From: Roar Thronęs [roart@nvg.ntnu.no] Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 6:49 AM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: Anybody tried? was emacs21 help needed Tom Linden wrote: : After I get through this I will summarize the install, simplifying for : others, : which ideally ought to be a single command. I agree that this should be simpler, but this is developement still, and one should not expect a functional version for some time. :> From: Roar Thronęs [mailto:roart@nvg.ntnu.no] :> Tom Linden wrote: :> : I was getting ready to try it out, but not obvious how to install it. :> : There are a number of scripts in the VMS subdir, but no step-by-step :> : install instructions that I could find. :> :> The setting up of a logical is (a trivial task) mentioned in one of the :> readmes in the ftp directory. :> : Which logical? Do you mean the rooted logical STORE? : Which of the 14 README's? One of the two (now 3) in the ftp server directory, not the 14 in the src. I have made a new emacs21readme with some updated info (including set file/attr) : OK, I presume this is STEP 1. :> :> (Remember to install first) :> :> With mmk install (or mms?). (The usual thing with emacs) : So is this STEP 2? How? Where? Do you run mms in STORE:[VMS]? How and : with which : options? In STORE:[SRC.EMACS-21_1], with /ign=war. And not necessarily; I do not think you need it if you are just using loadup. :> (I have assumed previous contact with emacs making) : How? My experience installing emacs is limited to Unix beginning : with Berkeley 4.1 on a VAX 751 in 1981 and a variety of systems since then. : The simplest by far was W2K Oops, I meant emacs making on VMS. As you know, on 19.28 is was by using configure.com and mms/mmk. (With some fixing of the mms and source files) Now it is just using mms/mmk. :> Termcap and another file may have to be installed manually. : And this would be STEP 3? How? Simple copy to where emacs wants it. :> :> : (Start it with mcr []temacs_d -l loadup --debug-init) :> :> mcr []temacs_d -map temacs.dump -nw --debug-init : Does the non-debug version function? Is it useable? It can be compiled and used, but it is of no much use since it can not be used for debugging. Regards, Roar Thronęs