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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/loading.texi | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | etc/NEWS | 4 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/loading.texi b/doc/lispref/loading.texi index 3261e6d1888..fdd8af1d095 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/loading.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/loading.texi @@ -1170,10 +1170,13 @@ extension, a.k.a.@: ``suffix''. This suffix is platform-dependent. @defvar module-file-suffix This variable holds the system-dependent value of the file-name -extension of the module files. Its value is @file{.so} on POSIX hosts -and @file{.dll} on MS-Windows. +extension of the module files. Its value is @file{.so} on POSIX +hosts, @file{.dylib} on macOS, and @file{.dll} on MS-Windows. @end defvar + On macOS, dynamic modules can also have the suffix @file{.so} in +addition to @file{.dylib}. + @findex emacs_module_init @vindex plugin_is_GPL_compatible Every dynamic module should export a C-callable function named @@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ applies, and please also update docstrings as needed. * Changes in Emacs 28.1 on Non-Free Operating Systems +** On macOS, Emacs can now also load dynamic modules with a .dylib +suffix. 'module-file-suffix' will have the value ".dylib" on macOS, +but .so suffix is supported as well. + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is part of GNU Emacs. |