From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: TERM=xterm-256color but emacs=8color Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:20:56 +0200 Message-ID: <01c4f2a3$Blat.v2.2.2$6cd4e860@zahav.net.il> References: <5AC732E6-5CF2-11D9-8DD1-000D932A32C4@Web.DE> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104874115 8322 80.91.229.6 (4 Jan 2005 21:28:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:28:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 04 22:28:20 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1ClwE0-0002Fq-00 for ; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 22:28:20 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClwPD-00006a-Qt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClwOy-00005y-8T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:40 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1ClwOw-0008WT-6J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1ClwOw-0008WQ-3Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:39:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Clw9T-0001pI-KI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:23:39 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretski (IGLD-83-130-250-9.inter.net.il [83.130.250.9]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.6-GR) with ESMTP id AFA02291 (AUTH halo1); Tue, 4 Jan 2005 23:23:09 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.2.2 In-reply-to: (message from kj on Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:35:42 +0000 (UTC)) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23147 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23147 > From: kj > Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 12:35:42 +0000 (UTC) > > SUCCESS!!! THANKS FOR YOUR HELP! The problem was a bad termcap > file. That is usually the reason for such problems. > Now I have a new problem. The Emacs installation that I get from > "make install" is MUCH larger than my ISP's measly disk quota will > allow. My ISP already provides a full Emacs 21.3.1 installation > in /usr/local/share/emacs, so I was hoping to piggyback on that > installation and only use from my CVS compile the emacs-21.3.50 > executable and whatever else it needs to support 256 colors. Don't do that! Mixing Lisp files and Emacs executable from different versions is a bad idea: Lisp code calls primitives written in C and compiled into the Emacs executable, and expects them to behave in certain ways and produce certain results, but some of the primitives in the newer Emacs behave differently. You are in for a bumpy ride! It's much better to remove every Lisp .el file that has a corresponding .elc file, and also remove the source directories (src, lib-src, lispintro, lispref, lwlib, man, and oldXMenu. The CVS and admin directories could also go away. Perhaps after removing those you will have enough disk space. If not, tough.