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6 @c Skip to the line beginning "@node Introduction".
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10 @settitle Info on beta versions of XEmacs
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12 * Beta: (beta). Info on beta versions of XEmacs.
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18 @ifinfo
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19 This file describes info relevant to beta versions of XEmacs.
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21 Copyright @copyright{} 2005 Ben Wing.
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22 Copyright @copyright{} 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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24 This file is part of XEmacs.
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26 XEmacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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27 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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28 Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
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29 option) any later version.
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31 XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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32 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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33 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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34 for more details.
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36 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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40 @c Combine indices.
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50 @titlepage
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51 @title Info on beta versions of XEmacs
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53 @author XEmacs Development Team
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58 Copyright @copyright{} 2006 Free Software Foundation. @*
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59 Copyright @copyright{} 2005 Ben Wing. @*
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61 This file is part of XEmacs.
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63 XEmacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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64 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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65 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
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66 later version.
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68 XEmacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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69 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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70 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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71 for more details.
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73 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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74 along with XEmacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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75 the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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76 Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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77 @end titlepage
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80 @ifinfo
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81 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
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82 This Info file describes info relevant to beta versions of XEmacs.
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83 @menu
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84 * Introduction::
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85 * Building Beta XEmacs::
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86 * Packages::
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87 * Reporting Problems::
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88 * Improving XEmacs::
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89 * Index::
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91 @detailmenu
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92 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---
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93
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94 Introduction
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96 * Mailing Lists::
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97 * Beta Release Schedule::
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99 Mailing Lists
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101 * XEmacs Beta Mailing List::
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102 * XEmacs Patches Mailing List::
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103 * XEmacs Design Mailing List::
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104 * List Administrivia::
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105 * Managing your subscription via the Web::
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106 * Subscribing by e-mail::
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107 * Unsubscribing by e-mail::
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109 Building Beta XEmacs
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111 * Getting the Source::
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112 * Building an XEmacs from patches::
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113 * Building XEmacs from a full distribution::
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115 Packages
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117 * Binary package installation::
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118 * Manual procedures for package management::
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119 * Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch::
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121 Improving XEmacs
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123 * Creating patches for submission::
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124 * Large contributions::
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126 Creating patches for submission
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128 * Patch discussion etiquette::
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130 Large contributions
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131
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132 * Updates to existing packages::
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133 * New packages::
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134 * Syncing with GNU Emacs::
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136 @end detailmenu
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137 @end menu
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139 @end ifinfo
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142 @node Introduction, Building Beta XEmacs, Top, Top
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143 @chapter Introduction
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145 You are running a potentially unstable version of XEmacs. Please do
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146 not report problems with Beta XEmacs to comp.emacs.xemacs. Report
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147 them to @uref{mailto:xemacs-beta@@xemacs.org}, preferably with
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148 @kbd{M-x report-xemacs-bug RET}.
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150 @menu
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151 * Mailing Lists::
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152 * Beta Release Schedule::
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153 @end menu
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157 @section Mailing Lists
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159 @menu
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160 * XEmacs Beta Mailing List::
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161 * XEmacs Patches Mailing List::
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162 * XEmacs Design Mailing List::
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164 * Managing your subscription via the Web::
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165 * Subscribing by e-mail::
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166 * Unsubscribing by e-mail::
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167 @end menu
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171 @subsection XEmacs Beta Mailing List
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174 Currently all discussion of development issues, including bug reports
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175 and coding discussion, takes place on the XEmacs Beta mailing list.
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176 Only patches and administrative actions regarding patches are sent
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177 elsewhere (to the XEmacs Patches list).
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180 @node XEmacs Patches Mailing List, XEmacs Design Mailing List, XEmacs Beta Mailing List, Mailing Lists
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181 @subsection XEmacs Patches Mailing List
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183 XEmacs Patches records proposed changes to XEmacs, and their
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184 disposition. It is open subscription, and all patches that are
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185 seriously proposed for inclusion in XEmacs should be posted here. You
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186 can follow progress of your patch by subscribing to the mailing list
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187 or in the archives.
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189 Besides patches, only actions by members of the XEmacs Review Board
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190 should be posted to this list. All discussion should be redirected to
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191 XEmacs Beta or XEmacs Design.
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194 @node XEmacs Design Mailing List, List Administrivia, XEmacs Patches Mailing List, Mailing Lists
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195 @subsection XEmacs Design Mailing List
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197 XEmacs Design is for design discussions such as adding major features
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198 or whole modules, or reimplementation of existing functions, to XEmacs.
