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2 Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
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3 Copyright (c) 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 Synched up with: FSF 19.30.
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7 Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies
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8 of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the
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9 copyright notice and permission notice are preserved,
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10 and that the distributor grants the recipient permission
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11 for further redistribution as permitted by this notice.
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13 Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
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14 of this document, or of portions of it,
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15 under the above conditions, provided also that they
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16 carry prominent notices stating who last changed them,
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17 and that any new or changed statements about the activities
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18 of the Free Software Foundation are approved by the Foundation.
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21 BUILDING AND INSTALLATION (Unix and Cygwin, see the file nt/README
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22 for instructions on building under Microsoft Windows):
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24 1) Make sure your system has enough swapping space allocated to handle
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25 a program whose pure code is 900k bytes and whose data area is at
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26 least 400k and can reach 8Mb or more. If the swapping space is
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27 insufficient, you will get an error in the command `temacs -batch
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28 -l loadup dump', found in `./src/Makefile.in.in', or possibly when
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29 running the final dumped XEmacs.
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31 Building XEmacs requires about 41 Mb of disk space (including the
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32 XEmacs sources). Once installed, XEmacs occupies about 16 Mb in the
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33 file system where it is installed; this includes the executable files,
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34 Lisp libraries, miscellaneous data files, and on-line documentation.
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35 The amount of storage of the Lisp directories may be reduced by
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36 compressing the .el files. If the building and installation take place
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37 in different directories, then the installation procedure temporarily
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38 requires 41+16 Mb. Adjust this value upwards depending upon what
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39 additional Lisp support is installed.
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41 XEmacs requires an ANSI C compiler, such as GCC. If you wish to build
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42 the documentation yourself, you will need at least version 1.68 of
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43 makeinfo (GNU texinfo-3.11).
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46 2) Decide on what other software packages you would like to use with
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47 XEmacs, but are not yet available on your system. On some systems,
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48 Motif and CDE are optional additions. On Solaris, the SUNWaudmo
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49 package enables native sound support. There are also a number of free
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50 software packages that XEmacs can use. If these are not yet available
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51 on your system, obtain, build and install those external packages
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52 before building XEmacs. The packages XEmacs can use are:
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54 Xaw3d, XPM, JPEG, compface, PNG, zlib, GNU DBM, Berkeley DB, socks,
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55 term, NAS, Canna, Kinput2, SJ3, Wnn.
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57 You can get (most of) them from the XEmacs ftp site at
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58 ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux
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60 If you want users on other systems to be able to use the XEmacs you
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61 have built, try to build those packages so that the generated
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62 libraries are statically linked.
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64 Use the --site-includes and --site-libraries options when building
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65 XEmacs to allow configure to find the external software packages.
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66 If you link with dynamic (``.so'') external package libraries, which
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67 is not recommended, you will also need to add the library directories
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71 3) Decide what Initial Lisp you need with XEmacs. XEmacs is
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72 distributed separately from most of its runtime environment. This is
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73 done to make it easier for administrators to tune an installation for
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74 what the local users need. See the file etc/PACKAGES for an overview
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75 of what is available and which packages need to be installed prior to
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76 building XEmacs. At this point you only need a minimum to get started
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77 at which point you may install what you wish without further changes
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78 to the XEmacs binary. A sample minimum configuration for a Linux
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79 system using Mule and Wnn6 from OMRON corporation would be the
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80 packages `mule-base' and `egg-its'. By default, packages will be
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81 searched for in the path
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83 ~/.xemacs::$prefix/lib/xemacs-${version}/mule-packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs/mule-packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs-${version}/xemacs-packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs/xemacs-packages
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85 This may be changed by specifying a different value with the
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86 --package-path configuration option.
