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authorMiles Bader2006-07-19 00:42:56 +0000
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Patches applied: * emacs--devo--0 (patch 343-356) - Update from CVS - Update for ERC 5.1.3. - Merge from gnus--rel--5.10 * gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 113-115) - Merge from emacs--devo--0 - Update from CVS Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--unicode--0--patch-90
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1 The admin directory
2
1This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing 3This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
2and maintaining Emacs. These files are not part of Emacs releases 4and maintaining Emacs. These files are not part of Emacs releases
3because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know 5because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
4what you do when using them. 6what you do when using them.
5 7
6Brief description of scripts found here: 8
7 9* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release.
8admin.el utilities for setting version numbers and alike 10
9alloc-color.c a utility program that allocates a given number of 11** FOR-RELEASE
10 colors on X. Can be used to debug Emacs with 12
11 dense colormaps (PseudoColor). 13Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release.
12build-configs build Emacs in various configurations 14
13check-doc-strings check doc strings against documentation 15** make-tarball.txt
14cus-test.el tests for custom types and load problems 16
15diff-tar-files show files added/removed between two tar files 17Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc.
16make-emacs build Emacs in various ways 18
17make-tarball.txt instructions to create pretest or release tarballs 19** admin.el
18quick-install-emacs install emacs quickly (`incrementally') 20
19revdiff get CVS diffs of files 21Utilities for setting version numbers and alike.
22
23** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff
24
25Scripts used to prepare release announcements.
26
27
28* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs.
29
30** build-configs
31
32Build Emacs in various configurations.
33
34** make-emacs
35
36Build Emacs in various ways.
37
38** quick-install-emacs
39
40Install emacs quickly (`incrementally').
41
42** alloc-color.c
43
44A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X. Can
45be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor).
46
47** check-doc-strings
48
49Check doc strings against documentation.
50
51** cus-test.el
52
53Tests for custom types and load problems.
54
55** diff-tar-files
56
57Show files added/removed between two tar files.
58
59** revdiff
60
61Get CVS diffs of files.
62
63
64
65
66Local variables:
67mode: outline
68paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
69end:
20 70
21Brief description of sub-directories: 71Brief description of sub-directories:
22 72