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Emacs Plus formulae for the Homebrew package manager
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[Feature request]: add --with-mps build option #706

Closed nailuoGG closed 2 months ago

nailuoGG commented 2 months ago

Feature request description

If we make it easier for more people to use the scratch/cgi branch with MPS support, they may be able to test it and provide feedback, which could help that branch develop further.

I've tried modifying the emacs-plus formula code to work with scratch/cgi branch , and I was able to successfully build a product that can handle daily work, but it still doesn't support some build options.

The options that cannot be compiled (now) are: --with-xwidgets and --with-poll

The command that can be compiled is:

brew install emacs-plus@31 --with-imagemagick --with-native-comp --with-modern-alecive-flatwoken-icon

Note: This build still occasionally crashes.

d12frosted commented 2 months ago

Is there any TLDR of what that branch is about?

The options that cannot be compiled (now) are: --with-xwidgets and --with-poll

I think at some point XWidgets Support will be dropped. It's experimental and AFAIK no that many people use it.

Note: This build still occasionally crashes.

I wonder why.

nailuoGG commented 2 months ago

Is there any TLDR of what that branch is about?

TL;DR: Replace Emacs' built-in GC with a better one.

Progress:

The options that cannot be compiled (now) are: --with-xwidgets and --with-poll

The build process fails when combining --with-xwidgets or --with-poll with --with-mps.

Note: This build still occasionally crashes.

Error logs were not captured or saved.

I was using the igc branch built with --with-mps approximately three days before opening this issue.

d12frosted commented 2 months ago

We had some discussion in #707. As result, let's see how development of this feature evolves and we can reconsider adding this option later. But for now, I am closing this as there are no plans to add this option.