Mercurial > emacs
changeset 24158:7d0dbc0a2f03
Update on LCD maintenance.
| author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> |
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| date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:09:19 +0000 |
| parents | 19192d7c0e53 |
| children | 67f80db6c62e |
| files | etc/FAQ |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/etc/FAQ Sat Jan 23 22:03:46 1999 +0000 +++ b/etc/FAQ Sat Jan 23 22:09:19 1999 +0000 @@ -2308,12 +2308,13 @@ so before you use or modify a Lisp package, see if the author has provided any hints in the source code. - If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code Directory, - (formerly?) maintained by Dave Brennan. The directory is contained - in the file LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see - question 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from - the same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can grab - from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get + If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code + Directory, maintained (unfortunately slowly at present) by Dave + Brennan <brennan@gnu.org>. The directory is contained in the file + LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see question + 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from the + same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can + grab from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get lispdir.el. Once you have installed lispdir.el and LCD-datafile, you can use "M-x @@ -2377,9 +2378,6 @@ them. You should also use binary mode whenever you retrieve any files with names ending in ".elc". - Note that the archive is apparently not being maintained at the time of - writing; a volunteer to take on the task would be welcome. - Packages which have been posted to gnu.emacs.sources should be locatable via a service like Dejanews.