Emacs has certain additional style and coding conventions.
-Ref: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards_toc.html
+Ref: http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/
Ref: GNU Coding Standards Info Manual
Ref: The "Tips" Appendix in the Emacs Lisp Reference.
* Getting the Source Code
-The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using CVS or Arch from
-the Savannah web site. It is important to write your patch based on
-this version; if you start from an older version, your patch may be
-outdated when you write it, and maintainers will have a hard time
-applying it.
+The latest version of Emacs can be downloaded using CVS (or other
+version control systems) from the Savannah web site. It is important
+to write your patch based on this version; if you start from an older
+version, your patch may be outdated when you write it, and maintainers
+will have a hard time applying it.
After you have downloaded the CVS source, you should read the file
INSTALL.CVS for build instructions (they differ to some extent from a
2009-12-15 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
+ * CONTRIBUTE (Coding Standards): Update URL.
+ (Getting the Source Code): Other VCSs are available.
+
* ORDERS: Update some URLs.
* edt-user.el: New file, split out from edt-user.doc.