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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2010-10-11 20:47:36 -0700
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2010-10-11 20:47:36 -0700
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* README: Updates.
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@@ -65,16 +65,15 @@ There are several subdirectories:
which can't be directly produced by your keyboard.
`lib-src' holds the source code for some utility programs for use by or
with Emacs, like movemail and etags.
-`etc' holds miscellaneous architecture-independent data files
- Emacs uses, like the tutorial text and the Zippy the Pinhead
- quote database. The contents of the `lisp', `leim', `info',
- `man', `lispref', and `lispintro' subdirectories are
- architecture-independent too.
+`etc' holds miscellaneous architecture-independent data files Emacs
+ uses, like the tutorial text and tool bar images.
+ The contents of the `lisp', `leim', `info', and `doc'
+ subdirectories are architecture-independent too.
`info' holds the Info documentation tree for Emacs.
`doc/emacs' holds the source code for the Emacs Manual. If you modify the
manual sources, you will need the `makeinfo' program to produce
an updated manual. `makeinfo' is part of the GNU Texinfo
- package; you need version 4.6 or later of Texinfo.
+ package; you need a suitably recent version of Texinfo.
`doc/lispref' holds the source code for the Emacs Lisp reference manual.
`doc/lispintro' holds the source code for the Introduction to Programming
in Emacs Lisp manual.
@@ -85,10 +84,9 @@ There are several subdirectories:
to building and running Emacs on Windows 9X/ME/NT/2000/XP.
`test' holds tests for various aspects of Emacs's functionality.
- Building Emacs on non-Posix platforms requires to install tools
-that aren't part of the standard distribution of the OS. The
-platform-specific README files and installation instructions should
-list the required tools.
+ Building Emacs on non-Posix platforms requires tools that aren't part
+of the standard distribution of the OS. The platform-specific README
+files and installation instructions should list the required tools.
This file is part of GNU Emacs.