branch: elpa-admin commit d9cdf2a7957d027a755cd59a5ebee4722dc12927 Author: mas <mas> Commit: mas <mas>
Added comment about installing with multiple emacsen. --- README | 20 +++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 102e36c..eb45686 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ OVERVIEW INSTALLATION - MMM Mode has a standard GNU configure-driven installation. To - install mmm-mode in the standard locations, unpack the archive, `cd' - to the mmm-mode-X.X.X directory created, and run these commands: + MMM Mode has a standard GNU configure-driven installation. (See the + file INSTALL for generic instructions.) To install mmm-mode in the + standard locations, unpack the archive, `cd' to the mmm-mode-X.X.X + directory created, and run these commands: ./configure make @@ -26,6 +27,19 @@ INSTALLATION installs the MMM Mode info manual in your site info directory, so if you're installing manually, you might want to do that too. + If you have more than one version of emacs installed and want to + use MMM in a version other than /usr/bin/emacs, you must set the + environment variable EMACS before running `configure', e.g. + + EMACS=/usr/bin/xemacs ./configure + make + make install + + If you want to use MMM in more than one version of emacs, you must + either have separate site-lisp directories (such as Debian does), or + load it from source every time; byte-compiled files are not portable + between emacsen. + CONFIGURATION Once MMM Mode is installed, it has to be configured correctly. This