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88 4) In the top level directory of the XEmacs distribution, run the
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94 `config.guess') guess your host type, by omitting the
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95 CONFIGURATION-NAME argument. If you like to experiment, specify a
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96 configuration name in the form MACHINE-VENDOR-OPSYS, for example:
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98 sparc-sun-solaris2.6
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100 See config.guess and configure.in for valid values for MACHINE,
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101 VENDOR, and OPSYS. Also check `./etc/MACHINES' for advice on building
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104 If you don't want X support, specify `--without-x'. If you omit this
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105 option, `configure' will try to autodetect whether your system has X,
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106 and arrange to use it if present.
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108 The `--x-includes=DIR' and `--x-libraries=DIR' options tell the build
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109 process where the compiler should look for the include files and
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110 object libraries used with the X Window System. Normally, `configure'
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111 is able to find them; these options are necessary if you have your X
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112 Window System files installed in unusual places.
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114 The `--site-includes=DIR' and `--site-libraries=DIR' options allow you
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115 to specify additional places the compiler should look for include
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116 files and object libraries. You may specify multiple DIR's by
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117 enclosing the list in quotes. All the external packages you want to
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118 use with XEmacs (e.g. xpm, wnn, ...) described later should have their
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119 include and library directories defined using these options.
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122 search for shared libraries at run time. This may be necessary if you
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123 link with dynamic libraries that are installed in non-standard
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124 directories, or if you expect some of the libraries used to build
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125 XEmacs to be in a different directory at run time than at build time.
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126 Usually this will add a `-R' to each directory specified and use that
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127 when linking XEmacs. If you use this option, you must specify ALL of
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128 the directories containing shared libraries at run time, including
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129 system directories.
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131 Rationale: Some people think that directories in --site-libraries
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132 should be automatically used to update --site-runtime-libraries.
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133 Here's a real-life scenario that explains why this is not done: You
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134 build binaries for your company using static libs in
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135 /net/toy/hack/lib. XEmacs adds /net/toy/hack/lib to the runpath of
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136 the executable you've built. Since there are only static libs there,
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137 the system runtime loader will look in this dir, and ignore it,
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138 causing only a .01 second delay in starting XEmacs. You leave the
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139 company for a job at a small Silicon Valley startup. Time passes.
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140 The next guy who inherits your machine objects to working on a machine
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141 named `toy', and gets the sysadmin to rename the machine `godzilla'.
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142 The SA forgets to remove the old entry for `toy' from the hosts file.
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143 Now the system loader will still try to access /net/toy/, and the
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144 automounter will hang trying to access /net/toy. XEmacs suddenly
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145 takes 30 seconds longer to start up, no one can figure out why, and
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146 everyone at your old company curses your name, thinking that you've
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147 put a time bomb into XEmacs. And they're right!
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149 The `--with-gcc' option specifies that the build process should
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150 compile XEmacs using GCC. The `--compiler' option allows you to
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151 specify some other compiler to be used to compile XEmacs. If neither
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152 option is specified, the environment variable CC is used instead.
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153 Otherwise the compiler will then default to 'cc'.
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155 The `--cflags' option specifies the CFLAGS the build process should
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156 use when compiling XEmacs. Otherwise the value of the environment
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157 variable CFLAGS is consulted. If that is also undefined, CFLAGS
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158 defaults to "-g -O" for gcc and "-g" for all other compilers.
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160 The `--dynamic' option specifies that configure should try to link
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161 emacs dynamically rather than statically.
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164 compiling due to the `const' storage class in C. This is defined by
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165 default. Most users should have no need to change this.
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168 source directory. To do this, you must use a version of `make' that
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169 supports the `VPATH' variable, such as GNU `make'. Make separate
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170 build directories for the different configuration types, and in each
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171 one, run the XEmacs `configure' script. `configure' looks for the
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172 Emacs source code in the directory that `configure' is in.
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174 The `--prefix=PREFIXDIR' option specifies where the installation process
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175 should put XEmacs and its data files. This defaults to `/usr/local'.
