Re: GTK2 support in Emacs 21.3.1?

["D. D. Brierton" <darren@dzr-web.com>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:59:17 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/emacs will tell you how to get the
> CVS code where you can find the etc/NEWS file, the manuals,
> the source elisp code, ...
> 
> You'll immediately see that the NEWS file is right now just a long list
> of things with no structure and is thus inconvenient for new users
> who can't easily skip things they're not interested in.
> 
> You can also read, re-read, re-re-read the manual and send us patches
> for typos, or point out places where the doc is difficult to understand,
> or incomplete, or out-of-date, or plain wrong.
> 
> Same thing for the docstrings, of course.  Passing the various elisp
> packages through ispell is also a good idea.  Passing them through
> checkdoc-current-buffer is also a good idea (although it requires more
> skill and judgment to decide whether a warning should be fixed or not).
> 
> You can do the proofread the elisp manual, which will also help
> you to get acquainted with the actual code, so you can start sending
> us patches to the code.

Okay, thanks for the info. I think the NEWS file and the manual are the
obvious places for me to start. I'll be especially suited to pointing out
which bits are hard to understand. I wouldn't hold your breath for any
code patches from me, however!

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