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| author | simonpj <unknown> | 2003-04-14 13:36:04 +0000 |
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| committer | simonpj <unknown> | 2003-04-14 13:36:04 +0000 |
| commit | 5f1f78c91e4bddf8637eddb78c862cd1889a6005 (patch) | |
| tree | 1c5b2dc65f37324aa677bae06f1b03af12afd747 /docs/building | |
| parent | 8935b30a4872984cd4f3f52222812755065f3cec (diff) | |
| download | haskell-5f1f78c91e4bddf8637eddb78c862cd1889a6005.tar.gz | |
[project @ 2003-04-14 13:36:04 by simonpj]
Guidance about tags on windows
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diff --git a/docs/building/building.sgml b/docs/building/building.sgml index b63c1c83b3..6a0e950fff 100644 --- a/docs/building/building.sgml +++ b/docs/building/building.sgml @@ -4084,7 +4084,7 @@ guide) before continuing to read these notes. </para> -<sect2><Title>Cygwin and MinGW</Title> +<sect2 id="cygwin-and-mingw"><Title>Cygwin and MinGW</Title> <para> The Windows situation for building GHC is rather confusing. This section tries to clarify, and to establish terminology.</para> @@ -4335,7 +4335,8 @@ Happy is a parser generator used to compile the Haskell grammar. Add it in your <listitem> <para>GHC uses the <emphasis>mingw</emphasis> C compiler to -generate code, so you have to install that. Just pick up a mingw bundle at +generate code, so you have to install that (see <xref linkend="cygwin-and-mingw">). +Just pick up a mingw bundle at <ulink url="http://www.mingw.org/">http://www.mingw.org/</ulink>. We install it in <filename>c:/mingw</filename>. </para> @@ -4348,6 +4349,18 @@ you are likely to get into a mess because their names overlap with Cygwin binari <listitem> +<para>We use <command>emacs</command> a lot, so we install that too. +When you are in <filename>fptools/ghc/compiler</filename>, you can use +"<literal>make tags</literal>" to make a TAGS file for emacs. That uses the utility +<filename>fptools/ghc/utils/hasktags/hasktags</filename>, so you need to make that first. +The most convenient way to do this is by going <literal>make boot</literal> in <filename>fptools/ghc</filename>. +The <literal>make tags</literal> command also uses <command>etags</command>, which comes with <command>emacs</command>, +so you will need to add <filename>emacs/bin</filename> to your <literal>PATH</literal>. +</para> +</listitem> + + +<listitem> <para> Finally, check out a copy of GHC sources from the CVS repository, following the instructions above (<xref linkend="cvs-access">). </para> |