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authorDave Love <fx@gnu.org>2001-01-17 18:34:29 +0000
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+This directory contains source code for the parts of Emacs that are
+written in Emacs Lisp. *.el files are Emacs Lisp source, and the
+corresponding *.elc files are byte-compiled versions. Byte-compiled
+files are architecture-independent.
+
+The term subdirectory contains Lisp files that customize Emacs for
+certain terminal types. When Emacs starts, it checks the TERM
+environment variable to get the terminal type and loads
+`term/${TERM}.el' if it exists.
+
+The other subdirectories hold Lisp packages grouped by their general
+purpose.
+