# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1082231258 0 # Node ID 88d561445a397b5cb3f2bb51862b1c39ce911c60 # Parent a8c656111ab7cc5d899881b62e3a1597c74b210f Move the info about site-lisp dirs, and say uninstalled Emacs looks there too. diff -r a8c656111ab7 -r 88d561445a39 INSTALL --- a/INSTALL Sat Apr 17 02:04:27 2004 +0000 +++ b/INSTALL Sat Apr 17 19:47:38 2004 +0000 @@ -466,17 +466,6 @@ at the same time; in particular, you don't have to make Emacs unavailable while installing a new version. -`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp - files installed for Emacs version VERSION only. - -`/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp - files installed for all Emacs versions. - - When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files - in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in - `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in - `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'. - `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc' holds the Emacs tutorial, the DOC file, the `yow' database, and other architecture-independent files Emacs might need while @@ -506,6 +495,20 @@ `/usr/local/man/man1' holds the man pages for the programs installed in `/usr/local/bin'. +Any version of Emacs, whether installed or not, also looks for Lisp +files in these directories. + +`/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp + files installed for Emacs version VERSION only. + +`/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp' holds the local Emacs Lisp + files installed for all Emacs versions. + + When Emacs is installed, it searches for its Lisp files + in `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp', then in + `/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp', and finally in + `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp'. + If these directories are not what you want, you can specify where to install Emacs's libraries and data files or where Emacs should search for its Lisp files by giving values for `make' variables as part of