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176 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in PREFIXDIR/bin
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177 (unless the `--exec-prefix' option says otherwise).
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178 - The architecture-independent files go in PREFIXDIR/lib/xemacs-VERSION
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182 (where CONFIGURATION-NAME is the host type, like mips-dec-ultrix4.2),
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185 The `--exec-prefix=EXECDIR' option allows you to specify a separate
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186 portion of the directory tree for installing architecture-specific
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187 files, like executables and utility programs. If specified,
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188 - XEmacs (and the other utilities users run) go in EXECDIR/bin, and
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189 - The architecture-dependent files go in
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195 ./configure mips-dec-ultrix --with-x11=yes
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197 configures XEmacs to build for a DECstation running Ultrix, with
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198 support for the X11 window system.
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200 The `--with-menubars=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X
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201 toolkit you wish to use for the menubar. The valid options are
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202 `lucid', `motif' and `no'. The default is `lucid' which is a
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203 Motif-lookalike menubar. We highly recommend its usage over the real
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204 Motif menubar. (In fact, the Motif menubar is currently broken.) If
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205 `no' is specified then support for menubars will not be compiled in.
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207 The `--with-scrollbars=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X
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208 toolkit you wish to use for the scrollbars. The valid options are
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209 `lucid', `motif', `athena', `athena3d', and `no'. The default is
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210 `lucid' which is a Motif-lookalike scrollbar. If `no' is specified
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213 The `--with-dialogs=TYPE' option allows you to specify which X toolkit
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215 `athena3d', `motif, and `no. The `lucid' option is accepted and will
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216 result in the `athena' toolkit being used. If the Motif toolkit can be
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217 found the default is `motif'. Otherwise, the default is `athena'. If
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218 `no' is specified then support for dialog boxes will not be compiled
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221 The `--with-toolbars' option allows you to enable or disable toolbar
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222 support. The default is `yes' as long as support for a windowing
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223 system is included.
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226 Pixmaps. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the Xpm
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227 libraries and define `--with-xpm' for you.
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229 The `--with-xface' option specifies that XEmacs should support
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230 X-Faces. `configure' will attempt to detect if you have the compface
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231 library and define `--with-xface' for you.
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233 The `--with-database' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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234 with additional database support. The valid options are `no' or a
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235 comma-separated list of one or more of `dbm', `gnudbm' or `berkdb'.
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236 `configure' will attempt to detect the necessary libraries and header
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237 files and define `--with-database' for you.
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239 The `--with-socks' option specifies that XEmacs should be built with
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240 SOCKS support. This requires the libsocks library.
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242 The `--with-tooltalk' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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243 with ToolTalk support for interconnecting with other applications.
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244 ToolTalk is not yet supported on all architectures. If you use this
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245 option, you should have the tooltalk package (see etc/PACKAGES)
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246 installed prior to building XEmacs.
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248 The `--with-sparcworks' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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249 with support for Sun Sparcworks 3.0.1 and up (including Sun WorkShop).
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250 This functionality is only of use on SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 2.x
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256 define `--with-cde' for you.
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259 and drop support. This requires no external library support, so if
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260 X11 support is available, then this option defaults to `yes'. OffiX
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270 The `--puresize' option can be used to change the amount of purespace
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274 The `--with-sound=TYPE' option specifies that XEmacs should be built
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275 with sound support. Native (`--with-sound=native') sound support is
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276 currently available only on Sun SparcStations, SGI's, HP9000s, and
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277 systems (such as Linux) with soundcard.h. Network Audio Support (NAS)
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278 (`--with-sound=nas' or `--with-sound=both') is an extension to X that
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279 you may or may not have for your system. For NAS, you will probably
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280 need to provide the paths to the nas include and library directories
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281 to configure. If `--with-sound' is not specified, `configure' will
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284 standard location you can specify it with the `--native-sound-lib=LIB'
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285 flag. For Linux, `/dev/audio' is required for SunAudio files and
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286 `/dev/dsp' is required for raw data and WAVE format files.
