From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: PierGianLuca Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Question on updating to 29.1 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:55:36 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7434968f-40b1-ac55-c692-56a9b1c6a547@magnaspesmeretrix.org> <87350qj8fi.fsf@posteo.net> <844c26a7-d926-3b7d-db2e-2fb85cf01ca7@starynkevitch.net> <87bkfdubnd.fsf@dataswamp.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="25174"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.14.0 Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 17 19:56:31 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qWhEU-0006Ls-Dg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:56:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qWhDs-0002XR-KL; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:55:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qWhDp-0002Uq-KF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:55:49 -0400 Original-Received: from manu28.manufrog.com ([138.128.182.226]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qWhDm-0003aY-Mm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:55:49 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=magnaspesmeretrix.org; s=default; h=Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type: In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:Subject:MIME-Version:Date:Message-ID:Sender: Reply-To:To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help: List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=Bct2ifQQ9oEsI1Bt1p9i6RlEvYVjJvDJOTcV4C//aWg=; b=e4cDKxjPdOR9ABrzRgZrtslkGy OUgqLm8ZdZod55z3ttfAffzgBfdBdSYIMMyRi0GYOAAi9ZPl1iWj9AkquBZ3YNsEXJ3Dul+89LtM6 MxndZnw3xTkGPIRGgB2pvpnyS; Original-Received: from [89.238.178.234] (port=46848 helo=[10.13.30.109]) by manu28.manufrog.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1qWhDi-00013f-1O for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Aug 2023 19:55:46 +0200 Content-Language: en-GB, en-US In-Reply-To: X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - manu28.manufrog.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - magnaspesmeretrix.org X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: manu28.manufrog.com: authenticated_id: luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org X-Authenticated-Sender: manu28.manufrog.com: luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org Received-SPF: pass client-ip=138.128.182.226; envelope-from=luca@magnaspesmeretrix.org; helo=manu28.manufrog.com X-Spam_score_int: -48 X-Spam_score: -4.9 X-Spam_bar: ---- X-Spam_report: (-4.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, MISSING_HEADERS=1.021, NICE_REPLY_A=-4.01, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:144862 Archived-At: Hi Corwin, Thank you so much for the kind answer!! I've now successfully compiled and installed Emacs 29.1 – and enjoying it! :) Had never used "--with-native-compilation" before, and I can really see it's faster (or it's just a psychological effect). I've written down all the help and explanations received here for next time :) Cheers, Luca On 230817 19:01, Corwin Brust wrote: > On Thu, Aug 17, 2023 at 11:17 AM PierGianLuca > wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, > > Hi Luca! > >> >> – "--with-native-compilation" what does this do? I imagine it's something not specifically related to Emacs. > > This feature, added with Emacs 28, enables using libgccjit to compile > "platform native" versions of byte-compiled elisp on the fly. Many > people find it improves Emacs performance, especially for computation > heavy work. > >> >> – "--with-json" ditto? > > This compiles Emacs with libjansson, which provides JSON parsing > >> >> – "with-x-toolkit=gtk3" is this option already chosen by default? I see that the Emacs install instructions say >> > > This build Emacs for use with GTK3, and should be used only if you > have wayland (and not if you use X) > >> "If you use exclusively X, do not use the PGTK port. There are a number of respects in which the regular --with-x-toolkit=gtk build works better" >> >> which sounds like "=gtk" is the default >> > > That's right afaik. > >> >> Thank you for any info you can share, and for your patience with someone inexperienced with these kinds of installations! >> > > Hope you are enjoying Emacs! > > Corwin