Re: building NTEmacs

[David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>]

Juanma Barranquero <lektu@terra.es> writes:

> On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 09:59:34 -0500, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
>
>> Converting all tit files in the directory c:/src/emacs/leim/CXTERM-DIC
>> Converting c:/src/emacs/leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit to quail-package...
>> Invalid ENCODE: value in TIT dictionary
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\src\emacs\leim/../src/obj-spd/i386/emacs.exe"' : return code '0xffffffff'
>> Stop.
>> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~4\VC98\BIN\NMAKE.EXE' : return code '0x2'
>> Stop.
>
> Try to check out the leim/* files with "cvs update -C -kb". There are
> some CR vs. LF conversion issues.

I thought that might've been a factor.  Why doesn't someone with CVS
write access just check them in as binary?

>> (also, can anyone tell me where to find appropriate builds of the
>>  image libraries mentioned in nt/INSTALL which I can use to get image
>>  support?)
>
> http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/
>
> I'm using libjpeg-6b, libpng-1.2.4-1, libungif-4.1.0b1, tiff-3.5.7,
> xpm-3.4k-1 and zlib-1.1.4, with good results.
>
> Note, however, that image support on Windows is still experimental and
> likely to cause crashes, at least on MSVC builds. My Emacs dies when
> displaying PNG, TIFF and JPEG files. 

Hum.  That doesn't sound like "with good results" to me!

> Any help in debugging the problem is
> very welcome :)

I need my emacs to work; I think I'd better stay away from that until
it's official, thanks.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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