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			 The admin directory

This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
and maintaining Emacs.  These files are not part of Emacs releases
because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
what you do when using them.


* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release.

** FOR-RELEASE

Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release.

** make-tarball.txt

Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc.

** admin.el

Utilities for setting version numbers and alike.

** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff

Scripts used to prepare release announcements.


* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs.

** build-configs

Build Emacs in various configurations.

** make-emacs

Build Emacs in various ways.

** quick-install-emacs

Install emacs quickly (`incrementally').

** alloc-color.c

A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X.  Can
be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor).

** check-doc-strings

Check doc strings against documentation.

** cus-test.el

Tests for custom types and load problems.

** diff-tar-files

Show files added/removed between two tar files.

** revdiff

Get CVS diffs of files.


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	4	and maintaining Emacs. These files are not part of Emacs releases
	5	because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
	6	what you do when using them.
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	9	* Instructions and scripts used to prepare an Emacs release.
	10
	11	** FOR-RELEASE
	12
	13	Living list of activities that must be completed before the next release.
	14
	15	** make-tarball.txt
	16
	17	Instructions to create pretest or release tarballs, annoucements, etc.
	18
	19	** admin.el
	20
	21	Utilities for setting version numbers and alike.
	22
	23	** make-announcement, make-changelog-diff
	24
	25	Scripts used to prepare release announcements.
	26
	27
	28	* Scripts that can be used to build and test Emacs.
	29
	30	** build-configs
	31
	32	Build Emacs in various configurations.
	33
	34	** make-emacs
	35
	36	Build Emacs in various ways.
	37
	38	** quick-install-emacs
	39
	40	Install emacs quickly (`incrementally').
	41
	42	** alloc-color.c
	43
	44	A utility program that allocates a given number of colors on X. Can
	45	be used to debug Emacs with dense colormaps (PseudoColor).
	46
	47	** check-doc-strings
	48
	49	Check doc strings against documentation.
	50
	51	** cus-test.el
	52
	53	Tests for custom types and load problems.
	54
	55	** diff-tar-files
	56
	57	Show files added/removed between two tar files.
	58
	59	** revdiff
	60
	61	Get CVS diffs of files.
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