From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David R Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: compiling emacs using cygwin Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:47:41 +0100 Message-ID: <46596fd9_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> References: <46585cfc$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1180269633 9412 80.91.229.12 (27 May 2007 12:40:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:40:33 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 27 14:40:31 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HsI2s-0002fc-RA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2007 14:40:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsI2s-0004EY-Dq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 May 2007 08:40:26 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 33 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.47.247.189 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com Original-X-Trace: 27 May 2007 12:47:40 +0100, mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!tiscali!newsfeed2.ip.tiscali.net!212.74.112.120.MISMATCH!mk-nntp-1.news.uk.tiscali.com!mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:148890 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:44479 Archived-At: Eric Hanchrow wrote: > I've found building Emacs on Windows to be difficult, although I've > written down what works on > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/BuildingOnWindowsTableofContents. > > You seem to be trying to build a "native Windows" binary, as opposed > to a Cygwin binary. Is that right? I am not quite sure. I was attempting to use cygwin to compile it and I presumed that this will produce a native windows binary. I have used MingW will reasonable success. It produces an emacs from the nt version which runs on win XP but its appearance looks a bit shoddy, as thought it only uses 16 colours. I presume that this is because I did not included any image support stuff like the link you mentioned does suggest. > If you want to build a Cygwin binary, install gcc 4 from source (yes, > that's a pain, but it works "out of the box") and then build Emacs > with the usual Unix-style "./configure; make" (i.e., use ./configure > instead of nt/configure.bat). This is a bit of a problem to install gcc4 from source because the setup utility only goes up to version 3.4.4 I have a few questions 1. How do I discover the version of my gcc without going to the setup utility? 2. Is there anywhere on the net which gives me a "hold your hand" guide to compiling gcc from source on cygwin. I have found for linux but not unixy shells. 3. I have looked for a good introduction to unix via cygwin but have not found any useful stuff for the beginner. Any suggestions? Thanks David R