X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/47600d8e97925ed8816b099267e24f4ab3311e75..5dfdf72f7aee102988a98447de9d19523af50055:/mac/INSTALL diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL index 9dcf1324f7..302317b025 100644 --- a/mac/INSTALL +++ b/mac/INSTALL @@ -1,17 +1,9 @@ -* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS 8/9 AND MAC OS X -*- outline -*- +* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS Classic AND MAC OS X -*- outline -*- -Copyright (c) 2001, 2002, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 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 @@ -28,13 +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. @@ -46,26 +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. + +To start Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to +the executable in the bundle, i.e., - /Application/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs + /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 @@ -133,7 +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 @@ -157,13 +153,15 @@ options to user For usage of other options, use the --help option. -* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS 8/9 +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. -You can use either Metrowerks CodeWarrior Pro 6 or MPW-GM (Aug. 2001) -to build Emacs. MPW-GM can be downloaded free of charge from Apple. +* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS Classic -In either case, you will need MPW-GM to build the make-docfile utility -and to generate the doc string file DOC. +You can use MPW-GM (Aug. 2001) to build Emacs. MPW-GM can be +downloaded free of charge from Apple. ### IMPORTANT ### You can use StuffIt Expander to decompress and untar the distribution. However, you *must* set the radio button in the @@ -173,60 +171,38 @@ Preferences->Cross Platform->Convert text files to Macintosh format to (Optional) A subset of the fonts from the GNU intlfonts-1.2 distribution converted to NFNT format can be obtained from - ftp://mac-emacs.sourceforge.net/pub/mac-emacs/GNU-fonts.smi.bin + http://members.shaw.ca/akochoi-emacs/stories/Resources/GNU-Fonts.smi.bin To build Emacs in the MPW Shell, simply set the directory to ...:emacs:mac: and build the target Emacs of the make file -makefile.mpw. I.e., execute the commands +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. +dialogs, drag-and-drop, and Unicode menus. -To build Emacs using CodeWarrior, start up the CodeWarrior IDE, choose -File->Import Project... and select the file cw6-mcp.xml. When -prompted to save the project, navigate to same directory as the file -cw6-mcp.xml, name the project emacs-cw6.mcp, and save it there. Then -choose Project->Make. Note that this does not build the DOC file. To -do so, use MPW and build the target "Doc" in makefile.MPW. - -Once built, the Emacs application (Emacs CW or Emacs MPW) can be -launched where it is created. - -To build an optimized version of Emacs in CodeWarrior, change the -value in the Emacs Settings->Code Generation->Global Optimization -dialog. To build a version for profiling, check the Profiler -Information box in the Emacs Settings->Code Generation->PPC Processor -dialog and include the Profiler PPC.Lib library. +Once built, the Emacs application (Emacs MPW) can be launched where it +is created. * NOTES -Emacs should build and run on a PowerMac running Mac OS 8.6 - 10.3. +Emacs should build and run on a PowerMac running Mac OS 8.6 - 9.2 (but +only tested on 9.2.2), and Mac OS X 10.1 - 10.4. You will need around 100 MB of disk space for the source files and intermediate files. -It will not run on machines running Mac OS 8/9 with more than 512 MB -of physical or virtual memory. It does not have this restriction when -it is run under Mac OS X. But the usual 128MB buffer limit of a -32-bit Emacs still exists. - -Under Mac OS 8/9, there is no support for building the LEIM directory. -However, it can be built on Mac OS X or another platform and -transferred to the Mac. - -On Mac OS 8/9, to use the same icon as when Emacs is built on Windows -NT, define GNU_ICON in mac/src/Emacs.r. Currently Emacs uses a -generic application icon on the Mac OS X. A better looking one is -coming soon. +Under Mac OS Classic, there is no support for building the LEIM +directory. However, it can be built on Mac OS X or another platform +and transferred to the Mac. On Mac OS X, installing the emacs files in /usr can cause issues with -system sofware updates possibly overwriting the distribution. If this +system software updates possibly overwriting the distribution. If this is a concern, as it should be in normal binary distributions, please use /usr/local as the prefix for installation. @@ -238,3 +214,21 @@ with PowerPC builds of Emacs; you will have to recompile for Intel. Therefore, builds of Emacs are architecture specific. Enjoy! + + +This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +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. + +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. + +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.