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288 The `--rel-alloc' option can be used to either enable or disable use
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289 of the relocating allocator. Turning on --rel-alloc will allow XEmacs
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290 to return unused memory to the operating system, thereby reducing its
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291 memory footprint. However, it may make XEmacs runs more slowly,
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294 configuration for your system. You can tweak this based on how you
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295 use XEmacs, and the memory and cpu resources available on your system.
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299 default configuration for your system. Note that on many systems
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300 using the system malloc disables the use of the relocating allocator.
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304 intended for use only by the developers and may be obtained from
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305 <URL:http://www.letters.com/dmalloc/>.
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308 by the developers. `--debug' adds code to be compiled in for
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309 performing various tests. `--error-checking' adds additional tests to
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310 many of the commonly used macros.
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312 The `--verbose' and `--extra-verbose' options are intended for use
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313 only by the developers. `--verbose' causes the results of all
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314 configure tests to be displayed. `--extra-verbose' displays
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315 additional information, useful for debugging. Another help for
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316 determining configure failures is the file `config.log', which
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317 contains the results of the compile and link tests used by configure.
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319 The `--with-mule' option enables (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support, needed
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322 Mule support requires the mule-base package installed prior to
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323 building XEmacs. The following options require Mule support:
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325 The `--with-xim' option enables use of the X11 XIM mechanism to allow
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360 the Free version of WNN. `--with-wnn6' is for compiling against WNN6,
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361 the commercial version of WNN available from OMRON Corporation. This is
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362 stable code and fairly well tested. In order to build with this
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384 for your system, set up the file `./lisp/site-init.el' with XEmacs
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385 Lisp code to override them; it is not a good idea to edit paths.el
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386 itself. YOU MUST USE THE LISP FUNCTION `setq' TO ASSIGN VALUES,
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401 canonical form. XEmacs tries to detect how your automounter is
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402 configured. If you have an unusual automounter configuration that
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403 XEmacs cannot detect, you may need to change the value of
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409 documentation strings to be in the lib-src/DOC file (see
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414 site-load.el, XEmacs will use *precisely* that value when it starts up
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418 not use expand-file-name or any other function which may look
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419 something up in the system's password and user information database.
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420 See `./PROBLEMS' for more details on which systems this affects.
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422 The `site-*.el' files are nonexistent in the distribution. You do not
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432 named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
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433 copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
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434 directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
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436 Or you can "install" the executable and the other XEmacs into their
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437 installed locations, with `make install'. By default, XEmacs's files
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438 are installed in the following directories:
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440 By default, XEmacs installs its files in the following directories:
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446 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp libraries;
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447 `VERSION' stands for the number of the XEmacs version
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448 you are installing, like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since
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449 the lisp libraries change from one version of XEmacs to
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450 another, including the version number in the path
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451 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed
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452 at the same time; this means that you don't have to
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453 make XEmacs unavailable while installing a new version.
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455 XEmacs searches for its lisp files in these
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456 directories, and then in
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457 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp/*'.
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458
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459 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' holds the XEmacs tutorial, the
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460 `yow' database, and other architecture-independent
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461 files XEmacs might need while running. VERSION is as
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462 specified for `.../lisp'.
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463
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464 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock' contains files indicating who is
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465 editing what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes
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466 between users.
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468 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME' contains executable
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469 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to
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470 run themselves, and the DOC file. `VERSION' is the
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473 Since these files are specific to the version of
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474 XEmacs, operating system, and architecture in use,
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475 including the configuration name in the path allows
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476 you to have several versions of XEmacs for any mix of
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477 machines and operating systems installed at the same
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478 time; this is useful for sites at which different
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479 kinds of machines share the file system XEmacs is
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483 dynamically loadable modules. These are special programs
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484 typically written in C that can be loaded in much the same
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485 way that Lisp packages are. Not all systems support
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486 dynamic modules, so do not be alarmed if this directory
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487 does not exist or is empty.
