-Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
See the end of the file for license conditions.
This directory contains the source files for the C component of GNU Emacs.
Nothing in this directory is needed for using Emacs once it is built
-and installed, if the dumped Emacs (on Unix systems) is copied elsewhere.
+and installed, if the dumped Emacs is copied elsewhere.
See the files ../README and then ../INSTALL for installation instructions.
-Under GNU and Unix systems, the file `Makefile.in' is used as a
-template by the script `../configure' to produce `Makefile.c'. The
-same script then uses `cpp' to produce the machine-dependent
-`Makefile' from `Makefile.c'; `Makefile' is the file which actually
-controls the compilation of Emacs. Most of this should work
-transparently to the user; you should only need to run `../configure',
-and then type `make'.
-
+The file 'Makefile.in' is used as a template by the script
+'../configure' to produce 'Makefile'. This is the file which actually
+controls the compilation of Emacs C source files. All of this should
+work transparently; you should only need to change to the parent
+directory, run './configure', and then run 'make'.
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This file is part of GNU Emacs.