From: dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: just now made an emacs (on gnome). Problem: thinks I'm vt100 or something!
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:40:31 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ihao6f$15s$4@reader1.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 871v49x6f6.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au
In article <871v49x6f6.fsf@puma.rapttech.com.au>,
Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> wrote:
>dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:
>
>> Just made an emacs (23.1) on Solaris 10 sparc. Was
>> using gnome when I did it.
>>
>> ./configure ... ... --with-gif=no ...
>>
>> Now, I thought that the use for libgif (or giflib?) was
>> so that you could show *photographs*, things like that.
>>
>> (I used the with-gif=no because, on comp.unix.solaris, that was
>> how I was told to do the configure.)
>>
>> Anyway, that and the make (gmake) worked ok.
>>
>> And when I actually ran the newly-built emacs (in ../src/),
>> hooray!, I finally had an emacs on this otherwise naked machine.
>>
>> But it sure didn't look like the ntemacs I'm running on xp,
>> with the large fancy colorful "script" EMACS it showed on
>> starting up.
>>
>> No such luck. What I got was like 30 years ago emacs running
>> on an ADM-3a or vt-100: took no advantage of the gnome gui
>> it was running under.
>>
>> Question: could that "no gif" do that? (I hope not!)
>>
>> So, what might I have done wrong?
>>
>> ---
>>
>> I was executing it from terminal-window's tcsh command-line,
>> rather than by clicking an icon. SURELY that has nothing
>> to do with it -- but do tell me if I'm wrong.
>>
>>
>
>Not sure why you have been told not to include gif support, but it
>should have nothing to do with the issues you have observed.
>
>Sounds like you did a non-X build. Look at the output from configure and
>make sure it includes X and an appropriate GUI lib such as gtk+ (given
>your running gnome) or one of the older X gui libs.
>
>Note also that the fancy 'Emacs' coloured startup screen may not appear
>if you don't have the appropriate fonts or have set a font that prevents
>emacs from drawing that flashier initial screen. In this case, yhou will
>just get a very plain startup screen that looks very similar to the one
>for non-GUI versions.
>
>The output from configure is the first place to look when tyring to
>determine why a newly compiled emacs isn't looking right. Pay particular
>attention to the font related stuff as you want anti-aliased fonts and
>that an appropriate X library is being included.
>
>BTW, isn't the latest released 23 version 23.2? Probably should be
>building that version rather than one with known bugs.
>
>Tim
>
>--
>tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au
Maybe, but it's sure gotta be better than 21 or even 22,
yes?
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-01-21 1:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-18 8:52 just now made an emacs (on gnome). Problem: thinks I'm vt100 or something! David Combs
2011-01-18 17:16 ` rusi
2011-01-18 17:30 ` rusi
2011-01-18 18:12 ` Jason Earl
2011-01-18 19:36 ` David Combs
2011-01-18 21:12 ` Tim X
2011-01-21 1:40 ` David Combs [this message]
2011-01-21 7:44 ` Tim X
2011-01-20 5:47 ` Kevin Rodgers
2011-01-20 6:00 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2011-01-21 1:45 ` David Combs
2011-01-20 15:14 ` Steph
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