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2 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
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3 Copyright (c) 1994-1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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6 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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7 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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8 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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9 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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11 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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12 of this document, or of portions of it,
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13 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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14 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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15 and that any new or changed statements about the activities
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16 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
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19 BUILDING AND INSTALLATION FOR UNIX AND CYGWIN
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21 (for Microsoft Windows, see nt/README also.)
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23 PREREQUISITES
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26 Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle a
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27 program whose pure code is 900k bytes and whose data area is at least
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28 400k and can reach 8Mb or more. Note that a typical XEmacs build is
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29 much bigger. If the swapping space is insufficient, you will get an
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30 error in the command `temacs -batch -l loadup dump', found in
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31 `./src/Makefile.in.in', or possibly when running the final dumped
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35 such as OpenBSD and OSF/Tru64 the default is 2MB which is too low. On
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36 MacOS/X (Darwin), it's 512kB. See 'PROBLEMS' for details.
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38 Building XEmacs requires about 100 Mb of disk space (including the
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39 XEmacs sources). Once installed, XEmacs occupies between 20 and 100 Mb
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40 in the file system where it is installed; this includes the executable files,
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41 Lisp libraries, miscellaneous data files, and on-line documentation. The
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42 exact amount depends greatly on the number of extra lisp packages that are
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46 the documentation yourself, you will need at least version 1.68 of
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47 makeinfo (GNU texinfo-3.11). GNU Texinfo 4.2 is recommended; it is
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48 necessary for building packages, and we may move to it for the core.
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51 ================
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53 Decide on what other software packages you would like to use with
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54 XEmacs, but are not yet available on your system. On some systems,
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55 Motif and CDE are optional additions. On Solaris, the SUNWaudmo
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56 package enables native sound support. There are also a number of free
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57 software packages that XEmacs can use. If these are not yet available
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58 on your system, obtain, build and install those external packages
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59 before building XEmacs. The packages XEmacs can use are:
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61 Xaw3d, XPM, JPEG, compface, PNG, zlib, GNU DBM, Berkeley DB, socks,
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62 term, NAS, Canna, Kinput2, SJ3, Wnn.
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64 You can get (most of) them from the XEmacs ftp site at
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65 ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux
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68 have built, try to build those packages so that the generated
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69 libraries are statically linked.
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71 Use the --site-includes and --site-libraries options when building
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72 XEmacs to allow configure to find the external software packages.
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74 is not recommended, you will also need to add the library directories
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75 to the --site-runtime-libraries option. For your convenience these can
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76 be set together by using the --with-site-prefix command. This will set
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77 these variables as needed assuming your libraries are organised as a
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83 The file README.packages contain information vital to have a fully
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84 working XEmacs. This information was not included in this file only
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85 because it is too large for this terse INSTALL. Please read
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86 README.packages now!
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88 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
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91 In the top level directory of the XEmacs distribution, run the
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97 `config.guess') guess your host type, by omitting the
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98 CONFIGURATION-NAME argument. If you like to experiment, specify a
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99 configuration name in the form MACHINE-VENDOR-OPSYS, for example:
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101 sparc-sun-solaris2.6
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103 See config.guess and configure.in for valid values for MACHINE,
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104 VENDOR, and OPSYS. Also check `./etc/MACHINES' for advice on building
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108 option, `configure' will try to autodetect whether your system has X,
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109 and arrange to use it if present.
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111 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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112 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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113 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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114 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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115 Window System files installed in unusual places.
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117 The `--site-includes=DIR' and `--site-libraries=DIR' options allow you
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118 to specify additional places the compiler should look for include
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119 files and object libraries. You may specify multiple DIR's by
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120 enclosing the list in quotes. All the external packages you want to
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121 use with XEmacs (e.g. xpm, wnn, ...) described later should have their
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122 include and library directories defined using these options.
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125 search for shared libraries at run time. This may be necessary if you
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126 link with dynamic libraries that are installed in non-standard
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127 directories, or if you expect some of the libraries used to build
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128 XEmacs to be in a different directory at run time than at build time.
