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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:27:19 +0200 |
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--- a/INSTALL Mon Aug 13 10:26:31 2007 +0200 +++ b/INSTALL Mon Aug 13 10:27:19 2007 +0200 @@ -68,19 +68,22 @@ to the --site-runtime-libraries option. -3) Decide what Initial Lisp you need with XEmacs. XEmacs is distributed -separately from most of its runtime environment. This is done to make it -easier for administrators to tune an installation for what the local users -need. See the file etc/PACKAGES for an overview of what is available and -which packages need to be installed prior to building XEmacs. At this -point you only need a minimum to get started at which point you may install -what you wish without further changes to the XEmacs binary. A sample -minimum configuration for a Linux system using Mule and Wnn6 from OMRON -corporation would be the packages `mule-base' and `egg-its'. By default, -packages will be searched for in the directory $prefix/lib/xemacs/packages. -This may be changed by specifying a different value with the --package-path -configuration option. Multiple directories may be specified. +3) Decide what Initial Lisp you need with XEmacs. XEmacs is +distributed separately from most of its runtime environment. This is +done to make it easier for administrators to tune an installation for +what the local users need. See the file etc/PACKAGES for an overview +of what is available and which packages need to be installed prior to +building XEmacs. At this point you only need a minimum to get started +at which point you may install what you wish without further changes +to the XEmacs binary. A sample minimum configuration for a Linux +system using Mule and Wnn6 from OMRON corporation would be the +packages `mule-base' and `egg-its'. By default, packages will be +searched for in the path +~/.xemacs::$prefix/lib/xemacs-${version}/mule-packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs/mule-packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs-${version}/packages:$prefix/lib/xemacs/packages + +This may be changed by specifying a different value with the +--package-path configuration option. 4) In the top level directory of the XEmacs distribution, run the program `configure' as follows: