From 4f2d0815b79e9b4b4e66203e3925c2f24d6a7f4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:58:32 -0500 Subject: Added compilation issue to FAQ.md. --- FAQ.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index 177878dd..d72d8062 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -50,6 +50,28 @@ implementation is required for the terminal version.) - - - +**Q:** +I'm trying to compile Textadept from one of the download packages, but get some +obscure errors in the `scintilla/term/`, `gtdialog/`, or `scintillua/` +directories. What happened? + +**A:** +Some of the dependencies Textadept downloads are the latest archives in their +respective version control repositories. Occasionally there are compile-time +incompatibilities with these "bleeding-edge" downloads. The solution is to go to +the appropriate repository and download the archive tagged for the version of +Textadept you downloaded. + +For example, if you have Textadept 7.1 and cannot build the terminal version due +to a file in the `scintilla/term/` directory, go to [scinterm hg][] and look for +the "for\_textadept\_7.1" tag, click on it, download the [zip][], and replace +the problematic file. + +[scinterm hg]: http://foicica.com/hg/scinterm +[zip]: http://foicica.com/hg/scinterm/archive/ea13ae30cfab.zip + +- - - + **Q:** When I open a file in a non-English language, I see a lot of strange characters. -- cgit v1.2.3