XEmacs.
Verify that your users have a high enough stack limit. On some systems
-such as OpenBSD and OSF/Tru64 the default is 2MB which is too low. See
-'PROBLEMS' for details.
+such as OpenBSD and OSF/Tru64 the default is 2MB which is too low. On
+MacOS/X (Darwin), it's 512kB. See 'PROBLEMS' for details.
Building XEmacs requires about 100 Mb of disk space (including the
XEmacs sources). Once installed, XEmacs occupies between 20 and 100 Mb
XEmacs requires an ANSI C compiler, such as GCC. If you wish to build
the documentation yourself, you will need at least version 1.68 of
-makeinfo (GNU texinfo-3.11).
+makeinfo (GNU texinfo-3.11). GNU Texinfo 4.2 is recommended; it is
+necessary for building packages, and we may move to it for the core.
ADD-ON LIBRARIES
================
of the relocating allocator. Turning on --rel-alloc will allow XEmacs
to return unused memory to the operating system, thereby reducing its
memory footprint. However, it may make XEmacs runs more slowly,
-especially if your system's `mmap' implemntation is missing or
+especially if your system's `mmap' implementation is missing or
inefficient. Generally, it's best to go with the default
configuration for your system. You can tweak this based on how you
use XEmacs, and the memory and cpu resources available on your system.
contains the results of the compile and link tests used by configure.
The `--with-mule' option enables (MUlti-Lingual Emacs) support, needed
-to suport non-Latin-1 (including Asian) languages. The Mule support
+to support non-Latin-1 (including Asian) languages. The Mule support
is not yet as stable or efficient as the `Latin1' support. Enabling
Mule support requires the mule-base package installed prior to
building XEmacs. The following options require Mule support:
MAIL LOCKING
============
-Find out what the preferred method for locking mail spool files is in
-your environment. Presently, XEmacs supports lockf, flock, and dot
-locking. Specify the locking method via the --mail-locking=METHOD
-option to configure. Valid values for METHOD are --mail-locking are
-`lockf', `flock', and `dot'.
+For most platforms, configure or the src/s file have the preferred
+method for locking mail spool files preconfigured. Otherwise you must
+find out for youself. Do not choose a locking protocol "on the
+objective merits." XEmacs must use the same method as other mail
+utilities on your system, or you will lose mail.
+
+Presently, XEmacs supports lockf, flock, and dot locking. Specify the
+locking method via the --mail-locking=METHOD option to configure.
+Valid values for METHOD are --mail-locking are `lockf', `flock', and
+`dot'.
RUNNING CONFIGURE
=================
`/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
(where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
- dependant, and care should be taken not to set this directory
- to a system- or architecture-independant directory.
+ dependent, and care should be taken not to set this directory
+ to a system- or architecture-independent directory.
Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
you run `make' in the top directory. If you run `make' once to build
directions in README.packages. You can not have a working XEmacs
without downloading some additional packages.
-See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various
-problems sometimes encountered, and what to do about them.
+See the file PROBLEMS in this directory for a list of various problems
+sometimes encountered, and what to do about them. PROBLEMS is also
+the place where platform-specific build notes can be found.
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