-Building and Installing XEmacs on Windows NT -*- mode:outline -*-
+Building and Installing XEmacs on Windows 95/98/NT -*- mode:outline -*-
David Hobley
- Marc Paquette
- Jonathan Harris
+ Marc Paquette
+ Jonathan Harris
+ Ben Wing
-The port was made much easier by the groundbreaking work of Geoff Voelker
-and others who worked on the GNU Emacs port to NT. Their version is available
-from http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html
+This is a port of XEmacs to Windows 95/98/NT. If you are looking for a port
+of GNU Emacs, see http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
* Required tools and sources
c:\Program Files\DevStudio\VC\bin\ (or wherever you installed it) that you
can run before building to set up all of these environment variables.
-2. Grab the latest XEmacs source from ftp.xemacs.org if necessary.
+2. Grab the latest XEmacs source from
- You'll also need the xemacs-base package from the binary-packages
- subdirectory and you'll probably also want at least the edit-utils,
- text-modes, fsf-compat, cc-mode, prog-modes and xemacs-devel
- packages.
+ ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/
+
+ or one of its mirrors listed at http://www.xemacs.org/Download/index.html .
+
+ You'll also need the packages. You probably want to get the unified
+ packages bundle from
- You'll also need the texinfo package unless you have a copy of
- makeinfo.exe on your machine.
+ ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/packages/xemacs-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. 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, say, "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages".
+ Unpack the packages into "x:\your\choice\XEmacs\xemacs-packages",
+ for example "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages".
3. At this point you can choose to build for X and/or for Win32 native GUI.
If you only want to build for the Win32 native GUI then skip the next
If you want support for X you will also need:
-1. An X server. MI/X is available on the Internet for free; It is
- available from: http://www.microimages.com/www/html/freestuf/mixdlfrm.htm
+1. An X server. MI/X is available on the Internet as trialware; it is
+ available from: http://www.microimages.com/www/html/mix/
2. Source for the MIT X11R6.3 libraries, available from: ftp.x.org
* Optional libraries
====================
-1. If you want XPM image and toolbar support grab the latest version of the
- xpm sources (xpm-3.4k.tar.gz at time of writing) and unpack them somewhere.
+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'.
2. You probably also want PNG image support. Grab the latest versions of zlib
- and libpng (zlib-1.1.3 and libpng-1.0.2 at time of writing), unpack them
- somewhere and read the respective READMEs for details on how to build them.
- The following build procedure works for zlib-1.1.3 and libpng-1.0.2:
+ and libpng (zlib-1.1.3 and libpng-1.0.2 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
+ build procedure works for zlib-1.1.3 and libpng-1.0.2:
cd to the zlib directory, type 'copy msdos\makefile.w32 Makefile' and
then type 'nmake'.
and type 'nmake -f scripts\makefile.w32'.
3. If you want TIFF support, grap the latest version of libtiff (tiff-v3.4
- at time of writing) 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 lastest distribution of libtiff includes a
- contrib\win95\makefile.w95; that might work.
+ at time of writing) 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 lastest
+ 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) and read the README for details on how to build it.
+ time of writing) 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 compface distribution 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'.
+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 build xemacs:
- `nmake install -f xemacs.mak`, but read on before hitting Enter.
-
-2. If you're building with XPM support, add this to the nmake command line:
- 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, add this to the nmake command line:
- HAVE_PNG=1 PNG_DIR="x:\location\of\your\png\sources"
- ZLIB_DIR="x:\location\of\your\zlib\sources"
-
- If you want to build with GIF support, add this to the nmake command line:
- HAVE_GIF=1
-
- If you're building with X-Face support, add this to the nmake command line:
- HAVE_XFACE=1 COMPFACE_DIR="x:\location\of\your\compface\sources"
-
- If you're building for X, add this to the nmake command line:
- HAVE_X=1 X11_DIR=x:\root\directory\of\your\X11\installation
-
-3. By default, XEmacs will expect to find its packages in the subdirectories
- "site-packages", "mule-packages" and "xemacs-packages" under the package
- prefix directory "c:\Program Files\XEmacs". If you want it to look for
- these subdirectories elsewhere, add this to the nmake command line:
- PACKAGE_PREFIX="x:\your\package\directory"
- If you change your mind and want to alter the package prefix directory
- after you've built XEmacs, delete the file nt\obj\emacs.obj and rebuild
- with the new PACKAGE_PREFIX setting.
