# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1008925029 0 # Node ID 51535175921808693bd8a33549ad964c5fdc2aa6 # Parent a85200bb3831617411bdc34c5fbc8454c37212df Add info about the `leim' directory diff -r a85200bb3831 -r 515351759218 README --- a/README Fri Dec 21 08:56:39 2001 +0000 +++ b/README Fri Dec 21 08:57:09 2001 +0000 @@ -52,31 +52,35 @@ There are several subdirectories: -`src' holds the C code for Emacs (the Emacs Lisp interpreter and its - primitives, the redisplay code, and some basic editing functions). -`lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp code for Emacs (most everything else). -`lib-src' holds the source code for some utility programs for use by - or with Emacs, like movemail and etags. -`etc' holds miscellaneous architecture-independent data files - Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead quote - database. The contents of the `lisp', `info', `man', and `lispref' - subdirectories are architecture-independent too. - -`info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs. -`man' holds the source code for the Emacs Manual. If you modify the - manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce - an updated manual. `makeinfo' is part of the GNU Texinfo - package; you need version 4.0 or later of Texinfo. -`lispref' holds the source code for the Emacs Lisp reference manual. +`src' holds the C code for Emacs (the Emacs Lisp interpreter and + its primitives, the redisplay code, and some basic editing + functions). +`lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp code for Emacs (most everything else). +`leim' holds the library of Emacs input methods, Lisp code and + auxiliary data files required to type international characters + which can't be directly produced by your keyboard. +`lib-src' holds the source code for some utility programs for use by or + with Emacs, like movemail and etags. +`etc' holds miscellaneous architecture-independent data files + Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead + quote database. The contents of the `lisp', `leim', `info', + `man', `lispref', and `lispintro' subdirectories are + architecture-independent too. +`info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs. +`man' holds the source code for the Emacs Manual. If you modify the + manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce + an updated manual. `makeinfo' is part of the GNU Texinfo + package; you need version 4.0 or later of Texinfo. +`lispref' holds the source code for the Emacs Lisp reference manual. `lispintro' holds the source code for the Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp manual. -`msdos' holds configuration files for compiling Emacs under MSDOG. -`vms' holds instructions and useful files for running Emacs under VMS. -`nt' holds various command files and documentation files that pertain - to running Emacs on Windows NT. -`mac' holds instructions, sources, and other useful files for building - and running Emacs on the Mac. +`msdos' holds configuration files for compiling Emacs under MSDOG. +`vms' holds instructions and useful files for running Emacs under VMS. +`nt' holds various command files and documentation files that pertain + to building and running Emacs on Windows 9X/ME/NT/2000/XP. +`mac' holds instructions, sources, and other useful files for building + and running Emacs on the Mac. Building Emacs on non-Posix platforms requires to install tools that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS. The