From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: How to install packages Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 15:09:07 -0700 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1152050983 14754 80.91.229.2 (4 Jul 2006 22:09:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:09:43 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 05 00:09:37 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxt5J-0005zp-Ue for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 00:09:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxt5J-0007So-AW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:09:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxt57-0007Pp-Q0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:09:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxt54-0007I5-A7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:09:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fxt54-0007Hd-4J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:09:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1FxtIp-0008V6-Dm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jul 2006 18:23:31 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k64M9GrK003649 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 17:09:16 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-73-192.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.73.192]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k64M9FQP029675 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2006 16:09:16 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:35815 Archived-At: > Just to avoid other problems, let me point out that help+.el > works with Emacs 20, not 21 or 22. Thanks for telling me that Drew - I didn't realise (I'm sure it says somewhere but I just didn't look!). Each of my libraries has this in the file header: ;; Compatibility: GNU Emacs 20.x or ;; Compatibility: GNU Emacs 20.x, GNU Emacs 21.x, GNU Emacs 22.x etc. Also, if you picked up help+.el from Emacs Wiki, then the page listing my libraries (http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/DrewsElispLibraries) has: - section "Which Emacs Version", about version support - lists of libraries for different Emacs versions: . "Emacs 22 (and 21 (and 20 (and ...)))" . "Emacs 22 and Emacs 21 (will not work in older versions)" . "Emacs 20" help+.el is listed in the last of these sections, for Emacs 20 only. how do I find out my emacs version? Menu Help > Show Version or Help > About Emacs, or, as Colin mentioned, `C-h v emacs-version'. HTH.