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On 22 Jun 1998 23:37:20 +0100, Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk> wrotf:

>>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Groves <paul.groves@oucs.ox.ac.uk> writes:
>
> Paul> I have been trying to use PSGML 1.1.1 (for the XML support) and
> Paul> Emacs 20.2.96 on Windows 95.
>
>Using a private `pretest' of Emacs and a public alpha of PSGML, you
>should be prepared to investigate bugs in them, or at least make a
>report to the correct address.

To put the record straight - this wasn't a complaint about PSGML,
which is an excellent package I use every day, merely an observation
about this particular combination - I was wondering whether others had
had the same problems or whether it was just my set-up - hence the
posting to the appropriate newsgroups... 

I am quite aware that the software I am using is in 'alpha' etc. state
and that I should expect bugs - I did not express surprise at the
problem nor did I berate the authors of either package. I also *did*
report this problem to Lennart Staflin <lenst@lysator.liu.se>, the
maintainer of PSGML who kindly replied privately, and asked me to try
out an update that might of solved the problem (it didn't BTW)

I'm just a teensy bit pissed-off about getting 'lectured' for trying
to make people aware of a problem...

Paul


> Paul> I do not know the cause of the problem (bugs in Emacs 20.2.96?), 
>
>It's due to a bug _fix_ for Emacs 20.3.  I don't know whether a hack
>for backwards compatibility in this case will be in the eventual 20.3.
>
> Paul> but suggest you do not upgrade beyond 20.2.1 on Win32 systems
> Paul> until a solution is found...
>
>It's not specific to Windows systems and is hardly a good reason to
>avoid Emacs 20.3 when it's released.  I understand PSGML has had the
>appropriate fix applied for a future version.  If that isn't available
>when 20.3 is released I'll post what's necessary to get it going at
>that stage.