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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1995-05-07 06:13:58 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1995-05-07 06:13:58 +0000 |
| commit | e87a1f7203adc6d542d7b6e9a2c753fea7c691e1 (patch) | |
| tree | d9c03d2eb611ddf08c81ceb69001527dbd3537c5 /INSTALL | |
| parent | fc0a5ff23cb26fc2b38082451d883d2ec4d59c91 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-e87a1f7203adc6d542d7b6e9a2c753fea7c691e1.tar.gz | |
Clarification about running executable in place.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -170,11 +170,14 @@ and `./etc/termcap.dat' may already contain appropriately-modified entries. 7) Run `make' in the top directory of the Emacs distribution to finish -building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file will be -named `src/emacs'. If you want to have Emacs's executable programs -and data files installed as well, run `make install'. - -By default, Emacs installs its files in the following directories: +building Emacs in the standard way. The final executable file is +named `src/emacs'. You can execute this file "in place" without +copying it, if you wish; then it automatically uses the sibling +directories ../lisp, ../lib-src, ../info. + +Or you can "install" the executable and the other Emacs into their +installed locations, with `make install'. By default, Emacs's files +are installed in the following directories: `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run - `emacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient', |