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diff --git a/lisp/README b/lisp/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e250a700426 --- /dev/null +++ b/lisp/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +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. + |