diff nt/README @ 827:28426972f654

[xemacs-hg @ 2002-05-06 14:14:33 by jhar] Misc win32 native build and doc fixes
author jhar
date Mon, 06 May 2002 14:16:31 +0000
parents ece8c2170578
children ac5c14a317f1
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--- a/nt/README	Sun May 05 11:33:57 2002 +0000
+++ b/nt/README	Mon May 06 14:16:31 2002 +0000
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 
 This is a port of XEmacs to Windows 95/98/NT/2000.  If you are looking for a
 port of GNU Emacs, see http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
-NT 3.51 or later is required for building on Windows NT.  Note that the
+NT 4.0 or later is required for building on Windows NT.  Note that the
 developers typically use NT 4.0 and Windows 2000, and there may possibly be
-problems under Windows 95/98 and NT 3.51.  If so, please report them to
+problems under Windows 95/98.  If so, please report them to
 xemacs-nt@xemacs.org; we are committed to maintaining compatibility with all
 systems listed.
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     Note that Visual C++ assumes that the environment variables INCLUDE and
     LIB are set to specify the location of the includes and libraries.
-    Your PATH environment variable also needs to include the DevStudio
+    Your PATH environment variable also needs to include the Visual Studio
     vc\bin and sharedide\bin directories.
 
     Visual C++ V5.0 and later install a batch file called vcvars32.bat in
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
     for more than 15 days.  XEmacs also runs (barely) under the free XWin
     server that comes as part of the Cygwin XFree86 package, available at
 
-    ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/
+      ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/
 
     or numerous mirrors, such as
 
-    ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/
+      ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/
 
     There are numerous other X servers available in the same package or at
     the same location, but unfortunately most of them behave even worse
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@
 * Optional libraries
 ====================
 
-1.  You really want the XPM library.  Grab the latest version of the
-    xpm sources (xpm-3.4k.tar.gz at time of writing) from
-    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and unpack them somewhere.
-    Copy nt\xpm.mak from the xemacs sources to the lib subdirectory of the
-    xpm sources, cd to that directory and build xpm with 'nmake -f xpm.mak'.
+1.  You really want the XPM library.  Grab the latest version of the xpm
+    sources (xpm-3.4k.tar.gz as of 2002-04-27) from
+    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and unpack them somewhere.  Copy
+    nt\xpm.mak from the xemacs sources to the lib subdirectory of the xpm
+    sources, cd to that directory and build xpm with 'nmake -f xpm.mak'.
 
-2.  You probably also want PNG image support. Grab the latest versions of zlib
-    and libpng (zlib-1.1.4 and libpng-1.0.9 at time of writing) from
-    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/, unpack them somewhere and read
-    the respective READMEs for details on how to build them.  The following
+2.  You probably also want PNG image support. Grab the latest versions of
+    zlib and libpng (zlib-1.1.4 and libpng-1.0.9 as of 2002-04-27) from
+    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/, unpack them somewhere and read the
+    respective READMEs for details on how to build them.  The following
     build procedure works for zlib-1.1.4 and libpng-1.0.9:
 
     cd to the zlib directory and type 'nmake -f msdos\makefile.w32'.
@@ -131,16 +131,16 @@
     and type 'nmake -f scripts\makefile.vcwin32'.
 
 3.  If you want TIFF support, grap the latest version of libtiff (tiff-v3.4
-    at time of writing) from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and unpack
+    as of 2002-04-27) from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and unpack
     it somewhere. Copy nt\tiff.mak from the xemacs sources to the
     contrib\winnt subdirectory of the tiff sources, cd to that directory and
     build libtiff with 'nmake -f tiff.mak'. Note: tiff.mak has only been
     verified to work under WinNT, not Win95 or 98.  However, the latest
-    distribution of libtiff includes a contrib\win95\makefile.w95; that might
-    work.
+    distribution of libtiff includes a contrib\win95\makefile.w95; that
+    might work.
 
-4.  If you want JPEG support grab the latest version of jpegsrc (jpeg-6b at 
-    time of writing) from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and read the
+4.  If you want JPEG support grab the latest version of jpegsrc (jpeg-6b as
+    of 2002-04-27) from ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and read the
     README for details on how to build it.
 
 5.  If you want X-Face support, grab the compface distribution from
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
        INSTALL_DIR="x:\your\installation\directory"
 
     (By default, XEmacs will be installed in directories under the directory
-    "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.2".)
+    "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5".)
 
 3.  If you want to build xemacs on the command line, use
     `nmake install -f xemacs.mak', or just `nmake -f xemacs.mak' if you want
@@ -230,23 +230,22 @@
 
     If you chose to install XEmacs, the file that you should run to start
     XEmacs will be installed (by default) as
-        "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.2\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe".
+        "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe".
 
-    To run from the build directory, run the file "nt\xemacs.exe" off of the
+    To run from the build directory, run the file "src\xemacs.exe" off of the
     root of the build directory.
 
     You may want to create a shortcut to the file from your Desktop or
     Start Menu.
 
 4.  To build using MS Developer Studio, you can use the workspace file
-    `nt/xemacs.dsw'.  This was prepared for Visual C++ 6.0.  If you are using
-    Visual C++ 5.0, you can use the workspace file `nt/xemacs-vc50.dsw'.  If
-    you have a different version and neither file works, just open up
-    `nt/xemacs.mak' from within MS Developer Studio and it will offer to wrap
-    this Makefile in a workspace file, from which you can build.  Assuming
-    you want to run from the build directory (which you will want to do if
-    you are planning on doing any development work on XEmacs), use the
-    following settings in Project/Settings...:
+    `nt/xemacs.dsw'. This was prepared for Visual C++ 6.0. If you have a
+    different version and neither file works, just open up `nt/xemacs.mak'
+    from within MS Developer Studio and it will offer to wrap this Makefile
+    in a workspace file, from which you can build. Assuming you want to run
+    from the build directory (which you will want to do if you are planning
+    on doing any development work on XEmacs), use the following settings in
+    Project/Settings...:
 
     Under the General tab: