From 5fae0325872710dcbf42541b985103b66f613f61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Whitton Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:43:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Tell those using exclusively X not to use the PGTK port * INSTALL (Alternative window systems): Tell those using exclusively X not to use the PGTK port. --- INSTALL | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index b1e3c72c4bf..f2687225daf 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ This build is only supported with GTK+ version 3, and it is an error to specify any other X-specific configuration option when PGTK is enabled. +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. The PGTK port should not be considered a simple upgrade +from --with-x-toolkit=gtk. + With the PGTK build, you will be able to switch between running Emacs on X, Wayland and Broadway using the 'GDK_BACKEND' environment variable. GTK+ should automatically detect and use the correct value -- 2.39.2