* [gentoo-user] How do I customize x11-terms/xterm?
@ 2018-01-09 5:57 Grant Taylor
2018-01-09 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
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From: Grant Taylor @ 2018-01-09 5:57 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo-Users
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How do I customize the features that are compiled into x11-terms/xterm?
I have been playing with a customized version of Xterm outside of
portage and I'd like to migrate my customizations to the copy of Xterm
that is emerged as part of the system.
So far my customizations consist of a modified ./configure command to
enable options that I want.
How do I replicate that via portage?
What would I need to do if I wanted to patch a source file?
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* Re: [gentoo-user] How do I customize x11-terms/xterm?
2018-01-09 5:57 [gentoo-user] How do I customize x11-terms/xterm? Grant Taylor
@ 2018-01-09 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-01-09 17:14 ` Grant Taylor
2018-01-15 0:00 ` Grant Taylor
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From: Neil Bothwick @ 2018-01-09 8:52 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Mon, 8 Jan 2018 22:57:30 -0700, Grant Taylor wrote:
> I have been playing with a customized version of Xterm outside of
> portage and I'd like to migrate my customizations to the copy of Xterm
> that is emerged as part of the system.
>
> So far my customizations consist of a modified ./configure command to
> enable options that I want.
You can usually add extra configure items by creating, in your
case /etc/portage/env/x11-terms/xterm containing
> How do I replicate that via portage?
EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-blah..."
> What would I need to do if I wanted to patch a source file?
Putting the patch in /etc/portage/patches/x11-xterms/xterm should do it.
Both of these features are on by default in EAPI6, the xterm ebuild uses
EAPI5 so try it and see.
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Neil Bothwick
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* Re: [gentoo-user] How do I customize x11-terms/xterm?
2018-01-09 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
@ 2018-01-09 17:14 ` Grant Taylor
2018-01-09 18:16 ` Andrew Barchuk
2018-01-09 18:20 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-01-15 0:00 ` Grant Taylor
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From: Grant Taylor @ 2018-01-09 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On 01/09/2018 01:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> You can usually add extra configure items by creating, in your case
> /etc/portage/env/x11-terms/xterm containing
>
> EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-blah..."
That seems simple enough.
> Putting the patch in /etc/portage/patches/x11-xterms/xterm should do it.
Okay.
I suppose that it will need to be some sort of diff that will
automatically get applied?
Do you know what directory the diff needs to be based in?
Where can I read more about this? - Sorry for the n00b like questions.
I do appreciate the help. :-)
I assume removing both my customizations and re-emerging xterm will
revert back to Gentoo default.
> Both of these features are on by default in EAPI6, the xterm ebuild uses
> EAPI5 so try it and see.
Fair enough.
I'll give it a try in the next few days and report my findings.
Thank you again Neil.
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* Re: [gentoo-user] How do I customize x11-terms/xterm?
2018-01-09 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
2018-01-09 17:14 ` Grant Taylor
@ 2018-01-15 0:00 ` Grant Taylor
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From: Grant Taylor @ 2018-01-15 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On 01/09/2018 01:52 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> You can usually add extra configure items by creating, in your case
> /etc/portage/env/x11-terms/xterm containing
>
> EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-blah..."
I created the /etc/portage/env/x11-terms directory and added the xterm
file with the following contents.
EXTRA_ECONF="--enable-regis-graphics --enable-sixel-graphics
--enable-256-color --enable-screen-dumps"
When I emerged x11-terms/xterm and texted everything worked exactly like
I wanted it to.
> Putting the patch in /etc/portage/patches/x11-xterms/xterm should do it.
I ended up not doing this. - I thought I had hacked one of the VT
terminal types to use more than 16 colors, but my testing worked without
doing this. So I'm leaving well enough alone.
> Both of these features are on by default in EAPI6, the xterm ebuild uses
> EAPI5 so try it and see.
Thank you again for your help.
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