XEmacs 21.2.9

[chise/xemacs-chise.git.1] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index cab2f7b..2cef985 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ are installed in the following directories:
 By default, XEmacs installs its files in the following directories:
 
 `/usr/local/bin' holds the executable programs users normally run -
-               `xemacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient',
+               `xemacs', `etags', `ctags', `b2m', `emacsclient', `ellcc',
                `gnuclient', `gnudoit', `gnuattach', and `rcs-checkin'.
 
 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/lisp' holds the Emacs Lisp libraries;
@@ -483,6 +483,17 @@ By default, XEmacs installs its files in the following directories:
                kinds of machines share the file system XEmacs is
                installed on.
 
+`/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules' holds the Emacs
+               dynamically loadable modules.  These are special programs
+               typically written in C that can be loaded in much the same
+               way that Lisp packages are.  Not all systems support
+               dynamic modules, so do not be alarmed if this directory
+               does not exist or is empty.
+
+               XEmacs searches for modules in this directory, or any
+               sub-directory of it, and then in
+               `/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-modules/*'.
+
 `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/info' holds the on-line documentation
                for XEmacs, known as "info files".
 
@@ -623,6 +634,15 @@ GNU software; here are some variables specific to XEmacs.
        above), is `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME'
        (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
 
+`moduledir' indicates where XEmacs installs and expects to find
+       any dynamic modules.  Its default value, based on
+       `archlibdir' (see above) is
+       `/usr/local/lib/xemacs-VERSION/CONFIGURATION-NAME/modules'
+       (where VERSION and CONFIGURATION-NAME are as described above).
+       By their very nature, dynamic loadable modules are architecture-
+       dependant, and care should be taken not to set this directory
+       to a system- or architecture-independant directory.
+
 Remember that you must specify any variable values you need each time
 you run `make' in the top directory.  If you run `make' once to build
 xemacs, test it, and then run `make' again to install the files, you