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129 Usually this will add a `-R' to each directory specified and use that
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130 when linking XEmacs. If you use this option, you must specify ALL of
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131 the directories containing shared libraries at run time, including
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132 system directories.
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134 Rationale: Some people think that directories in --site-libraries
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135 should be automatically used to update --site-runtime-libraries.
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136 Here's a real-life scenario that explains why this is not done: You
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137 build binaries for your company using static libs in
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138 /net/toy/hack/lib. XEmacs adds /net/toy/hack/lib to the runpath of
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139 the executable you've built. Since there are only static libs there,
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140 the system runtime loader will look in this dir, and ignore it,
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141 causing only a .01 second delay in starting XEmacs. You leave the
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142 company for a job at a small Silicon Valley startup. Time passes.
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143 The next guy who inherits your machine objects to working on a machine
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144 named `toy', and gets the sysadmin to rename the machine `godzilla'.
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145 The SA forgets to remove the old entry for `toy' from the hosts file.
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146 Now the system loader will still try to access /net/toy/, and the
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147 automounter will hang trying to access /net/toy. XEmacs suddenly
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148 takes 30 seconds longer to start up, no one can figure out why, and
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149 everyone at your old company curses your name, thinking that you've
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150 put a time bomb into XEmacs. And they're right!
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152 The `--with-gcc' option specifies that the build process should
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153 compile XEmacs using GCC. The `--compiler' option allows you to
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154 specify some other compiler to be used to compile XEmacs. If neither
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155 option is specified, the environment variable CC is used instead.
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156 Otherwise the compiler will then default to 'cc'.
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158 The `--cflags' option specifies the CFLAGS the build process should
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159 use when compiling XEmacs. Otherwise the value of the environment
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160 variable CFLAGS is consulted. If that is also undefined, CFLAGS
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161 defaults to "-g -O" for gcc and "-g" for all other compilers.
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164 because configure and programs in lib-src require a C compiler, two
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165 compilers must be used at different times during the build process.
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166 Use something like `configure --compiler=gcc --xemacs-compiler=g++'.
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167 This option is intended for use by the maintainers.
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170 emacs dynamically rather than statically.
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172 You can build XEmacs for several different machine types from a single
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173 source directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
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175 build directories for the different configuration types, and in each
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176 one, run the XEmacs `configure' script. `configure' looks for the
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177 Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
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179 The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
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180 should put XEmacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
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181 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
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182 (unless the `--exec-prefix' option says otherwise).
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183 - The architecture-independent files go in PREFIXDIR/lib/xemacs-VERSION
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187 (where CONFIGURATION-NAME is the host type, like mips-dec-ultrix4.2),
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190 The `--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
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191 portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
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192 files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,
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193 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in EXECDIR/bin, and
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198 If you specify --prefix (or any of the other installation directory
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199 options), they will get compiled into the xemacs executable so it will
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200 be able to find its various associated file. However, XEmacs has
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201 quite elaborate logic to find out the locations of these directories
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202 dynamically. Sometimes, it is desirable *not* to compile these
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203 directories into the executable so you can move the XEmacs
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204 installation around (as whole) at will. This is true for binary kits,
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205 for instance. Therefore, you can specify --without-prefix on the
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206 configure command line to prevent the installation prefix to become
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207 part of the generated executable; everything else will continue to
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208 work as usual.
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210 The `--with-menubars=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X
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211 toolkit you wish to use for the menubar. The valid options are
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212 `lucid', `motif' and `no'. The default is `lucid' which is a
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213 Motif-lookalike menubar. We highly recommend its usage over the real
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214 Motif menubar. (In fact, the Motif menubar is currently broken.) If
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215 `no' is specified then support for menubars will not be compiled in.
