bug#11292: 24.1.50; xesam.el not loadable

[Michael Albinus]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

> Hi,

Hi Michael,

> xesam.el is not loadable.  Just try it.
>
> It's because of this expression:
>
> (defvar xesam-mode-map
>   (let ((map (copy-keymap special-mode-map)))
>     (set-keymap-parent xesam-mode-map widget-keymap)
>     map))
>
> which refers to `xesam-mode-map' before it has been defined.  I guess
> it should be
>
> (defvar xesam-mode-map
>   (let ((map (copy-keymap special-mode-map)))
>     (set-keymap-parent map widget-keymap)
>     map))

Yes, looks like this.

However, I'm curious what you plan to do with xesam.el. The XESAM
project is stalled since its release 1.0 in 2009, the project home page
does not exist any longer. I'm planning to propose xesam.el being
obsolete. It's sad.

> Thanks,
>
> Michael.

Best regards, Michael.