> http://www.xemacs.org/Download/win32/

    Uwe> Thanks

    Uwe> Uwe Brauer 






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