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+ Building Standalone Composer
+
+
+Getting the source and
+building Standalone Composer
+WARNING:
+the changes
+to the build system needed to build Standalone Composer are not checked
+in yet. This implies the above does not work yet... Be patient ;-)
+
+UNIX, Windows (gmake)
+
+ - Create a .mozconfig file in your home directory, or in the
+mozilla directory, containing the following:
+
+ ac_add_options --enable-crypto
+ac_add_options --disable-debug
+ac_add_options --enable-optimize=-O2
+ac_add_options --disable-ldap
+ac_add_options --disable-mailnews
+ac_add_options --disable-mathml
+ac_add_options --disable-installer
+ac_add_options --disable-activex
+ac_add_options --disable-activex-scripting
+ac_add_options --disable-tests
+ac_add_options --disable-oji
+ac_add_options --disable-necko-disk-cache
+ac_add_options --disable-profilesharing
+ac_add_options
+--enable-extensions=cookie,xml-rpc,xmlextras,pref,universalchardet,webservices
+
+# Note: Only include icon for mac, windows and os2
+ac_add_options --enable-image-decoders=icon,png,gif,jpeg
+
+
+export MOZ_STANDALONE_COMPOSER=1
+mk_add_options MOZ_STANDALONE_COMPOSER=1
+
+ Warning: DO NOT USE --enable-optimize=-O2
+on Windows. There are bugs. Simply use --enable-optimize.
+
+ - Pull from CVS and build as described in the Mozilla build
+instructions.
+ - Run the
composer executable that is left in
+dist/bin
+
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