Re: Relating Symbols

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

harven <harven@free.fr> writes:

> pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:
>
>> Nordlöw <per.nordlow@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Use the source!
>>
>> Same as your previous function.  Do you think we remember all these
>> answers?  It's always the same thing. You want something about
>> next-error, ok, C-h f next-error RET C-x o TAB RET and read the
>> source!
>
> I recently used a linux debian system and it seems that the elisp
> sources are not shipped with a standard install on this distribution.
> In fact there are only compiled .elc files on the system. This is a
> pity IMHO.
>
> I can grab the .el files from the emacs site, but I'm not sure where
> to put them, so that they become available through the help bindings.
> Besides that, they probably will be wipped out by the next automatic
> upgrade.
>
> Any solution to recover the sources, without recompiling everything ?

Yep, The sources are in their own package. Just install it.

Tim

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