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Diffstat (limited to 'src/emacs.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/emacs.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/emacs.c b/src/emacs.c index 459fe4ec92..d0c99bd6df 100644 --- a/src/emacs.c +++ b/src/emacs.c @@ -2480,9 +2480,11 @@ The value is nil if that directory's name is not known. */); DEFVAR_LISP ("installation-directory", Vinstallation_directory, doc: /* A directory within which to look for the `lib-src' and `etc' directories. -This is non-nil when we can't find those directories in their standard -installed locations, but we can find them near where the Emacs executable -was found. */); +In an installed Emacs, this is normally nil. It is non-nil if +both `lib-src' (on MS-DOS, `info') and `etc' directories are found +within `invocation-directory' or its parent. For example, this +is the case when running an uninstalled Emacs executable from its +build directory. */); Vinstallation_directory = Qnil; DEFVAR_LISP ("system-messages-locale", Vsystem_messages_locale, |