; Improve INSTALL files

* INSTALL:
* java/INSTALL: Improve and clarify instructions.
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Eli Zaretskii 2023-08-09 22:03:00 +03:00
parent 164588b174
commit 020b5d7fef
2 changed files with 12 additions and 8 deletions

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INSTALL
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@ -4,13 +4,16 @@ Inc.
See the end of the file for license conditions.
This file contains general information on building GNU Emacs. For
more information specific to the MS-Windows, GNUstep/macOS, MS-DOS,
and Android ports, also read the files nt/INSTALL, nextstep/INSTALL,
msdos/INSTALL, and java/INSTALL.
This file contains general information on building GNU Emacs. If you
are building an Emacs release tarball on a Unix or a GNU system, the
instructions in this file should be sufficient. For other
configurations, we have additional specialized files:
For information about building from a Git checkout (rather than an
Emacs release), read the INSTALL.REPO file first.
. INSTALL.REPO if you build from a Git checkout
. nt/INSTALL if you build for MS-Windows
. nextstep/INSTALL if you build for GNUstep/macOS
. java/INSTALL if you build for Android
. msdos/INSTALL if you build for MS-DOS
BASIC INSTALLATION

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@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ See the end of the file for license conditions.
Please read the entirety of this file before attempting to build Emacs
as an application package which can run on Android devices.
When building from the source repository, make sure to read
INSTALL.REPO as well.
When building from the source repository (as opposed to from a release
tarball), make sure to read INSTALL.REPO in the top-level directory as
well.