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[Massimiliano Gubinelli <address@hidden>]

Show me the full output. I'm not sure what is going on.
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> On 21. Mar 2020, at 13:30, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> It is that. Now TeXmacs starts compiling, then crashes after the window 
> appears (without menus).
> 
> The first time the error seems this to me (I left it directed to stderr and 
> these are the two last lines of the output, I guess the first one is 
> output, the second is error)
> 
> TeXmacs/texmacs-guile3/src/TeXmacs/progs/version/version-kbd.scm.go
> ICE default IO error handler doing an exit(), pid = 28375, errno = 32
> 
> I then run it redirecting stderr, it crashes immediately now, if 
> interesting can either send you the file with the errors or can paste its 
> contents here on the mailing list.
> 
> 
> G.
> 
> 
> On 21.03.20 13:17, Massimiliano Gubinelli wrote:
>> You can run without installation, just to check. I do not know how 
>> installation works on Linux.
>> 
>> From the source directory (where ./configure is) you can run
>> 
>> TEXMACS_PATH=$PWD/TeXmacs TeXmacs/bin/texmacs.bin
>> 
>> and should work.
>> 
>> Max
>> 
>> 
>>> On 21. Mar 2020, at 13:06, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I recompiled it with the branch guile3. The behaviour is the same: 
>>> (version) gives 1.8.8.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Configure outputs
>>> 
>>> configure: Guile version 2.0
>>> configure: Guile data path: /usr/share/guile/2.0
>>> 
>>> (I checked running ./configure again after I have compiled and installed, 
>>> but it is irrelevant as far as I know).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I am suspecting a different thing: that the command ./texmacs (run from 
>>> the installation directory) does not run the TeXmacs I have just 
>>> installed but the copy I have set as default by exporting $TEXMACS_PATH 
>>> at login
>>> 
>>> To this point: what does the line in the shell script
>>> 
>>> if [ -z "$TEXMACS_PATH" ] ;
>>> 
>>> do? Does it check whether $TEXMACS_PATH exists? In this case that is the 
>>> reason why the "usual" TeXmacs get run, that is $TEXMACS_PATH is already 
>>> set in my shell.
>>> 
>>> I have tried running the shell script without the ifs, that is, reduced
>>> 
>>> if [ -z "$TEXMACS_PATH" ] ; then
>>>   TEXMACS_PATH=${datarootdir}/TeXmacs
>>>   export TEXMACS_PATH
>>>   if [ -z "$TEXMACS_BIN_PATH" ] ; then
>>>     TEXMACS_BIN_PATH=${exec_prefix}/libexec/TeXmacs
>>>     export TEXMACS_BIN_PATH
>>>   fi
>>> else
>>>   TEXMACS_BIN_PATH="$TEXMACS_PATH"
>>>   export TEXMACS_BIN_PATH
>>> fi
>>> 
>>> 
>>> to
>>> 
>>> 
>>> TEXMACS_PATH=${datarootdir}/TeXmacs
>>>   export TEXMACS_PATH
>>> 
>>> TEXMACS_BIN_PATH=${exec_prefix}/libexec/TeXmacs
>>>     export TEXMACS_BIN_PATH
>>> 
>>> and TeXmacs starts the compilation, then crashes: this makes me think I 
>>> am going in the right direction.
>>> 
>>> I am seeing that the environments variables exported in this way are 
>>> valid only in the terminal where I defined them, so this keeps the 
>>> "usual" TeXmacs running when calling it from other terminal windows, and 
>>> this means I can experiment easily. I would need a hint on how to go on.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Giovanni
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 21.03.20 12:31, Massimiliano Gubinelli wrote:
>>>> --enable-guile2 does not do much.
>>>> 
>>>> You would have to check the output from configure and see if TeXmacs 
>>>> pick up the right guile.
>>>> 
>>>> Use the branch guile3 or qt5+guile2 on my github account mgubi/texmacs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Best
>>>> Max
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 21. Mar 2020, at 12:13, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> which guile-config
>>>>> 
>>>>> returns
>>>>> 
>>>>> /usr/bin/guile-config
>>>>> 
>>>>> and
>>>>> 
>>>>> guile-config --version
>>>>> 
>>>>> returns
>>>>> 
>>>>> guile-config - Guile version 2.0.13
>>>>> 
>>>>> I suspect I cloned the wrong branch (although I do not understand why, 
>>>>> if this were the case, --enable-guile2 was accepted by the ./configure 
>>>>> command). I cloned it again and I am compiling it again.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Giovanni
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 21.03.20 12:03, Massimiliano Gubinelli wrote:
>>>>>> Usually it is enough to change your PATH variable in such a way that 
>>>>>> configure find the right 'guile-config'. Do
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> which guile-config
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> to check.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Max
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 21. Mar 2020, at 11:47, Giovanni Piredda <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 21.03.20 11:41, Kovács Zoltán wrote:
>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>> after several emails with Max I finally managed to compile TeXmacs 
>>>>>>>> 1.99.12 on Ubuntu 18.04 with guile-2.2. I used his branches qt5 and 
>>>>>>>> guile2 (however, he already merged them into one branch). The 
>>>>>>>> compilation was smooth when adding the option --enable-guile2 when 
>>>>>>>> launching the configure script.
>>>>>>>> image.png
>>>>>>>> Ubuntu 18.04 has Qt version 5.9.5.
>>>>>>> I thought I had also compiled it - I used --enable-guile2 in the 
>>>>>>> ./configure command, but (version) is giving me 1.8.8. I know that I 
>>>>>>> am running the one I compiled as I am invoking it with the full path. 
>>>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Giovanni
>>>>>>>