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* doc/misc/efaq.texi (What was XEmacs?, Colors on a TTY): Fix
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@ -1425,16 +1425,17 @@ of files from Macintosh, Microsoft, and Unix platforms.
@cindex XEmacs
XEmacs was a branch version of Emacs that is no longer actively
developed. XEmacs last released a new version on January 30, 2009,
and it lacks many important features that exist in Emacs. Since its
development has stopped, we do not expect to see any new releases.
developed. Originally known as ``Lucid Emacs'', XEmacs was forked
from a prerelease version of Emacs 19. XEmacs last released a new
version on January 30, 2009, which lacks many important features that
exist in Emacs. Since its development has stopped, we do not expect
to see any new releases.
In the past, it was not uncommon for Emacs packages to include code
for compatibility with XEmacs. Nowadays, most built-in and third party
packages have either stopped supporting XEmacs or were developed
exclusively for Emacs.
XEmacs was initially derived from a prerelease version of Emacs 19.
If you want to talk about these two versions and distinguish them,
please call them ``Emacs'' and ``XEmacs.'' To contrast ``XEmacs''
with ``GNU Emacs'' would be misleading, since XEmacs too has its
@ -1565,7 +1566,7 @@ capabilities.
The command @kbd{M-x list-colors-display} pops up a window which
exhibits all the colors Emacs knows about on the current display.
Syntax highlighting is on by default.
Syntax highlighting is also on by default on text-only terminals.
@cindex direct color in terminals
Emacs 26.1 and later support direct color mode in terminals. If Emacs