Re: Package build and corresponding documentation

On Monday, April 27th, 2026 at 5:51 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heime <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > I am trying to make the documentation makefile for a package of mine.
> > Using emacs documentation as guidance, I see that Makefile.in uses
> > srcdir=@srcdir@.  This implies to me that srcdir=@srcdir@ is an autotools
> > substitution placeholder in configure.ac or Makefile.am.
> >
> > Would I need to have a configure script for my package?  And use
> > autotools so I can place some settings in configure files (configure.ac)
> > or Makefile.am?
> >
> > Currently I have one file called antares.mk.
> >
> 
> It depends on what you mean by a "package".  If you mean
> that it will be an Emacs-Lisp package that can be installed
> from an Emacs-Lisp package archive, then you likely do not
> need to include a configuration script or any sort of
> Makefile.  Instead, you would include in the package the
> files that are generated from such a script or makefile.

I want to have the capability for installation from an 
Emacs-Lisp package archive.  But also the capability 
for a development version not in the archive to be built.
 
> If you have not already, then you might need to read:
> 
>    (info "(elisp) Packaging")
> 
> particularly, the first three sub-sections:
> 
>    * Packaging Basics::        The basic concepts of Emacs Lisp packages.
>    * Simple Packages::         How to package a single .el file.
>    * Multi-file Packages::     How to package multiple files.
> 
> --
> The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.
> - Geoffrey Chaucer, The Parliament of Birds.
> 
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