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@@ -1263,7 +1263,20 @@ be carried out at the same time:
package.
2) If the connection is very slow, you might also want to consider
- switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar.
+ switching off scroll bars, menu bar, and tool bar. Adding the
+ following forms to your .emacs file will accomplish that, but only
+ after the the initial frame is displayed:
+
+ (scroll-bar-mode -1)
+ (menu-bar-mode -1)
+ (tool-bar-mode -1)
+
+ For still quicker startup, put these X resources in your .Xdefaults
+ file:
+
+ Emacs.verticalScrollBars: off
+ Emacs.menuBar: off
+ Emacs.toolBar: off
3) Use ssh to forward the X connection, and enable compression on this
forwarded X connection (ssh -XC remotehostname emacs ...).
@@ -2355,6 +2368,16 @@ This results from a bug in a VERY old version of GNU Sed. To solve
the problem, install the current version of GNU Sed, then rerun
Emacs's configure script.
+*** Building a 32-bit executable on a 64-bit GNU/Linux architecture.
+
+First ensure that the necessary 32-bit system libraries and include
+files are installed. Then use:
+
+ env CC="gcc -m32" ./configure --build=i386-linux-gnu \
+ --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib
+
+(using the location of the 32-bit X libraries on your system).
+
*** Building the Cygwin port for MS-Windows can fail with some GCC version
Building Emacs 22 with Cygwin builds of GCC 3.4.4-1 and 3.4.4-2 is
@@ -3686,8 +3709,8 @@ This problem will not happen if the m-...h file for your type
of machine defines NO_UNION_TYPE.
-Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
- 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
+ 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Copying and redistribution of this file with or without modification
are permitted without royalty provided this notice is preserved.