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changeset 3380:f5edd74bdc6c
[project @ 1999-12-14 20:48:19 by jwe]
author | jwe |
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date | Tue, 14 Dec 1999 20:48:19 +0000 |
parents | 4d54a9036f21 |
children | 69b167451491 |
files | emacs/README |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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new file mode 100644 --- /dev/null +++ b/emacs/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +These lisp files should work under recent versions (19 onwards) of +both Emacs and XEmacs. See the Octave documentation (info node +`Emacs') on how to install and use these packages. + +These files use the custom package so that user variables can be +changed easily. The custom package has been included in Emacs since +around version 19.34. If you have an old version of Emacs without the +custom package, you should get the following error when trying to load +the octave files: + + Cannot open load file: custom + +In this case, you should use the simple replacement custom library +here, renaming it to custom.el so that Emacs can find it: + +% mv custom-old.el custom.el + +But remember when you upgrade Emacs to version 20 and beyond, you +should delete this primitive custom file and use the built-in version +instead.