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xemacs21 package

xemacs should support a -nox variant

Bug #53081 reported by Tom X. Tobin
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xemacs21 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: xemacs21

The xemacs package does not support a -nox variant similar to emacs-nox, making it impossible to install it on a system without bringing in GUI dependencies; this is undesirable on server installs.

(Despite the name, xemacs does *not* require X.) :-)

Tags: packaging
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Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue with the latest release of Ubuntu ?

Changed in xemacs21:
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Tom X. Tobin (tomxtobin) wrote : Re: [Bug 53081] Re: xemacs should support a -nox variant

On 6/12/07, Jérôme Guelfucci <email address hidden> wrote:
> Thank you for your bug report. Do you still have this issue with the
> latest release of Ubuntu ?
>
> ** Changed in: xemacs21 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

I'm using OS X as my desktop at the moment, so in a manner of
speaking, I suppose not. ^_^ I checked one of my machines running
Feisty Fawn, though, and it seems that xemacs still lacks a -nox
variant. It would be nice to have along the same lines as the GNU
Emacs -nox variant.

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Jérôme Guelfucci (jerome-guelfucci-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Ok, thank you, I'm marking this as confirmed.

Changed in xemacs21:
status: Needs Info → Confirmed
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Nicolas Valcarcel (nvalcarcel) wrote :

for that is a package emacs21 to be installed instead of xemacs21, this bug is Invalid

Changed in xemacs21:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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cluracan (josephsonjunction) wrote :

Nicolas - as far as I can tell, emacs21 (now called emacs23) is GNU emacs, and not xemacs.
Those are different (although very similar looking) programs.

There is GNU emacs with and without X, and there's xemacs with and without X.

Unfortunately, like the OP mantioned, the xemacs with nox variant isn't available in the ubuntu packages (as opposed to the gnu-emacs, or simply emacs, which is available both with and without x)

I too am looking for the xemacs-nox variant (as it's what we use at work, and I've grown quite used to it).

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era (era) wrote :

Reverting back to Confirmed, sorry for missing the spurious status change earlier.

Changed in xemacs21 (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → Confirmed
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