-@table @var
-@item symlink =
-Set this to 't' if you want to do a "run in place".
-Setting this doesn't work well with 'make bindist'
-
-@item XEMACS_PACKAGES =
-This is where you set the normal packages that you
-want to install. eg:
-@example
- XEMACS_PACKAGES = xemacs-packages/xemacs-base xemacs-packages/bbdb
-@end example
-
-@item XEMACS_STAGING = $@{XEMACS_PACKAGES_BASE@}/../Packages
-Set this to where you want normal packages to be
-installed to.
-
-@item PACKAGE_INDEX = package-index
-If you want the package-index file to have a different
-name, change this.
-
-@item BUILD_WITHOUT_MULE =
-Building from CVS defaults to building the Mule
-packages. Set this to 't' if you don't want/have Mule
-
-@item MULE_PACKAGES =
-Same as for 'XEMACS_PACKAGES' except you list the Mule
-packages you want to install here. eg:
-@example
- MULE_PACKAGES = mule-packages/mule-base mule-packages/skk
-@end example
-
-@item MULE_STAGING = $@{XEMACS_PACKAGES_BASE@}/../Mule-Packages
-Set this to where you want Mule packages installed
-to. Note: 'make bindist' does not use this variable.
-
-@item XEMACS = xemacs
-If your XEmacs isn't in your path, change this.
-
-@item XEMACS_NATIVE_NT =
-Set this to 't' if you are building on WinNT.
-
-@item INSTALL = install -c
-The path to your BSD compatible install program.
-
-@item TAR = tar
-The path to your tar program
-
-@item BZIP2 =
-If you want bzip2 tarballs, set this.
-
-@item MAKEINFO = makeinfo
-The path to your makeinfo program
-@end table
-
-
-@node Creating Packages, Available Packages, Local.rules File, Packages
-@comment node-name, next, previous, up
-@cindex creating packages
-@heading Creating Packages:
-Creating a package from an existing Lisp library is not very difficult.
-
-In addition to the Lisp libraries themselves, you need a
-@file{package-info.in} file and a simple @file{Makefile}. The rest is
-done by @file{XEmacs.rules}, part of the packaging system
-infrastructure.
-
-@file{package-info.in} contains a single Lisp form like this:
-
-@example
-(name ; your package's name
- (standards-version 1.1
- version VERSION
- author-version AUTHOR_VERSION
- date DATE
- build-date BUILD_DATE
- maintainer MAINTAINER
- distribution xemacs ; change to "mule" if MULE is needed
- priority high
- category CATEGORY
- dump nil
- description "description" ; a one-line description string
- filename FILENAME
- md5sum MD5SUM
- size SIZE
- provides (feature1 feature2) ; one for every `provides' form
- requires (REQUIRES)
- type regular
-))
-@end example
-
-You must fill in the four commented lines. The value of @code{name} is
-the name of your package as an unquoted symbol. Normally it is the name
-of the main Lisp file or principal feature provided. The allowed values
-for distribution are @code{xemacs} and @code{mule}. Write them as
-unquoted symbols. The @code{description} is a quoted Lisp string; use
-the usual conventions. The value for @code{provides} is a list of
-feature symbols (written unquoted). All of the features provided by
-libraries in your package should be elements of this list. Implementing
-an automatic method for generating the @file{provides} line is
-desirable, but as yet undone.
-
-The variables in upper-case are references to variables set in the
-@file{Makefile} or automatically generated. Do not change them; they
-are automatically filled in by the build process.
-
-The remaining lines refer to implementation constants
-(@code{standards-version}), or features that are unimplemented or have
-been removed (@code{priority} and @code{dump}). The @code{type} line is
-not normally relevant to external maintainers; the alternate value is
-@code{single-file}, which refers to packages consed up out of a number
-of single-file libraries that are more or less thematically related. An
-example is @code{prog-modes}. Single-file packages are basically for
-administrative convenience, and new packages should generally be created
-as regular packages.
-
-The @file{Makefile} is quite stylized. The idea is similar to an
-@file{Imakefile} or an @code{automake} file: the complexity is hidden in
-generic rules files, in this case the @file{XEmacs.rules} include file
-in the top directory of the packages hierarchy. Although a number of
-facilities are available for complex libraries, most simple packages'
-@file{Makefile}s contain a copyright notice, a few variable definitions,
-an include for @file{XEmacs.rules}, and a couple of standard targets.
-
-The first few @code{make} variables defined are @code{VERSION},
-@code{AUTHOR_VERSION}, @code{MAINTAINER}, @code{PACKAGE},
-@code{PKG_TYPE}, @code{REQUIRES}, and @code{CATEGORY}. All but one were
-described in the description of @file{package-info.in}. The last is an
-administrative grouping. Current categories include @code{standard},
-and @code{mule}.
-
-Next, define the variable @code{ELCS}. This contains the list of the
-byte-compiled Lisp files used by the package. These files and their
-@file{.el} versions will be included in the binary package. If there
-are other files (such as extra Lisp sources or an upstream
-@file{Makefile}) that are normally placed in the installed Lisp
-directory, but not byte-compiled, they can be listed as the value of
-@code{EXTRA_SOURCES}.
-
-The include is simply
-@example
-include ../../XEmacs.rules
-@end example
-
-The standard targets follow. These are
-
-@example
-all:: $(ELCS) auto-autoloads.elc
-
-srckit: srckit-alias
-
-binkit: binkit-alias
-@end example
-
-Other targets (such as Texinfo sources) may need to be added as
-dependencies for the @code{all} target. Dependencies for @code{srckit}
-and @code{binkit} (that is, values for @var{srckit-alias} and
-@var{binkit-alias}) are defined in @file{XEmacs.rules}. The most useful
-of these values are given in the following table.
-
-@table @var
-@item srckit-alias
-Usually set to @code{srckit-std}.
-
-@item binkit-alias
-May be set to @code{binkit-sourceonly}, @code{binkit-sourceinfo},
-@code{binkit-sourcedata}, or
-@code{binkit-sourcedatainfo}. @code{sourceonly} indicates there is
-nothing to install in a data directory or info directory.
-@code{sourceinfo} indicates that source and info files are to be
-installed. @code{sourcedata} indicates that source and etc (data) files
-are to be installed. @code{sourcedatainfo} indicates source, etc
-(data), and info files are to be installed.
-@end table
-
-Data files include things like pixmaps for a package-specific toolbar,
-and are normally installed in @file{etc/@var{PACKAGE_NAME}}. A few
-packages have needs beyond the basic templates. See @file{XEmacs.rules}
-or a future revision of this manual for details.
-
-@node Available Packages, , Creating Packages, Packages