-
-4. By default, XEmacs will be installed in directories under the directory
- "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.2". If you want to install it
- elsewhere, add this to the nmake command line:
- INSTALL_DIR="x:\your\installation\directory"
-
-5. XEmacs can build its info files more quickly if you have a copy of the
- makeinfo program. If you have a copy, add this to the nmake command line:
- 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.
-
-6. Now you can press Enter. nmake will build temacs, the DOC file, update
- the elc's, dump xemacs and install the relevant files in the directories
- under the installation directory.
-
- Unless you set INSTALL_DIR above, the file that you should run to start
- XEmacs will be installed as
- "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\XEmacs-21.2\i586-pc-win32\runxemacs.exe".
- You may want to create a shortcut to that file from your Desktop or
+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'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"
+
+ -- If you're building for X, modify the appropriate lines in config.inc
+ as follows:
+
+ HAVE_X_WINDOWS=1
+ X11_DIR=x:\root\directory\of\your\X11\installation
+
+ -- 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-21.2".)
+
+2. 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-21.2\i586-pc-win32\xemacs.exe".
+
+ To run from the build directory, run the file "nt\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.
+3. To build using MS Developer Studio, you can use the workspace file
+ `nt/xemacs.dsw'. This was prepared for Visual C++ 5.0; if you have
+ a different version and this file doesn't work, 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:
+
+ 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. If you actually want to debug
-XEmacs you should probably build a debug version of XEmacs:
-
-1. Delete the directory nt\obj and it's contents.
+in the source tree for use with DevStudio. However that information is not
+very useful unless you build a debug version of XEmacs:
-2. Add DEBUG_XEMACS=1 to the nmake command line and rebuild. You probably
- don't want to install your debug build so you should tell nmake to build
- the 'all' target instead of the 'install' target.
+1. Set DEBUG_XEMACS=1 and DEPEND=1 in config.inc and rebuild.
-3. To make use of the debugging and "Source Browser" information, create a
- new "console" project in DevStudio and, under Project/Settings, set:
- Debug: executable name = full path of src\xemacs.exe
- Link: output file name = full path of src\temacs.exe
- Browse Info: browse info file name = full path of src\temacs.bsc
- Remember to close the Source Browser file in DevStudio before rebuilding.
+2. See instructions above for obtaining a workspace file for use with
+ MS Developer Studio. Build and debug your XEmacs this way.
-4. Start XEmacs from within DevStudio or by running src\xemacs.exe so that
- you get a console window which may contain helpful debugging info.
+3. To display the contents of a lisp variable, type Shift-F9 (or use the
+ menu) to bring up the QuickWatch window, type debug_print(variable) and
+ click Recalculate. The output will appear in a console window, as well
+ as in the Debug window in MS Developer Studio.
-5. To display the contents of a lisp variable click Debug/QuickWatch, type
- debug_print(variable) and click Recalculate. The output will appear in
- the console window.
-
-6. To view lisp variables in the "Watch" window wrap the variable in one of
- the helper functions from the file src\console-msw.c. eg type
- DSTRING(variable) in the "Watch" window to inspect a lisp string.
+4. 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.
* Known Problems
================
-Please look at the PROBLEMS file for known problems and at the TODO list for
-the current list of problems and people working on them.
-
-Any other problems you need clarified, please email us and we will endeavour
-to provide any assistance we can:
+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:
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