The easiest way to build a new client (X application) is to use
xmkmf if an Imakefile is included in the sources.
Type `xmkmf' to create the Makefiles,
check the configuration if necessary and type
`make'. Whenever you install additional man pages you should update
whatis.db by running `makewhatis /usr/X11R6/man'.
To avoid the `Virtual memory exhausted' message from cc
while compiling, increase the data and stack size limits
(in csh type `limit datasize 32M' and
`limit stacksize 16M').
Note: Starting with XFree86 2.1, the symbol ``__386BSD__'' no
longer gets defined or via the X config files for *BSD systems.
When porting clients to *BSD systems,
make use of the symbol ``BSD'' for code which is truly
BSD-specific. The value of the symbol can be used to distinguish
different BSD releases. For example, code specific to the Net-2 and
later releases can use:
#if (BSD >= 199103)
To ensure that this symbol is correctly defined, include
<sys/param.h> in the source that requires it. Note that
the symbol CSRG_BASED is defined for *BSD systems in XFree86 3.1.1
and later. This should be used to protect the inclusion of
<sys/param.h>.
For code that really is specific to a particular i386 BSD port, use
__FreeBSD__ for FreeBSD, __NetBSD__ for NetBSD,
__386BSD__ for 386BSD, and __bsdi__ for BSD/386.
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