tidying the etc/ directory

tidying the etc/ directory

[Glenn Morris]

I think the etc/ directory is a bit of a mess, and I'd like to propose
the following reorganization (together with the associated code
changes, which are very minor):


1. mkdir tutorials
mv TUTORIAL* tutorials/

Edit startup.el and tutorial.el.


2. mkdir refcards
mv *.ps *.eps *.tex refcards/  # except ps-prin*.ps

Either change or move most of etc/Makefile.
Change refs in man/faq.texi.


3. mv *.pbm *.xpm images/

Tiny change in src/image.c, change READMEs.


4. mv tree-widget images/

No code changes AFAICS, since tree-widget.el already looks here too.

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Richard Stallman]

It seems like a good idea to me.
Please install it.

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Glenn Morris]

Richard Stallman wrote:

> It seems like a good idea to me.
> Please install it.

OK, I've done this. Please let me know of any goofs. I think I eventually
got the -kb flags right where required.

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Michaël Cadilhac]

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Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

> Richard Stallman wrote:
>
>> It seems like a good idea to me.
>> Please install it.
>
> OK, I've done this. Please let me know of any goofs. I think I eventually
> got the -kb flags right where required.

I'd have preferred to install my Makefile and *.tex changes for PDF
before that :-)

Well, whatever.  Oh, and a little remark: if you're cleaning up the
etc/ directory, it could be a good thing to rename the `e' subdirectory
to something more... Explicit. (Like, I don't know, `|' or `()').

Cheers!

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Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Glenn Morris]

Michaël Cadilhac wrote:

> I'd have preferred to install my Makefile and *.tex changes for PDF
> before that :-)

I'm sorry that I didn't think of that.

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Glenn Morris]

Michaël Cadilhac wrote:

> Oh, and a little remark: if you're cleaning up the etc/ directory,
> it could be a good thing to rename the `e' subdirectory to something
> more... Explicit.

I think the e/ subdirectory is perhaps required by terminfo and so
should not be renamed. Otherwise there's no point in having a
directory with just two files.

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Dan Nicolaescu]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

  > Michaël Cadilhac wrote:
  > 
  > > Oh, and a little remark: if you're cleaning up the etc/ directory,
  > > it could be a good thing to rename the `e' subdirectory to something
  > > more... Explicit.
  > 
  > I think the e/ subdirectory is perhaps required by terminfo and so
  > should not be renamed. Otherwise there's no point in having a
  > directory with just two files.

We could make it more explicit by moving it to etc/terminfo/e

Re: tidying the etc/ directory

[Richard Stallman]

    Well, whatever.  Oh, and a little remark: if you're cleaning up the
    etc/ directory, it could be a good thing to rename the `e' subdirectory
    to something more... Explicit. (Like, I don't know, `|' or `()').

I think there may be a specific terminfo reason for that name `e'.
For instance, that it is the initial of `eterm-color'.

If that is correct, it should be documented either in etc/README or in
etc/e/eterm-color.ti.