Re: Undocumented elisp_type_hierarchy.{jpg|txt} in info directory.

[Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>]

On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 16:39:56 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman@gmx.net>
>> Cc: rms@gnu.org,  all_but_last@163.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2024 13:39:20 +0200
>>
>> On Sat, 06 Apr 2024 09:45:19 +0300 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> >> From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
>> >> Cc: all_but_last@163.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> >> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2024 17:41:19 -0400
>> >>
>> >>   > This is incorrect.  Info manuals can include images, for those Info
>> >>   > readers which (like Emacs) are capable of displaying images.  See the
>> >>   > node "Images" in the Texinfo manual.
>> >>
>> >> Do we publish any text about this issue
>> >> that we should update?
>> >
>> > If you mean in files like INSTALL in our distribution, or in some
>> > other GNU manuals, then no, I don't think we should update anything.
>>
>> Should INSTALL say anything about native compilation, e.g. that it
>> requires libgccjit, which Emacs uses by default if present, otherwise
>> configure with --with-native-compilation=no to build without it?  If so,
>> then should section 6 under DETAILED BUILDING AND INSTALLATION also
>> refer to the sibling directory ../native-lisp?
>>
>> Beyond these possible updates, it might be helpful to augment section 6
>> to point out the following differences between in-tree and out-of-tree
>> builds (since section 3b refers to building "in a separate directory"):
>> When executing src/emacs in-place in an out-of-tree build, it uses the
>> top-level lisp and info directories of the source directory, not of the
>> build directory, but it uses the lib-src and native-lisp directories of
>> the build directory.
>
> Is this relevant to the issue discussed in this thread?
>
> If you want to suggest additions and changes to INSTALL, feel free,
> but please start a new thread about that.  This one is about a very
> specific aspect of the Emacs installation: image files used by our
> manuals.

Oops, my eye just focussed on "I don't think we should update anything"
and disregarded the Subject line; sorry.  I've now proposed a patch in
bug#70246.

Steve Berman