lisp/README

   1 This directory contains source code for the parts of Emacs that are
   2 written in Emacs Lisp.  *.el files are Emacs Lisp source, and the
   3 corresponding *.elc files are byte-compiled versions.  Byte-compiled
   4 files are architecture-independent.
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   6 The term subdirectory contains Lisp files that customize Emacs for
   7 certain terminal types.  When Emacs starts, it checks the TERM
   8 environment variable to get the terminal type and loads
   9 `term/${TERM}.el' if it exists.
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  11 The other subdirectories hold Lisp packages grouped by their general
  12 purpose.
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