X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fxemacs%2Fstartup.texi;h=dde0945b050680d4d73a8a15d2801b3f738d1806;hb=7c79e0865768c34f26e36e32cb2ea5dedfc01ce5;hp=263feb55f9eb1578193c46ff27c77fced28cb3ac;hpb=ea21eb75bbf90355514d65686bd53bea579f8e23;p=chise%2Fxemacs-chise.git- diff --git a/man/xemacs/startup.texi b/man/xemacs/startup.texi index 263feb5..dde0945 100644 --- a/man/xemacs/startup.texi +++ b/man/xemacs/startup.texi @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -@node Startup Paths, Basic, Command Switches, Top +@node Startup Paths, Packages, Command Switches, Top @comment node-name, next, previous, up @section How XEmacs finds Directories and Files @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ hierarchy is called a @dfn{root}. @cindex root of a hierarchy Whenever this section refers to a directory using the shorthand @code{}, it means that XEmacs searches for it under all -hierarchies under all hierarchies XEmacs was able to scrounge up. In a +hierarchies XEmacs was able to scrounge up. In a running XEmacs, the hierarchy roots are stored in the variable @code{emacs-roots}. @vindex emacs-roots @@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ up in the various XEmacs paths. Early package hierarchies are at the very front, late ones somewhere in the middle, and last hierarchies are (you guessed it) last. -By default, XEmacs expects an early package hierarchy in the a -subdirectory @file{.xemacs} of the user's home directory. +By default, XEmacs expects an early package hierarchy in the +subdirectory @file{.xemacs/xemacs-packages} of the user's home +directory. Moreover, XEmacs expects late hierarchies in the subdirectories @file{site-packages}, @file{mule-packages}, and @file{xemacs-packages} @@ -77,19 +78,19 @@ subdirectory and prefer directories found there. By default, XEmacs does not have a pre-configured last package hierarchy. Last hierarchies are primarily for using package hierarchies of outdated versions of XEmacs as a fallback option. For example, it is -possible to run XEmacs 21.0 with the 20.4 package hierarchy as a last +possible to run XEmacs 21 with the 20.4 package hierarchy as a last hierarchy. It is possible to specify at configure-time the location of the various package hierarchies with the @code{--package-path} option to configure. @cindex package path The early, late, and last components of the package path are separated -by double instead of single colons. If three components are present, -they are locate the early, late, and last package hierarchies +by double instead of single colons. If all three components are +present, they locate the early, late, and last package hierarchies respectively. If two components are present, they locate the early and -late hierarchies. If only one component is present, it locates the late -hierarchy. At run time, the package path may also be specified via the -@code{EMACSPACKAGEPATH} environment variable. +late hierarchies. If only one component is present, it locates the +late hierarchy. At run time, the package path may also be specified via +the @code{EMACSPACKAGEPATH} environment variable. An XEmacs package is laid out just like a normal installed XEmacs lisp directory. It may have @file{lisp}, @file{etc}, @file{info}, and @@ -158,16 +159,6 @@ variable @code{INFOPATH} @vindex INFOPATH to @code{Info-directory-list}. -@item lock-directory -@itemx superlock-file -@vindex lock-directory -@vindex superlock-file -Are the site-specific locations of the lock directory and the superlock -file, respectively. The @code{lock-directory} variable may also be -initialized from the @code{EMACSLOCKDIR} -@vindex EMACSLOCKDIR -environment variable. - @item exec-directory @vindex exec-directory Is the directory of architecture-dependent files that come with XEmacs,