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| author | Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> | 2020-11-15 16:11:15 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@users.noreply.github.com> | 2020-11-15 16:42:41 +0100 |
| commit | 8c0077c0589e40a3dfb067e6099962515e979aaf (patch) | |
| tree | ea39d2525b5864bd9278ded9a2ff964faac96427 | |
| parent | e9610b84f678cb3ffbaa5b8171b73d7b70b74873 (diff) | |
| download | i3-8c0077c0589e40a3dfb067e6099962515e979aaf.tar.gz i3-8c0077c0589e40a3dfb067e6099962515e979aaf.zip | |
Update compilation instructions throughout our docs
related to https://github.com/i3/i3/issues/4086
| -rw-r--r-- | PACKAGE-MAINTAINER | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hacking-howto | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/testsuite | 12 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/PACKAGE-MAINTAINER b/PACKAGE-MAINTAINER index 953fac53..c5a7bea6 100644 --- a/PACKAGE-MAINTAINER +++ b/PACKAGE-MAINTAINER @@ -21,12 +21,14 @@ i3-sensible-terminal is used in the default configuration. If your distribution has a mechanism to get the preferred terminal, such as the x-terminal-emulator symlink in Debian, please use it in i3-sensible-terminal. -On debian, compilation and installing the manpages looks like this: +You can build i3 like you build any other software package which uses +https://mesonbuild.com/; see +https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html#compiling-a-meson-project +In case you’re unfamiliar: - autoreconf -fi - mkdir -p build && cd build - ../configure - make -j8 install + $ mkdir -p build && cd build + $ meson .. + $ ninja Please make sure that i3-migrate-config-to-v4 and i3-config-wizard are installed with i3. The Perl script is necessary to (automatically) convert v3 @@ -35,10 +37,8 @@ config with the user’s preferred modifier and should be started on the first start of i3 (it will automatically exit if it finds a config file). If you have any questions, ideas, hints, problems or whatever, please do not -hesitate to contact me. I will help you out. Just drop me an E-Mail (find the -address at https://michael.stapelberg.de/Impressum/, scroll down to bottom), -contact me using the same address in jabber or ask on our IRC channel: -(#i3 on irc.freenode.net). +hesitate to contact me. I will help you out. Please see +https://i3wm.org/contact/ Thanks again for your efforts, Michael diff --git a/docs/hacking-howto b/docs/hacking-howto index f1c82612..cc08cd1f 100644 --- a/docs/hacking-howto +++ b/docs/hacking-howto @@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ outdated information. == Building i3 -You can build i3 like you build any other software package which uses meson. -Here’s a memory refresher: +You can build i3 like you build any other software package which uses +https://mesonbuild.com/[The Meson Build system]; see +https://mesonbuild.com/Quick-guide.html#compiling-a-meson-project[Quickstart +Guide → Compiling a Meson project]. In case you’re unfamiliar: $ mkdir -p build && cd build $ meson .. diff --git a/docs/testsuite b/docs/testsuite index b535e7c1..145da158 100644 --- a/docs/testsuite +++ b/docs/testsuite @@ -120,13 +120,11 @@ tests are run under Xvfb. --------------------------------------- $ cd ~/i3 -$ autoreconf -fi - $ mkdir -p build && cd build -$ ../configure +$ meson .. -$ make -j8 +$ ninja # output omitted because it is very long $ cd testcases @@ -183,13 +181,11 @@ You can still use ./testcases/complete-run.pl to get the interactive progress ou --------------------------------------- $ cd ~/i3 -$ autoreconf -fi - $ mkdir -p build && cd build -$ ../configure +$ meson .. -$ make -j8 +$ ninja # output omitted because it is very long $ make check |