From bd706047b9bb7ac7de6d34fb769b0eafac88c4fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Aspinall Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:06:52 +0000 Subject: Note about .elcs --- INSTALL | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 2d27dd5b..c36e664c 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -97,16 +97,16 @@ Byte Compilation. ----------------- Compilation of the Emacs lisp files improves efficiency but can -sometimes cause compatibility problems. It is not properly supported -in this release, because testing for these compatibility problems -takes too much time. If you want to experiment nonetheless, you can -compile Proof General by typing 'make' in the directory where you -installed it. This will result in lots of warnings and error messages -most of which can be ignored. Some files cannot be properly -byte-compiled at the moment because they contain settings which depend -on run-time; these will be deleted by the Makefile. Use 'make clean' -to remove all .elc files in case of problems. Check the Makefile sets -EMACS to your Emacs executable. +sometimes cause compatibility problems. In particular, byte compiled +files are generally not compatible between XEmacs and GNU Emacs. + +We distribute .elcs for XEmacs, so you will have to delete +them and (optionally) recompile for GNU Emacs. + +Use 'make clean' to remove all .elc files. +Use 'make compile' to recompile .elc files. + +Check that the Makefile sets EMACS to your Emacs executable. Site-wide Installation -- cgit v1.2.3