bug#9960: Compiling Emacs trunk with MSVC

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Fabrice Popineau <fabrice.popineau@supelec.fr>
> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:56:11 +0100
> Cc: cschol2112@googlemail.com, 9960@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Sure. feel free to adapt on the basis of the attached patch.
> Status is :
> - completely functional 32 bits version with xpm, gif, jpeg, tiff. Able to
> boostrap itself.

Great news, thanks.

> Is there any interest in having a 64bits windows emacs ?

Yes, though if the changes are significant, they will probably not
make it into Emacs 24.1.  Plus, I think you will need to sign legal
papers to contribute more than what you already have.  (I can
currently find on file your assignment only to Gnus.)

> I have added two other files : a 64bits manifest for emacs.exe and a
> w32compat.h header file that is needed to compile the above mentioned
> libraries. In my case, this w32compat.h is included while compiling image.c
> for example.

Is this for a 64-bit build, or is this needed for a 32-bit build as
well?  If for a 32-bit built, then what exactly are the problems with
image.c that requires w32compat.h?

> +#ifndef _MSC_VER
>        extern char **environ;
> +#endif

Which MSVC header has the necessary declaration, and what is that
declaration?

> --- lib/strftime.c    2011-03-31 04:24:03 +0000
> +++ lib/strftime.c    2011-11-10 17:39:37 +0000
> @@ -36,9 +36,14 @@
>  #include <ctype.h>
>  #include <time.h>
>  
> +#ifdef _MSC_VER
> +#define tzname _tzname
> +#else
>  #if HAVE_TZNAME && !HAVE_DECL_TZNAME
>  extern char *tzname[];

Can we instead modify the #define on src/s/ms-w32.h so as to include
versions of MSVC above 1400?  Or does that not work for some reason?

I'd like to avoid changing source files in lib/, since they are
imported from gnulib.

> --- lisp/bindings.el  2011-10-08 16:37:46 +0000
> +++ lisp/bindings.el  2011-11-10 17:49:35 +0000
> @@ -824,13 +824,13 @@
>  ;; Define control-digits.
>  (let ((i ?0))
>    (while (<= i ?9)
> -    (define-key global-map (read (format "[?\\C-%c]" i)) 'digit-argument)
> +;    (define-key global-map (read (format "[?\\C-%c]" i)) 'digit-argument)
>      (setq i (1+ i))))
>  (define-key global-map [?\C--] 'negative-argument)
>  ;; Define control-meta-digits.
>  (let ((i ?0))
>    (while (<= i ?9)
> -    (define-key esc-map (read (format "[?\\C-%c]" i)) 'digit-argument)
> +;    (define-key esc-map (read (format "[?\\C-%c]" i)) 'digit-argument)
>      (setq i (1+ i))))
>  (define-key global-map [?\C-\M--] 'negative-argument)

Why is this part needed?

> === modified file 'src/makefile.w32-in'
> --- src/makefile.w32-in       2011-11-05 22:55:08 +0000
> +++ src/makefile.w32-in       2011-11-10 02:16:49 +0000
> @@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
>  $(TEMACS):      $(TLIB0) $(TLIB1) $(TLIB2) $(TLASTLIB) $(TOBJ) $(TRES) \
>                 ../nt/$(BLD)/addsection.exe $(GNULIB)
>       $(LINK) $(LINK_OUT)$(TEMACS_TMP) $(FULL_LINK_FLAGS) $(TOBJ) $(TRES) 
> $(LIBS)
> -     "$(THISDIR)/../nt/$(BLD)/addsection" "$(TEMACS_TMP)" "$(TEMACS)" EMHEAP 
> 21
> +     "$(THISDIR)/../nt/$(BLD)/addsection" "$(TEMACS_TMP)" "$(TEMACS)" EMHEAP 
> 42

Is such a large heap really needed for a 32-bit MSVC build?  Or is it
for the 64-bit build?

> -#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(emacs)) || defined(USE_CRT_DLL)
> +#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(emacs))
>  #define malloc e_malloc
>  #define free   e_free
>  #define realloc e_realloc

What was the problem that required this change?

Thanks.