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217 The `--with-scrollbars=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X
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218 toolkit you wish to use for the scrollbars. The valid options are
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219 `lucid', `motif', `athena', `athena3d', and `no'. The default is
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220 `lucid' which is a Motif-lookalike scrollbar. If `no' is specified
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223 The `--with-dialogs=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X toolkit
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225 `athena3d', `motif, and `no. The `lucid' option is accepted and will
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226 result in the `athena' toolkit being used. If the Motif toolkit can be
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227 found the default is `motif'. Otherwise, the default is `athena'. If
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231 The `--with-toolbars' option allows you to enable or disable toolbar
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232 support. The default is `yes' as long as support for a windowing
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237 libraries and define `--with-xpm' for you.
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239 The `--with-xface' option specifies that XEmacs should support
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240 X-Faces. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the compface
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241 library and define `--with-xface' for you.
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243 The `--with-database' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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244 with additional database support. The valid options are `no' or a
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245 comma-separated list of one or more of `dbm', `gnudbm' or `berkdb'.
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246 `configure' will attempt to detect the necessary libraries and header
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247 files and define `--with-database' for you.
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249 The `--with-socks' option specifies that XEmacs should be built with
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252 The `--with-tooltalk' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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260 This functionality is only of use on SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x
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280 The `--with-sound=TYPE' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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282 currently available only on Sun SparcStations, SGI's, HP9000s, and
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284 (`--with-sound=nas' or `--with-sound=both') is an extension to X that
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285 you may or may not have for your system. For NAS, you will probably
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286 need to provide the paths to the nas include and library directories
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287 to configure. If `--with-sound' is not specified, `configure' will
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291 flag. For Linux, `/dev/audio' is required for SunAudio files and
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292 `/dev/dsp' is required for raw data and WAVE format files.
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296 to return unused memory to the operating system, thereby reducing its
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310 intended for use only by the developers and may be obtained from
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311 <URL:http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>.
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314 developers. `--debug' incorporates code for performing various tests,
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315 but does not impose a speed penalty. `--error-checking' adds additional
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320 only by the developers. `--verbose' causes the results of all
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321 configure tests to be displayed. `--extra-verbose' displays
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322 additional information, useful for debugging. Another help for
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323 determining configure failures is the file `config.log', which
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324 contains the results of the compile and link tests used by configure.
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326 The `--with-mule' option enables (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support, needed
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342 X11 must be recompiled with X_LOCALE defined because glibc is lacking
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343 localization for Japanese. The XIM support defaults to `no' except
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344 when Motif is detected where it is stable with OSF libraries. The XIM
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345 support in Lesstif (a Free Motif replacement) does not work as of
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346 v0.82. If you enable this option, you will probably wish to install
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347 the `locale' package which contains localized Splash screens and
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361 installed, configure will autodetect it, so you never need to
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368 multi-language input method. `--with-wnn' is for compiling with Wnn-4.2,
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369 the Free version of WNN. `--with-wnn6' is for compiling against WNN6,
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370 the commercial version of WNN available from OMRON Corporation. This is
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371 stable code and fairly well tested. In order to build with this
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372 option, you will need to have the `egg-its' lisp package already
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373 installed.
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375 Please note that it is safe to build with as many of the options
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383 method for locking mail spool files preconfigured. Otherwise you must
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384 find out for youself. Do not choose a locking protocol "on the
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385 objective merits." XEmacs must use the same method as other mail
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386 utilities on your system, or you will lose mail.
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388 Presently, XEmacs supports lockf, flock, and dot locking. Specify the
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389 locking method via the --mail-locking=METHOD option to configure.
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390 Valid values for METHOD are --mail-locking are `lockf', `flock', and
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397 just creates the files that influence those things: `./src/config.h',
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401 creates a shell script `config.status' which, when run, recreates the
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402 same configuration. If `configure' exits with an error after
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403 disturbing the status quo, it removes `config.status'.
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406 ===============
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408 Look at `./lisp/paths.el'; if some of those values are not right for
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409 your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with XEmacs Lisp
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410 code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el itself.
