From: Dave Love Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 22:09:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Update on LCD maintenance. X-Git-Tag: emacs-20.4~791 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2e92a8cb870d3d94b3e98332e296ca530f3ce99a;p=emacs.git Update on LCD maintenance. --- diff --git a/etc/FAQ b/etc/FAQ index eb2c912a440..8730ef4ea84 100644 --- a/etc/FAQ +++ b/etc/FAQ @@ -2308,12 +2308,13 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages so before you use or modify a Lisp package, see if the author has provided any hints in the source code. - If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code Directory, - (formerly?) maintained by Dave Brennan. The directory is contained - in the file LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see - question 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from - the same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can grab - from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get + If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code + Directory, maintained (unfortunately slowly at present) by Dave + Brennan . The directory is contained in the file + LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see question + 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from the + same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can + grab from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get lispdir.el. Once you have installed lispdir.el and LCD-datafile, you can use "M-x @@ -2377,9 +2378,6 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages them. You should also use binary mode whenever you retrieve any files with names ending in ".elc". - Note that the archive is apparently not being maintained at the time of - writing; a volunteer to take on the task would be welcome. - Packages which have been posted to gnu.emacs.sources should be locatable via a service like Dejanews.