Patching(1)

PATCHING

This page describes how to patch a MicroEmacs installation with a later release without re-installing.

Windows

Windows requires careful patching in order not to disturb the registry settings The following procedure should be followed.

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Move to the jasspa directory, c:\ProgramFiles\JASSPA\Microemacs.

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COPY the executable me32.exe to a backup, you MUST copy the file otherwise the registry settings will change. DO NOT MOVE THE FILE.

copy me32.exe me32_2002_12.exe

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Save the macros directory, these may be moved i.e.

rename macros macros_2002_12

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Unpack and install the new Windows executable and COPY over the original executable that was previously backed up i.e.

copy c:\path-to-executable\me32-win32-20040108-rc1.exe me32.exe

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Create a new macros directory and install the macros into this new directory, do this manually or using a utility like WINZip.

mkdir macros
cd macros
unzip c:\path-to\memacros-20040108-rc1.zip

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The new version of MicroEmacs will now operate with the old installation environment. You may return to the old release by reversing the steps to patch the installation.

UNIX/Linux

For *NIX package installations then patching is a little easier. The steps are defined as follows:

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Move to the jasspa directory.

cd /opt/jasspa/bin

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Save the original executable.

mv me me_200212

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Unpack the new executable and make it executable.

gunzip me-sun-solaris-20040108-rc1.gz
mv me-sun-solaris-20040108-rc1 me
chmod a+x me

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Save the existing macros directory.

cd /opt/jasspa
mv macros macros_200212

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Create a new macros directory and install the new macros:

mkdir macros
cd macros
unzip /path-to/memacros-20040108-rc1.zip

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Installed packages are built with the install path built into the executable, this may be different from the patch version of the executable so the environment variable $MEINSTALLPATH(5) may be defined in the environment with the macro installation search paths.

SEE ALSO

$MENAME(5), $MEINSTALLPATH(5), Company Profiles, Installation, File Hooks, File Language Templates, User Profiles.

Ref: Patching(1) File: m2nar009.2 Date: 2026/02/16

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