From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dani Moncayo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18840: 24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:49:39 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83lho24y28.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414342228 25464 80.91.229.3 (26 Oct 2014 16:50:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:50:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 18840@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 26 17:50:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR1H-0004R2-E8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:50:19 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57404 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR1H-0002eY-2w for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:50:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51722) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR18-0002dk-Lb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:50:16 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR12-0005um-GA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:50:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44041) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR12-0005uG-Da for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:50:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR11-0007Jh-1s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:50:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Dani Moncayo Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:50:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 18840 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 18840-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B18840.141434219028100 (code B ref 18840); Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:50:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 18840) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Oct 2014 16:49:50 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36139 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR0n-0007J9-J0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:49:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wg0-f48.google.com ([74.125.82.48]:36548) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XiR0j-0007Io-O6 for 18840@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 12:49:46 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-wg0-f48.google.com with SMTP id m15so2184898wgh.31 for <18840@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:49:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=8WPBbR8yEGq7nt2USacxa8PpJnUiU168tYy9CnmmOx4=; b=U7vkY7qIAvTvZ2plSmIImgTQrKcKvAyo3vn4HTIIoygh8NEqG+vTXWO0VAE6U/b8cz qfQJc86mojlXMIOWs9cX0a3hwu9MWtn+UbKFXigXCXZ1M9oJL4lCzU5rlH/b3S43usdG 2oAXzZg2LXeEKC3lCdvOVLT9/g3tKdKKlzgX/ZlM8tyN2toqaz3B97PHmXriTeulASRm hEFC2keiO/KSKMV/PAcxwlgfmlrjsphlw8E4hp6TBCWwSuMjVj2R6wxjgbKeX5NztmpC ee8cUBCXREKg5HtIPkoHuRCouzeLusC3oxYZOjiEnCdZBi134vNP1zRKwR4CMd3r1vNt f+9A== X-Received: by 10.194.222.98 with SMTP id ql2mr5236755wjc.10.1414342179834; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:49:39 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.217.152.70 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Oct 2014 09:49:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83lho24y28.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:95113 >> This snipped from the file nt/README.W32: >> ------------------------- >> * Preliminaries >> >> Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec, >> share, and var). >> ------------------------- >> is obsolete, since now this file is placed under >> 'share/emacs/VERSION/' on the binary distribution. >> >> So, it should be either reworded or removed. > > Actually, I think that file should be manually copied to the top-level > directory, after "make install" finishes. Otherwise, the probability > of it being discovered by users is probably close to zero. That's a possibility, but I think we also should: * Reword that section to make it independent of the location of the README.W32 file (the current wording is not valid for the copy in 'share/emacs/VERSION'). * Tell the user _not_ to copy the top-level README.W32 when setting up his/her Emacs setup (individual packages should not pollute the top level directory). For example, something along these lines: === modified file 'nt/README.W32' --- nt/README.W32 2014-10-09 00:47:30 +0000 +++ nt/README.W32 2014-10-26 16:33:39 +0000 @@ -21,12 +21,19 @@ * Preliminaries - Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec, - share, and var). + The binary distribution has these top-level directories: + + + bin: + + + libexec: + + + share: + + + var: * Setting up Emacs - To install Emacs, simply unpack all the files into a directory of + To install Emacs, simply unpack the top-level directories into a directory of your choice. To complete the installation process, you can optionally run the program addpm.exe in the bin subdirectory. This will put an icon for Emacs in the Start Menu under -- Dani Moncayo