Getting the source and building Standalone Composer

UNIX, Windows (gmake)

1. 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.

2. Pull from CVS and build as described in the Mozilla build instructions.
3. If your build breaks in mozilla/toolkit/components/console, during some JAR packaging, you may be running into Bug #206785 where the xul pre-processor is dying. A temporary work around is listed in the bug, just replace MOZ_THUNDERBIRD by MOZ_STANDALONE_COMPOSER
   
4. Run the composer executable that is left in dist/bin