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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / motif / install.txt

diff --git a/docs/motif/install.txt b/docs/motif/install.txt
index 6e9db5b047b99d1ab495a4bffc2a788c80b9f8b0..d8368dfbf540fdb6a26b277f11d8c0020ebd84ab 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/motif/install.txt
+++ b/docs/motif/install.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 wxWindows 2.0 for Motif installation
 ------------------------------------
 
 wxWindows 2.0 for Motif installation
 ------------------------------------
 

-IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please
-re-read this instructions and other related files (todo.txt,
-bugs.txt etc.) carefully before mailing wxwin-users or
-the author. Preferably, try to fix the problem first and
-then send a patch to the author.
+IMPORTANT NOTE: If you experience problems installing, please re-read this
+                instructions and other related files (todo.txt, bugs.txt and
+                osname.txt for your platform if it exists) carefully before
+                mailing wxwin-users or the author. Preferably, try to fix the
+                problem first and then send a patch to the author.

 
 - Prerequisites: Motif 1.2 or above, or Lesstif
   (not yet tested). Motif 2.0 and above may also be suitable.
 
 - Prerequisites: Motif 1.2 or above, or Lesstif
   (not yet tested). Motif 2.0 and above may also be suitable.


@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ then send a patch to the author.
 
 - It is recommended that you install bison and flex; using yacc
   and lex may require tweaking of the makefiles. You also need
 
 - It is recommended that you install bison and flex; using yacc
   and lex may require tweaking of the makefiles. You also need

-  Xpm (see comments in the Notes section below).
+  libXpm (see comments in the Notes section below) if you want to have
+  XPM support in wxWindows (recommended).

 
 

-- You now have the option of using the configure-based system,
-  or the simple makefile system. Configure is more hard to debug
-  if things go wrong, but may be easier to use if they go OK :-)
-  Makefiles are easier to tweak.
+- You now have the option of using the configure-based system, or the simple
+  makefile system.
+
+  Using configure is the recommended way to build the library. If it doesn't
+  work for you for whatever reason, please report it (together with detailed
+  information about your platform and the (relevant part of) contents of
+  config.log file) to wxwin-developers@wx.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de.

 
 COMPILING USING CONFIGURE
 =========================
 
 COMPILING USING CONFIGURE
 =========================


@@ -48,11 +52,12 @@ COMPILING USING CONFIGURE
   # and makes wxMotif.
   # Call from top-level wxWindows directory.
   # Note that this uses standard (but commonly-used) configure options;
   # and makes wxMotif.
   # Call from top-level wxWindows directory.
   # Note that this uses standard (but commonly-used) configure options;

-  # if you're feeling brave, you may wish to compile with threads.
+  # if you're feeling brave, you may wish to compile with threads:
+  # if they're not supported by the target platform, they will be disabled
+  # anyhow

   # -- Julian Smart
   chmod a+x configure config.sub config.guess setup/general/* setup/shared/*
   ./configure --with-shared --with-motif --without-gtk --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --without-threads
   # -- Julian Smart
   chmod a+x configure config.sub config.guess setup/general/* setup/shared/*
   ./configure --with-shared --with-motif --without-gtk --with-debug_flag --with-debug_info --without-threads

-  make makefiles

   make
   -------:x-----Cut here-----:x-----
 
   make
   -------:x-----Cut here-----:x-----
 


@@ -70,11 +75,18 @@ COMPILING USING CONFIGURE
   that the makefile refers to wx-config as above. Unless you have used
   "make install" to install wxWindows, wx-config won't be found, so
   either edit the makefile to hard-wire the flags, or place wx-config
   that the makefile refers to wx-config as above. Unless you have used
   "make install" to install wxWindows, wx-config won't be found, so
   either edit the makefile to hard-wire the flags, or place wx-config

-  where it will be found by the makefile.
+  where it will be found by the makefile, or add the directory where you have
+  installed wxWindows to your PATH.
+
+- If switching between wxMotif and wxGTK, you should remove the
+  config.cache file manually before running configure again.

 
 COMPILING USING MAKEFILES
 =========================
 
 
 COMPILING USING MAKEFILES
 =========================
 

+- Copy the file include/wx/motif/setup0.h to include/wx/motif/setup.h and
+  edit it if you wish to enable/disable some library features
+

 - Choose a .env file from src/makeenvs that matches your
   environment, and copy it to src/make.env. These are the
   settings read by wxWindows for Motif makefiles.
 - Choose a .env file from src/makeenvs that matches your
   environment, and copy it to src/make.env. These are the
   settings read by wxWindows for Motif makefiles.


@@ -115,8 +127,34 @@ Troubleshooting
   lex.
 
 - Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable argument
   lex.
 
 - Solaris compilation with gcc: if the compiler has problems with the variable argument

-  functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the
-  include path.
+  functions, try putting the gcc fixinclude file paths early in the include
+  path.
+
+- If you operator-related compile errors or strange memory problems
+  (for example in deletion of string arrays), set wxUSE_GLOBAL_MEMORY_OPERATORS
+  and wxUSE_MEMORY_TRACING to 0 in setup.h, and recompile.
+
+- If you get an internal compiler error in gcc, turn off optimisations.
+
+- Problems with XtDestroyWidget crashing in ~wxWindow have been
+  reported on SGI IRIX 6.4. This has not yet been resolved, so
+  any advice here would be very welcome. See bugs.txt for a
+  possible temporary workaround (comment out the final
+  XtDestroyWidget from ~wxWindow in window.cpp).
+
+- If you use flex and bison instead of yacc and lex, you may need
+  to change the relevant part of src/motif/makefile.unx to read:
+
+  ../common/y_tab.c: ../common/parser.y
+     $(YACC) ../common/parser.y
+     mv ../common/parser.tab.c ../common/y_tab.c
+
+  (the 'mv' command needs to be changed)
+
+- Some compilers, such as Sun C++, may give a lot of warnings about
+  virtual functions being hidden. Please ignore these, it's correct C++ syntax.
+  If you find any incorrect instances, though, such as a
+  missing 'const' in an overridden function, please let us know.

 
 Other Notes
 -----------
 
 Other Notes
 -----------


@@ -124,7 +162,10 @@ Other Notes
 - Better installation and makefile systems are
   required. A revised configure system is in preparation.
 
 - Better installation and makefile systems are
   required. A revised configure system is in preparation.
 

-- Debugging mode is switched on by default. To compile in non-debug
+- Debugging mode is switched on by default in the makefiles, but using
+  configure will create a release build of the library by default: it's
+  recommended to use --with-debug_info and --with-debug_flag configure
+  switches while developing your application. To compile in non-debug

   mode, remove the -D__WXDEBUG__ switch in make.env (or if using the
   configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without_debug_flag
   and --with-debug_info to --without-debug_info in the makewxmotif
   mode, remove the -D__WXDEBUG__ switch in make.env (or if using the
   configure system, change --with-debug_flag to --without_debug_flag
   and --with-debug_info to --without-debug_info in the makewxmotif


@@ -138,8 +179,11 @@ Other Notes
 - Thread support is switched off by default in setup.h (wxUSE_THREADS)
   because standard Unices often do not have the necessary thread library
   installed. Please see ../docs/gtk/install.txt for more details on this.
 - Thread support is switched off by default in setup.h (wxUSE_THREADS)
   because standard Unices often do not have the necessary thread library
   installed. Please see ../docs/gtk/install.txt for more details on this.

-  For Linux, the problem is expected to go away with future
-  distributions of the operating system.
+  The systems for which thread support is known to work are Linux with libc6
+  (a.k.a. glibc2), Solaris 2.5 and 2.6 (provided that X libraries are thread
+  safe) and, to some extent, FreeBSD 2.8 and 3.1 (any feedback on thread
+  support under FreeBSD as well as the systems not mentioned here would be
+  appreciated).

 
 - If you run into problems with a missing X11/Xpm.h header, you
   need to install the XPM package. It can be obtained from:
 
 - If you run into problems with a missing X11/Xpm.h header, you
   need to install the XPM package. It can be obtained from:


@@ -151,7 +195,7 @@ Other Notes
   is installed and possibly change bitmap.cpp to
   include <xpm.h> instead of <X11/xpm.h>
 
   is installed and possibly change bitmap.cpp to
   include <xpm.h> instead of <X11/xpm.h>
 

-  Alternatively, edit include/motif/setup.h, set wxUSE_XPM
+  Alternatively, edit include/wx/motif/setup.h, set wxUSE_XPM

   to 0, and recompile. You will not be able to load any XPMs,
   though (currently the only supported colour bitmap format).
 
   to 0, and recompile. You will not be able to load any XPMs,
   though (currently the only supported colour bitmap format).
 


@@ -159,10 +203,9 @@ Bug reports
 -----------
 
 Please send bug reports with a description of your environment,
 -----------
 
 Please send bug reports with a description of your environment,

-compiler and the error message(s) to the wxwin-users mailing list at:
-
-    wxwin-users@wx.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de
+compiler and the error message(s) to the wxwin-developers mailing list at:

 
 

+    wxwin-developers@wx.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de

 
 

-Julian Smart, January 1999.
+Julian Smart, February 1999.

 julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk
 julian.smart@ukonline.co.uk