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411 YOU MUST USE THE LISP FUNCTION `setq' TO ASSIGN VALUES, rather than
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412 `defvar', as used by `./lisp/paths.el'. For example,
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417 news-inews-program (which is "/usr/local/inews").
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419 Before you override a variable this way, *look at the value* that the
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420 variable gets by default! Make sure you know what kind of value the
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425 set up to translate "temporary" automounter mount points into the
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426 canonical form. XEmacs tries to detect how your automounter is
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427 configured. If you have an unusual automounter configuration that
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428 XEmacs cannot detect, you may need to change the value of
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429 `directory-abbrev-alist'.
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432 ==========================
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433
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434 Put into `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/site-load.el' any Emacs Lisp
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435 code you want XEmacs to load before it is dumped out. Use
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436 site-load.el for additional libraries if you arrange for their
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437 documentation strings to be in the lib-src/DOC file (see
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438 src/Makefile.in.in if you wish to figure out how to do that). For all
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439 else, use site-init.el.
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441 Note that, on some systems, the code you place in site-init.el must
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442 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
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443 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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444 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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446 The `site-*.el' files are nonexistent in the distribution. You do not
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447 need to create them if you have nothing to put in them.
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450 =====================
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451
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452 Refer to the file `./etc/TERMS' for information on fields you may
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454 and `./etc/termcap.dat' may already contain appropriately-modified
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458 ============
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459
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460 Run `make' in the top directory of the XEmacs distribution to finish
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461 building XEmacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
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462 named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
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463 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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464 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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465
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466 Or you can "install" the executable and the other XEmacs into their
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467 installed locations, with `make install'. By default, XEmacs's files
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468 are installed in the following directories:
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469
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470 By default, XEmacs installs its files in the following directories:
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471
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472 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
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473 `xemacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient', `ellcc',
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475
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476 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp libraries;
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477 `VERSION' stands for the number of the XEmacs version
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478 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since
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479 the lisp libraries change from one version of XEmacs to
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480 another, including the version number in the path
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481 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed
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482 at the same time; this means that you don't have to
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483 make XEmacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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484
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485 XEmacs searches for its lisp files in these
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486 directories, and then in
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487 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/*'.
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488
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489 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' holds the XEmacs tutorial, the
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490 `yow' database, and other architecture-independent
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491 files XEmacs might need while running. VERSION is as
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492 specified for `.../lisp'.
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493
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494 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock' contains files indicating who is
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495 editing what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes
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496 between users.
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497
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498 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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499 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to
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500 run themselves, and the DOC file. `VERSION' is the
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501 number of the XEmacs version you are installing, and
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503 Since these files are specific to the version of
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504 XEmacs, operating system, and architecture in use,
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505 including the configuration name in the path allows
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506 you to have several versions of XEmacs for any mix of
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507 machines and operating systems installed at the same
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508 time; this is useful for sites at which different
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509 kinds of machines share the file system XEmacs is
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510 installed on.
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513 dynamically loadable modules. These are special programs
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514 typically written in C that can be loaded in much the same
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515 way that Lisp packages are. Not all systems support
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516 dynamic modules, so do not be alarmed if this directory
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517 does not exist or is empty.
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518
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519 XEmacs searches for modules in this directory, or any
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520 sub-directory of it, and then in
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521 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules/*'.
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524 for XEmacs, known as "info files".
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525
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526 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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527 in `/usr/local/bin'.
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528
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529 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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530 install XEmacs's libraries and data files or where XEmacs should search
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531 for its lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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534 You can change where the build process installs XEmacs and its data
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535 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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536 command line. For example, if you type
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537
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538 make install bindir=/usr/local/gnubin
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539
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540 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the XEmacs
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541 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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542 `/usr/local/bin'.
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543
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544 Here is a complete list of the variables you may want to set.
