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authorStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2013-05-15 16:12:53 -0400
committerStefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>2013-05-15 16:12:53 -0400
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Use just DOC instead of DOC-nn.mm.
* lisp/loadup.el: Just use unversioned DOC. * Makefile.in (install-doc): DOC file is not version specific any more. * .bzrignore: Don't ignore DOC-* any more. * admin/quick-install-emacs: Don't prune DOC-* files a any more. * doc/lispref/loading.texi (Autoload): * doc/lispref/help.texi (Documentation Basics, Accessing Documentation) (Accessing Documentation, Accessing Documentation): DOC-* is now DOC. * etc/.gitignore: Don't ignore DOC-* any more. * lib-src/makefile.w32-in ($(DOC)): Use DOC rather than DOC-X. * msdos/sed1x.inp: Don't rewrite DOC any more. * nt/makefile.w32-in (clean, top-distclean): DOC-X doesn't exist any more. * src/Makefile.in (bootstrap-clean): DOC-* doesn't exist any more. * src/makefile.w32-in (DOC): Use just "DOC".
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/help.texi b/doc/lispref/help.texi
index 9fe069b84d0..aa77ba1f36d 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/help.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/help.texi
@@ -93,13 +93,12 @@ When you define a variable with a @code{defvar} or related form
(@pxref{Defining Variables}), the documentation is stored in the
variable's @code{variable-documentation} property.
-@cindex @file{DOC-@var{version}} (documentation) file
+@cindex @file{DOC} (documentation) file
@item
To save memory, the documentation for preloaded functions and
variables (including primitive functions and autoloaded functions) is
not kept in memory, but in the file
-@file{emacs/etc/DOC-@var{version}}, where @var{version} is the Emacs
-version number (@pxref{Version Info}).
+@file{emacs/etc/DOC}).
@item
When a function or variable is loaded from a byte-compiled file during
@@ -126,7 +125,7 @@ customization groups (but for function documentation, use the
@code{documentation} command, below).
If the value recorded in the property list refers to a documentation
-string stored in a @file{DOC-@var{version}} file or a byte-compiled
+string stored in a @file{DOC} file or a byte-compiled
file, it looks up that string and returns it. If the property value
isn't @code{nil}, isn't a string, and doesn't refer to text in a file,
then it is evaluated as a Lisp expression to obtain a string.
@@ -296,12 +295,12 @@ memory in the function definitions and variable property lists.
Emacs reads the file @var{filename} from the @file{emacs/etc} directory.
When the dumped Emacs is later executed, the same file will be looked
for in the directory @code{doc-directory}. Usually @var{filename} is
-@code{"DOC-@var{version}"}.
+@code{"DOC"}.
@end defun
@defvar doc-directory
This variable holds the name of the directory which should contain the
-file @code{"DOC-@var{version}"} that contains documentation strings for
+file @code{"DOC"} that contains documentation strings for
built-in and preloaded functions and variables.
In most cases, this is the same as @code{data-directory}. They may be