From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Cc: 18840@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18840: 24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 19:17:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83egtu4up5.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0h2xWArigsVsXADWBY0Yz7MPKJePMeuPkvsQuMH3yHWZw@mail.gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:49:39 +0100
> From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
> Cc: 18840@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> - Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec,
> - share, and var).
> + The binary distribution has these top-level directories:
> +
> + + bin: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> + + libexec: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> + + share: <explain briefly its contents>
> +
> + + var: <explain briefly its contents>
This is OK (and I don't think we must describe the contents of each
subdirectory, but I will certainly not object to it).
> * 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.
None of this is accurate. Instead, we should say
To install Emacs, simply unpack the binary zip into a directory of
your choice.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-26 17:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-26 9:47 bug#18840: 24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet Dani Moncayo
2014-10-26 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-26 16:49 ` Dani Moncayo
2014-10-26 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2014-10-26 17:55 ` Dani Moncayo
2014-10-26 18:05 ` Dani Moncayo
2014-10-26 18:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-10-26 18:40 ` Dani Moncayo
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