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545
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546 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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547 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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548
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549 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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550 read-only data files that XEmacs refers to while it runs; it
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551 defaults to /usr/local/lib. We create the following
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552 subdirectories under `datadir':
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553 - `xemacs-VERSION/lisp', containing the XEmacs lisp libraries, and
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554
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555 - `xemacs-VERSION/etc', containing the XEmacs tutorial and the
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556 `yow' database.
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557 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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558 like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since these files vary from one version
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559 of XEmacs to another, including the version number in the path
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560 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed at the
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561 same time; this means that you don't have to make XEmacs
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562 unavailable while installing a new version.
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563
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564 `statedir' indicates where to put architecture-independent data files
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565 that XEmacs modifies while it runs; it defaults to
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566 /usr/local/lib as well. We create the following
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567 subdirectories under `statedir':
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568 - `xemacs/lock', containing files indicating who is editing
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569 what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes between
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570 users.
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571
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572 `libdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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573 XEmacs refers to as it runs; it too defaults to `/usr/local/lib'.
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574 We create the following subdirectories under `libdir':
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575 - `xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME', containing executable
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576 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to run
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577 themselves and the DOC file.
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578 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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580 Since these files are specific to the version of XEmacs,
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581 operating system, and architecture in use, including the
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582 configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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583 versions of XEmacs for any mix of machines and operating
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584 systems installed at the same time; this is useful for sites
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585 at which different kinds of machines share the file system
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586 XEmacs is installed on.
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587
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588 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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589 XEmacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info'.
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590
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591 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for XEmacs and its
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592 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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593 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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594
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595 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of XEmacs; instead,
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596 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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597 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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598 `statedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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599 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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600 by default.
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601
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602 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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603 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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604 By including
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605 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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606 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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607 to place all of the XEmacs data files in the appropriate
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608 directories under that path.
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609
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610 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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611 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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612 path variables - `bindir' and `libdir'.
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613
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614 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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615 GNU software; here are some variables specific to XEmacs.
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616
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617 `lispdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects its lisp
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618 libraries. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above),
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619 is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as
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620 described above).
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621
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622 `sitelispdir' indicates where XEmacs should search for lisp libraries
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623 specific to your site. XEmacs checks them in order before
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624 checking `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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625 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp'.
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626
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627 `etcdir' indicates where XEmacs should install and expect the rest of
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628 its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial and yow
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629 database. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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630 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' (where
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631 `VERSION' is as described above).
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632
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633 `lockdir' indicates the directory where XEmacs keeps track of its
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634 locking information. Its default value, based on `statedir'
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635 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock'.
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636
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637 `archlibdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects the
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638 executable files and other architecture-dependent data it uses
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639 while running. Its default value, based on `libdir' (see
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640 above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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641 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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642
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420
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643 `docdir' indicates where to put Lisp documentation strings that XEmacs
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442
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644 refers to as it runs. It defaults to the value of `archlibdir'
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420
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645 (see above).
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646
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388
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647 `moduledir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects to find
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648 any dynamic modules. Its default value, based on
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649 `archlibdir' (see above) is
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650 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
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651 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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652 By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
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653 dependent, and care should be taken not to set this directory
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654 to a system- or architecture-independent directory.
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656 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
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657 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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658 xemacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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659 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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660 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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661 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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662 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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663
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664 The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
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665 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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666 when running make in the subdirectories.
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667
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668 Using GNU Make allows for simultaneous builds with and without the
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669 --srcdir option.
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671 STRIPPING BINARIES
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672 ==================
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673
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674 This saves nothing but a small (by modern standards) amount of disk
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675 space; the symbol table is not loaded into memory at execution time.
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676 If you do encounter a crash or other serious bug, the first thing the
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677 developers will do is ask you to build an XEmacs with a full symbol
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678 table, anyway. Don't strip the XEmacs binary.
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685 setgid to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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686 The setuid/setgid bits need not be set on any other XEmacs-related
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693 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also
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707 without downloading some additional packages.
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710 sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also
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