annotate modules/README @ 883:1e9272790fe0

[xemacs-hg @ 2002-06-26 00:11:15 by youngs] 2002-06-24 John Paul Wallington <jpw@shootybangbang.com> * obsolete.el (frame-parameter): New compatibility function. (makehash): Ditto. (buffer-local-value): Ditto. (line-beginning-position): New compatibility alias for `point-at-bol'. (line-end-position): New compatibility alias for `point-at-eol'. * subr.el (with-temp-message): New function; sync with GNU Emacs 21. (bound-and-true-p): Ditto. (propertize): New function. (delete-and-extract-region): Ditto. 2002-06-24 Jerry James <james@xemacs.org> * code-files.el (load): Look for a binary module if no Lisp file with the correct name is found.
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1 This directory contains a number of sample Emacs dynamic modules.
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2 These modules can be loaded with the command 'M-x load-module'.
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4 To compile one of these modules, simply enter the desired directory
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5 and type 'make'. Then, from within Emacs, load the module by
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6 specifying the path to the directory which contains the compiled
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7 module.
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9 Each of these samples describes different features and limitations
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10 of the Emacs module loading technology. Please refer to the README
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11 files in each directory for a brief discussion on what the sample
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12 in that directory is demonstrating. For a complete discussion on
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13 Emacs dynamic modules, please consult the Emacs Module Writers Guide,
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14 which can be found in the ../info directory.
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16 NOTE: As this technology matures, this directory will eventually contain
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17 large parts of XEmacs itself, which will be loaded in as required.