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203 In the descriptions below, the word LIST (all uppercase) is a
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204 variable. Substitute "beta", "design", or "patches" as appropriate
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205 (to get "xemacs-beta" as the mailbox for the XEmacs Beta mailing list,
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208 The XEmacs mailing lists are managed by the Mailman mailing list package,
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209 and the usual Mailman commands work. Do not send mailing list requests to
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210 the main address (@uref{mailto:xemacs-LIST@@xemacs.org}), always send them
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213 Mailing List manager @uref{mailto:list-manager@@xemacs.org} (the same
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214 mailbox, "list-manager", for all lists). All public mailing lists have
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215 searchable archives. The URL is
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217 @uref{http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-LIST}
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219 Note that the xemacs-LIST-admin address is used internally by the
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220 Mailman software; it is NOT a synonym for xemacs-LIST-request.
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223 @node Managing your subscription via the Web, Subscribing by e-mail, List Administrivia, Mailing Lists
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224 @subsection Managing your subscription via the Web
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226 Subscription, unsubscription, and options (such as digests and
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227 temporarily suspending delivery) can be accomplished via the web
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228 interface at @uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Lists/#xemacs-LIST}.
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231 @node Subscribing by e-mail, Unsubscribing by e-mail, Managing your subscription via the Web, Mailing Lists
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232 @subsection Subscribing by e-mail
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234 Send an email message to @uref{mailto:xemacs-LIST-request@@xemacs.org} with
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235 @samp{subscribe} (without the quotes) as the BODY of the message.
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238 @node Unsubscribing by e-mail, , Subscribing by e-mail, Mailing Lists
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239 @subsection Unsubscribing by e-mail
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241 Send an email message to @uref{mailto:xemacs-LIST-request@@xemacs.org} with
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242 @samp{unsubscribe} (without the quotes) as the BODY of the message.
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245 @node Beta Release Schedule, , Mailing Lists, Introduction
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246 @section Beta Release Schedule
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248 We would like to achieve a weekly or fortnightly release cycle (you
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249 know the Open Source model: release early, release often), and in a
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250 perfect world that would indeed be the case. There are at least three
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251 things that often get in the way of that goal: 1) The Release Manager
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253 2) we like to make releases that will build (at least on the Release
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254 Manager's box), and 3) Murphy likes to throw a spanner in the works
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255 right when you least expect it (Murphy's Law: Whatever can go wrong,
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256 will go wrong).
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257
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258 If you'd like to keep right up to date and ride the bleeding edge, use
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259 CVS (see @uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/cvsaccess.html}). If you
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260 can't use CVS for some reason and must use FTP, please let us know.
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261 it will make it more likely that we release betas more often.
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264 @node Building Beta XEmacs, Packages, Introduction, Top
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265 @chapter Building Beta XEmacs
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267 @menu
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268 * Getting the Source::
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269 * Building an XEmacs from patches::
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270 * Building XEmacs from a full distribution::
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271 @end menu
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274 @node Getting the Source, Building an XEmacs from patches, Building Beta XEmacs, Building Beta XEmacs
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275 @section Getting the Source
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277 We provide the traditional tarballs and release-to-release patchkits for
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281 @uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/beta/}
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283 In addition to the normal tar distribution, XEmacs source is now
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284 available via CVS. Please see
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286 @uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/cvsaccess.html}
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288 You can also browse the repository via ViewCVS
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290 @uref{http://cvs.xemacs.org/}
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293 @node Building an XEmacs from patches, Building XEmacs from a full distribution, Getting the Source, Building Beta XEmacs
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297 an alternative to keep bandwidth requirements down. These patches are
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298 actually scripts generated by the @file{makepatch} program, and can be
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299 run if you have the @file{applypatch} program. Patches may also be
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300 applied with the GNU patch program in something like the following.
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301 Let's say you're upgrading XEmacs 21.5-beta9 to XEmacs 21.5-beta10 and
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302 you have a full unmodified XEmacs 21.5-beta9 source tree to work with.
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303 Change to the top level directory and issue the shell command:
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305 @example
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306 $ gunzip -c /tmp/xemacs-21.5.9-21.5.10.patch.gz | patch -p1
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307 @end example
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308
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309 After patching, check to see that no patches were missed by doing
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310
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311 @example
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312 $ find . -name \*.rej -print
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313 @end example
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314
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315 Any rejections should be treated as serious problems to be resolved
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316 before building XEmacs.
