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In emacs 18.55, 18.56, and 18.57 (and all the other ones, I suppose),
the etc/ directory contains text files (the tutorial), sharable data
files (the DOC files), and executables (emacs-server, emacsclient,
env, etc).  This setup makes it difficult to maintain emacs across
architectures:

 1. if one duplicates the text files, then several copies have to be
    maintained (the NEWS file here is regularly updated).
 2. if the directory is shared, the executables have to be moved and
    variables must be changed in the elisp files.
 3. the sharable files (albeit small) should be shared to save space.

It is becoming common to use a .../share/ directory for files that can
be shared, a .../lib/ directory for "non visible" executables, and to
keep the .../etc/ directory for machine-specific files.

I think that at least a share/ directory should be created and that
all text and data (if they are architecture independent) files be put
in that directory.

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Martin Boyer                            mboyer@ireq-robot.hydro.qc.ca
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec    mboyer@ireq-robot.uucp
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