source: postlfs/editors/emacs.xml@ 9f12e36

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

    <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
         is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
         delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->

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         delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
         test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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  <!ENTITY emacs-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-&emacs-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY emacs-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/emacs/emacs-&emacs-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY emacs-md5sum        "8f9d97cbd126121bd5d97e5e31168a87">
  <!ENTITY emacs-size          "20.4 MB">
  <!ENTITY emacs-buildsize     "96.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY emacs-time          "4.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="emacs" xreflabel="Emacs-&emacs-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="emacs.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>Emacs-&emacs-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="emacs">
    <primary sortas="a-Emacs">Emacs</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to Emacs</title>

    <para>The <application>Emacs</application> package contains an extensible,
    customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&emacs-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&emacs-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &emacs-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &emacs-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &emacs-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &emacs-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Emacs Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="x-window-system"/>,
    <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
    <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
    <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
    <!-- <xref linkend="libungif"/> or -->
    <ulink
    url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libungif">libungif</ulink></para>
    <!-- <xref linkend="giflib"/></para> -->

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/emacs"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Emacs</title>

    <para>Install <application>Emacs</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/lib &amp;&amp;
make bootstrap</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><option>--libexecdir=/usr/lib</option>: Place library
    executables in a Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) location.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>b2m, ctags, ebrowse, emacs, emacsclient, etags, grep-changelog,
        and rcs-checkin</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/sbin/emacs and /usr/share/emacs</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="b2m">
        <term><command>b2m</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a program to convert mail files from RMAIL
          format to Unix <quote>mbox</quote> format.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs b2m">
            <primary sortas="b-b2m">b2m</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ctags">
        <term><command>ctags</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>creates cross-reference tagfile database files
          for source code.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs ctags">
            <primary sortas="b-ctags">ctags</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ebrowse">
        <term><command>ebrowse</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from
          within <command>emacs</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs ebrowse">
            <primary sortas="b-ebrowse">ebrowse</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="emacs-prog">
        <term><command>emacs</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an editor.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs emacs-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-emacs">emacs</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="emacsclient">
        <term><command>emacsclient</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>attaches an <command>emacs</command> session to an already
          running <command>emacsserver</command> instance.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs emacsclient">
            <primary sortas="b-emacsclient">emacsclient</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="etags">
        <term><command>etags</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is another program to generate source code
          cross-reference tagfiles.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs etags">
            <primary sortas="b-etags">etags</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="grep-changelog">
        <term><command>grep-changelog</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>prints entries in Change Logs matching
          various criteria.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs grep-changelog">
            <primary sortas="b-grep-changelog">grep-changelog</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rcs-checkin">
        <term><command>rcs-checkin</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a shell script used to check files into RCS.</para>
          <indexterm zone="emacs rcs-checkin">
            <primary sortas="b-rcs-checkin">rcs-checkin</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

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<sect3><title>cvt-mail</title>
<para><command>cvt-mail</command> converts old style goslings emacs mail
directories into gnu-rmail format.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>digest-doc</title>
<para><command>digest-doc</command> is a filter to create nroff output for man
pages.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>emacsserver</title>
<para><command>emacserver</command> allows other applications/shells to access
an already running emacs instance and share buffers with it.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>fakemail</title>
<para><command>fakemail</command> is a sendmail-like interface to
<filename>/bin/mail</filename>.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>hexl</title>
<para><command>hexl</command> converts files for editing with emacs hexl-mode
binary file editing mode.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>movemail</title>
<para><command>movemail</command> provides access to
POP3 mailboxes.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>profile</title>
<para><command>profile</command> generates periodic events for profiling of
Emacs Lisp code.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>rcs2log</title>
<para><command>rcs2log</command> generates change log prefixes from
RCS files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>sorted-doc</title>
<para><command>sorted-doc</command> is a filter to generate texinfo
files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>vcdiff</title>
<para><command>vcdiff</command> compares SCCS
files.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>yow</title>
<para><command>yow</command> prints a quotation from Zippy the
Pinhead.</para></sect3>  -->
    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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