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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/INSTALL b/libjava/classpath/INSTALL index 96059a5..dae909e 100644 --- a/libjava/classpath/INSTALL +++ b/libjava/classpath/INSTALL @@ -46,19 +46,24 @@ Suggested Software are required unless --disable-gtk-peer is used as an argument to configure. - - GTK+ 2.4.x (or higher) + - GTK+ 2.8.x (or higher) - gdk-pixbuf - XTest Extension (libXtst) for GdkRobot support in java.awt. - For building the Cairo GdkGraphics2D backend you need at least - Cairo 0.5.0. + For building gcjwebplugin you'll need the Mozilla plugin + support headers and libraries. For building the Qt AWT peer JNI native libraries you have to specify --enable-qt-peer and need the following library: - Qt 4.0.1 + For building the X AWT peers see information below + (Building and running with the X AWT peers). You will need + the Escher 0.2.3 library: + http://escher.sourceforge.net + Please note that at the moment most operating systems do not ship Qt4 by default. We recommend using GNU Classpath' Qt4 support only for its developers and bug reporters. See @@ -113,17 +118,22 @@ gives a complete list. --enable-java compile Java source default=yes --enable-jni compile JNI source default=yes --enable-gtk-peer compile GTK native peers default=yes - --enable-gtk-cairo compile cairo based Graphics2D default=no --enable-qt-peer compile Qt4 native peers default=no --enable-default-toolkit fully qualified class name of default AWT toolkit default=no --enable-xmlj compile native libxml/xslt library default=no --enable-load-library enable to use JNI native methods default=yes + --enable-local-sockets enable build of local Unix sockets --with-jikes to compile the class library using jikes the default is to use gcj --with-glibj define what to install (zip|flat|both|none) default=zip + --with-escher=/path/to/escher + enable build of the X/Escher peers, with + the escher library at /path/to/escher, either + in the form of a JAR file, or a directory + containing the .class files of Escher. --enable-Werror whether to compile C code with -Werror which turns any compiler warning into a compilation failure default=no @@ -165,6 +175,25 @@ More information about the VMs that use GNU Classpath can be found in the README file. ------------------------------------------------------------------ +Building and running with the X AWT peers +------------------------------------------------------------------ + +In order build the X peers you need the Escher library version 0.2.3 +from http://escher.sourceforge.net . Unpack (and optionally build) the +Escher library following the instructions in the downloaded +package. Enable the build of the X peers by passing +--with-escher=/path/to/escher to ./configure where /path/to/escher +either points to a directory structure or JAR file containing the +Escher classes. For Unix systems it is preferable to also build local +socket support by passing --enable-local-sockets, which accelerates +the network communication to the X server significantly. + +In this release you have to enable the X peers at runtime by +setting the system property awt.toolkit=gnu.java.awt.peer.x.XToolkit +by passing -Dawt.toolkit=gnu.java.awt.peer.x.XToolkit to the java +command when running an application. + +------------------------------------------------------------------ Misc. Notes ------------------------------------------------------------------ Compilation is accomplished using a compiler's @file syntax. For our |