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authorRichard M. Stallman1995-05-07 06:13:58 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman1995-05-07 06:13:58 +0000
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Clarification about running executable in place.
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170entries. 170entries.
171 171
1727) Run `make' in the top directory of the Emacs distribution to finish 1727) Run `make' in the top directory of the Emacs distribution to finish
173building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file will be 173building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file is
174named `src/emacs'. If you want to have Emacs's executable programs 174named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without
175and data files installed as well, run `make install'. 175copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
176 176directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
177By default, Emacs installs its files in the following directories: 177
178Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their
179installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files
180are installed in the following directories:
178 181
179`/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run - 182`/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
180 `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient', 183 `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient',