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authorYAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>2005-10-24 00:53:00 +0000
committerYAMAMOTO Mitsuharu <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>2005-10-24 00:53:00 +0000
commit16e4ce1e63af6bf9d07d418607a36cb7717dd2ae (patch)
tree0eb85c2c2db21ae8fc7ba145f58622da738f26ee
parent3cd1f6b61b12218b0afe2306aff5281a890784cc (diff)
downloademacs-16e4ce1e63af6bf9d07d418607a36cb7717dd2ae.tar.gz
Replace `Mac OS 8/9' with `Mac OS Classic'. Add
`FIXME' to descriptions about Metrowerks CodeWarrior. Remove obsolete description about 512MB limit and icon on Mac OS Classic. Add description about flags for experimental features.
-rw-r--r--mac/INSTALL60
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL
index 63f08b556a5..9162ae6f08b 100644
--- a/mac/INSTALL
+++ b/mac/INSTALL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-* 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, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@@ -157,10 +157,11 @@ options to user
For usage of other options, use the --help option.
-* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS 8/9
+* BUILDING EMACS ON MAC OS Classic
-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.
+FIXME: 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.
In either case, you will need MPW-GM to build the make-docfile utility
and to generate the doc string file DOC.
@@ -170,14 +171,14 @@ the distribution. However, you *must* set the radio button in the
Preferences->Cross Platform->Convert text files to Macintosh format to
"Never". Otherwise the compiled Lisp files will be corrupted.
-(Optional) A subset of the fonts from the GNU intlfonts-1.2
+FIXME: (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
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
@@ -186,47 +187,38 @@ 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
+FIXME: 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.
+FIXME: 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
+FIXME: 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.
* NOTES
-Emacs should build and run on a PowerMac running Mac OS 8.6 - 10.4.
+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.
@@ -237,4 +229,16 @@ 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.
+
+ USE_ATSUI: Enable ATSUI (Apple Type Services for Unicode Imaging)
+ support. Available on Mac OS 9/Carbon and Mac OS X.
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-10/msg00005.html
+
+ SELECT_USE_CFSOCKET: Avoid polling in sys_select (in src/mac.c).
+ Available on Mac OS X.
+ http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2004-12/msg00789.html
+
Enjoy!