On Feb 5, 2008, at 19:53, jack wrote:

> i took the .rpm and converted to .deb:
>
> sudo alien -k --scripts bemacs-7.3-152.i386.rpm
>
> i then installed the .deb:
>
> sudo dpkg -i bemacs_7.3-152_i386.deb
> (Reading database ... 275987 files and directories currently
> installed.)
> Preparing to replace bemacs 7.2-247 (using
> bemacs_7.3-152_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement bemacs ...
> Setting up bemacs (7.3-152) ...
>
>
> i ran bemacs and it opened up a window with one of my .ml files in it,
> with the cursor somewhere in the middle of the file. there was no
> error, at the top of the screen i had a 'stop' button that i've never
> seen before, so i tried clicking it. nothing.
>
> my mouse is not working. it's inserting octal codes into the text.
>
> i deleted the buffer and reloaded. no file, otherwise the same. tried
> again and had a different file loaded.
>
> i installed the old version on top of the new. same problem. i
> uninstalled bemacs and then installed. same problem.
>
> i confess i didn't actually check that the old version was working
> immediately before installing the new. it was working perfectly when i
> last used it, which was at the weekend.
>
> i'm stumped.
>
>


Converting the RPM is clearly not working.
I've got ubuntu 7.1 downloaded. I'll install a system and build emacs
on it.

Barry