From 8b45f5fe0f0155d429499b82e3dc725cf68d5916 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:45:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add descriptions about configuration and invocation. Capitalize `Carbon'. --- mac/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ mac/INSTALL | 30 +++++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/mac/ChangeLog b/mac/ChangeLog index 2632849e9e2..038d749ec2f 100644 --- a/mac/ChangeLog +++ b/mac/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2006-11-24 YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu + + * INSTALL: Add descriptions about configuration and invocation. + Capitalize `Carbon'. + 2006-11-14 YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu * inc/config.h: Sync with src/config.in. diff --git a/mac/INSTALL b/mac/INSTALL index 477f9b328c4..de9e76071c4 100644 --- a/mac/INSTALL +++ b/mac/INSTALL @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ you try to install into /usr (with ./configure --prefix=/usr), then you must install as root using the sudo command. However, it is not recommended; see the notes section below for more details. -The --enable-carbon-app specifies that the carbon GUI application +The --enable-carbon-app specifies that the Carbon GUI application should be installed into /Application. If you want it to install in a different location, specify --enable-carbon-app= @@ -43,23 +43,31 @@ GNU texinfo package are given below. Alternatively, you can type `make -k' instead of `make' and safely ignore the error messages and use the existing info files. -After Emacs is installed, you can run it by typing `emacs -nw' from a -terminal (make sure your path contains /usr/local/bin) or by -double-clicking on /Applications/Emacs.app in the Finder. To start -Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to the -executable in the bundle, i.e., +After Emacs is installed, you can run a text-only terminal version by +typing `emacs' from a terminal (make sure your path contains +/usr/local/bin) or a GUI application by double-clicking on +/Applications/Emacs.app in the Finder. Even in the terminal version, +some Carbon-specific functions such as `mac-set-file-creator' are +still meaningful. + +To start Emacs as a GUI application from the terminal, the pathname to +the executable in the bundle, i.e., /Application/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs must be typed to the shell to enable Emacs to locate its resources -correctly. You may want to create a symlink or alias to this path to -quickly access both the terminal and GUI versions. +correctly. You may want to create an alias to this path to quickly +access both the terminal and GUI versions. You can specify some +standard Emacs options when invoking Emacs in this way. -If you are building Emacs to run on Mac OS X and X Window System, -instead of typing `./configure' above, type +Emacs on Mac OS X is not configured to use X11 unless either it is +requested or the use of Carbon is disabled explicitly. So, if you are +building Emacs to run on X Window System, you need to specify like: ./configure --with-x +Note that the Carbon-specific functions mentioned above are not +available on the X11-enabled build. To use colors in a terminal, put the following lines in the file ~/.termcap and log in again. @@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ If you are intending to build a binary distribution of Emacs, there is a script that will greatly simplify the process. It is called make-package and it is contained in this directory. It will generate a disc image containing a installer bundle. By default the installer -will place the emacs common files in /usr/local/* and the carbon +will place the emacs common files in /usr/local/* and the Carbon application in /Applications. Typical usage would be ./make-package -- 2.39.2