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488
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489 XEmacs searches for modules in this directory, or any
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490 sub-directory of it, and then in
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491 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules/*'.
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494 for XEmacs, known as "info files".
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496 `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
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497 in `/usr/local/bin'.
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499 If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
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500 install XEmacs's libraries and data files or where XEmacs should search
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501 for its lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of
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503 information on this.
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505 Using GNU Make allows for simultaneous builds with and without the
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506 --srcdir option.
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508 8) If your system uses lock files to interlock access to mailer inbox files,
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509 then you might need to make the movemail program setuid or setgid
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510 to enable it to write the lock files. We believe this is safe.
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511 The setuid/setgid bits need not be set on any other XEmacs-related
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512 executables.
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514 9) You are done with the hard part! You can remove executables and
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515 object files from the build directory by typing `make clean'. To also
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516 remove the files that `configure' created (so you can compile XEmacs
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517 for a different configuration), type `make distclean'.
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524 You can change where the build process installs XEmacs and its data
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525 files by specifying values for `make' variables as part of the `make'
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530 the `bindir=/usr/local/gnubin' argument indicates that the XEmacs
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531 executable files should go in `/usr/local/gnubin', not
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532 `/usr/local/bin'.
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536 `bindir' indicates where to put executable programs that users can
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537 run. This defaults to /usr/local/bin.
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538
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539 `datadir' indicates where to put the architecture-independent
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540 read-only data files that XEmacs refers to while it runs; it
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541 defaults to /usr/local/lib. We create the following
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542 subdirectories under `datadir':
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543 - `xemacs-VERSION/lisp', containing the XEmacs lisp libraries, and
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544
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545 - `xemacs-VERSION/etc', containing the XEmacs tutorial and the
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546 `yow' database.
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547 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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548 like `18.59' or `19.14'. Since these files vary from one version
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549 of XEmacs to another, including the version number in the path
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550 allows you to have several versions of XEmacs installed at the
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551 same time; this means that you don't have to make XEmacs
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552 unavailable while installing a new version.
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553
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554 `statedir' indicates where to put architecture-independent data files
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555 that XEmacs modifies while it runs; it defaults to
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556 /usr/local/lib as well. We create the following
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557 subdirectories under `statedir':
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558 - `xemacs/lock', containing files indicating who is editing
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559 what, so XEmacs can detect editing clashes between
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560 users.
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561
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562 `libdir' indicates where to put architecture-specific data files that
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563 XEmacs refers to as it runs; it too defaults to `/usr/local/lib'.
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564 We create the following subdirectories under `libdir':
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565 - `xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME', containing executable
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566 programs used by XEmacs that users are not expected to run
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567 themselves and the DOC file.
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568 `VERSION' is the number of the XEmacs version you are installing,
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570 Since these files are specific to the version of XEmacs,
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571 operating system, and architecture in use, including the
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572 configuration name in the path allows you to have several
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573 versions of XEmacs for any mix of machines and operating
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574 systems installed at the same time; this is useful for sites
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575 at which different kinds of machines share the file system
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576 XEmacs is installed on.
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578 `infodir' indicates where to put the info files distributed with
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579 XEmacs; it defaults to `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info'.
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580
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581 `mandir' indicates where to put the man pages for XEmacs and its
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582 utilities (like `etags'); it defaults to
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583 `/usr/local/man/man1'.
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584
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585 `prefix' doesn't give a path for any specific part of XEmacs; instead,
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586 its value is used to determine the defaults for all the
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587 architecture-independent path variables - `datadir',
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588 `statedir', `infodir', and `mandir'. Its default value is
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589 `/usr/local'; the other variables add on `lib' or `man' to it
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590 by default.
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591
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592 For example, suppose your site generally places GNU software
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593 under `/usr/users/software/gnusoft' instead of `/usr/local'.
