small patch from jamatos

[lyx.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 996e0c9483c45ca4f6f1b0b8ecb2a6cdcefa3eae..263e2b20ccfa14284b0fa67d2ad4bb1056a8139d 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ Xforms is available (free) only in binary format, source code is not
 available.  If it is not available for your machine, contact the Xforms
 developers to request a version for your system.  You can get it from
 
-    http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms
-    ftp://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/pub/xforms/
+    http://world.std.com/~xforms/
+    ftp://ncmir.ucsd.edu/pub/xforms/
     ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/xforms/
     ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/X11/gui/xforms
     ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/XFORMS/
@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ You will also need a recent C++ compiler, where recent means that the
 compilers knows a bit about the C++ standard. Compilers that are known
 to compile LyX are gcc 2.8.1 and 2.95.x, the various versions of egcs
 and Digital C++ version 6.1. Please tell us your experience with other
-compilers. 
+compilers. It is probably _not_ possible to compile LyX with gcc
+2.7.x, but this may change in the future. 
+
+Note that, contrary to LyX 1.0.x, LyX 1.1.x makes great use of C++
+Standard Template Library (STL); this means that gcc users will have
+to install the relevant libstdc++ library to be able to compile this
+version.
 
 If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a 
 patch), you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed, due to 
@@ -113,7 +119,12 @@ flags:
 
   o --with-extra-prefix[=DIRECTORY] that is equivalent to
        --with-extra-lib=DIRECTORY/lib --with-extra-inc=DIRECTORY/include
-   If DIRECTORY is not specified, the current prefix is used.
+    If DIRECTORY is not specified, the current prefix is used.
+
+  o --with-lyxname=STRING sets the name of the installed LyX binary and 
+    of the LyX library directory to STRING. This may be used to
+    compile lyx as lyx-1.1 and avoid clashes with earlier/later
+    versions. Default is "lyx". 
 
   o --with-two-colors=[yes|no] that forces LyX to use two colors pixmaps
     (bitmaps) instead of the full-colored standard ones.  Defaults to no.
@@ -145,10 +156,6 @@ Moreover, the following generic configure flags may be useful:
     installation. [defaults to where lyx has already been installed or
     /usr/local]
 
-  o --program-suffix=STRING sets the name of the installed LyX binary and 
-      of the LyX library directory to lyxSTRING. This may be used to
-      compile lyx as lyx-1.0.0 and avoid clashes with earlier/later versions.
-
   o --datadir=DIRECTORY gives the directory where all extra LyX 
     files (lyxrc example, documentation, templates and layouts
     definitions) will be installed. 
@@ -179,20 +186,23 @@ this file.
 In particular, the following options could be useful in some
 desperate cases:
 
-  o --with-debug that specifies whether you want to have debug information
-    by default on standard error.  Default is no. 
-
   o --with-warnings that make the compiler output more warnings during
     the compilation of LyX.  Opposite is --without-warnings.  By default,
     this flag is on for development versions only.
 
+  o --enable-assertions that make the compilier generater run-time
+    code which checks that some variables have sane values.  Opposite
+    is --disable-assertions.  By default, this flag is on for
+    development versions only. 
+
   o --with-broken-headers that provides prototypes to replace functions
     not correctly defined in SunOS4 and SCO header files.  Its only effect is
     to suppress a few warnings.  It is autodetected by default.
 
   o --without-latex-config that disables the automatic detection of your
-    latex.  This detection is automatically disabled if latex cannot be found. 
-    If you find that you have to use this flag, please report it as a bug.
+    latex configuration.  This detection is automatically disabled if
+    latex cannot be found.  If you find that you have to use this
+    flag, please report it as a bug. 
 
   o --without-liberty suppresses the detection of the -liberty library
     (see the section 'Problems').