Re: Compiling Emacs from source for hacking on it

[Akib Azmain Turja]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
>> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:26:17 +0600
>> 
>> >> "Can't open load file: No such file or directory, disp-table"
>> >
>> > disp-table.el is a package that comes with Emacs, so how come Emacs is
>> > unable to find it?
>> 
>> I have no idea.
>
> Is the file there?

No, I can't find it in the build directory.  Its in the source
directory.

>
>> > Is this with an installed Emacs or with Emacs that
>> > you run uninstalled from its source tree?
>> 
>> I'm not sure what you're tell about, but assuming you asking me whether
>> I have installed it.  No, I didn't install.  I'm trying to run
>> ./src/emacs -Q from the build directory.  Do I need to install it?
>
> No, you shouldn't need to install.  Emacs should run fine uninstalled.
>
> Does this help:
>
>   ./src/emacs -Q -l ./lisp/disp-table.el
>

Since ./lisp/disp-table.el isn't present in the build directory, so that
won't work.  But this also doesn't help:

  ./src/emacs -Q -l ./lisp/disp-table.el

Where ".." is the source directory.

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Akib Azmain Turja

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