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594 By including
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595 `prefix=/usr/users/software/gnusoft'
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596 in the arguments to `make', you can instruct the build process
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597 to place all of the XEmacs data files in the appropriate
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598 directories under that path.
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599
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600 `exec_prefix' serves the same purpose as `prefix', but instead
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601 determines the default values for the architecture-dependent
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602 path variables - `bindir' and `libdir'.
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603
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604 The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all
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605 GNU software; here are some variables specific to XEmacs.
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606
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607 `lispdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects its lisp
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608 libraries. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above),
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609 is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as
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610 described above).
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611
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612 `sitelispdir' indicates where XEmacs should search for lisp libraries
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613 specific to your site. XEmacs checks them in order before
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614 checking `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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615 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp'.
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616
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617 `etcdir' indicates where XEmacs should install and expect the rest of
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618 its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial and yow
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619 database. Its default value, based on `datadir'
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620 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/etc' (where
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621 `VERSION' is as described above).
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622
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623 `lockdir' indicates the directory where XEmacs keeps track of its
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624 locking information. Its default value, based on `statedir'
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625 (see above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/lock'.
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626
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627 `archlibdir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects the
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628 executable files and other architecture-dependent data it uses
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629 while running. Its default value, based on `libdir' (see
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630 above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
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631 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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632
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634 refers to as it runs. It defaults the value of `archlibdir'
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635 (see above).
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636
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638 any dynamic modules. Its default value, based on
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639 `archlibdir' (see above) is
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640 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
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641 (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
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642 By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
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647 you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
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648 xemacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you
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649 must provide the same variable settings each time. To make the
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650 settings persist, you can edit them into the `Makefile' in the top
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651 directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases
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652 `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'.
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653
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654 The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the
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655 Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them
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656 when running make in the subdirectories.
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659 CONFIGURATION BY HAND
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660
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661 Instead of running the `configure' program, you have to perform the
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662 following steps.
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663
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664 1) Copy `./src/config.h.in' to `./src/config.h'.
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667 use for your system. Look at the code of the `configure' script to
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668 see which operating system and architecture description files from
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669 `src/s' and `src/m' should be used for that configuration name. Edit
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670 `src/config.h', and change the two `#include' directives to include
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671 the appropriate system and architecture description files.
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672
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673 2) Edit `./src/config.h' to set the right options for your system. If
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674 you need to override any of the definitions in the s/*.h and m/*.h
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675 files for your system and machine, do so by editing config.h, not by
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676 changing the s/*.h and m/*.h files. Occasionally you may need to
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677 redefine parameters used in `./lib-src/movemail.c'.
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679 3) If you're going to use the make utility to build XEmacs, you will
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680 still need to run `configure' first, giving the appropriate values for
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681 the variables in the sections entitled "Things `configure' Might Edit"
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682 and "Where To Install Things." Note that you may only need to change
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683 the variables `prefix' and `exec_prefix', since the rest of the
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684 variables have reasonable defaults based on them. For each Makefile
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685 variable of this type, there is a corresponding configure option; for
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686 example, to change the location of the lock directory, you might use
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687
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688 ./configure --lockdir=/nfs/xemacslock
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689
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690 The `configure' script is built from `configure.in' by the `autoconf'
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691 program. However, since XEmacs has configuration requirements that
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692 autoconf can't meet, `configure.in' uses a marriage of custom-baked
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693 configuration code and autoconf macros. New versions of autoconf
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694 could very well break this arrangement, so it may be wise to avoid
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695 rebuilding `configure' from `configure.in' when possible.
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696
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697
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698 BUILDING XEMACS BY HAND
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699
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700 Once XEmacs is configured, running `make' in the top directory performs
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701 the following steps.
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702
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703 1) Run `make src/paths.h' in the top directory. This produces
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704 `./src/paths.h' from the template file `./src/paths.h.in', changing
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705 the paths to the values specified in `./Makefile'.
