Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * David Kastrup (2007-01-20) writes: > >> Ralf Angeli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Sure. In my installation it's /usr/local/share/emacs/22.0.92/etc/. >>> But that's Emacs' own directory, not one for local additions. >>> Package systems won't be too happy if we put something in there. >> >> How about /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/etc with a .nosearch >> in it? > > It's messy because `site-lisp' does not really suggest that > documentation files can be found below it and therefore I'm afraid > that people won't find the file there. Nevertheless it's probably > one of the sanest alternatives.
Well, where would they look apart from the AUCTeX directory? > My other favorite would be $PREFIX/share/doc/auctex/. We already > install into $PREFIX/share/info/, so why not into `doc' as well? More common would be $PREFIX/share/doc/auctex-$TAG/, and the problem is that installing the next version would not overwrite the last one then... >> We could also move the style directory down there, making the >> layout match that of the XEmacs package somewhat more closely, and >> requiring only a single .nosearch to be placed and obeyed. > > `etc' looks a little bit like "stuff we don't know where to but > else". Well, fits the "style" directory to a "t", doesn't it? > As style files are quite intrinsic to AUCTeX, I don't mind that they > have a prominent location outside of `etc'. But they are also stuff that is _internal_ to AUCTeX and should never get loaded except by AUCTeX itself. So site-lisp is not really more natural for those... -- David Kastrup _______________________________________________ auctex mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/auctex
