>From d438f86698b69bd4a245724f7efcfa708d4b336f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2020 00:58:57 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Improve doc for emacs-source-directory (Bug#36527). --- INSTALL | 4 ++-- etc/NEWS | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index cb12e4a17a..7a1b46872d 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ DEBUGGING AN INSTALLED EMACS * Installed Emacs source code -Emacs installs a compressed copy of much of its source code, to make -it easy for users to read the source code of Emacs via commands like +Emacs typically installs a compressed copy of much of its source code, +to make it easy for users to read Emacs source code via commands like M-x describe-function (C-h f) to display the definition of a function. This compressed copy ordinarily includes both the Elisp source code that Emacs is mostly written in, as well as the C source code for the diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index c3a71ade8a..276b8f46e8 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ called when the function object is garbage-collected. Use ** 'parse-time-string' can now parse ISO 8601 format strings, such as "2020-01-15T16:12:21-08:00". -** The new variable 'emacs-source-directory' gives the Emacs source -code location. +** The new variable 'emacs-source-directory' gives the location of +a copy of the Emacs source code, which is now typically installed as a +set of compressed source-code files. * Changes in Emacs 28.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems -- 2.17.1