-Building and Installing XEmacs on Windows NT -*- mode:outline -*-
+Building and Installing XEmacs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000 -*- mode:outline -*-
David Hobley
- Marc Paquette
- Jonathan Harris
-
-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
-
+ Marc Paquette
+ Jonathan Harris
+ Ben Wing
+
+This is a port of XEmacs to Windows 95/98/NT/2000. If you are looking for a
+port of GNU Emacs, see http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/voelker/ntemacs.html.
+NT 3.51 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 and NT 3.51. If so, please report them to
+xemacs-nt@xemacs.org; we are committed to maintaining compatibility with all
+systems listed.
* Required tools and sources
============================
Your PATH environment variable also needs to include the DevStudio
vc\bin and sharedide\bin directories.
- Visual C++ V5.0 installs a batch file called vcvars32.bat in
+ Visual C++ V5.0 and later install a batch file called vcvars32.bat in
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.
+ Alternatively, you can choose at setup time to have these
+ environment variables automatically set up in the registry, which
+ is generally a good idea.
+
+
+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.)
-2. Grab the latest XEmacs source from ftp.xemacs.org if necessary.
+ You'll also need the packages. You probably want to get the unified
+ packages bundle 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/packages/xemacs-sumo.tar.gz
- You'll also need the texinfo package unless you have a copy of
- makeinfo.exe on your machine.
+ If you are building with international support, you also need
- Unpack the packages into, say, "c:\Program Files\XEmacs\xemacs-packages".
+ 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. 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
** Extra tools and sources required for X
+NOTE: XEmacs has not been tested with X support under the native
+Windows build for a long, long time! It may not even compile any
+more. If you are interested in X support, you're better off compiling
+the Cygwin version of XEmacs, which can handle both Win32 native and X
+frames (in the same binary, in fact, but not at the same time), and is
+actively tested with X support.
+
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. XEmacs has been tested and runs well under MI/X,
+ available from: http://www.microimages.com/mix/. (International aka
+ "Mule" support even works under this X server!) Unfortunately, this is
+ not free, but is trialware; you have to pay $25 if you want to use it
+ for more than 15 days. XEmacs also runs (barely) under the free XWin
+ server that comes as part of the Cygwin XFree86 package, available at
+
+ ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/cygwin/xfree/
+
+ or numerous mirrors, such as
+
+ ftp://ftp.freesoftware.com/pub/sourceware/cygwin/xfree/
-2. Source for the MIT X11R6.3 libraries, available from: ftp.x.org
+ There are numerous other X servers available in the same package or at
+ the same location, but unfortunately most of them behave even worse
+ than XWin. If you have any luck with any of these, *PLEASE* email
+ the maintainers at xemacs-nt@xemacs.org, and we'll add the info here.
+
+2. Source for the MIT X11R6.3 libraries, available from ftp.x.org.
3. You'll need to compile the MIT libraries without multi-thread support.
To do this, there is an example Win32.cf and site.def provided which set
* 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 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 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 want international (aka "Mule") support, modify the appropriate
+ line in config.inc as follows:
+
+ HAVE_MULE=1
+
+ NOTE: This support is still quite raw under the Win32 native GUI,
+ but works well if you compile the Cygwin version with X support
+ and disable native Win32 support (--with-msw=no).
+
+ -- 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-21.4".)
+
+3. 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-21.4\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.
+4. To build using MS Developer Studio, you can use the workspace file
+ `nt/xemacs.dsw'. This was prepared for Visual C++ 6.0. If you are using
+ Visual C++ 5.0, you can use the workspace file `nt/xemacs-vc50.dsw'. If
+ you have a different version and neither file works, 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:
+in the source tree for use with DevStudio. However that information is not
+very useful unless you build a debug version of XEmacs:
-1. Delete the directory nt\obj and it's contents.
+1. Set DEBUG_XEMACS=1 and DEPEND=1 in config.inc and rebuild.
-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.
+2. See instructions above for obtaining a workspace file for use with
+ MS Developer Studio. Build and debug your XEmacs this way.
-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.
+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.
-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.
-
-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:
The XEmacs NT Mailing List: xemacs-nt@xemacs.org
Subscribe address: xemacs-nt-request@xemacs.org
-David Hobley
-Marc Paquette
-August Hill
-Jonathan Harris
+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.
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