This is more consistent than the old version, and sets some standards (which I think all current options obey) for option format. Still, I don't know if I like it. Comments welcome. ======================================================================== Usage: configure [--OPTION[=VALUE] ...] [CONFIGURATION] Set compilation and installation parameters for XEmacs, and report. CONFIGURATION is an optional architecture-vendor-os triple, such as `sparc-sun-solaris2.7'. When possible, omit it; configure will detect it. Conventions for options: - Boolean options may be explicitly enabled by using `--OPTION=yes' and explicitly disabled by using `--OPTION=no'. `--OPTION' (with no argument) is equivalent to `--OPTION=yes'. `--without-FEATURE' is a synonym for `--with-FEATURE=no'. Denoted `(Bool)' below. - Enumerated options accept one type from a specified list. These usually accept `--OPTION=no' to disable it entirely, and `--OPTION=yes' often has a useful default. Denoted `(Enum)'. - Set options accept one or more types from a list of implementations of the feature. All specified implementations will be included. Prefix a type with `no' to disable only that implementation (e.g., `--with-sound=noesd' disables ESD, and attempts to detect whether NAS or a native sound library are available). The special values `none' and `all' must be first in the list if used. They change the defaults for all types individually from autodetect to `no' or `yes' respectively. `--with-sound=none,native' and `--with-sound=noesd,nonas,native' have the same effect. Denoted `(Set)'. - Other options have special, option-specific formats. Options marked with a (*) are auto-detected. If auto-detected and not explicitly specified, normally - Boolean options default to `yes'. - Enumerated options default to the first detected type in an option-specific priority. Possible defaults are marked with (*) and listed in order. - Set options default to all detected types. Some options are provided mainly to disable features which are on by default. These are indicated by specifying `--OPTION=no'. Explicitly specifying an autodetected option which defaults to `yes' makes a failure to detect signal a fatal configure error. Use colons (or quoted spaces) to separate directory names in option values which are PATHs (i.e. lists of directories). Many features require external packages to be installed. configure will fail if an explicitly requested feature depends on an uninstalled package. On many Linux systems, you must install -devel versions of the package. The results of configure tests are saved in config.log, which is useful for diagnosing problems. Caching of configure results is disabled. If successful, configure leaves its status in config.status. If unsuccessful after disturbing the status quo, it removes config.status. General options: --help Issue this usage message. --verbose Accepted but ignored. --extra-verbose Display more information, useful for debugging. Compilation options: --compiler=PROG C compiler to use --with-gcc (*) (Bool) Use GCC to compile XEmacs. --cflags=FLAGS Compiler flags (such as `-O') --cpp=PROG Set C preprocessor (e.g. `/usr/ccs/lib/cpp', `cc -E') --cppflags=FLAGS C preprocessor flags (e.g. `-I/foo' or `-Dfoo=bar') --libs=LIBS Additional libraries (e.g. `-lfoo') --ldflags=FLAGS Additional linker flags (e.g. `-L/foo') --site-includes=PATH List of directories to search first for header files --site-libraries=PATH List of directories to search first for libraries --site-prefixes=PATH List of directories to search for include/ and lib/ subdirectories, just after 'site-includes' and 'site-libraries' --site-runtime-libraries=PATH List of ALL directories to search for dynamically linked libraries at run time --dynamic (*) (Bool) Link dynamically if supported by system. The default is system-dependent. --srcdir=DIR Use the XEmacs source files in DIR. Requires a Make with VPATH; GNU Make is recommended. Installation options: --prefix=DIR Install files below DIR. Defaults to `/usr/local'. --with-prefix=no (Bool) Compile the value of `--prefix' into XEmacs. --infodir=DIR Install XEmacs Info manuals and dir in DIR. --moduledir=DIR Install dynamic modules in DIR. You may also specify any of the `path' variables found in Makefile.in.in, including `--bindir', `--libdir', `--docdir', `--lispdir', `--sitelispdir', `--datadir', `--mandir' and