# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 799827238 0
# Node ID ae51069237f25d37c32aa5c9f1a08daeb33989b3
# Parent  072d319a485f3a05f9e5e0a7e6e3a73c9b29b691
Clarification about running executable in place.

diff -r 072d319a485f -r ae51069237f2 INSTALL
--- a/INSTALL	Sun May 07 04:36:44 1995 +0000
+++ b/INSTALL	Sun May 07 06:13:58 1995 +0000
@@ -170,11 +170,14 @@
 entries.
 
 7) Run `make' in the top directory of the Emacs distribution to finish
-building Emacs in the standard way.  The final executable file will be
-named `src/emacs'.  If you want to have Emacs's executable programs
-and data files installed as well, run `make install'.
+building Emacs in the standard way.  The final executable file is
+named `src/emacs'.  You can execute this file "in place" without
+copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling
+directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info.
 
-By default, Emacs installs its files in the following directories:
+Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their
+installed locations, with `make install'.  By default, Emacs's files
+are installed in the following directories:
 
 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
 		`emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient',