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From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson)
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Subject: Re: Compiling MicroEmacs on a Vax with 4.3BSD?????
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Date: 15 Dec 87 00:49:51 GMT
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In article <5975@j.cc.purdue.edu> nwd@j.cc.purdue.edu.UUCP (Daniel Lawrence) writes:
>In article <1433@bgsuvax.UUCP> ritzenth@bgsuvax.UUCP (Phil Ritzenthaler) writes:
>>link ALL of the .o files: can you say BBOOOOOOMMM!!
>>OK, am I barking up the wrong tree?  Did I forget a switch?  Am I hopeless?

(You arn't the only one who has posted such problems, who knows how
many just waited for the answer to appear.)

>	Try reading the docs. The file ESTRUCT.H contains all the option
>switches. You aretrying to compile an MSDOS version with the AZTEC
>compiler on UNIX.Not very usefull.

MicroGnuEmacs (mg) avoids this problem by putting all system dependent
stuff in system-specific subdirectories.  You just copy or link the
apropriate makefile and run it.  Mg 1b is available for ftp from
jade.berkeley.edu in pub/mg/mg1b.tar.Z (compressed tar).  Mg 2a is
currently in beta testing, it should be posted to comp.sources.misc
sometime in the first half of next year.

Daniel Laurence's microemacs and mg have different goals and are
improving in diffent directions.  Daniel is adding lots of new bells,
whistles, and gongs without making sure they work any machines he
doen't happen to have access to.  Mg is a group effort, and we go
through extensive beta testing to make sure it works on a wide variety
of machines and terminals before we release it.  (Msdos was not
included because none of the peolpe working on mg wanted it, we
recieved mods for 1a after 1b was released, and for 1b when 2a was
starting beta testing.  It looks like Msdos support will be in 2a.)  
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