# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 982417965 0 # Node ID 22f75550e7884b2c4f8d66adb51e2252b0363f5e # Parent 44a6f7ea121f04931ca8e91c8e5dfd86fe5881ea Rewrite discussion of load-dangerous-libraries. diff -r 44a6f7ea121f -r 22f75550e788 man/building.texi --- a/man/building.texi Sat Feb 17 13:51:18 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/building.texi Sat Feb 17 13:52:45 2001 +0000 @@ -652,12 +652,10 @@ @vindex load-dangerous-libraries @cindex Lisp files byte-compiled by XEmacs - By default, Emacs refuses to load compiled Lisp files which weren't -compiled with Emacs. This is because an incompatible change was -introduced into XEmacs' byte compiler, which could produce files with -byte codes that cause Emacs to crash. Set the variable -@code{load-dangerous-libraries} to t if you want to change this -behavior. + By default, Emacs refuses to load compiled Lisp files which were +compiled with XEmacs, a modified versions of Emacs---they can cause +Emacs to crash. Set the variable @code{load-dangerous-libraries} to +@code{t} if you want to try loading them. @node Lisp Eval @section Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions