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标  题: Xwpe FAQ
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(from  http://www.astro.umd.edu/~flynnk/xwpe-faq.html)

Xwpe FAQ
Version 1.02a

What is Xwpe?
Why a FAQ?
What systems does Xwpe run under?
Who maintains Xwpe, and where can I get more information?
What documentation is available?
Common Problems
What's up with the German in the source?
Why does Xwpe call Xlib instead of a GUI package?
Xwpe doesn't work with KDE. What should I do?
What is the long term plans for Xwpe?
What can I do to help the Xwpe project?
Who am I to write a FAQ?
What is Xwpe?
Xwpe stands for the X Windows Programming Environment. It is was written to
provide an integrated development under UNIX, similar to that provided
by editors like Turbo C++ (formerly made by Borland). It runs in both a
text mode, and in an X window. The text editor is referred to as Wpe, or
just We. It is primarily used for writing code, as it performs such basic
tasks as syntax highlighting, in a small, somewhat efficient manner.
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Why a FAQ?
With Xwpe being distributed with every copy of Red Hat Linux, with newer
editions becoming more functional, easier to install, Power Toolsand easier
to use, and with the growing size of the Linux community, more and more
people are coming to use Xwpe. And they have questions that deserve
answers!
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What systems does Xwpe run under?
Xwpe is primarily developed and run under Linux. All versions are pretty
much guaranteed to run under Linux, particularly Red Hat Linux. However,
Xwpe has been successfully tested and ran under many other flavors of UNIX,
including Solaris, AIX, IRIX, and HP-UX. If you find any bugs, please post
email to the mailing list, or to the maintainer directly. See the next
question.
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Who maintains Xwpe, and where can I get more information?
Xwpe is currently maintained by Dennis Payne, dulsi@identicalsoftware.com.
For more information, or to obtain the newest release, refer to the
website:
http://www.identicalsoftware.com/xwpe/

Or you can join the Xwpe maling list by sending an email to majordomo@cs.
rpi.edu with the body:

subscribe xwpe
To unsubscribe, again send a message to majordomo@cs.rpi.edu with the
body:

unsubscribe xwpe
To send a message to the mailing list, email xwpe@cs.rpi.edu. You must be
sending from the account you are subscribed from. You can also check out an
archive of previous messages from the mailing list at:

http://jab.org/xwpe%40cs.rpi.edu/

It is a good idea to check to see if your issue has been discussed before
posting to the mailing list. This is a development mailing list, as well as
a general information list, so patches and other modifications may be
distributed on this list.

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What documentation is available?
Not much. If someone would like to write some... Refer to the webpage or
this FAQ until such time as someone finds the time to do so.
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Common Problems
Why doesn't syntax highlighting work?
Check to be sure you ran "xwpe" and not "xwe." "xwe" invokes the X
Windows Editor, not the X Windows Programming Environment. Secondly,
check to make sure your file has the proper extension: for C++ files that
is .C (note the capitalization); for C files: .c (again note no
capitalization); for Fortran: .f; for Pascal .p; for HTML .html
(available from the website as an add-on). Why these extensions and not
others? Dennis likes them (and so do I, BTW), and as of now Xwpe only
supports one extension per file type. This is a desired revision, for
anyone who cares to fix it.

Update: Xwpe now supports several other extensions for certain file types,
by default. Additonal extensions beyond those may be supported by
listing the additional file types as shown below:

      6
      .C .cc .cpp .cxx .h .hpp
      73
      and and_eq asm auto bitand bitor bool break case catch
      char class compl const const_cast continue default delete
      ....

If a number is encountered instead of period and extension, it means the
syntax applies for the following number of extensions.
If you wish to add more file types, you should copy the global syntax
file to your local file. The global syntax definitions are usually
located in /usr/lib/xwpe/syntax_def or /usr/local/lib/xwpe/syntax_def.
You should create your local file in ~/.xwpe/syntax_def. Simply copy the
file and make any changes you wish. Your local file will override the
global settings.

I get an "ERROR: Illegal parameter : -c" message from my compiler. (Free
Pascal, others)
Xwpe assumes that the compiler you are using has an option -c, which
enables multiple source files to be compiled. Some compilers, such as the
Free Pascal compiler do not support this option.

There is a current workaround: write a script which strips out this
parameter from the call. We'd welcome a fix to this; this is a holdover
from the first versions of Xwpe. Also note that the -o option is assumed,
as well.

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What's up with the German in the source?
Fred Kruse originally wrote Xwpe, and apparently he spoke fluent German.
Not surprising for a German native. Unfortunately, he has chosen to
resign from the online community. With no one maintaining Xwpe, Dennis took
it upon himself to start fixing some of the bugs with Xwpe, and he
wanted to distribute his patches, along with others made by fellow users.
And so, the Xwpe-Alpha project was born.
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Why does Xwpe call Xlib instead of a GUI package?
Because Fred Kruse wrote it that way. Dennis would like to have this
changed, but the task is a large one. If someone would like to make this
conversion, they are very welcome to do so. Dennis suggests you join the
mailing list to gather the latest information.
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Xwpe doesn't work with KDE. What should I do?
Jon F. Shoberg (jshoberg@cbd.net) suggests:
'KDE 1.1pre2 does some funny things. There is a setting for "Apply conts
and colors to non-KDE applications." After setting everything back to
default then turning the items off, all is good. XWPE works and I am
happy again!'

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What is the long term plans for Xwpe?
Currently, various bugs need to be found and fixed. Additionally, the
code is not written in a maintainable manner, and a major reorganization of
the source is needed (any volunteers?). And we all seem to think that Xwpe
should do this or that. The primary goal of Xwpe is to provide a good text
editor tailored to writing programming code; anything in pursuit of that
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What can I do to help the Xwpe project?
Fix the bugs in the known bug list, distributed with Xwpe. That is the
top priority.
Add code to support the following desired functionality (in no particular
order):

An option to refresh the file manager whenever a directory being
displayed has changed, without closing and reopening the file manager
window.
An option of the file menu to reload the file from disk
Migrate away from direct Xlib calls, towards a GUI package, such as Gnome
or GTK.
Clean up the current source code so it can be read by others, i.e. remove
the German and reorganize the code.
Add you own ideas!

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Who am I to write a FAQ?
My name is Kenneth Flynn, and I've been using Xwpe almost as long as Dennis
has. And I was his roommate for 3 years, and with that kind of abuse...
Corrections or comments about the FAQ should be directed to me, at
flynnk@astro.umd.edu. Flames should be directed at
dulsi@identicalsoftware.com.
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Updated 07/09/00
FAQ Questions: flynnk@astro.umd.edu
XWPE Questions: dulsi@identicalsoftware.com

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