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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-04-17 19:47:38 +0000
commit795b558be1c5514cab842ed36fb6301caccf6209 (patch)
tree7c8d3a6cd19cbb69890390c70bde76a777127e20 /INSTALL
parent5a72efd483ec5223a4e7773d801fad6c637bafe1 (diff)
downloademacs-795b558be1c5514cab842ed36fb6301caccf6209.tar.gz
Move the info about site-lisp dirs,
and say uninstalled Emacs looks there too.
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+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -466,17 +466,6 @@ are installed in the following directories:
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 @@ are installed in the following directories:
`/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