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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000 |
| commit | 795b558be1c5514cab842ed36fb6301caccf6209 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c8d3a6cd19cbb69890390c70bde76a777127e20 | |
| parent | 5a72efd483ec5223a4e7773d801fad6c637bafe1 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-795b558be1c5514cab842ed36fb6301caccf6209.tar.gz emacs-795b558be1c5514cab842ed36fb6301caccf6209.zip | |
Move the info about site-lisp dirs,
and say uninstalled Emacs looks there too.
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 25 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 11 deletions
| @@ -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 | ||
| 498 | Any version of Emacs, whether installed or not, also looks for Lisp | ||
| 499 | files 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 | |||
| 509 | If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to | 512 | If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to |
| 510 | install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search | 513 | install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search |
| 511 | for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of | 514 | for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of |