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317
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318 After seeing that there were no rejections, issue the commands
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319
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320 @example
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321 $ ./config.status --recheck
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322 $ make beta > ./beta.err 2>&1
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323 $ make check > ./xemacs-make-check.err 2>&1
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324 @end example
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325
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326 Redirect the output from make to those files because you'll use them
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327 later when you send off a build report with @kbd{M-x build-report RET}
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330 @node Building XEmacs from a full distribution, , Building an XEmacs from patches, Building Beta XEmacs
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331 @section Building XEmacs from a full distribution
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332
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333 @enumerate
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334 @item
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335 Locate a convenient place where you have at least 200MB of free space
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337 objects and other generated files) and issue the command
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338
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339 @example
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340 $ gunzip -c /tmp/xemacs-21.5.10.tar.gz | tar xvf -
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341 @end example
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342
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343 (or simply @code{tar zxvf /tmp/xemacs-21.5.10.tar.gz} if you use GNU tar).
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345 @item
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346 cd to the top level directory and issue an appropriate configure
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347 command.
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348
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349 @item
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350 Run @code{configure}. If you are new, just consider running it with no
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351 options, to see if you can get a successful build. When you are more
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352 experienced, you should put various flags in. Here is what we suggest:
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353
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354 @enumerate
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355 @item
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356 It's a good idea to use
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357
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358 @example
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359 --enable-debug
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360 --enable-memory-usage-stats
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361 --enable-error-checking=all
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362 @end example
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363
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364 These turn on extra debugging info and checks. The last one in particular
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365 will add a great deal of extra error-checking -- which will slow your XEmacs
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366 down somewhat but is likely to catch bugs much sooner and make your bug
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367 reports much more useful.
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368
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369 @item
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370 You should also strongly consider
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371
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372 @example
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373 --enable-mule
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374 --enable-kkcc
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375 --enable-pdump
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376 --enable-clash-detection
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377 --with-wmcommand
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378 --with-xfs
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379 @end example
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380
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381 These turn on optional features, which can always use testing.
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382
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383 @item
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384 If you have gcc, consider using
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385
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387 --with-compiler=gcc
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388 --with-xemacs-compiler=g++
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389 @end example
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390
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391 This will compile XEmacs using g++, which is generally much stricter
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392 about type-checking than C compilers like gcc.
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394 @item
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395 If your packages are not installed under /usr/local, you should add a
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396 line like
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397
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398 @example
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399 --with-package-path=~/.xemacs::/xemacs/site-packages:/xemacs/xemacs-packages:/xemacs/mule-packages
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400 @end example
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402 @item
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403 If you want to build multiple configurations from the same source
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404 tree, make separate build directories for each configuration, run
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405 @code{configure} from the top level of these (currently empty)
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406 directories and use an option like
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408 @example
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409 --srcdir=/xemacs/source-tree
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410 @end example
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412 (or wherever your source tree is). This will magically create symlinks and
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413 populate your build directory.
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416 Use --with-site-prefixes (or --with-site-includes and
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417 ---with-site-libraries) if you have some packages that XEmacs can
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418 compile with that are located in an unusual place. For example:
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421 --with-site-prefixes=/usr/local/pgsql:/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.1
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422 @end example
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424 @item
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425 Depending on your build environment, consider setting or not setting
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426 options for menubars, scrollbars, window systems, native sound, etc. If
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427 you're not sure, leave them out and let configure do the auto-detection.
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428 (If you get bugs compiling GTK, use @code{--with-gtk=no --with-gnome=no}.)
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430 Part of the configure output is a summary that looks something
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431 like the following. (this summary is also available as the file
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432 'Installation' in the top directory of your build tree, and via
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433 the command @kbd{M-x describe-installation RET}).
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436 uname -a: Darwin laptop.local 7.7.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.7.0: Sun Nov 7 16:06:51 PST 2004; root:xnu/xnu-517.9.5.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc
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438 ./configure '--with-site-prefixes=/sw' '--without-ldap' '--with-dynamic=yes' '--with-gtk=no' '--with-gnome=no' '--enable-toolbars' '--with-wmcommand' '--with-athena=3d' '--enable-menubars=lucid' '--enable-scrollbars=athena' '--enable-dialogs=athena' '--enable-widgets=athena' '--with-gif' '--enable-sound=native,noesd' '--with-site-lisp=no' '--with-site-modules' '--enable-pdump' '--enable-mule' '--with-xfs' '--enable-debug' '--enable-error-checking=all' '--enable-memory-usage-stats' '--enable-kkcc' '--enable-clash-detection'
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441 XEmacs 21.5-b19 "chives" (+CVS-20050226) configured for `powerpc-apple-darwin7.7.0'.
