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1 This directory contains source code for the parts of Emacs that are
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2 written in Emacs Lisp. *.el files are Emacs Lisp source, and the
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3 corresponding *.elc files are byte-compiled versions. Byte-compiled
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4 files are architecture-independent.
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6 The term subdirectory contains Lisp files that customize Emacs for
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7 certain terminal types. When Emacs starts, it checks the TERM
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8 environment variable to get the terminal type and loads
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9 `term/${TERM}.el' if it exists.
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11 The other subdirectories hold Lisp packages grouped by their general
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12 purpose.
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