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authorRichard M. Stallman2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000
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Move the info about site-lisp dirs,
and say uninstalled Emacs looks there too.
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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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@@ -466,17 +466,6 @@ are installed in the following directories:
466 at the same time; in particular, you don't have to 466 at the same time; in particular, you don't have to
467 make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version. 467 make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version.
468 468
469`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
470 files installed for Emacs version VERSION only.
471
472`/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
473 files installed for all Emacs versions.
474
475 When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files
476 in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in
477 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in
478 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'.
479
480`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC 469`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC
481 file, the `yow' database, and other 470 file, the `yow' database, and other
482 architecture-independent files Emacs might need while 471 architecture-independent files Emacs might need while
@@ -506,6 +495,20 @@ are installed in the following directories:
506`/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed 495`/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed
507 in `/usr/local/bin'. 496 in `/usr/local/bin'.
508 497
498Any version of Emacs, whether installed or not, also looks for Lisp
499files in these directories.
500
501`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
502 files installed for Emacs version VERSION only.
503
504`/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp
505 files installed for all Emacs versions.
506
507 When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files
508 in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in
509 `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in
510 `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'.
511
509If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to 512If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to
510install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search 513install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search
511for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of 514for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of