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442
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443 WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------------
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444 WARNING: This was produced from a new autoconf-2.5 based configuration.
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445 WARNING: If this configuration seems buggy then copy etc/configure-2.13
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446 WARNING: to configure and try again. Also please report the bug.
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447 WARNING: --------------------------------------------------------------
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448
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449 Compilation Environment and Installation Defaults:
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450 Source code location: /usr/local/src/xemacs
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451 Installation prefix: /usr/local
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452 Additional prefixes: /sw
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453 Operating system description file: `s/darwin.h'
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454 Machine description file: `m/powerpc.h'
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455 Compiler version: gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1671)
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456 - GCC specs file: /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/specs
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457 - Compiler command: gcc -Wall -Wno-switch -Wundef -Wsign-compare -Wno-char-subscripts -Wpacked -Wpointer-arith -Wunused-parameter -g
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458 libc version:
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459 Relocating allocator for buffers: no
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460 GNU version of malloc: no
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461 - The GNU allocators don't work with this system configuration.
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462
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463 Window System:
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464 Compiling in support for the X window system:
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465 - X Windows headers location: /usr/X11R6/include
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466 - X Windows libraries location: /usr/X11R6/lib
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467 - Handling WM_COMMAND properly.
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468 Compiling in support for the Athena widget set:
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469 - Athena headers location: X11/Xaw3d
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470 - Athena library to link: Xaw3d
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471 Using Lucid menubars.
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472 Using Athena scrollbars.
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473 Using Athena dialog boxes.
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474 Using Athena native widgets.
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475
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476 TTY:
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477 Compiling in support for ncurses.
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478
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479 Images:
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480 Compiling in support for GIF images.
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481 Compiling in support for XPM images.
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482 Compiling in support for PNG images.
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483 Compiling in support for JPEG images.
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484 Compiling in support for TIFF images.
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485 Compiling in support for X-Face message headers.
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486
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487 Sound:
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488
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489 Databases:
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490 Compiling in support for Berkeley database.
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491 Compiling in support for GNU DBM.
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492 Compiling in support for PostgreSQL.
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493 - Using PostgreSQL header file: postgresql/libpq-fe.h
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494 - Using PostgreSQL V7 bindings.
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495
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496 Internationalization:
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497 Compiling in support for Mule (multi-lingual Emacs).
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498 Compiling in support for XIM (X11R5+ I18N input method).
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499 - Using raw Xlib to provide XIM support.
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500 - Using XFontSet to provide bilingual menubar.
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501
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502 Mail:
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503 Compiling in support for "file" mail spool file locking method.
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504
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505 Other Features:
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506 Inhibiting IPv6 canonicalization at startup.
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507 Compiling in support for dynamic shared object modules.
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508 Using the new GC algorithms.
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509 Using the new portable dumper.
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510 Compiling in support for extra debugging code.
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511 Compiling in support for runtime error checking.
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512 WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
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513 WARNING: XEmacs will run noticeably more slowly as a result.
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514 WARNING: Error checking is on by default for XEmacs beta releases.
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515 WARNING: ---------------------------------------------------------
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516 @end example
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517 @end enumerate
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518
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519
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520 @item
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521 Then...
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522
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523 @example
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524 $ make > ./beta.err 2>&1
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525 $ make check > ./xemacs-make-check.err 2>&1
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526 @end example
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527
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528 ...and you should have a working XEmacs.
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529
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530 @item
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531 After you have verified that you have a functional editor, fire up
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532 your favorite mail program and send a build report to
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533 @uref{mailto:xemacs-buildreports@@xemacs.org}.
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534
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535 Preferably this is best done from XEmacs, following these simple steps:
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536
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537 @enumerate
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538 @kbd{M-x customize-group RET build-report RET}
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539 @kbd{M-x build-report RET}
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540 @end enumerate
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541
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542 See also
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543 @uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Releases/Public-21.2/tester.html#reporting}
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544
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545 If you create the report manually by other means, here is what the
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546 build report should include:
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547
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548 @enumerate
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549 @item
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550 Your hardware configuration (OS version, etc.)
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551
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552 @item
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553 Version numbers of software in use (X11 version, system library
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554 versions if appropriate, graphics library versions if appropriate).
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555 If you're on a system like Linux, include all the version numbers
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556 you can because chances are it makes a difference.
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557
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558 @item
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559 The options given to configure
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560
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561 @item
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562 The configuration report illustrated above
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563
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564 For convenience all of the above items are placed in a file called
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565 `Installation' in the top level build directory. They are also
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566 available by performing @kbd{M-x describe-installation} inside XEmacs.
