Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/01/04/08:13:12
On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Ralph Proctor wrote:
> In the simtel/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu directory I found
> em1934l2.zip [notice the L instead of an R]
> The old em1934r2.zip is still there.
These files are NOT interchangeable. The em1934r?.zip files are
*required* for running (hence the `r') Emacs. The em1934l?.zip files are
the sources of all Lisp functions for the various features that Emacs
supports. The em1934r?.zip files include the byte-compiled versions of
the files inside em1934l?.zip, which is enough for Emacs to automatically
load the necessary files when some optional feature is invoked.
So you don't need the em1934l?.zip files for routine operation.
However, you might want to have em1934l?.zip, at least in compressed
form, if you want to consult the documentation of each package. This
docs is only available in the *.el files within em1934l?.zip, in form of
comments, near the beginning of each file. Usually, this docs is much
more detailed than the on-line manual (and some packages aren't even
described in the manual).
So, if you can afford the disk space, I highly recommend to have the
em1934l?.zip as well and consult the files there whenever you begin to
use some optional Emacs package, or want to customize its behavior.
I believe this is explained in the file README.dos which comes with the
distribution, and also in the file emacs.README on SimTel.
> What is this L file for? I notice it has an info directory.
I don't see any info directory in any of the em1934l?.zip. It is in
em1934r?.zip, because that's where the Emacs on-line manual lives.
> Is this a update or maybe something to do with Linux.
Don't pay attention to the dates, different files can have different
dates because I did several bug-fixing uploads since the original one.
All the files on SimTel should be up to date.
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