From a50c7a80f16eabeacc75ef004252c8815c53861b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 13:52:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Rewrite discussion of load-dangerous-libraries. --- man/building.texi | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/building.texi b/man/building.texi index 1a2d62ba07d..239a5b5a43c 100644 --- a/man/building.texi +++ b/man/building.texi @@ -652,12 +652,10 @@ 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. + By default, Emacs refuses to load compiled Lisp files which were +compiled with XEmacs, a modified versions of Emacs---they can cause +Emacs to crash. Set the variable @code{load-dangerous-libraries} to +@code{t} if you want to try loading them. @node Lisp Eval @section Evaluating Emacs-Lisp Expressions -- 2.39.5