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567
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568 @item
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569 Any other unusual items you feel should be brought to the attention
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570 of the developers.
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571 @end enumerate
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572 @end enumerate
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573
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574
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575 @node Packages, Reporting Problems, Building Beta XEmacs, Top
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576 @chapter Packages
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577
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578 [Note: these instructions have been partly updated, but not carefully
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579 reviewed in some time. Caveat tester.]
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580
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581 Starting with XEmacs 21.1, much of the functionality of XEmacs has
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582 been unbundled into "the packages." For more information about the
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583 package system, see the Info nodes on Packages (in the XEmacs User
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584 Manual) and on Packaging (in the Lisp Reference).
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585
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586 When bootstrapping XEmacs, you may need to manually install some
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587 packages (at least xemacs-base and efs). These packages are available
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589
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590 @menu
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591 * Binary package installation::
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592 * Manual procedures for package management::
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593 * Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch::
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594 @end menu
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597 @node Binary package installation, Manual procedures for package management, Packages, Packages
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598 @section Binary package installation
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599
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600 Prerequisite: XEmacs 21.0-b1.
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601
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602 Binary packages are complete entities that can be untarred at the top
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603 level of an XEmacs package hierarchy and work at runtime. To install files
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604 in this directory, run the command @kbd{M-x package-admin-add-binary-package}
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605 and fill in appropriate values to the prompts.
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608 @node Manual procedures for package management, Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch, Binary package installation, Packages
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609 @section Manual procedures for package management
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610
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611 Prerequisite: XEmacs 21.0
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612
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613 When adding and deleting files from a lisp directory the
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614 auto-autoloads.el (global symbols) and custom-load.el (Customization
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615 groups) must be kept in synch. Assuming one is manipulating a
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616 directory called `lisp-utils', the command to rebuild the
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617 auto-autoloads.el file is:
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618
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619 @example
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620 xemacs -vanilla -batch \
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621 -eval \("setq autoload-package-name \"lisp-utils\""\) \
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622 -f batch-update-directory lisp-utils
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623 @end example
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624
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625 The command to rebuild the custom-load.el file is:
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626
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627 @example
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628 xemacs -vanilla -batch -f Custom-make-dependencies lisp-utils
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629 @end example
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630
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631 To byte-compile both of these files the command is:
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632
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633 @example
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634 xemacs -vanilla -batch -f batch-byte-compile \
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635 lisp-utils/auto-autoloads.el lisp-utils/custom-load.el
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636 @end example
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637
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638 Of course, being a beta tester, you'd be aware that it is much easier
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639 to manage your XEmacs packages with PUI.
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640
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641
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642 @node Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch, , Manual procedures for package management, Packages
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643 @section Building XEmacs and XEmacs packages from scratch
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644
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645 To build everything completely from scratch isn't hard, just time
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646 consuming.
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647
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648 @subheading Step 1 - grab the sources (core and packages)
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649
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650 @example
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651 $ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@@cvs.xemacs.org:/pack/xemacscvs login
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652 [password: "cvs" (sans quotes)]
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653
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654 $ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@@cvs.xemacs.org:/pack/xemacscvs co -d xemacs-21.5 xemacs
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655
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656 $ cvs -d :pserver:cvs@@cvs.xemacs.org:/pack/xemacscvs co packages
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657 @end example
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658
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659 @subheading Step 2 - build XEmacs
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660
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661 @example
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662 $ cd xemacs-21.5
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663 $ ./configure [options...]
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664 $ make > ./beta.err 2>&1
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665 $ make check > ./xemacs-make-check.err 2>&1
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666 @end example
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667
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668 And optionally:
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669
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670 @example
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671 $ make install > ./xemacs-make-install.err 2>&1
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672 @end example
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673
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674 @subheading Step 3 - build and install the packages
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675
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676 @example
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677 $ cd packages
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678 $ cp Local.rules.template Local.rules
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679 @end example
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680
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681 Then edit Local.rules to suit your needs/environment
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682 (@pxref{Local.rules file,,, xemacs, XEmacs User's Manual}) for details
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683 about this file.
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684
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685 And then:
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686
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687 @example
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688 $ make install
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689 @end example
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691
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692 @node Reporting Problems, Improving XEmacs, Packages, Top
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693 @section Reporting Problems
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694
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695 The best way to get problems fixed in XEmacs is to submit good problem
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696 reports, @kbd{M-x report-xemacs-bug RET} will help you do this (assuming
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697 you have a usable XEmacs). Since this is beta software, problems are
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698 certain to exist. Please read through all of part II of the XEmacs
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699 FAQ for an overview of problem reporting.
