10:30 a.m.
some questions, related by my desire of using the latest beta and the
xft branch as coexisting alternatives
0. is it possible to specify to configure the name of the executable
to be installed?
1. is it possible to somehow differentiate the resources used by
xemacs and the resources used by the xft branch?
2. so far, so good: 21.5b19 installs the core lisp into its own
hierarchy, and the xft branch installs its core lisp under a
different (b18) tree
when xft will receive the status of b19, is there the potential for
a conflict?
thank you,
gb
11:13 a.m.
>>>> "giacomo" == giacomo boffi
<giacomo.boffi(a)polimi.it> writes:
giacomo> 0. is it possible to specify to configure the name of the
giacomo> executable to be installed?
Probably, but you'd have to do some fiddling, I'm afraid. In any case
point 2 below means you want to install into a separate hierarchy.
giacomo> 1. is it possible to somehow differentiate the resources
giacomo> used by xemacs and the resources used by the xft branch?
Yes. Use the Xt option -name or a symlink, for example
$ ln -s src/xemacs xft-xemacs
$ xrdb -merge
xft-xemacs.default.attributeFont: Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-14
^D
$ xft-xemacs -title "Symlinked XEmacs" &
$ src/xemacs -name xft-xemacs -title "Xt -name'ed XEmacs" &
should start up two instances with different frame titles but both
with Bitstream Vera Sans Mono-14 as the default face.
giacomo> 2. so far, so good: 21.5b19 installs the core lisp into
giacomo> its own hierarchy, and the xft branch installs its core
giacomo> lisp under a different (b18) tree
giacomo> when xft will receive the status of b19, is there the
giacomo> potential for a conflict?
Yes. So use --prefix=/opt/xemacs-xft or something like that to
specify location to the installer.
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11:45 a.m.
Ar an chéad lá de mí Márta, scríobh giacomo boffi:
some questions, related by my desire of using the latest beta and
the
xft branch as coexisting alternatives
0. is it possible to specify to configure the name of the executable
to be installed?
I’m not sure of this--I get
configure.ac:1052: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
with autoconf 2.59 . With the old configure file, no, you couldn’t
configure the name of the executable to be installed--in this case, that
shouldn’t really be an issue. An install of the latest trunk will overwrite
xemacs, but only with a symbolic link to xemacs-21.5-b19; xemacs-21.5-b18,
the XFT build, should still be there.
1. is it possible to somehow differentiate the resources used by
xemacs and the resources used by the xft branch?
Index: x-init.el
===================================================================
RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/x-init.el,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -u -r1.13 x-init.el
--- x-init.el2002/06/20 21:18:051.13
+++ x-init.el2005/03/01 11:41:36
＠＠ -41,7 +41,7 ＠＠
;; If you want to change this variable, this is the place you must do it.
;; Do not set it to a string containing periods. X doesn't like that.
-;(setq x-emacs-application-class "Emacs")
+(setq x-emacs-application-class "XFTEmacs")
(defgroup x nil
"The X Window system."
recompile, and then run xemacs-21.5-b18 -name XFTXEmacs. All the XFT branch
resources will have to start with XFTXEmacs instead of XEmacs.
2. so far, so good: 21.5b19 installs the core lisp into its own
hierarchy, and the xft branch installs its core lisp under a
different (b18) tree
when xft will receive the status of b19, is there the potential for
a conflict?
XFT probably won’t ever receive the status of b19, if I understand it
correctly; by the time it’s merged into the trunk, we’ll have another beta
version.
That said, yes, there’s a distinct possibility for conflict there.
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12:32 p.m.
>>>> "Aidan" == Aidan Kehoe
<kehoea(a)parhasard.net> writes:
Aidan> Iâm not sure of this--I get
Aidan> configure.ac:1052: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED
Aidan> If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
Aidan> See the Autoconf documentation.
I don't see this using the latest version of configure in the xft branch.
Could you please post some more details about it?
BTW, the name of the executable is hard-coded within autoconf.ac. It might be
better to have two install directories instead and use symlinks to supply the
different names, eg:
$ ln -s /path/to/xemacs1/bin/xemacs xemacs-head
$ ln -s /path/to/xemacs2/bin/xemacs xemacs-xft
Malcolm
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12:37 p.m.
Ar an chéad lá de mí Márta, scríobh Malcolm Purvis:
I don't see this using the latest version of configure in the xft
branch.
Neither do I. Thanks for the fix!
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