Subject: bug#32032: 26.1; Emacs 26 opens under X with blank window

From: Robert Pluim <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:57:16 +0200

Noam Postavsky <[email-masked]> writes:

> On 6 July 2018 at 09:54,  <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>> > >     ./configure --without-gnutls --without-backbuffer
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > Iʼd call it --without-xdbe
>>>
>>> Or maybe --disable-double-buffering?
>>
>> I think sticking with the --without-... pattern makes sense.
>
> The ./configure --help output distinguishes between features and packages:
>
> Optional Features:
>   --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
>   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
>
> Optional Packages:
>   --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
>   --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
>
> I think the double buffering thing is a feature, not a package, so
> --disable-... fits better.

Is XIM as feature or a package? Because thatʼs under --with (as is
X11).

Robert