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Update on LCD maintenance.

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Dave Love 1999-01-23 22:09:19 +00:00
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@ -2308,12 +2308,13 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
so before you use or modify a Lisp package, see if the author has provided
any hints in the source code.
If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code Directory,
(formerly?) maintained by Dave Brennan. The directory is contained
in the file LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see
question 90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from
the same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can grab
from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get
If a package does not come with Emacs, check the Lisp Code
Directory, maintained (unfortunately slowly at present) by Dave
Brennan <brennan@gnu.org>. The directory is contained in the file
LCD-datafile.Z, available from the Emacs Lisp Archive (see question
90), and is accessed using the "lispdir" package, available from the
same site. Note that lispdir.el requires crypt++, which you can
grab from the Emacs Lisp Archive's "misc" subdirectory when you get
lispdir.el.
Once you have installed lispdir.el and LCD-datafile, you can use "M-x
@ -2377,9 +2378,6 @@ Finding/Getting Emacs and Related Packages
them. You should also use binary mode whenever you retrieve any
files with names ending in ".elc".
Note that the archive is apparently not being maintained at the time of
writing; a volunteer to take on the task would be welcome.
Packages which have been posted to gnu.emacs.sources should be locatable
via a service like Dejanews.