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Re: Problem with IDLWAVE in XEmacs 21.5.18 [message #44399] Tue, 14 June 2005 14:14 Go to next message
Sean Davis is currently offline  Sean Davis
Messages: 19
Registered: August 1999
Junior Member
Sean Davis wrote:

> Hello
>
> I recently upgraded from SuSe linux 9.2 to 9.3. Along with this upgrade,
> my
> xemacs was upgraded to 21.5.18 beta. I did not re-install idlwave
> (5.6pre6) or idl (6.1), and now I am having some problems with IDLWAVE.
>
>
> When I try to get routine info on any routine (built-in IDL or mine) using
> C-c ?, it doesn't do anything but print a line saying
>
> Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is going on here?
>
> Do I need to try and re-install something?
>
> Thanks,
> Sean
I should also note that the same error is displayed when I attempt to do
completions using M Tab.
Re: Problem with IDLWAVE in XEmacs 21.5.18 [message #44535 is a reply to message #44399] Mon, 20 June 2005 20:12 Go to previous message
JD Smith is currently offline  JD Smith
Messages: 850
Registered: December 1999
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On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 15:14:17 -0600, Sean Davis wrote:

> Sean Davis wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I recently upgraded from SuSe linux 9.2 to 9.3. Along with this upgrade,
>> my
>> xemacs was upgraded to 21.5.18 beta. I did not re-install idlwave
>> (5.6pre6) or idl (6.1), and now I am having some problems with IDLWAVE.
>>
>>
>> When I try to get routine info on any routine (built-in IDL or mine) using
>> C-c ?, it doesn't do anything but print a line saying
>>
>> Symbol's function definition is void: cancel-timer

You apparently need to hand-load the 'timer sub-component, which shouldn't
be necessary, and is likely a bug in a recent XEmacs. Make sure also
that you have fsf-compat.

Have a look at this recent thread:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.idl-pvwave/bro wse_thread/thread/2865cc406c25b9a5/0b504fbd3dea444a

JD
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