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700 @xref{Installation, Installation and Troubleshooting, , xemacs-faq}.
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701 The most relevant parts are in section 2.4, General Troubleshooting.
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702 @c #### Why doesn't this link work?
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703 @c @ref{Q2.4.1, General Troubleshooting, , xemacs-faq}.
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704 Other items which are most important are:
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705
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706 @enumerate
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707 @item
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708 Do not submit C stack backtraces without line numbers. Since it
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709 is possible to compile optimized with debug information with GCC
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710 it is never a good idea to compile XEmacs without the -g flag.
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711 XEmacs runs on a variety of platforms, and often it is not
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712 possible to recreate problems which afflict a specific platform.
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713 The line numbers in the C stack backtrace help isolate where the
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714 problem is actually occurring.
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715
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716 @item
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717 Attempt to recreate the problem starting with an invocation of
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718 XEmacs with @code{xemacs -no-autoloads}. Quite often, problems are
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719 due to package interdependencies, and the like. An actual bug
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720 in XEmacs should be reproducible in a default configuration
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721 without loading any special packages (or the one or two specific
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722 packages that cause the bug to appear). If you have trouble
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723 getting anything to work at all with the above invocation, use
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724 @code{xemacs -vanilla} instead. If you need to load your user init
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725 file or the site file to get the problem to occur, then it has
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726 something to do with them, and you should try to isolate the
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727 issue in those files.
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728
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729 @item
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730 A picture can be worth a thousand words. When reporting an
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731 unusual display, it is generally best to capture the problem in a
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732 screen dump and include that with the problem report. The easiest
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733 way to get a screen dump is to use the xv program and its grab
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734 function. Save the image as a PNG to keep bandwidth requirements
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735 down without loss of information. MIME is the preferred method
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736 for making the image attachments.
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737 @end enumerate
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738
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739
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740 @node Improving XEmacs, Index, Reporting Problems, Top
2537
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741 @chapter Improving XEmacs
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742
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743 @menu
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744 * Creating patches for submission::
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745 * Large contributions::
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746 @end menu
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747
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748 @node Creating patches for submission, Large contributions, Improving XEmacs, Improving XEmacs
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749 @section Creating patches for submission
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750
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751 All patches to XEmacs that are seriously proposed for inclusion (eg,
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752 bug fixes) should be mailed to @uref{mailto:xemacs-patches@@xemacs.org}. Each
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753 patch will be reviewed by the patches review board, and will be
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754 acknowledged and added to the distribution, or rejected with an
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755 explanation. Progress of the patch is tracked on the XEmacs Patches
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756 mailing list, which is open subscription. (If a patch is simply
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757 intended to facilitate discussion, "I mean something that works like
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758 this but this is really rough", a Cc to XEmacs Patches is optional,
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759 but doesn't hurt.)
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760
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761 Patches to XEmacs Lisp packages should be sent to the maintainer of
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762 the package. If the maintainer is listed as `XEmacs Development Team'
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763 patches should be sent to @uref{mailto:xemacs-patches@@xemacs.org}.
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764
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765 Emailed patches should preferably be sent in MIME format and quoted
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766 printable encoding (if necessary).
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767
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768 The simplest way to create well-formed patches is to use CVS and
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769 Didier Verna's Patcher library (available as patcher.el in the
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770 xemacs-devel package). Patcher is new and requires some setup, but
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771 most of the core developers are now using it for their own patches.
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772 Patcher also can be configured to create patches for several projects,
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773 and recognize the project from the directory it is invoked in. This
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774 makes it a useful general tool (as long as XEmacs-style patches are
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775 accepted at your other projects, which is likely since they conform to
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776 the GNU standards).
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777
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778 When making patches by hand, please use the `-u' option, or if your
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779 diff doesn't support it, `-c'. Using ordinary (context-free) diffs
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780 are notoriously prone to error, since line numbers tend to change when
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781 others make changes to the same source file.
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782
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783 An example of the `diff' usage:
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784
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785 @example
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786 $ diff -u OLDFILE NEWFILE
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787 @end example
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788
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789 -or-
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790
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791 @example
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792 $ diff -c OLDFILE NEWFILE
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793 @end example
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794
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795 Also, it is helpful if you create the patch in the top level of the
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796 XEmacs source directory:
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797
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798 @example
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799 $ cp -p lwlib/xlwmenu.c lwlib/xlwmenu.c.orig
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800 hack, hack, hack....
