Re: compiling the beta on an iMac
>>>> "Lynn" == Lynn David Newton
<lynn.newton(a)gmail.com> writes:
>> o What next? Gotta get mule in there, I guess. Where do I
get
>> it,
>> and where in the source hierarchy does it fall? I don't know
>> that no mule is the only problem.
> I went through this exercise last week... the first step is to
> add "--with-mule" to the "configure" options. You may have to
> hunt down & install "gettext" and "iconv" as well; I had to,
> but I don't use macports (or any equivalent).
Lynn> Aha! Okay. That allowed me to get all the way to the end and
Lynn> produces a runnable xemacs.
Lynn> I did make install under sudo, and it dropped stuff in
Lynn> /usr/local/lib and in /usr/local/share, but nothing I
Lynn> recognize as a usable binary. There is one in the src
Lynn> directory, though.
Isn't there a /usr/local/bin/xemacs (that's symlinked to
xemacs-21.5-bxx)?
> I ended up with an XEmacs image that appears to have no support
> for the native Mac Windowing system, and not X11 support. I'm
> pretty sure that it should be possible to get the X11 support
> in there ...
Lynn> Ummm. I've never heard of it running native on the Mac, and
Lynn> have always assumed that X11 is required. I do have
There was a version that used Cocoa (Carbon?). I don't think that was
ever merged to xemacs.
Lynn> My days of testing stuff are long behind me. I've become the
Lynn> sort of guy who just wants stuff on my own workhorse system
Lynn> to just work right, with minimum hassles.
I'm in the same boat. I just want (most) things to work now.
Ray
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