configure report

configure report

[Florian Lindner]

Hello,
this is the output from ./configure without options:

Configured for `i686-pc-linux-gnu'.

  Where should the build process find the source code?    
/home/florian/emacs-21.2
  What operating system and machine description files should Emacs use?
        `s/gnu-linux.h' and `m/intel386.h'
  What compiler should emacs be built with?               gcc -O2 
-march=athlon-tbird -fomit-frame-pointer
  Should Emacs use the GNU version of malloc?             yes
      (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.)
  Should Emacs use a relocating allocator for buffers?    yes
  Should Emacs use mmap(2) for buffer allocation?         no
  What window system should Emacs use?                    x11
  What toolkit should Emacs use?                          LUCID
  Where do we find X Windows header files?                /usr/X11R6/include
  Where do we find X Windows libraries?                   /usr/X11R6/lib
  Does Emacs use -lXaw3d?                                 no
  Does Emacs use -lXpm?                                   no
  Does Emacs use -ljpeg?                                  yes
  Does Emacs use -ltiff?                                  yes
  Does Emacs use -lungif?                                 yes
  Does Emacs use -lpng?                                   yes
  Does Emacs use X toolkit scroll bars?                   no

What about the "no"s? Is it recommended to install the libs lXaw3d and lXpm? 
What about the toolkit: LUCID, is the best choice? How to use X toolkit 
scroll bars?
Are there any options recommended which I should pass to ./configure (beside 
PREFIX)?
Thx,
Florian

Re: configure report

[Henrik Enberg]

Florian Lindner <Florian.Lindner@xgm.de> writes:

> What about the "no"s? Is it recommended to install the libs lXaw3d and
> lXpm? 

Well, if you want nicer scrollbars and support for xpm images, I'd say yes.

> What about the toolkit: LUCID, is the best choice? How to use X toolkit 
> scroll bars?

I like lucid best, but some prefer the motif style.  Note that you can
get Motif by installing the free lesstif library.

To get X toolkit scrollbars, install either Xaw3d or build with Motif.

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