Re: [jamboost] elisp for jam

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-28 07:15:37

----- Original Message -----
From: "Toon Knapen" <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]>
To: <jamboost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: [jamboost] elisp for jam

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
> > The file I uploaded previously contained some errors; the new one is
> > available at:
> >
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jamboost/files/
> >
> > BTW, this contains some GPL'd (or LGPL'd) code, which is why I'm not
posting
> > it at boost right now. The license doesn't affect any code you write
with
> > it, though. :-)
>
>
> Great, I did not get it to work though I think.
> I've unzipped it in my home directory (after making a backup of my
> .emacs), then tried to
> switch to `M-x jam-mode` but nothing happened.
> Alhtough I'm a regular user of xemacs (in viper-mode), I'm not very
> familiar with elisp ;-(

Ah, well: there are no guarantees when it comes to XEmacs; it differs in
subtle ways from Gnu emacs and is apparently diverging further.

What happens when you open a .jam file? Does it open in jam mode, with
syntax hilighting?

If not, you might try looking at the *Messages* buffer to see if there's a
clue about what went wrong.

-Dave