so on. We recommend against explicitly setting any of these variables. The INSTALL file provides a complete list plus the reasons we advise not changing them. Runtime search path options: --with-site-modules=no (Bool) Search directories in the XEmacs hierarchy named `site-modules' before the installed module directories. --with-site-lisp (Bool) Search a site-lisp directory in the XEmacs hierarchy before the packaged Lisp. DEPRECATED. --package-path=PATH Directories to search for packages to dump with xemacs. PATH splits into three parts separated by double colons (::), an `early', a `late', and a `last' part, corresponding to their position in the various system paths: The `early' part is always first, the `late' part somewhere in the middle, and the `last' part at the very back. Only the `late' part gets seen at dump time. If PATH has only one component, it is `late'. With two components, the first is `early', the second is `late'. --infopath=PATH Directories to search for Info documents, info dir and localdir files if run-time searching fails. Window-system options: --with-gtk (Bool) Use GTK on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL) --with-gnome (Bool) Use GNOME on the X Window System. (EXPERIMENTAL) --with-x11 (*) (Bool) Support the X Window System. --x-includes=DIR Search for X header files in DIR. --x-libraries=DIR Search for X libraries in DIR. --with-msw (*) (Bool) Support MS Windows as a window system (only underCygwin and MinGW). `--with-msw=no' may be needed on *nix systems with Wine installed. --with-wmcommand=no (Bool) Compile without realized leader window which will keep the WM_COMMAND property. --with-xmu=no (*) (Bool) For systems whose vendors don't ship Xmu. GUI component options: Notes: If `athena' is specified for any component, you must use `--with-athena' to get 3d widgets. (`athena' is implied by some `lucid' options if Motif is not available.) `gtk' and `msw' component types are used internally, but are unsupported as options. With the `gtk' and `msw' toolkits, treat these as Bool. --with-toolbars=no (Bool) Don't compile with any toolbar support. --with-menubars=TYPE (Enum) Use TYPE menubars: `lucid'(*), `motif', or `no'. The Lucid widgets emulate Motif (mostly), but faster. *WARNING* The Motif menubar is currently broken. --with-scrollbars=TYPE (Enum) Use TYPE scrollbars: `lucid'(*), `motif', `athena', or `no'). --with-dialogs=TYPE (Enum) Use TYPE dialog boxes: `motif'(*), `lucid'(*), `athena', or `no'. --with-widgets=TYPE (Enum) Use TYPE widgets: `motif'(*), `lucid', `athena', or `no'. --with-athena=TYPE (Enum) If Athena widgets are requested for any GUI component, use TYPE Athena widgets (`xaw', `3d', `next', `95', or `xpm'). --with-dragndrop Compile in the generic drag and drop API. This is automatically added if one of the drag and drop protocols is found (currently CDE, OffiX, MSWindows, and GTK). (EXPERIMENTAL) --with-cde Compile in support for CDE drag and drop. --with-offix Compile in support for OffiX drag and drop. *WARNING* OffiX support may interfere with use of multiple X displays. If the two servers are from different vendors, the results may be unpredictable. TTY (character terminal) options: --with-tty=no Don't support ttys. --with-ncurses (*) Use the ncurses library for tty support. --with-gpm (*) Support the GPM mouse library for ttys. Image options: --with-xpm (*) Support XPM images. PRACTICALLY REQUIRED. The XPM library is nonstandard and hard to build, but basic things (e.g., toolbars) depend on it. --with-png (*) Support PNG images. Strongly recommended. --with-jpeg (*) Support JPEG images. --with-tiff (*) Support TIFF images. --with-xface (*) Support X-Face mail headers. Requires the compface package. Of doubtful usefulness. --with-gif=no Omit the (builtin) support for GIF images. Sound options: --with-sound=TYPES (*) (Set) Compile with sound support. Types: `native', `nas' and `esd'. Defaults to `noesd', the others are autodetected. --native-sound-lib=LIB Native sound support library. Needed on Suns with `--with-sound=native,nas' because both sound libraries are called libaudio. Database options: --with-database=TYPES (*) (Set) Compile with database support. Types: `berkdb', `dbm', or `gnudbm'. `dbm' and `gnudbm' are incompatible with each other. --with-ldap (*) (Bool) Compile with support for the LDAP protocol. --with-postgresql (*) (Bool) Compile with support for the PostgreSQL RDBMS. Mail options: --mail-locking=TYPE (*) (Enum) Specify the locking method used by movemail. Types: `lockf', `flock', `dot', `locking' or `mmdf'. --with-pop (Bool) Support POP for mail retrieval. --with-kerberos (Bool) Support Kerberos-authenticated POP. --with-hesiod (Bool) Support Hesiod to get the POP server host. Internationalization options: --with-mule (Bool) Include Mule (MUlti-Lingual Extensions) support for non-Latin-1 (including Asian) languages. --with-xim=TYPE (Enum) Support X Input Method protocol. Types: `motif'(*), `xlib', `no'. Requires Mule. --with-canna (*) (Bool) Support the Canna input method. Requires Mule. --with-wnn (*) (Bool) Support the Wnn input methods. Requires Mule. --with-wnn6 (*) (Bool) Support the commercial version of Wnn. --with-xfs (Bool) Support internationalized menubar via XFontSets. `--with-menubars=lucid' (the default) is desirable. Incompatible with `--with-xim=motif'. Additional features: --with-workshop (Bool) Support the Sun WorkShop (formerly Sparcworks) development environment. --with-tooltalk (*) (Bool) Support the ToolTalk IPC protocol. --with-socks (Bool) Support SOCKS (an Internet proxy). --with-dnet (*) (Bool) Support DECnet. --with-netinstall (Bool) Compile in support for installation over the internet. Only functional on MS Windows platforms. --with-ipv6-cname (Bool) Try IPv6 information first when canonicalizing host names. This option has no effect unless system supports getaddrinfo(3) and getnameinfo(3). IPv6 support is always included if detected, but CNAME lookup is unbearable for weakly connected hosts. --external-widget (Bool) Compile with external widget support. --with-modules (*) (Bool) Support for dynamically loaded libraries (Dynamic Shared Objects). (EXPERIMENTAL) --pdump (Bool) New, experimental, don't-sue-me-if-your-house- collapses-and-your-wife-leaves-you, portable dumper. --with-file-coding (Bool) Allows transparent use of "foreign" line break conventions in text files (such as LF-delimited text imported from a Unix system to a Windows environment), optionally including autodetection. Defaults to `yes' on Windows, `no' on Unix. --with-clash-detection=no (Bool) Use lock files to detect multiple edits of the same file. Memory allocation options: --rel-alloc (Bool) Use the relocating allocator (default for this option is system-dependent). --with-dlmalloc=no (Bool) Don't use Doug Lea malloc on systems that have it in the standard C library. --with-system-malloc (Bool) Use the system malloc, instead of GNU malloc. --with-debug-malloc (Bool) Use the debugging malloc package. Debugging options: --debug (Bool) Compile with support for debugging XEmacs. (Causes code-size increase and little loss of speed.) --memory-usage-stats (Bool) Compile with additional code to allow you to determine what XEmacs's memory is being used for. Causes a small code increase but no loss of speed. Normally enabled when `--debug' is given. --error-checking=TYPES (Set) Compile with internal error-checking added. Causes noticeable loss of speed. Types: `bufpos', `byte-code', `extents', `gc', `glyphs', `malloc', and `typecheck'. The default value is `none'. --use-union-type (Bool) Define Lisp_Object as a union, not an int. Provides stricter type-checking. System-dependent. --no-doc-file (Bool) Don't rebuild the DOC file unless it's missing. Only use during development. --quick-build (Bool) Don't GC when dumping. Implies `--no-doc-file'. --with-quantify (Bool) Support performance debugging using Quantify. --with-purify (Bool) Support memory debugging using Purify. The configure script also recognizes some environment variables, each of which is equivalent to a corresponding configure flag. Configure flags take precedence over environment variables, if both are specified. environment corresponding variable configure flag ----------- -------------- CC --compiler CPP --cpp CFLAGS --cflags CPPFLAGS --cppflags LDFLAGS --ldflags LIBS --libs LD_RUN_PATH --site-runtime-libraries For more details on the install process, consult the INSTALL file. ======================================================================== -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN My nostalgia for Icon makes me forget about any of the bad things. I don't have much nostalgia for Perl, so its faults I remember. Scott Gilbert c.l.py