F12: weird dependenciy between xpaint and emacs

[Sam Sharpe]

On 29 January 2010 11:33, Joachim Backes <joachim.backes at rhrk.uni-kl.de> wrote:
> On my F12 box, both emacs and xpaint are installed.

> When trying to uninstall emacs, I get:

> ================================================================================
>  Package         Arch          Version                 Repository    Size
> ================================================================================
> Removing:
>  emacs           i686          1:23.1-18.fc12          installed   6.6 M
> Removing for dependencies:
>  xpaint          i686          2.8.7.3-1.fc12          installed   1.6 M
>
> Transaction Summary
> ================================================================================
> Remove        2 Package(s)
>
> But after having uninstalled emacs by "rpm -e emacs --nodeps", xpaint still
> runs properly. So, why that dependency?

Open a new Canvas, then choose:
Options -> C Script Editor

From the resulting editor window, choose File -> External

That should load emacs in a terminal window...

--
Sam