annotate nt/installer/Wise/README @ 975:151d438d2d55

[xemacs-hg @ 2002-08-28 05:36:20 by youngs] 2002-08-16 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org> * version.sh (xemacs_extra_name): New var to identify XEmacs version > release < next release. ie, release+cvs. * configure.in: Test for xemacs_extra_name. * configure: Re-generate. 2002-08-16 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org> * build-report.el (build-report-installation-version-regexp): Update to cater for 'xemacs-extra-name'. (build-report-version-file-regexp): Ditto. (build-report): Ditto. (build-report-installation-data): Ditto. (build-report-version-file-data): Ditto. * version.el (emacs-version): Test for 'xemacs-extra-name'. 2002-08-16 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org> * config.h.in (XEMACS_EXTRA_NAME): New. * emacs.c (vars_of_emacs): Use it.
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3 You need to build and install the XEmacs distribution. Also you need
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4 the xemacs packages in both source and installed versions.
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6 Edit "dirs.py" to reflect the locations of the above components.
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8 Edit "version.py" to reflect the current version, as well as the
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9 welcome message.
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12 python pre_wise.py > xemacs-XXX.wse
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14 (for XXX use a version or date code of your choosing)
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17 cmd /c xemacs-XXX.wse
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22 "pre_wise.py" is a preprocessor for the Wise installer maker. It
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23 reads "xemacs.tmpl" which is a Wise input file, except that certain
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24 portions are enclosed in triple angle brackets <<<like this>>>
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26 These portions are evaluated as Python expressions and replaced by the
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27 string representations of the resulting value. This allows for
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28 things to change from release to release without having to re-do the
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29 Wise installation each time. Also it keeps you from having to
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30 manually drag-n-drop all the package files, which is rather tedious!
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