[opensuse] Xemacs x-symbol error (Invalid tag set, (mule-fonts))
Hello, Trying to test x-symbol as per the instructions ( http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net/man/x-symbol_2.html#SEC20 ) within SUSE 10.1's xemacs ( 21.5.25.20060327 ) always results in an error. This happens of both the 32bit and 64bit versions of xemacs. Typing M-x x-symbol-grid in buffer `*scratch*' always produces the following error at the bottom of xemacs: "Invalid argument: Invalid tag set, (mule-fonts)" Subsequent invocations of the same sequence produces warnings like this: " (5) (default/warning) X-Symbol charsym nobreakspace: redefinition (not used) (6) (default/warning) X-Symbol charsym exclamdown: redefinition (not used) (7) (default/warning) X-Symbol charsym cent: redefinition (not used) " Installing x-symbol into the user's ~/.xemacs/packages/ directory results in exactly the same error. The only additional package installed is Imagemagick. The error did not go away with the M17 xemacs from http://software.opensuse.org/download/M17N/SUSE_Linux_10.1/ . Can anyone explain what the problem is and what an appropriate fix is? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 23:40 +0000, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:
Trying to test x-symbol as per the instructions ( http://x-symbol.sourceforge.net/man/x-symbol_2.html#SEC20 ) within SUSE 10.1's xemacs ( 21.5.25.20060327 ) always results in an error. This happens of both the 32bit and 64bit versions of xemacs. Typing M-x x-symbol-grid in buffer `*scratch*' always produces the following error at the bottom of xemacs:
"Invalid argument: Invalid tag set, (mule-fonts)"
The answer turned out to be to add: (define-specifier-tag 'mule-fonts) to the user's ~/.xemacs/init.el . Attempting to to do M-x x-symbol-grid now results in a segfault but xsymbol seems to kind of work in day to day use. The problem is apparently due to a break in the backwards compatibility of xemacs. As of 21.x the mule-fonts tag is no longer used internally ( http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta/20171/focus=20172 ) . Further, the x-symbol package is unmaintained thus this problem may become worse in the future ( http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta/22891/focus=22900 ). This issue also tends to surface in relation to proofgeneral/isabelle when used with xemacs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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