1985-07-15 13:20:18 +02:00
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This directory holds the latest distribution version of GNU Emacs.
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The subdirectory `src' holds the C code,
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`lisp' holds the Lisp code for the editing commands,
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`etc' holds various associated documentation files
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and programs that Emacs runs,
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`info' holds the Info documentation tree.
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`man' holds the source of the Emacs manual.
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1986-04-17 23:44:13 +02:00
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`dbx' holds a version of dbx that can debug GNU Emacs.
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It runs only on Vaxes.
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See etc/DEBUG for info on how to debug.
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`cpp' holds a C preprocessor for use instead of the installed one
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when the installed one fails to distinguish more than 8 characters
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in a symbol name.
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1986-04-10 05:43:53 +02:00
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`shortnames' holds programs and data files for creating files of #define's
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used to convert long symbol names to distinct short ones
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for C compiles that cannot distinguish more than 8 characters.
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1985-07-15 13:20:18 +02:00
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The file INSTALL in this directory says how to bring up
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GNU Emacs, once you have loaded the entire subtree of this
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directory. It also contains information on many common
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problems that occur in building, installing and running Emacs.
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The `etc' subdirectory contains several other files,
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named in capital letters, which you should look at
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when installing GNU Emacs.
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