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author | cvs |
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:05:42 +0200 |
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--- a/man/lispref/help.texi Mon Aug 13 09:05:11 2007 +0200 +++ b/man/lispref/help.texi Mon Aug 13 09:05:42 2007 +0200 @@ -77,14 +77,12 @@ @end itemize @cindex @file{DOC} (documentation) file -@cindex @file{emacs/etc/DOC-@var{version}} -@cindex @file{etc/DOC-@var{version}} To save space, the documentation for preloaded functions and variables (including primitive functions and autoloaded functions) is stored in -the @dfn{internal doc file} @file{emacs/etc/DOC-@var{version}}. The -documentation for functions and variables loaded during the XEmacs -session from byte-compiled files is stored in those very same -byte-compiled files (@pxref{Docs and Compilation}). +the @dfn{internal doc file} @file{DOC}. The documentation for functions +and variables loaded during the XEmacs session from byte-compiled files +is stored in those very same byte-compiled files (@pxref{Docs and +Compilation}). XEmacs does not keep documentation strings in memory unless necessary. Instead, XEmacs maintains, for preloaded symbols, an integer offset into @@ -250,18 +248,17 @@ them in the in-core function definitions and variable property lists in place of the actual strings. @xref{Building XEmacs}. - XEmacs finds the file @var{filename} in the @file{xemacs/lib-src} -directory. When the dumped XEmacs is later executed, the same file is -found in the directory @code{doc-directory}. Usually @var{filename} is -@file{"DOC-@var{version}"}, but this can be changed by modifying the -variable @code{internal-doc-file-name}. + XEmacs finds the file @var{filename} in the @file{lib-src} directory. +When the dumped XEmacs is later executed, the same file is found in the +directory @code{doc-directory}. The usual value for @var{filename} is +@file{DOC}, but this can be changed by modifying the variable +@code{internal-doc-file-name}. @end defun @defvar internal-doc-file-name This variable holds the name of the file containing documentation -strings of built-in symbols, usually @file{"DOC-@var{version}"}. The -full pathname of the internal doc file is @samp{(concat doc-directory -internal-doc-file-name)}. +strings of built-in symbols, usually @file{DOC}. The full pathname of +the internal doc file is @samp{(concat doc-directory internal-doc-file-name)}. @end defvar @defvar doc-directory