Emacs-29.4

#### Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd Edition) - Version 12.2

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# Emacs-29.4

## Introduction to Emacs

The Emacs package contains an extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time display editor.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS 12.2 platform.

### Package Information

- Download (HTTP): https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/emacs-29.4.tar.xz

- Download MD5 sum: b9cc42f7d8066152535cf267418b8ced

- Download size: 50 MB

- Estimated disk space required: 525 MB

- Estimated build time: 0.7 SBU (Using parallelism=4)

### Emacs Dependencies

#### Recommended

harfBuzz-9.0.0, giflib-5.2.2, GnuTLS-3.8.7.1, jansson-2.14, and libtiff-4.6.0

#### Optional

a graphical environment, alsa-lib-1.2.12, Cairo-1.18.0, dbus-1.14.10, GLib-2.80.4 (with GObject Introspection), gsettings-desktop-schemas-46.1, GPM-1.20.7, GTK+-3.24.43, ImageMagick-7.1.1-36, Little CMS-2.16, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libpng-1.6.43, librsvg-2.58.3, libseccomp-2.5.5, libwebp-1.4.0, libxml2-2.13.3, MIT Kerberos V5-1.21.3, SQLite-3.46.1, Valgrind-3.23.0, intlfonts, libungif, libotf, and m17n-lib - to correctly display such complex scripts as Indic and Khmer, and also for scripts that require Arabic shaping support (Arabic and Farsi), mailutils, and libXaw3d

## Installation of Emacs

Install Emacs by running the following commands:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
    make

This package does not come with a test suite. If make succeeds, you can test the result by running src/emacs -Q, which is the program that will be installed, with its auxiliary files. This should start and display the application opening screen.

Now, as the `root` user:

    make install &&
    chown -v -R root:root /usr/share/emacs/29.4

### Note

This package installs icon files into the `/usr/share/icons/hicolor` hierarchy and you can improve system performance and memory usage by updating `/usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme`. To perform the update you must have GTK+-3.24.43 installed and issue the following command as the `root` user:

    gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor

## Command Explanations

`--with-imagemagick`: Use this if you have installed ImageMagick-7.1.1-36 and wish to link against it.

`--with-gif=no`: Use this if you have not installed giflib-5.2.2 or libungif.

`--with-tiff=no`: Use this if you have not installed libtiff-4.6.0.

`--with-gnutls=no`: Use this if you have not installed GnuTLS-3.8.7.1.

`--without-harfbuzz`: Use this if you have not installed harfBuzz-9.0.0.

`--with-json=no`: Use this if you have not installed jansson-2.14.

## Contents

Installed Programs: ctags, ebrowse, emacs (symlink), emacs-29.4, emacsclient, and etags
Installed Libraries: None
Installed Directories: /usr/libexec/emacs and /usr/share/emacs

### Short Descriptions

ctags | creates cross-reference tagfile database files for source code
ebrowse | permits browsing of C++ class hierarchies from within emacs
emacs | is an editor
emacsclient | attaches an emacs session to an already running emacsserver instance
etags | is another program to generate source code cross-reference tagfiles

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