Re: TAGS

[simon cossar <scossar@telus.net>]

Thank you for your replies, I was looking everywhere for the elisp
source code - it's good to know it isn't there. I learned a lot about my
file system in the process. It would be great to see the .el files, as
I'm finding emacs lisp combined with the C-h f function surprisingly
easy to read. 
Thanks again,
Simon

On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 09:24 -0600, Perry Smith wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Am 23.01.2011 um 09:12 schrieb simon cossar:
> > 
> >> I am finding all sorts of .elc files. Is it possible that everything has been byte-compiled?
> > 
> > To save space an installation of GNU Emacs can be done by only installing the ELC files. If you want to see the EL files, i.e., it's not enough for you what C-h f <function name> RET returns, then get the GNU Emacs source code. Which is now at #23.2.
> 
> Also, it might work to post this same question to an ubuntu list asking for what to install to get the source.
> 
> In case you didn't get the gist of the previous replies, there are two kinds of source: elisp and c.  With a nice full install (like my Mac has), I can do C-h <function> to get the built in help.  And then I'll have a link at the top that will take me to the source no matter whether it is in lisp or C.  Very very nice to have.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Perry
>