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I'm running xemacs 21.4.19 under OpenBSD and cannot seem to install howm.  I get a series of compilation errors:

While compiling toplevel forms in file .../howm.el:
  !! Invalid read syntax (("\"]\" in a list"))

This same error occurs for every "howm" file it appears.  

I had assumed this was a charset issue or something similar, as it compiles fine under emacs on Mac OSX, but aside from ensuring mule is installed, I'm unclear on next steps.

Advice?