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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.





  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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