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diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index 3f08f4cf..2cdf8a6b 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -1088,9 +1088,9 @@ Learn more about snippet syntax in the [snippets documentation][]. ### File Types Textadept recognizes a wide range of programming language files either by file -extension or by a [Lua pattern](#Lua.Patterns) that matches the text of the -first line. The editor does this by consulting a set of tables in -[`textadept.file_types`][] that are modifiable from *~/.textadept/init.lua*. For +extension or by a [Lua pattern](#Lua.Patterns) that matches the text of the +first line. The editor does this by consulting a set of tables in +[`textadept.file_types`][] that are modifiable from *~/.textadept/init.lua*. For example: -- Recognize .luadoc files as Lua code. @@ -1459,11 +1459,11 @@ as running it. ### Requirements for Linux and BSD -First, Linux and BSD systems need the [GNU C compiler][] (*gcc*) and -[GNU Make][] (*make*). BSD users additionally need to have [libiconv][] -installed. These should be available for your distribution through a package -manager. For example, Ubuntu includes these tools in the "build-essential" -package. +First, Linux and BSD systems need either the [GNU C compiler][] (*gcc*) or +[Clang][] (*clang*), as well as [GNU Make][] (*make* or *gmake*). BSD users +additionally need to have [pkg-config][] and [libiconv][] installed. All of +these should be available for your distribution through a package manager. For +example, Ubuntu includes these tools in the "build-essential" package. Next, the GUI version of Textadept requires the GTK+ development libraries. Again, your package manager should allow you to install them. Debian-based Linux @@ -1479,7 +1479,9 @@ of ncurses installed, which handles multibyte sequences. (Therefore, Debian users _also_ need "libncursesw5-dev".) [GNU C compiler]: http://gcc.gnu.org +[Clang]: http://clang.llvm.org/ [GNU Make]: http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ +[pkg-config]: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config/ [libiconv]: http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ [GTK+ website]: http://www.gtk.org/download/linux.php [ncurses website]: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/#download_ncurses @@ -1513,6 +1515,8 @@ binaries. ### Compiling on Linux and BSD +Note: for BSD systems, replace the `make` commands below with `gmake`. + For Linux and BSD systems, simply run `make deps` (or `make deps NIGHTLY=1` when compiling Textadept from the latest source rather than from a tagged release) in the *src/* directory to prepare the build environment, followed by `make` to |