From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to tell if Emacs's built with GTK? [was: Using defcustom to set width and height for set-window-scroll-bars]
Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 22:25:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86eda4urel.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CALTqLiYWHY3MceMra4NeZFzTqSD3ug1=FjuX3OSSMCFb01eDSg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Pierre Rouleau on Tue, 14 May 2024 15:12:24 -0400)
> From: Pierre Rouleau <prouleau001@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 15:12:24 -0400
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> > Out of curiosity, can someone tell if Emacs was built with GTK by
> > looking at the value of the variable system-configuration-features ?
>
> Yes. Also if you look at system-configuration-options.
>
> Is it always the case?
AFAIK, yes, as long as Emacs is built using unmodified configury.
> I have a system that shows an *empty string* for system-configuration-options.
> It's an instance of Emacs 28.2, running on an old Ubunbu 16.4 in a VM.
> I might have built that myself (don't remember).
> And in this instance of Emacs, "GTK3" is part of the words of system-configuration-features.
> Should one expect to see an empty. string in system-configuration-options?
No.
> What might cause that?
No clue. AFAIK, GTK is not the default, you need to say at least
"--with-x-toolkit=yes".
> On this system, the string printed by emacs-version is:
> "GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, x86_64_pc-linux-gnu, GTK+, Version 3.18.9, cairo version 1.14.6) of 2023-01-06"
So system-configuration itself already mentions GTK.
May I ask why you are asking these questions?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-05-14 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-14 0:34 Using defcustom to set width and height for set-window-scroll-bars Heime
2024-05-14 6:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 11:03 ` Heime
2024-05-14 11:14 ` Heime
2024-05-14 11:37 ` Heime
2024-05-14 11:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 11:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 11:43 ` Heime
2024-05-14 12:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 13:19 ` Heime
2024-05-14 13:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 13:33 ` Po Lu
2024-05-14 13:54 ` Heime
2024-05-14 14:05 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 14:09 ` Heime
2024-05-14 16:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 18:08 ` How to tell if Emacs's built with GTK? [was: Using defcustom to set width and height for set-window-scroll-bars] Pierre Rouleau
2024-05-14 18:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 19:12 ` Pierre Rouleau
2024-05-14 19:25 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-05-14 20:01 ` Pierre Rouleau
2024-05-15 2:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 14:19 ` Using defcustom to set width and height for set-window-scroll-bars Heime
2024-05-14 17:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 20:13 ` Heime
2024-05-15 2:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-15 2:48 ` Heime
2024-05-15 11:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-05-14 21:33 ` Heime
2024-05-14 11:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
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