Building and Installing XEmacs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP -*- mode:outline -*-

			     David Hobley
			     Marc Paquette
			    Jonathan Harris
			       Ben Wing

This is a port of XEmacs to Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP.  If you are looking for a
port of GNU Emacs, get the latest release of the 21.x series from gnu.org.
(At the time of writing, GNU Emacs does not support images but does support
Mule.)  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.  If so, please report them to
xemacs-nt@xemacs.org; we are committed to maintaining compatibility with all
systems listed.

* Required tools and sources
============================

1.  You will need Visual C++ V6.0, Visual Studio .NET or later to compile
    everything.

    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 Visual Studio
    vc\bin and sharedide\bin directories.

    Visual C++ V6.0 installs a batch file called vcvars32.bat in
    c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\bin\ (or wherever you
    installed it) that you can run before building to set up all of these
    environment variables.  Alternatively, you can choose at setup time to
    have these environment variables automatically set up in the registry,
    which is generally a good idea.

    Visual Studio .NET calls this batch file vsvars32.bat and installs it in
    $Installdir\Common7\Tools, but doesn't offer at install time to
    automatically set these environment variables up in the registry.

2.  Grab the latest XEmacs source from

      ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/

    or one of its mirrors listed at http://www.xemacs.org/Download/index.html.

    (NOTE: If you are behind a firewall and have problems with FTP access,
    the URL http://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/ works just as well.)

    You'll also need the packages.  You probably want to get the unified
    packages bundle from

      ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages/xemacs-sumo.tar.gz

    If you are building with international support, you also need

      ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages/xemacs-mule-sumo.tar.gz

    Although we don't recommend it, you can also retrieve just the packages
    you really need if you have an extremely slow net connection or are very
    short on disk space.  You can find the various packages in
    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages/.  You will need the xemacs-base
    package (and mule-base, if building with international support).  You'll
    also need the texinfo package unless you have a copy of makeinfo.exe on
    your machine.  If you want to download additional or updated packages
    from within XEmacs you'll need the efs, dired and vm packages.  You'll
    probably also want at least the edit-utils, text-modes, fsf-compat,
    cc-mode, prog-modes and xemacs-devel packages.

    Unpack the packages into "x:\your\choice\XEmacs\xemacs-packages",
    for example "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages".

3.  The native build no longer supports X Windows.  There is no point,
    since the Cygwin build is actively maintained and supports X Windows
    very well.  See the FAQ if you want to build with Cygwin.


* Optional libraries
====================

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 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'.

    cd to the libpng directory, rename or move the zlib directory to ..\zlib
    and type 'nmake -f scripts\makefile.vcwin32'.

3.  If you want TIFF support, grap the latest version of libtiff (tiff-v3.4
    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.

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
    ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/ and unpack it somewhere.
    Copy nt\compface.mak from xemacs sources to the compface directory.
    cd to that directory and build libcompface with 'nmake -f compface.mak'.


* Building
==========

1.  cd to the nt subdirectory of the xemacs distribution and copy the file
    config.inc.samp to config.inc.  Make any necessary modifications.  This
    file controls the options that XEmacs is built with:

    -- If you want international (aka "Mule") support, modify the appropriate
       line in config.inc as follows:

       MULE=1

    -- If you're building with XPM support, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       HAVE_XPM=1
       XPM_DIR="x:\location\of\your\xpm\sources"
    
       and similarly for JPEG and TIFF support.

    -- If you're building with PNG support, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       HAVE_PNG=1
       PNG_DIR="x:\location\of\your\png\sources"
       ZLIB_DIR="x:\location\of\your\zlib\sources"

    -- If you're building with GIF support, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       HAVE_GIF=1

    -- If you're building with X-Face support, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       HAVE_XFACE=1
       COMPFACE_DIR="x:\location\of\your\compface\sources"

    -- By default, XEmacs will expect to find its packages in the
       subdirectories "site-packages", "mule-packages" and "xemacs-packages"
       under the directory "c:\Program Files\XEmacs". If you want it to look
       for these subdirectories elsewhere, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       PACKAGE_PREFIX="x:\your\package\directory"

       Make sure that the directory pointed to by PACKAGE_PREFIX contains
       the xemacs-packages directory into which you installed the packages.

