@finalout
@titlepage
@title XEmacs FAQ
-@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2000/04/26 07:18:27 $
+@subtitle Frequently asked questions about XEmacs @* Last Modified: $Date: 2000/07/08 09:14:11 $
@sp 1
@author Tony Rossini <rossini@@biostat.washington.edu>
@author Ben Wing <ben@@xemacs.org>
@example
Emacs*XlwMenu.resourceLabels: True
Emacs*XlwMenu.file.labelString: Fichier
-Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster offnen
+Emacs*XlwMenu.openInOtherWindow.labelString: In anderem Fenster oeffnen
@end example
The name of the resource is derived from the non-localized entry by
@node Q6.1.2, Q6.1.3, Q6.1.1, MS Windows
@unnumberedsubsec Q6.1.2: What compiler do I need to compile XEmacs?
-You need Visual C++ 4.2 or 5.0, with the exception of the Cygwin port,
-which uses Gcc.
+You need Visual C++ 4.2, 5.0, or 6.0, with the exception of the Cygwin
+port, which uses Gcc. There is also a MINGW32 port of XEmacs (using
+Gcc, but using native libraries rather than the Cygwin libraries). ####
+More information about this should be provided.
@node Q6.1.3, Q6.1.4, Q6.1.2, MS Windows
from;
@item
-CYGWIN32 needs to be set to tty for process support
-work. e.g. CYGWIN32=tty;
+CYGWIN needs to be set to tty for process support work. e.g. CYGWIN=tty;
+(use CYGWIN32=tty under b19 and older.)
@item
picking up some other grep or other unix like tools can kill configure;
@uref{http://sourceware.cygnus.com/cygwin/}
You will need version b19 or later.
+The latest current version is 1.1.1.
+Other common versions you will see are b20.1.
-You will also need the X libraries. There are libraries at
+Another location, one of the mirror sites of the site just mentioned,
+is usually a last faster:
+
+@uref{ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/}
+
+You can obtain the latest version (currently 1.1.1) from the
+@samp{latest/} subdirectory of either of the above two just-mentioned
+URL's.
+
+@strong{WARNING: The version of GCC supplied under @samp{latest/}, as of
+June 6th, 2000, does not appear to work. It generates loads of spurious
+preprocessor warnings and errors, which makes it impossible to compile
+XEmacs with it.}
+
+You will also need the X libraries. You can get them on the XEmacs FTP
+site at
+
+@uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/aux/cygwin/}
+
+You will find b19 and b20 versions of the X libraries, plus b19 and b20
+versions of stuff that should go into @samp{/usr/local/}, donated by
+Andy Piper. This includes pre-built versions of various graphics libraries,
+such as PNG, JPEG, TIFF, and XPM. (Remember, GIF support is built-in to
+XEmacs.)
+
+(X libraries for v1 and beyond of Cygwin can be found on the Cygwin site
+itself -- look in the @samp{xfree/} subdirectory.)
+
+@emph{NOTE:} There are two versions of the XPM library provided in
+Andy's packets. Once is for building with X support, and the other for
+building without. The X version should work if you're building with
+both X and Windows support. The two files are called @file{libXpm-X.a}
+and @file{libXpm-noX.a} respectively, and you must symlink the
+appropriate one to @file{libXpm.a}. @strong{CAREFUL:} By default, the
+non-X version is symlinked in. If you then configure XEmacs with X,
+you won't run into problems until you start compiling @file{events.c},
+at which point you'll get strange and decidedly non-obvious errors.
+
+Please see @uref{http://www.xemacs.freeserve.co.uk/} (Andy Piper's home
+page) for more information.
+
+BTW There are also libraries at
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@uref{http://dao.gsfc.nasa.gov/software/grads/win32/X11R6.3/}, but
-these are not b19 compatible. You can get b19 X11R6.3 binaries, as
-well as pre-built ncurses and graphic libraries, from:
-
-@uref{ftp://ftp.parallax.co.uk/pub/andyp/}.
+these are not b19 compatible, and may in fact be native-compiled.
@node Q6.2.1, Q6.2.2, Q6.1.6, MS Windows
executable. In this instance XEmacs will fail to start without any
explanation. Note that this is extremely machine specific.
-Work is being done on fixes for 21.1.* that will make more intelligent
-guesses about which memory addresses will be free and so this should
-cure the problem for most people.
+21.1.10 includes a fix for this that makes more intelligent guesses
+about which memory addresses will be free, and this should cure the
+problem for most people. Unfortunately, no binary is yet available for
+this version. Check back periodically at
+
+@uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/binaries/}.
21.2 implements "portable dumping" which will eliminate the problem
-altogether.
+altogether. You might have better luck with the 21.2 beta binary,
+available at
+
+@uref{ftp://ftp.xemacs.org/pub/xemacs/beta/binaries/}.
+
@node Current Events, , MS Windows, Top
@unnumbered 7 What the Future Holds
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