Mercurial > emacs
changeset 21343:a3059cd301f1
Remove some directories that don't really work now.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 03 Apr 1998 01:52:38 +0000 |
| parents | efdf4fe4875b |
| children | 6e3839022c76 |
| files | INSTALL |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/INSTALL Thu Apr 02 22:48:51 1998 +0000 +++ b/INSTALL Fri Apr 03 01:52:38 1998 +0000 @@ -391,33 +391,7 @@ path variables - `bindir' and `libexecdir'. The above variables serve analogous purposes in the makefiles for all -GNU software; here are some variables specific to Emacs. - -`lispdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects its Lisp library. - Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above), is - `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/lisp' (where `VERSION' is as - described above). - -`locallisppath' indicates where Emacs should search for Lisp files - specific to your site. It should be a colon-separated list of - directories; Emacs checks them in order before checking - `lispdir'. Its default value, based on `datadir' (see above), is - `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp'. - -`lisppath' is the complete list of directories Emacs should search for - its Lisp files; its default value is the concatenation of - `locallisppath' and `lispdir'. It should be a colon-separated - list of directories; Emacs checks them in the order they - appear. - -`etcdir' indicates where Emacs should install and expect the rest of - its architecture-independent data, like the tutorial, DOC - file, and yow database. Its default value, based on `datadir' - (which see), is `/usr/local/share/emacs/VERSION/etc'. - -`lockdir' indicates the directory where Emacs keeps track of its - locking information. Its default value, based on - `sharedstatedir' (which see), is `/usr/local/com/emacs/lock'. +GNU software; this variable is specific to Emacs. `archlibdir' indicates where Emacs installs and expects the executable files and other architecture-dependent data it uses while @@ -433,6 +407,11 @@ directory, but be aware that running the `configure' program erases `Makefile' and rebuilds it from `Makefile.in'. +The path for finding Lisp files is specified in src/paths.h, +a file which is generated by running configure. To change the path, +you can edit the definition of PATH_LOADSEARCH in that file +before you run `make'. + The top-level Makefile stores the variable settings it used in the Makefiles for the subdirectories, so you don't have to specify them when running make in the subdirectories.