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* faq-using.xml: Rework XEmacs FAQ.

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2009-02-23 Dr. Volker Zell <dr.volker.zell@oracle.com>
* faq-using.xml: Rework XEmacs FAQ.
2009-02-14 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq-using.xml: Fix usage of ampersand in NT emacs script.

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</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.using.xemacs">
<question><para>What about XEmacs?</para></question>
<question><para>Is there a Cygwin port of XEmacs?</para></question>
<answer>
<para>For a concise description of the current situation with XEmacs, see
this message from the Cygwin mailing list:
<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00609.html">http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00609.html</ulink>.
<para>Yes. It can be used in three different modes:</para>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>X11 (<ulink url="http://cygwin.com/xfree/">http://cygwin.com/xfree/</ulink>) GUI</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>You have to <emphasis>set</emphasis> the DISPLAY environment variable
before starting xemacs.</para>
<screen>
bash$ DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0 xemacs &amp;
</screen>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Windows native GUI</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>You have to <emphasis>unset</emphasis> the DISPLAY environment variable
before starting xemacs.</para>
<screen>
bash$ DISPLAY= xemacs &amp;
</screen>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>Console mode</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>Start xemacs with -nw in a terminal (native or X11) window</para>
<screen>
bash$ xemacs -nw
</screen>
<para>The current stable Cygwin version of XEmacs is 21.4.x. But there is also a
Cygwin test release version (21.5.x) available for download via setup.exe.
</para>
<para>To use all the standard packages with XEmacs you should download the following
two packages:</para>
<para><itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>xemacs-sumo - XEmacs standard packages</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>xemacs-mule-sumo - XEmacs MULE (MUlti Lingual Emacs) packages</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist></para>
<para>An alternative <emphasis>native</emphasis> distribution of XEmacs for
Windows based systems can be downloaded from
<ulink url="http://xemacs.org/Download/win32/index.html">http://xemacs.org/Download/win32/index.html</ulink>.
It uses an <emphasis>InnoSetup Kit</emphasis> based installer.</para>
</answer></qandaentry>
<qandaentry id="faq.using.ntemacs">