Sam Steingold <sds(a)goems.com> writes:
> >> > No and no. After installation, the packages can be found under:
> >> > ${prefix}/lib/xemacs/[xemacs|mule]-packages/lisp/<pack>/
> >> > etc/<pack>/
> >> > info/<pack>-*.info
>
> incidentally, why `lib'?
Historical reasons, probably. XEmacs still installs under
/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION, as opposed to
/usr/local/share/<whatever>. I am all for the change to share, but it
hasn't been implemented yet.
> libs are platform dependent, while emacs byte-compiled files are
> not, so they should be installed under `share', right?
Right.
> >> Also note that you can tell XEmacs where its packages are using
> >> --package-path at configure time. That's what I do.
>
> Hopeless. I want to get the packages via CVS and keep them under
> /usr/src/xemacs/lisp/. They are /usr/src/xemacs/lisp/xemacs-w3/*,
> /usr/src/xemacs/lisp/xemacs-gnus/*, &c. I will **NOT** be
> installing XEmacs under ${prefix}, so if it cannot be run "in-place"
> with the packages I want, just say so and I will leave you alone.
But XEmacs can be run "in-place" -- that's how I'm running it. I
compile XEmacs with --package-path=$HOME/work/emacs/xemacs-packages,
and run $HOME/work/emacs/xemacs-beta/mybin/src/xemacs, and it works
for me.
Am I somehow misunderstanding what you want to do.
> So, what are the **EXACT** instructions?
> Like what should the --package-path argument be?
> (I tried `--package-path=/usr/src/xemacs/lisp/' and got compile
> errors).
Try without the /lisp part. That works for me.
> Look folks, I did RTFM, and I have installed numerous programs in
> the past. It might sound presumptuous, but I would say that if I
> can't figure out the docs, at least part of the problem is with the
> docs.
I totally agree. The packages are a relatively new feature, and the
documentation is lacking, to say the least. Again, thanks for the
persistence.
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