    -- XEmacs can build its info files more quickly if you have a copy of the
       makeinfo program. If you have a copy, modify the appropriate lines in
       config.inc as follows:

       MAKEINFO="x:\location\of\makeinfo.exe"

       If you don't have a copy of makeinfo then you'll need to have installed
       the XEmacs texinfo package.

2.  If you want to install XEmacs when you build it, modify the appropriate
    lines in config.inc as follows (you can also run XEmacs from its build
    directory):

       INSTALL_DIR="x:\your\installation\directory"

    (By default, XEmacs will be installed in directories under the directory
    "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.5".)

3.  If you want the built files to go into a different tree than the source
    tree (e.g. this allows you to build multiple versions of XEmacs, with
    different configuration settings, from the same source tree), use the
    script `make-build-dir' to create a skeleton build tree, create a
    config.inc in that tree, and then run nmake from that tree.  This is
    similar to running `configure --srcdir=PATH' under Unix.  See the
    comments in `config.inc.samp' for more information.

4.  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
    to run XEmacs from its build directory.  nmake will build temacs, the DOC
    file, update the elc's, dump xemacs and (optionally) install the relevant
    files in the directories under the installation directory.

    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-21.5\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe".

    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.

5.  To build using MS Visual Studio, you can use the workspace file
    `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 Visual 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:

    Build command line: NMAKE /f xemacs.mak
    Output file name: ..\src\xemacs.exe
    Browse info file name: ..\src\temacs.bsc

    Under the Debug tab:

    Executable for debug session: ..\src\xemacs.exe


    If you want to install XEmacs when it's built, change the build command
    line to "NMAKE install /f xemacs.mak". (You will have to make the same
    change even if you use the provided workspace nt/xemacs.dsw.)


* Debugging under MS Developer Studio
=====================================

The build process always creates debugging and "Source Browser" information
in the source tree for use with DevStudio. However that information is not
very useful unless you build a debug version of XEmacs:

1.  Set DEBUG_XEMACS=1 and DEPEND=1 in config.inc and rebuild.

2.  See instructions above for obtaining a workspace file for use with
    MS Developer Studio.  Build and debug your XEmacs this way.

3.  To display the contents of a lisp variable, type Shift-F9 (or use the
    menu) to bring up the QuickWatch window, type dp(variable) and click
    Recalculate. The output will appear in a console window, as well as in
    the Debug window in MS Developer Studio.

4.  To display a current Lisp backtrace, type db() in the QuickWatch window,
    as in the previous item.

5.  To view Lisp variables in the "Watch" window wrap the variable in one of
    the helper functions from the file src\console-msw.c, for example type
    DSTRING(variable) in the "Watch" window to inspect a Lisp string.

6.  For further information on debugging XEmacs, see the item
    `How to Debug an XEmacs problem with a debugger' in the XEmacs FAQ.


* Known Problems
================

Please look at the PROBLEMS file for known problems. Any other problems you
need clarified, please email us and we will endeavour to provide any
assistance we can:

The XEmacs NT Mailing List: xemacs-nt@xemacs.org
Subscribe address:          xemacs-nt-request@xemacs.org

Ben Wing (current primary MS Windows maintainer; author of the MS Windows
          Mule code and some of the dialog box code)
Andy Piper (MS Windows contributor; author of the Cygwin support and the
            MS Windows glyph and widget code)
Jonathan Harris (MS Windows contributor; author of the MS Windows redisplay
                 and underlying GUI code)
Kirill Katsnelson (MS Windows contributor; author of the MS Windows process
                   and printing code and some of the dialog box code;
                   general guru on obscure MS Windows programming topics)
David Hobley (early MS Windows contributor)
Marc Paquette (early MS Windows contributor)
August Hill (early MS Windows contributor)

and others.