EMACS_UNIBYTE and installing auctex

["T. V. Raman" <raman@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim, Yes this is on my todo list -- I just haven't  gotten around
to it. Plan to do so soon -- time permitting


>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Cross <tcross@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
    Tim> Raman,
    Tim> 
    Tim> although few of us are running the software dectalk, it
    Tim> probably would still be a good idea to replace the
    Tim> existing tcldtk.c module with the one I make available
    Tim> on my website. The one in emacspeak has been broken for
    Tim> a few years now (since version 5.0 of the software
    Tim> dectalk). either you can grab it from
    Tim> 
    Tim> http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~tcross/software-dtk-hack-2.0.tar.gz
    Tim> 
    Tim>  or I can try posting it to the list.
    Tim> 
    Tim> Tim
    Tim> 
    Tim> T. V. Raman writes:
    >> 
    >> By TTS crashes, I assume you mean software Dectalk.
    >> 
    >> Note that I haven't run software Dectalk in a couple of
    >> years -- primarily because the amount of time it took to
    >> support it wasn't warranted by the small number of users
    >> who actually used it.
    >> 
    >> The engines I use on a regular basis are the Dectalk
    >> Express and the IBM Viavoice engine.
    >> 
    >> >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Rayner <peter.rayner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
    >> writes:
    Peter> Tim Cross writes:
    >> >> 
    >> >> Be aware that removing emacs_unibyte may have >>
    >> unpredictable results for many TTS systems.
    Peter> I did not make myself clear here.  My suggested
    Peter> procedure was start emacspeak as normal, including the
    Peter> setting of EMACS_UNIBYTE start your favourite shell in
    Peter> a shell buffer remove EMACS_UNIBYTE from the
    Peter> environment in that shell buffer with a
    >> >> recipe depending on your shell
    Peter> Then make auctex the make procedure includes lots of
    Peter> batch invocations of emacs either to byte compile or
    Peter> the generate the auto-loads.  This procedure ensures
    Peter> they'll be compiled multibyte if needed.  This won't
    Peter> affect the tts since it sees the environment with
    Peter> which emacs was started
    >> >> On a second point - do you actually need to load the >>
    >> autoloads for jjp - I suspect that as it requires >>
    >> multi-byte and given the initials being used, this is >>
    >> possibly a module to support Japanese character >>
    >> sets. Maybe you don't need that module if you don't use >>
    >> Japanese?
    Peter> Almost certainly not but it's in the
    Peter> update/make/install cycle for auctex and if you're a
    Peter> cvs addict you may well find yourself
    >> >> continually having to remove it.
    Peter> 
    Peter> Speaking of cvs addiction, I heartily recommend
    Peter> upgrading to the cvs snapshot of emacs.  I was having
    Peter> tremendous stability problems with emacs-21.3 and
    Peter> DecTalk, involving emacs freezing etc.  The TTS
    Peter> crashes as often as it ever did with emacs-22.050 but
    Peter> it doesn't take emacs down with it any more cheers
    Peter> Peter
    Peter> 
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