From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#587: 23.0.60; To source or not to source (from help) Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:44:54 +0200 Message-ID: <489D9146.6040809@gmail.com> References: <489C1757.3060504@gmx.at> <489C2956.1030202@gmail.com> <489C3628.3000807@gmx.at> <489C39F0.50805@gmail.com> <489D8F7E.5020601@gmx.at> Reply-To: "Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)" , 587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1218287270 15602 80.91.229.12 (9 Aug 2008 13:07:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:07:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 09 15:08:41 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KRoBV-0004mp-5r for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:08:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55704 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoAZ-0007Sk-G9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoAK-0007I4-DU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoAI-0007Fo-Ih for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=44105 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KRoAI-0007Fb-Fb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:55230) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KRoAH-00066x-UO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:26 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m79D7NQ2012199; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 06:07:24 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id m79Ct4KS007328; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 05:55:04 -0700 X-Loop: don@donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Lennart Borgman (gmail)" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:55:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: don@donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: report 587 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 587-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B587.12182859044283 (code B ref 587); Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:55:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 587) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Aug 2008 12:45:04 +0000 Original-Received: from ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.213]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id m79Cixro004231 for <587@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Sat, 9 Aug 2008 05:45:00 -0700 Original-Received: from c83-254-151-176.bredband.comhem.se ([83.254.151.176]:61735 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1KRnoY-0005a3-8G; Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:44:58 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.9) Gecko/20071031 Thunderbird/2.0.0.9 Mnenhy/0.7.5.666 In-Reply-To: <489D8F7E.5020601@gmx.at> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 080808-0, 2008-08-08), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Originating-IP: 83.254.151.176 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1KRnoY-0005a3-8G. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp02.sth.basefarm.net 1KRnoY-0005a3-8G 6bb6c7e2f07e6cf5cde3ea4480662f91 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Resent-Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 09:07:27 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:19191 Archived-At: martin rudalics wrote: > > I did not look at the details again since I did not have time to fix > > this. I notice that C-h v takes me to the Emacs install tree I am using > > and C-h f takes me to the CVS checkout tree where I compiled Emacs. > > We can consistently try to go to the compile directory or to the install > directory first, whatever people want. A problem with the former > approach is that the definition might not be there any more, e.g., after > a fresh checkout. That's why I would probably prefer the latter. I would suggest something like this: - A variable to decide where to go - Possibly there should be a separate variable for the src tree - If not possible to go there: * If no other choice then give an error * Otherwise ask user wether to go to the other place (checkout/install)