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Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure
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Xue Fuqiao |
Subject: |
Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options? |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Jul 2013 21:38:26 +0800 |
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 6:53 AM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:
>
> Am 28.07.2013 um 00:30 schrieb Xue Fuqiao:
>
>> So could we remove the "./configure"?
>
> No! Without invoking configure at least once after the 'make
> distclean' or out-packing the sources no Makefile is there and so GNU
> Emacs cannot be built. The configure run creates the Makefiles in the
> top level directory and in sub-directories with some kind of sources
> that need to be compiled to something more useful – these are for
> example the TEXI or LISP files, which become INFO or ELC files – and
> the 'make distclean' removes these Makefiles. It might be useful to
> document that configure can be invoked with arguments to prepare an
> optimised build. And that the build/install options can be retrieved
> by invoking "./configure --help"?
Thanks for your reply. I think you misunderstood me. What I wanted to
do is removing this line, not removing the configure process.
> Or, if you want to remove something from the INSTALL file, then I'd recommend
>
> * intlfonts-VERSION.tar.gz
>
> These are pretty old bitmapped fonts. They cannot be used with GNU
> Emacs' font shaping capabilities. The GNU Freefonts (FreeSerif,
> FreeSans, FreeMono) exist and offer support for many scripts and
> languages.
Agreed. And (info "(efaq) How to add fonts") also needs changing.
--
Best regards, Xue Fuqiao.
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/
- What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/26
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Glenn Morris, 2013/07/26
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/27
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Hongxu Chen, 2013/07/27
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Thien-Thi Nguyen, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Peter Dyballa, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Glenn Morris, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/28
- Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Xue Fuqiao, 2013/07/28
Re: What should I do when building Emacs again with different configure options?, Peter Dyballa, 2013/07/27