Sorry, but I need to make this a 'hit-n-run', as I'm pretty busy today.
But, for those of you so equipped, take a look at the way Xemacs does this. There are some semi-automatic hooks, which can be adjusted by the user, to go out to several well-known places on the Internet to obtain updates of the various giblets available for Xemacs. This is not limited to the basic stuff that's distributed by xemacs.org, but also the plethora of add-on packages (e.g., the customizations to make a very nice IDE for C and/or C++ software development, etc.). I personally haven't made much use of it personally, but I have played with it in the past, and frankly, I think it's really cool methodology. Just my 20 millidollars' worth, Bayard ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