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801 $ diff -u lwlib/xlwmenu.c.orig lwlib/xlwmenu.c
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802 @end example
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803
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804 Also note that if you cut & paste from an xterm to an XEmacs mail
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805 buffer you will probably lose due to tab expansion. The best thing to
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806 do is to use an XEmacs shell buffer to run the diff commands, or ...
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807 @kbd{M-x cd} to the appropriate directory, and issue the command
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808 @kbd{C-u M-!} from within XEmacs.
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809
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810 Patches should be as single-minded as possible. Mammoth patches can
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811 be very difficult to place into the right slot. They are much easier
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812 to deal with when broken down into functional or conceptual chunks.
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813 The patches submitted by Kyle Jones and Hrvoje Niksic are stellar
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814 examples of how to "Do The Right Thing".
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815
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816 Each patch should be accompanied by an update to the appropriate
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817 ChangeLog file. Guidelines for writing ChangeLog entries is governed
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818 by the GNU coding standards. Please see
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819 @uref{http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html} [Change Logs section]
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820 for details.
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821
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822 Do not submit context diffs (either -c or -u) of ChangeLogs. Because
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ben
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823 of the "stack" nature of ChangeLogs (new entries are always pushed on
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824 the top), context diffs will fail to apply more often than they
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825 succeed. Simply cutting and pasting the entry from an Emacs buffer to
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826 the mail buffer (beware of tab expansion!) is probably easiest. The
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827 Patcher library also will set up your ChangeLogs for you, and copy
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828 them to the mail. Context-less unified diffs (-U 0) are also
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829 acceptable.
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830
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831 @menu
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832 * Patch discussion etiquette::
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833 @end menu
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834
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835 @node Patch discussion etiquette, , Creating patches for submission, Creating patches for submission
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836 @subsection Patch discussion etiquette
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837
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838 If you intend a patch for _application_ to the sources as is, _always_
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839 post it to xemacs-patches, even if there are minor points you would
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840 like to have discussed by others. Not doing so will resulting in
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841 patches getting "lost". If you expect that the patch will not be
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842 acceptable, but are using it to stimulate discussion, then don't post
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843 to xemacs-patches. Intermediate cases are up to your judgment;
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844 unless you're sure you'll follow up with a "real" patch, better to err
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845 on the side of posting to xemacs-patches.
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846
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847 Discussion of the _content_ of the patch (ie responses to reviewer
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848 comments beyond "that's right, ok, I'll do it your way") should _always_
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849 be posted to xemacs-beta or to xemacs-design. If you're not sure
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850 which is more appropriate, send it to xemacs-beta. That is the most
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851 widely read channel.
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852
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853 If discussion results in a bright idea and you come up with a new
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854 patch, normally you should post it to both mailing lists. The people
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855 discussing on XEmacs Beta will want to know the outcome of the thread,
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856 and you need to submit to XEmacs Patches as the "list of record."
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857
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858 If the old patch has been applied to CVS, then just submit the new one
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859 as usual. If it has not been applied, then it is best to submit a new
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860 patch against CVS. If possible do this as a reply to the original
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861 patch post, or something following it in the thread. (The point is to
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862 get the original patch post's Message-ID in your References header.)
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863 In this case, also use the keyword SUPERSEDES in the Subject header to
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864 indicate that the old patch is no longer valid, and that this one
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865 replaces it.
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866
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867 These rules will result in a fair number of cross posts, but we don't
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868 yet have a better way to handle that.
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869
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870 Note: Developers should never post to xemacs-patches unless there is a
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871 patch in the post. We plan to enforce this with an automatic filter.
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872
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873 The exceptions are administrative. If you have commit authorization,
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874 then post a short COMMIT notice to xemacs-patches when you commit to
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875 CVS. Members of the Review Board will also post short notices of
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876 administrative action (APPROVE, VETO, QUERY, etc) to xemacs-patches.
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877
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878 @node Large contributions, , Creating patches for submission, Improving XEmacs
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879 @section Large contributions
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880
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881 Perhaps you have a whole new mode, or a major synchronization with
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882 upstream for a neglected package, or a synchronization with GNU Emacs
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883 you would like to contribute. We welcome such contributions, but they
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884 are likely to be relatively controversial, generate more comments and
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885 requests for revision, and take longer to integrate. Please be
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886 patient with the process.
