From 493c59e011886e50c68e43ec7b942ae347851c0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:12:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document load-dangerous-libraries. --- man/building.texi | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/building.texi b/man/building.texi index 12668fa7976..fcdf1f2e990 100644 --- a/man/building.texi +++ b/man/building.texi @@ -645,6 +645,15 @@ whose name consists of the library source file with @samp{c} appended. Thus, the compiled code for @file{foo.el} goes in @file{foo.elc}. That's why @code{load-library} searches for @samp{.elc} files first. +@vindex load-dangerous-libraries +@cindex Lisp files byte-compiled by XEmacs + By default, Emacs refuses to load compiled Lisp files which weren't +compiled with Emacs. This is because an incompatible change was +introduced into XEmacs' byte compiler, which could produce files with +byte codes that cause Emacs to crash. Set the variable +@code{load-dangerous-libraries} to t if you want to change this +behavior. + @node Lisp Eval @section Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions @cindex Emacs-Lisp mode -- 2.39.2