Re: source-directory, installed Emacs, and C source

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: sbaugh@catern.com
> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 10:29:18 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> >> From: sbaugh@catern.com
> >> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 09:43:31 -0400
> >> 
> >> > My suggestion, then, is that we should allow customizing Emacs to
> >> > prefer jumping to source-directory over jumping to the installed
> >> > copies of the Lisp files.
> >> 
> >> e.g. the installed copies of the Lisp files still exist, they just
> >> aren't opened when jumping to the definitions.
> >
> > Why not?
> 
> Because the files in source-directory are opened instead, because that
> matches the behavior with C files, and perhaps some users would like
> consistency.

There's no such "consistency" in Emacs.  The "consistency" we support
is that the Lisp files are expected to be in the installed tree.  If
they are there, I see no reason to look for them in any other
directory, and you didn't provide any real reason.  I originally
thought that you want to remove the *.el files from the installation
tree, but now I understand you don't, and I'm therefore completely
baffled about the your feature request.