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Move the info about site-lisp dirs, and say uninstalled Emacs looks there too.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 17 Apr 2004 19:47:38 +0000
parents a8c656111ab7
children 5e2b4f7225cb
files INSTALL
diffstat 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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