From 7c22dc9d3eaad7e68b9465b3b51fdbd4e1fc7f0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:09:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document problems (with WinZip) whereby *.tit files get converted to DOS-style EOLs while unpacking Leim. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index cb48a4cbf22..8d52bafaa81 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -13,6 +13,28 @@ The solution is to make sure the preprocessor is run with the `-traditional' option. (The `configure' script should do that automatically with Emacs 21 and later.) +* Building the Windows port with Leim fails in the `leim' directory. + +The error message might be something like this: + + Converting d:/emacs-21.1/leim/CXTERM-DIC/4Corner.tit to quail-package... + Invalid ENCODE: value in TIT dictionary + NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"../src/obj-spd/i386/emacs.exe"' : return code + '0xffffffff' + Stop. + +This can happen if the Leim distribution is unpacked with a program +which converts the `*.tit' files to DOS-style CR-LF text format. The +`*.tit' files in the leim/CXTERM-DIC directory require Unix-style line +endings to compile properly, because Emacs reads them without any code +or EOL conversions. + +The solution is to make sure the program used to unpack Leim does not +change the files' line endings behind your back. The GNU FTP site has +in the `/gnu/emacs/windows' directory a program called `djtarnt.exe' +which can be used to unpack `.tar.gz' and `.zip' archives without +mangling them. + * When using Xaw3d scroll bars without arrows, the very first mouse click in a scroll bar might be ignored by the scroll bar widget. This is probably a bug in Xaw3d; when Xaw3d is compiled with arrows, the -- 2.11.4.GIT