Re: Xemacs20 reading compressed files?

[glhenni@cs.sandia.gov (Gary L. Hennigan)]

Johann Spies <jhspies@futurenet.co.za> writes:
> I could not find it in the xemacs-documentation.
> 
> Emacs20 and Xemacs20 are using the same .emacs file.  Emacs can read .gz
> files and Xemacs not.  
> 
> How can I get Xemacs to do it? 
> 
> I have got (require 'jka-compr) in my .emacs file.

There was a bug in XEmacs 20, at least I considered it a bug, you have to 
toggle auto-compression-mode off then on before it'll read compressed 
files. Just do:

M-x auto-compression-mode

twice (should say the mode is On after the second time) and it should 
work.

Gary