X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/00d110be81e35d9822f8aa02a4ca20265f0ad333..5dfdf72f7aee102988a98447de9d19523af50055:/mac/INSTALL diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL index cd03295f91..302317b025 100644 --- a/mac/INSTALL +++ b/mac/INSTALL @@ -1,18 +1,9 @@ * BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS Classic AND MAC OS X -*- outline -*- Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, - 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. - Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim - copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that - the copyright notice and permission notice are preserved, and that - the distributor grants the recipient permission for further - redistribution as permitted by this notice. - - Permission is granted to distribute modified versions of this - document, or of portions of it, under the above conditions, - provided also that they carry prominent notices stating who last - changed them. * BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS X @@ -29,13 +20,9 @@ you try to install into /usr (with ./configure --prefix=/usr), then you must install as root using the sudo command. However, it is not recommended; see the notes section below for more details. -The --enable-carbon-app specifies that the carbon GUI application -should be installed into /Application. If you want it to install in a -different location, specify --enable-carbon-app= - -If you have X Window installed on your Mac and you are building Emacs -to run under Carbon and not X Window, you need to type `./configure ---without-x' instead of `./configure'. +The --enable-carbon-app specifies that the Carbon GUI application +should be installed into /Applications. If you want it to install in +a different location, specify --enable-carbon-app= You can type `make bootstrap' instead of `make' to rebuild everything, including byte-compiling the Lisp files. @@ -47,26 +34,34 @@ GNU texinfo package are given below. Alternatively, you can type `make -k' instead of `make' and safely ignore the error messages and use the existing info files. -After Emacs is installed, you can run it by typing `emacs -nw' from a -terminal (make sure your path contains /usr/local/bin) or by -double-clicking on /Applications/Emacs.app in the Finder. To start -Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to the -executable in the bundle, i.e., +After Emacs is installed, you can run a text-only terminal version by +typing `emacs' from a terminal (make sure your path contains +/usr/local/bin) or a GUI application by double-clicking on +/Applications/Emacs.app in the Finder. Even in the terminal version, +some Carbon-specific functions such as `mac-set-file-creator' are +still meaningful. - /Application/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs +To start Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to +the executable in the bundle, i.e., + + /Applications/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs must be typed to the shell to enable Emacs to locate its resources -correctly. You may want to create a symlink or alias to this path to -quickly access both the terminal and GUI versions. +correctly. You may want to create an alias to this path to quickly +access both the terminal and GUI versions. You can specify some +standard Emacs options when invoking Emacs in this way. -If you are building Emacs to run on Mac OS X and X Window, -instead of typing `./configure' above, type +Emacs on Mac OS X is not configured to use X11 unless either it is +requested or the use of Carbon is disabled explicitly. So, if you are +building Emacs to run on X Window System, you need to specify like: - ./configure --without-carbon --with-x + ./configure --with-x +Note that the Carbon-specific functions mentioned above are not +available on the X11-enabled build. -To use colors in a terminal, put the following lines in the file -~/.termcap and log in again. +To use colors in Terminal.app on Mac OS X 10.1, put the following +lines in the file ~/.termcap and log in again. ----- # added ANSI color @@ -134,7 +129,7 @@ If you are intending to build a binary distribution of Emacs, there is a script that will greatly simplify the process. It is called make-package and it is contained in this directory. It will generate a disc image containing a installer bundle. By default the installer -will place the emacs common files in /usr/local/* and the carbon +will place the emacs common files in /usr/local/* and the Carbon application in /Applications. Typical usage would be ./make-package @@ -158,14 +153,16 @@ options to user For usage of other options, use the --help option. +Note: due to the problem "Installing to a directory with non-ASCII +characters in the name fails" mentioned in etc/PROBLEMS, you may not +move a self-contained Emacs.app application bundle to a non-ASCII +directory. + * BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS Classic -You can use either MPW-GM (Aug. 2001) to build Emacs. MPW-GM can be +You can use MPW-GM (Aug. 2001) to build Emacs. MPW-GM can be downloaded free of charge from Apple. -In either case, you will need MPW-GM to build the make-docfile utility -and to generate the doc string file DOC. - ### IMPORTANT ### You can use StuffIt Expander to decompress and untar the distribution. However, you *must* set the radio button in the Preferences->Cross Platform->Convert text files to Macintosh format to @@ -183,8 +180,8 @@ makefile.MPW. I.e., execute the commands make Emacs -f makefile.MPW > Emacs.MakeScript Emacs.MakeScript -The above commands create an executable that uses the Carbon API. The -non-Carbon version can also be created by replacing all the +The above commands create an executable that uses the Carbon API. +The non-Carbon version can also be created by replacing all the occurrences of `Emacs' above with `NonCarbon'. Not that the non-Carbon version does not support some features such as file dialogs, drag-and-drop, and Unicode menus. @@ -216,16 +213,22 @@ architectures. In addition, Rosetta doesn't appear to work correctly with PowerPC builds of Emacs; you will have to recompile for Intel. Therefore, builds of Emacs are architecture specific. -There are some compile-time flags that enable experimental features. -Please use them at your own risk after reading the corresponding -threads in the emacs-devel@gnu.org archive. +Enjoy! + + +This file is part of GNU Emacs. - SELECT_USE_CFSOCKET (on Mac OS X): Avoid polling in sys_select (in - src/mac.c). - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-12/msg00789.html +GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) +any later version. - USE_ATSUI (on Mac OS 9/Carbon): Enable ATSUI (Apple Type Services - for Unicode Imaging) support. - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg00005.html +GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +GNU General Public License for more details. -Enjoy! +You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the +Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, +Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.