Remove redundant library installation instructions

* lisp/apropos.el:
* lisp/mail/feedmail.el:
* lisp/mail/mail-hist.el:
* lisp/org/org-ctags.el:
* lisp/org/org-protocol.el:
* lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el:
* lisp/progmodes/mixal-mode.el:
* lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el:
* lisp/savehist.el:
* lisp/textmodes/table.el:
* lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el: Remove redundant installation instructions
for packages bundled with Emacs.

11 files changed, 18 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/apropos.el b/lisp/apropos.el
index 624c29cb410..62a37df8207 100644
--- a/lisp/apropos.el
+++ b/lisp/apropos.el
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 
 ;; The ideas for this package were derived from the C code in
-;; src/keymap.c and elsewhere.  The functions in this file should
-;; always be byte-compiled for speed.
+;; src/keymap.c and elsewhere.
 
 ;; The idea for super-apropos is based on the original implementation
 ;; by Lynn Slater <lrs@esl.com>.
diff --git a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
index 2ae916e3ac1..eb6a071bf4a 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/feedmail.el
@@ -131,17 +131,13 @@
 ;; feedmail-send-it.  Hers's the best way to use the stuff in this
 ;; file:
 ;;
-;; Save this file as feedmail.el somewhere on your elisp loadpath;
-;; byte-compile it.  Put the following lines in your init file:
+;; Put the following lines in your init file:
 ;;
 ;;     (setq send-mail-function 'feedmail-send-it)
-;;     (autoload 'feedmail-send-it "feedmail")
 ;;
 ;; If you plan to use the queue stuff, also use this:
 ;;
 ;;     (setq feedmail-enable-queue t)
-;;     (autoload 'feedmail-run-the-queue "feedmail")
-;;     (autoload 'feedmail-run-the-queue-no-prompts "feedmail")
 ;;     (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.fqm$" . mail-mode) auto-mode-alist))
 ;;
 ;; though VM users might find it more comfortable to use this instead of
@@ -174,11 +170,6 @@
 ;; like to add the suffix ".fqm" to the list of non-saved things via the variable
 ;; desktop-files-not-to-save.
 ;;
-;; If you are planning to call feedmail-queue-reminder from your .emacs or
-;; something similar, you might need this:
-;;
-;;     (autoload 'feedmail-queue-reminder "feedmail")
-;;
 ;; If you ever use rmail-resend and queue messages, you should do this:
 ;;
 ;;     (setq feedmail-queue-alternative-mail-header-separator "")
diff --git a/lisp/mail/mail-hist.el b/lisp/mail/mail-hist.el
index a13f9de1740..9fb7b36e985 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/mail-hist.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/mail-hist.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; mail-hist.el --- headers and message body history for outgoing mail  -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1994, 2001-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1994-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com>
 ;; Created: March, 1994
@@ -24,21 +24,15 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; Thanks to Jim Blandy for mentioning ring.el.  It saved a lot of
-;; time.
-;;
-;; To use this package, put it in a directory in your load-path, and
-;; put this in your init file:
+;; To use this package, add this to your init file:
 ;;
-;; (load "mail-hist" nil t)
+;;     (require 'mail-hist)
 ;;
-;; Or you could do it with autoloads and hooks in your .emacs:
+;; Or you could do it with hooks in your .emacs:
 ;;
-;; (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys)
-;; (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history)
-;; (add-hook 'vm-mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys) ;or rmail, etc
-;; (autoload 'mail-hist-define-keys "mail-hist")
-;; (autoload 'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history "mail-hist")
+;;     (add-hook 'mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys)
+;;     (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'mail-hist-put-headers-into-history)
+;;     (add-hook 'vm-mail-mode-hook 'mail-hist-define-keys) ;or rmail, etc
 ;;
 ;; Once it's installed, use M-p and M-n from mail headers to recover
 ;; previous/next contents in the history for that header, or, in the
@@ -51,6 +45,9 @@
 ;; point, so that you can mix the histories of different messages
 ;; easily.  This might be confusing at times, but there should be no
 ;; problems that undo can't handle.
+;;
+;; Thanks to Jim Blandy for mentioning ring.el.  It saved a lot of
+;; time.
 
