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changeset 83186:1adf7aed3649
Cleaned up README compile & test instructions.
git-archimport-id: lorentey@elte.hu--2004/emacs--multi-tty--0--patch-226
| author | Karoly Lorentey <lorentey@elte.hu> |
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| date | Thu, 05 Aug 2004 14:54:57 +0000 |
| parents | 09f3fd9f680d |
| children | 4a196c3bd2d8 |
| files | README.multi-tty |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/README.multi-tty Tue Aug 03 12:45:59 2004 +0000 +++ b/README.multi-tty Thu Aug 05 14:54:57 2004 +0000 @@ -79,26 +79,30 @@ Please let me know if you find any bugs in this branch. -HOW TO COMPILE AND TEST ------------------------ +HOW TO COMPILE +-------------- -To try out the multi-tty branch, compile and run the multi-tty branch -with the following commands: +The multi-tty branch is compiled the same way as Emacs itself: - find -name "*.elc" | xargs rm # Delete leftover stuff - mkdir +build - cd +build - ../configure <your favourite options> + ./configure <your favourite options> make bootstrap - src/emacs -nw # You can also try without -nw + make install + +HOW TO TEST IT +-------------- + +To try out the multi-tty branch start up the Emacs server with the +following commands: + + emacs M-x server-start and then (from a shell prompt on another terminal) start emacsclient with - lib-src/emacsclient /optional/file/names... -or - lib-src/emacsclient -t /optional/file/names... + emacsclient -t /optional/file/names... (for a tty frame) + emacsclient /optional/file/names... (for an X frame) +(Make sure both emacs and emacsclient are multi-tty versions.) You'll hopefully have two fully working, independent frames on separate terminals. The new frame is closed automatically when you finish editing the specified files (C-x #), but delete-frame (C-x 5 0)