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Clarify paragraph about compatibility between image libraries and builds of Emacs with several compilers.
author Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
date Mon, 07 Jun 2004 21:02:00 +0000
parents 8b571de37306
children 5bab1954e91f 4c90ffeb71c5
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110 is in the PATH or otherwise accesible and that the binaries are 110 is in the PATH or otherwise accesible and that the binaries are
111 compatible (for example, that they were built with the same compiler). 111 compatible (for example, that they were built with the same compiler).
112 112
113 Binaries for the image libraries (among many others) can be found at 113 Binaries for the image libraries (among many others) can be found at
114 GnuWin32 (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net). These are built with 114 GnuWin32 (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net). These are built with
115 MinGW and work better with GCC/MinGW builds of Emacs, like the 115 MinGW, and so are very compatible with GCC/MinGW builds of Emacs (like
116 official binary tarballs for Windows. Compatibility with MSVC is 116 the official binary tarballs for Windows). Compatibility with MSVC,
117 still weak and should not be trusted in production environments; if 117 on the other hand, is still weak and should not be trusted in
118 you really need an MSVC-compiled Emacs with image support, you should 118 production environments; if you really need an MSVC-compiled Emacs
119 try to build the required libraries with the same compiler (though it 119 with image support, you should try to build the required libraries
120 can be extremely non-trivial, and we'll be interested on hearing of 120 with the same compiler (though it can be extremely non-trivial, and
121 any such effort). 121 we'll be interested on hearing of any such effort).
122 122
123 * Building 123 * Building
124 124
125 After running configure, simply run the appropriate `make' program for 125 After running configure, simply run the appropriate `make' program for
126 your compiler to build Emacs. For MSVC, this is nmake; for GCC, it is 126 your compiler to build Emacs. For MSVC, this is nmake; for GCC, it is