transparent + tinted terminal aterm compiled & works OK

[Harold L Hunt II]

Frank-Michael,

For starters, don't try to compile gif on your own.  Just install the 
Cygwin package for gif (ungif?), then try to build libAfter again.

What is this -rdynamic business?

Harold

Frank-Michael Moser wrote:
> What did you do to make it compile?
> First I tried to compile aterm and I got
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> gcc -rdynamic -o aterm command.o graphics.o grkelot.o main.o menubar.o 
> misc.o netdisp.o rmemset.o screen.o scrollbar2.o utmp.o xdefaults.o 
> pixmap.o ximage_utils.o thai.o   -lAfterImage -lAfterBase 
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext  -lSM -lICE  -lX11
> gcc: unrecognized option `-rdynamic'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -lAfterImage
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> So I tried to install libAfter first. But it complained:
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> gcc asview.o common.o -L../ -L../../libAfterBase -lAfterImage 
> -lAfterBase -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lfreetype -ltiff  -ljpeg -lpng -lgif -lz 
> -lm  -lX11  -rdynamic  -L/usr/X11R6/lib   -lSM -lICE  -o asview
> gcc: unrecognized option `-rdynamic'
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/3.2/../../../../i686-pc-cygwin/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -lgif
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> OK, so I tried to install libGif (4.1.0) and I got:
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++gcc 
> -g -O2 -I/usr/X11R6/include -o gif2epsn gif2epsn.o ../lib/.libs/libgif.a 
> -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 ../lib/libgetarg.a
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x2ae): In function `main':
> /src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:127: undefined reference to 
> `_GifQuietPrint'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x3f6):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:179: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifOpenFileHandle'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x46b):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:210: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetRecordType'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4c4):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:282: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifCloseFile'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4d5):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:283: undefined 
> reference to `_PrintGifError'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x4e9):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:216: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetImageDesc'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x538):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:224: undefined 
> reference to `_GifQprintf'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x5c3):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:236: undefined 
> reference to `_GifQprintf'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x5e1):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:237: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetLine'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x61c):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:246: undefined 
> reference to `_GifQprintf'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x63f):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:247: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetLine'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x692):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:257: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetExtension'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x6b8):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:262: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifGetExtensionNext'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0x769):/src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:168: undefined 
> reference to `_DGifOpenFileName'
> gif2epsn.o(.text+0xd34): In function `DumpScreen2Epsn':
> /src/giflib-4.1.0/util/gif2epsn.c:443: undefined reference to `_GifQprintf'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> And now I don't know what else I could do ;(
> 
> Frank-Michael
> 
> 
> Raphaël Mugneret wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have compiled the Afterstep terminal ATERM (0.4.2) under the latest 
>> Cygwin and Xfree86.
>>
>> To get rid of the bug that causes aterm to use > 90% of cpu and not 
>> refresh properly, pick-up the latest source file command.c (v1.9) at 
>> this address:
>> "http://cvs.afterstep.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/aterm/src/?only_with_tag=HEAD" 
>>
>>
>> The bug was fixed monthes ago but never released.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Raphaël
>>
>