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master 5fae032587: Tell those using exclusively X not to use the PGTK po
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Sean Whitton |
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master 5fae032587: Tell those using exclusively X not to use the PGTK port |
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Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:46:03 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 5fae0325872710dcbf42541b985103b66f613f61
Author: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Commit: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Tell those using exclusively X not to use the PGTK port
* INSTALL (Alternative window systems): Tell those using exclusively X
not to use the PGTK port.
---
INSTALL | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b1e3c72c4b..f2687225da 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ This build is only supported with GTK+ version 3, and it
is an error
to specify any other X-specific configuration option when PGTK is
enabled.
+If you use exclusively X, do not use the PGTK port. There are a
+number of respects in which the regular --with-x-toolkit=gtk build
+works better. The PGTK port should not be considered a simple upgrade
+from --with-x-toolkit=gtk.
+
With the PGTK build, you will be able to switch between running Emacs
on X, Wayland and Broadway using the 'GDK_BACKEND' environment
variable. GTK+ should automatically detect and use the correct value
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