Re: TAGS

[simon cossar]

Thank you for your replies, I was looking everywhere for the elisp
source code - it's good to know it isn't there. I learned a lot about my
file system in the process. It would be great to see the .el files, as
I'm finding emacs lisp combined with the C-h f function surprisingly
easy to read. 
Thanks again,
Simon

On Sun, 2011-01-23 at 09:24 -0600, Perry Smith wrote:
> On Jan 23, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Am 23.01.2011 um 09:12 schrieb simon cossar:
> > 
> >> I am finding all sorts of .elc files. Is it possible that everything has 
> >> been byte-compiled?
> > 
> > To save space an installation of GNU Emacs can be done by only installing 
> > the ELC files. If you want to see the EL files, i.e., it's not enough for 
> > you what C-h f <function name> RET returns, then get the GNU Emacs source 
> > code. Which is now at #23.2.
> 
> Also, it might work to post this same question to an ubuntu list asking for 
> what to install to get the source.
> 
> In case you didn't get the gist of the previous replies, there are two kinds 
> of source: elisp and c.  With a nice full install (like my Mac has), I can do 
> C-h <function> to get the built in help.  And then I'll have a link at the 
> top that will take me to the source no matter whether it is in lisp or C.  
> Very very nice to have.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Perry
>