 ;;; Code:
 (require 'ring)
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-ctags.el b/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
index 67db49e9a67..b1ee32ab335 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-ctags.el
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
 ;; Installation
 ;; ============
 ;;
-;; Install org mode
-;; Ensure org-ctags.el is somewhere in your emacs load path.
 ;; Download and install Exuberant ctags -- "https://ctags.sourceforge.net/"
 ;; Edit your .emacs file (see next section) and load emacs.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
index 7a91a33b745..137a11f3d91 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-protocol.el
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 ;;
 ;;   1.) Add this to your init file (.emacs probably):
 ;;
-;;       (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/org-protocol/")
 ;;       (require 'org-protocol)
 ;;
 ;;   3.) Ensure emacs-server is up and running.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el b/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
index 6e42da2d54f..1894826fe4e 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
@@ -166,8 +166,6 @@
 ;;
 ;; Where setup-ebnf2ps.el should be a file containing:
 ;;
-;;    ;; set load-path if ebnf2ps isn't installed in your Emacs environment
-;;    (setq load-path (append (list "/dir/of/ebnf2ps") load-path))
 ;;    (require 'ebnf2ps)
 ;;    ;; insert here your ebnf2ps settings
 ;;    (setq ebnf-terminal-shape 'bevel)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/mixal-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/mixal-mode.el
index 9d1ceaa55a8..358b347f6ef 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/mixal-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/mixal-mode.el
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@
 ;; GNU MDK from `https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/mdk/' and
 ;; `https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/mdk'.
 ;;
-;; To use this mode, place the following in your init file:
-;; `(load-file "/PATH-TO-FILE/mixal-mode.el")'.
-;;
 ;; When you load a file with the extension .mixal the mode will be started
 ;; automatically.  If you want to start the mode manually, use `M-x mixal-mode'.
 ;; Font locking will work, the behavior of tabs is the same as Emacs's
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
index db9df672797..4dd0fd67a6b 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/perl-mode.el
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 
 ;;; Commentary:
 
-;; To enter perl-mode automatically, add (autoload 'perl-mode "perl-mode")
-;; to your init file and change the first line of your perl script to:
+;; To enter `perl-mode' automatically, change the first line of your
+;; perl script to:
 ;; #!/usr/bin/perl --	 # -*-Perl-*-
 ;; With arguments to perl:
 ;; #!/usr/bin/perl -P-	 # -*-Perl-*-
diff --git a/lisp/savehist.el b/lisp/savehist.el
index 8924c8dde23..f1d3e50d941 100644
--- a/lisp/savehist.el
+++ b/lisp/savehist.el
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ;;; savehist.el --- Save minibuffer history  -*- lexical-binding:t -*-
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1997, 2005-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1997-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: Hrvoje Nikšić <hrvoje.niksic@avl.com>
 ;; Maintainer: emacs-devel@gnu.org
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@
 ;; You can also explicitly save history with `M-x savehist-save' and
 ;; load it by loading the `savehist-file' with `M-x load-file'.
 
-;; If you are using a version of Emacs that does not ship with this
-;; package, be sure to have `savehist.el' in a directory that is in
-;; your load-path, and to byte-compile it.
-
 ;;; Code:
 
 ;; User variables
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/table.el b/lisp/textmodes/table.el
index f81cedc39bc..2f34a58b5bc 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/table.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/table.el
@@ -125,9 +125,7 @@
 ;; are tired of guessing how it works come back to this document
 ;; again.
 ;;
-;; To use the package regularly place this file in the site library
-;; directory and add the next expression in your init file.  Make
-;; sure that directory is included in the `load-path'.
+;; To use the package regularly, add this to your init file:
 ;;
 ;;   (require 'table)
 ;;
diff --git a/lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el b/lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el
index 003b26eca41..e13894d6b53 100644
--- a/lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/vc/smerge-mode.el
@@ -23,11 +23,10 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 
 ;; Provides a lightweight alternative to emerge/ediff.
-;; To use it, simply add to your .emacs the following lines:
 ;;
-;;   (autoload 'smerge-mode "smerge-mode" nil t)
+;; To use it, simply type `M-x smerge-mode'.
 ;;
-;; you can even have it turned on automatically with the following
+;; You can even have it turned on automatically with the following
 ;; piece of code in your .emacs:
 ;;
 ;;   (defun sm-try-smerge ()