changeset 31027:561ef681eab5

Document load-dangerous-libraries.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:12:55 +0000
parents 3cd6db455d11
children b72824a73f3c
files man/building.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/building.texi	Tue Aug 22 09:05:59 2000 +0000
+++ b/man/building.texi	Tue Aug 22 09:12:55 2000 +0000
@@ -645,6 +645,15 @@
 Thus, the compiled code for @file{foo.el} goes in @file{foo.elc}.
 That's why @code{load-library} searches for @samp{.elc} files first.
 
+@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.
+
 @node Lisp Eval
 @section Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions
 @cindex Emacs-Lisp mode