From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 18840@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18840: 24.4; nt/README.W32: obsolete snippet
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 17:49:39 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH8Pv0h2xWArigsVsXADWBY0Yz7MPKJePMeuPkvsQuMH3yHWZw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83lho24y28.fsf@gnu.org>
>> This snipped from the file nt/README.W32:
>> -------------------------
>> * Preliminaries
>>
>> Along with this file should be four subdirectories (bin, libexec,
>> share, and var).
>> -------------------------
>> is obsolete, since now this file is placed under
>> 'share/emacs/VERSION/' on the binary distribution.
>>
>> So, it should be either reworded or removed.
>
> Actually, I think that file should be manually copied to the top-level
> directory, after "make install" finishes. Otherwise, the probability
> of it being discovered by users is probably close to zero.
That's a possibility, but I think we also should:
* Reword that section to make it independent of the location of the
README.W32 file (the current wording is not valid for the copy in
'share/emacs/VERSION').
* Tell the user _not_ to copy the top-level README.W32 when setting up
his/her Emacs setup (individual packages should not pollute the top
level directory).
For example, something along these lines:
=== modified file 'nt/README.W32'
--- nt/README.W32 2014-10-09 00:47:30 +0000
+++ nt/README.W32 2014-10-26 16:33:39 +0000
@@ -21,12 +21,19 @@
* Preliminaries
- 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>
* 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. To complete the installation process, you can
optionally run the program addpm.exe in the bin subdirectory. This
will put an icon for Emacs in the Start Menu under
--
Dani Moncayo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-26 16:49 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 [this message]
2014-10-26 17:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
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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