X-Git-Url: https://git.hcoop.net/bpt/emacs.git/blobdiff_plain/30b50b5ccae58bc42bbb2e5ba341c0a02d231000..18fde8504f25571350dbcfa7803f5a9b840e5a52:/admin/README diff --git a/admin/README b/admin/README dissimilarity index 100% index a1edad489c..e5116fcbaa 100644 --- a/admin/README +++ b/admin/README @@ -1,3 +1,21 @@ -This directory contains scripts and other things useful for -maintaining Emacs. These files are not part of Emacs releases because -they are not deemed generally useful. +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. + +Brief description of scripts found here: + +admin.el utilities for setting version numbers and alike +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). +build-configs build Emacs in various configurations +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 +make-emacs build Emacs in various ways +make-tarball.txt instructions to create pretest or release tarballs +quick-install-emacs install emacs quickly (`incrementally') +revdiff get CVS diffs of files + +# arch-tag: 812b9461-bc0a-46a7-925e-24bd41118463