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887
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888 @menu
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889 * Updates to existing packages::
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890 * New packages::
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891 * Syncing with GNU Emacs::
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892 @end menu
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893
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894 @node Updates to existing packages, New packages, Large contributions, Large contributions
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895 @subsection Updates to existing packages
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896
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897 If a package has gotten a bit out of date, or even started to bitrot,
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898 we welcome patches to synchronize it with upstream/GNU Emacs versions.
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899 Most packages end up varying somewhat from their GNU origins. See
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900 "Syncing with GNU Emacs" for hints. Note that if you do a reasonably
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901 large amount of syncing with GNU Emacs, you should log this in the
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902 file itself as well as in the ChangeLog.
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903
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904 If the package is important to you, please consider becoming the
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905 maintainer. (See "New packages", below.)
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906
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907 @node New packages, Syncing with GNU Emacs, Updates to existing packages, Large contributions
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908 @subsection New packages
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909
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910 If you have a new mode or other large addition that does not require
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911 changes to the core, please consider submitting it as a package, and
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912 becoming the maintainer. You get direct commit privileges to the
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913 repository for your package, "approval" privileges for your own
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914 patches as well as third party patches to your package, and some
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915 degree of veto power over patches you don't like. In return, you are
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916 expected to maintain friendly liaison with the upstream developer (if
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917 you aren't the upstream developer), keep watch on the XEmacs Patches
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918 list for relevant patches, and be available by email to other
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919 developers for discussion of changes that impact your package. It's
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921 have plenty of extra work waiting for volunteers.
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922
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923 You don't have to become the maintainer, but it virtually ensures
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924 rapid acceptance of the package.
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925
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926 For help in creating new packages, see the (rather sparse) discussions
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927 in the XEmacs User's Guide and the Lisp Reference Manual. The
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928 participants in the XEmacs Beta mailing list
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929 @uref{mailto:xemacs-beta@@xemacs.org} and the XEmacs Package Release
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930 Engineer are the most likely sources of advice. See
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931 @uref{http://www.xemacs.org/Develop/jobs.html#package,jobs.html} for
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932 current information about package release engineers.
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933
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934
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935 @node Syncing with GNU Emacs, , New packages, Large contributions
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936 @subsection Syncing with GNU Emacs
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937
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938 Syncing with GNU Emacs is an important activity. Although each
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939 version has its advantages and areas of concentration, it is very
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940 desirable that common functionality share specifications and APIs.
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941 When porting GNU code to XEmacs, the following points should be given
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942 special attention:
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943
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944 @itemize @bullet
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945 @item
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946 Recent GNU Emacsen cannot be built without Mule, but XEmacs can.
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947 Make sure that changes that depend on the presence of Mule are
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948 appropriately conditionalized, with @samp{#ifdef MULE} in C code and
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949 with @samp{(featurep 'mule)} in Lisp.
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950
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951 @item
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952 GNU Emacs nomenclature often differs from that of XEmacs.
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953 Sometimes syncing the names is desirable, other times not.
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954
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955 @item
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956 GNU Emacs functionality often differs from that of XEmacs.
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957 Syncing functionality is often controversial.
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958 @end itemize
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959
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960 It is important that you let other developers know that
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961 synchronization has taken place, to what degree, and when. For this
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962 purpose, we use comments of the form
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963
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964 @example
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965 /* Synched up with: GNU 21.3 by Stephen Turnbull */
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966 @end example
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967
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968 in the source file itself, as the last element of the prefatory
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969 material (copyright notice and commentary). Obviously the comment
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970 marker needs to be changed to leading semicolons for Lisp, but
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971 otherwise the format is the same. (Older sync comments may have ``FSF''
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972 in place of ``GNU''. They're equally accurate in our opinion, but
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973 Richard Stallman and other GNU developers consider the term ``FSF
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974 Emacs'' ``insulting''. Please use ``GNU'' in new sync comments.)
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975
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976 Of course you should note syncing as the purpose in the ChangeLog,
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977 too. But entries get buried deep in the ChangeLog file, and may even
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978 get moved to a separate ChangeLog.OLD file for rarely synched files.
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979
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980 Rather than dates we use the version of GNU Emacs to sync to. If the
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981 synchronization is partial, add a new comment describing what has
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982 actually been synched, leaving the description of the last full sync
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983 in place. At each full sync, remove all previous synchronization
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984 comments.
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985
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986 This applies to Lisp that we have broken out into packages, but
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987 remains in the GNU Emacs core, as well to core Lisp in XEmacs.
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988
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989 @c Print the tables of contents
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990 @contents
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991 @c That's all
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992
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993
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994 @node Index, , Improving XEmacs, Top
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995 @unnumbered Index
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996
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997 @printindex cp
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998
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999 @bye