Tetzlaff, Ralf writes:
>
>
> >
> > (if (not (fboundp 'line-beginning-position))
> > (defsubst jde-line-beginning-position (&optional N)
> > (save-excursion (beginning-of-line N) (point)))
> > (defalias 'jde-line-beginning-position 'line-beginning-position))
> >
> > (if (not (fboundp 'line-end-position))
> > (defsubst jde-line-end-position (&optional N)
> > (save-excursion (end-of-line N) (point)))
> > (defalias 'jde-line-end-position 'line-end-position))
> >
> > Execute them by marking them as a region (using ctrl-space at the
> > beginning and then moving to the end of the region) and then doing M-x
> > eval-region. Does it still happen after you do that?
>
> Yes, still happens. No change at all.
>
> >
> > These lines are from jde-db.el, and should insure that
> > line-beginning-position is defined no matter what your system is.
> > Perhaps you do not have these lines, or for some reason they are not
> > executing.
>
> I looked in jde-db.el, the lines are there.
>
>
> >
> > To be safe, you really should have a .emacs file. See the JDE manual
>
> But according to the XEmacs documentation, XEmacs does not use an .emacs
> file
> anymore (as I understood it) but the init.el file. Well I put copied the
> init.el
> in the Home directory to .emacs just to be sure, but that didn't change
> anything
> either.
>
> Perhaps it is a problem with XEmacs? Should I try to rather work with Emacs?
I would advise that you start with Emacs and move to XEmacs only after
you become proficient in Emacs, especially if your primary interest is
in using the JDEE. This is because 1) the JDEE's primary maintainer
and documenter uses Emacs to develop the JDEE and hence may
inadvertently introduce changes that break XEmacs and 2) XEmacs comes
with a version of the JDEE that is typically several releases out of
date. Replacing the version included in the XEmacs distribution with
the latest version requires some sophistication (i.e., an awareness
that XEmacs splits the JDEE package up into several directories) or at
least a willingness to follow the JDEE's installation instructions for
XEmacs exactly. The problems you are having could be due to an
incorrect installation such that XEmacs is loading an old version of
the JDEE included in your XEmacs distribution.
- Paul
> I will
> happily try that if you think that helps. I really like the features of JDE
> but I
> have to admit that the problems installing it are driving me kind of mad. It
> took me
> an hour already to find out, that the JDE documentation on the web site is
> obsolete and
> that it is only in my local user guide that I am told to and how to set the
> jde-jdk-registry
> (the jdk is in my path, but it just didn't work).
> Well I hope I get the rest of the problems sorted out, too.
>
> Thanks again for any help I get!
>
> Ralf
>
>