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706
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707 2) Cd to `./lib-src' and run `make'. This creates executables named
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708 `ctags' and `etags' and `wakeup' and `make-docfile' and `digest-doc'
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709 and `test-distrib'. And others.
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710
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711 3) Cd to `./src' and Run `make'. This refers to files in the `./lisp'
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712 and `./lib-src' subdirectories using names `../lisp' and
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713 `../lib-src'.
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715 This creates a file `./src/xemacs' which is the runnable XEmacs,
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716 assigning it a new build version number by incrementing the build
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717 version stored in `./lisp/version.el'.
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718
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719 It also creates a file in `./lib-src' whose name is `DOC' followed by
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720 the current XEmacs version. This file contains documentation strings
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721 for all the functions in XEmacs. Each time you run make to make a new
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722 xemacs, a new DOC file with a new name is made. You must keep the DOC
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723 file for an XEmacs version as long as you keep using that XEmacs
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724 version.
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725
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726
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727 INSTALLATION BY HAND
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728
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729 The steps below are done by running `make install' in the main
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730 directory of the XEmacs distribution.
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731
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732 1) Copy `./lisp' and its subdirectories, `./etc', and the executables
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733 in `./lib-src' to their final destinations, as selected in `./src/paths.h'.
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734
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735 Strictly speaking, not all of the executables in `./lib-src' need be copied.
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736 - The programs `cvtmail', `emacsserver', `env', `fakemail', `hexl',
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737 `movemail', `timer', `vcdiff', `wakeup', and `yow' are used by
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738 XEmacs; they do need to be copied.
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739 - The programs `etags', `ctags', `emacsclient', `b2m', `rcs2log',
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740 `gnuclient', `gnudoit', and `gnuattach' are intended to be run
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741 by users; they are handled below.
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742 - The programs `make-docfile' and `test-distrib' were
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743 used in building XEmacs, and are not needed any more.
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744 - The programs `digest-doc' and `sorted-doc' convert a `DOC' file into
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745 a file for users to read. There is no important reason to move them.
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746
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747 2) Copy the files in `./info' to the place specified in
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748 `./lisp/site-init.el' or `./lisp/paths.el'. Note that if the
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749 destination directory already contains a file named `dir', you
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750 probably don't want to replace it with the `dir' file in the XEmacs
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751 distribution. Instead, you should make sure that the existing `dir'
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752 file contains an appropriate menu entry for the XEmacs info.
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753
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754 3) Create a directory for XEmacs to use for clash detection, named as
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755 indicated by the PATH_LOCK macro in `./src/paths.h'.
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756
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757 4) Copy `./src/xemacs' to `/usr/local/bin', or to some other directory
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758 in users' search paths. `./src/xemacs' has an alternate name
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759 `./src/emacs-EMACSVERSION'; you may wish to make a symbolic link named
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760 `/usr/local/bin/xemacs' pointing to that alternate name, as an easy way
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761 of installing different versions.
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762
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763 You can delete `./src/temacs'.
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764
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765 5) Copy the programs `b2m', `emacsclient', `ctags', `etags', `rcs2log',
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766 `gnuclient', `gnudoit', and `gnuattach' from `./lib-src' to
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767 `/usr/local/bin'. These programs are intended for users to run.
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768
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769 6) Copy the man pages in `./etc' for xemacs, ctags, etags, and gnuserv
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770 into the appropriate man directories.
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771
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772 7) The files in the `./src' subdirectory, except for `xemacs', are not
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773 used by XEmacs once it is built. The source would be handy for
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774 debugging.
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775
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776
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777 PROBLEMS
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778
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779 See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various
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780 problems sometimes encountered, and what to do about them.
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781
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782
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783 If all else fails, please see etc/InstallGuide courtesy
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784 of Jonathan Seth Hayward.
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