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15    (.bat files, nmake.defs and makefile.w32-in) may need the line-ends    (.bat files, nmake.defs and makefile.w32-in) may need the line-ends
16    fixing first. The easiest way to do this and avoid future conflicts    fixing first. The easiest way to do this and avoid future conflicts
17    is to run the following command in this (emacs/nt) directory:    is to run the following command in this (emacs/nt) directory:
18    
19       cvs update -kb       cvs update -kb
20    
21      (WARNING: Do NOT use this suggestion if you have write access to the
22      Emacs CVS tree and intend to commit changes to CVS.  This is because -kb
23      is sticky: it will be used in all future CVS operations on the files you
24      check out like this.)  Alternatively, use programs that convert
25      end-of-line format, such as dos2unix and unix2dos available from
26      GnuWin32 or dtou and utod from the DJGPP project.
27    
28    In addition to this file, you should also read INSTALL.CVS in the    In addition to this file, you should also read INSTALL.CVS in the
29    parent directory, and make sure that you have a version of "touch.exe"    parent directory, and make sure that you have a version of
30    in your path, and that it will create files that do not yet exist.    "touch.exe" in your path, and that it will create files that do not
31      yet exist.
32    
33    To compile Emacs, you will need either Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 or    To compile Emacs, you will need either Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 or
34    later and nmake, or a Windows port of GCC 2.95 or later with MinGW    later and nmake, or a Windows port of GCC 2.95 or later with MinGW
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61    
62    http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/WThirtyTwoInstallationKit    http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/WThirtyTwoInstallationKit
63    
64      and at this URL:
65    
66      http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/w32-build-emacs.html
67    
68    For reference, here is a list of which builds of GNU make are known    For reference, here is a list of which builds of GNU make are known
69    to work or not, and whether they work in the presence and/or absence    to work or not, and whether they work in the presence and/or absence
70    of sh.exe, the Cygwin port of Bash. Note that any version of make    of sh.exe, the Cygwin port of Bash. Note that any version of make
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91      cygwin compiled make 3.78.1:         fails[5]      fails[2, 5]      cygwin compiled make 3.78.1:         fails[5]      fails[2, 5]
92      cygwin compiled make 3.79.1:         fails[3, 5]   fails[2?, 5]      cygwin compiled make 3.79.1:         fails[3, 5]   fails[2?, 5]
93      mingw32 compiled make 3.79.1:        okay          okay      mingw32 compiled make 3.79.1:        okay          okay
94        mingw32 compiled make 3.80:          okay          unknown[6]
95    
96    Notes:    Notes:
97    
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103      [4] may fail on Windows 9X and Windows ME; if so, install Bash.      [4] may fail on Windows 9X and Windows ME; if so, install Bash.
104      [5] fails when building leim due to the use of cygwin style paths.      [5] fails when building leim due to the use of cygwin style paths.
105          May work if building emacs without leim.          May work if building emacs without leim.
106        [6] please report if you try this combination.
107    
108  * Configuring  * Configuring
109    
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121    is running, when gcc support is being tested.  These cannot be    is running, when gcc support is being tested.  These cannot be
122    surpressed because of limitations in the Windows 9x command.com shell.    surpressed because of limitations in the Windows 9x command.com shell.
123    
124      You are encouraged to look at the file config.log which shows details
125      for failed tests, after configure.bat finishes.  Any unexplained failure
126      should be investigated and perhaps reported as a bug (see the section
127      about reporting bugs in the file README in this directory and in the
128      Emacs manual).
129    
130  * Optional image library support  * Optional image library support
131    
132    In addition to its "native" image formats (pbm and xbm), Emacs can    In addition to its "native" image formats (pbm and xbm), Emacs can
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136    configure script is run.  This can be setup using environment    configure script is run.  This can be setup using environment
137    variables, or by specifying --cflags -I... options on the command-line    variables, or by specifying --cflags -I... options on the command-line
138    to configure.bat.  The configure script will report whether it was    to configure.bat.  The configure script will report whether it was
139    able to detect the headers.    able to detect the headers.  If the results of this testing appear to be
140      incorrect, please look for details in the file config.log: it will show
141      the failed test programs and compiler error messages that should explain
142      what is wrong.  (Usually, any such failures happen because some headers
143      are missing due to bad packaging of the image support libraries.)
144    
145    To use the external image support, the DLLs implementing the    To use the external image support, the DLLs implementing the
146    functionality must be found when Emacs first needs them, either on the    functionality must be found when Emacs first needs them, either on the
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159    
160    Binaries for the image libraries (among many others) can be found at    Binaries for the image libraries (among many others) can be found at
161    the GnuWin32 project.  These are built with MinGW, but they can be    the GnuWin32 project.  These are built with MinGW, but they can be
162    used with both GCC/MinGW and MSVC builds of Emacs.    used with both GCC/MinGW and MSVC builds of Emacs.  See the info on
163      http://ourcomments.org/Emacs/w32-build-emacs.html for more details about
164      installing image support libraries.
165    
166  * Building  * Building
167    
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215    addsection.c relies on.  Versions of w32api-xxx.zip from at least    addsection.c relies on.  Versions of w32api-xxx.zip from at least
216    1999-11-18 onwards are okay.    1999-11-18 onwards are okay.
217    
218      When in doubt about correctness of what configure did, look at the file
219      config.log, which shows all the failed test programs and compiler
220      messages associated with the failures.  If that doesn't give a clue,
221      please report the problems, together with the relevant fragments from
222      config.log, as bugs.
223    
224    If configure succeeds, but make fails, install the Cygwin port of    If configure succeeds, but make fails, install the Cygwin port of
225    Bash, even if the table above indicates that Emacs should be able to    Bash, even if the table above indicates that Emacs should be able to
226    build without sh.exe.  (Some versions of Windows shells are too dumb    build without sh.exe.  (Some versions of Windows shells are too dumb

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