Re: source-directory, installed Emacs, and C source

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: sbaugh@catern.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 10:31:49 -0400
> 
> - Jumping to a newer function definition is not a problem.
> 
>   So we can do it for Lisp too.  We can do that by having Emacs jump to
>   Lisp source files from source-directory, too, if they exist.
>   (Possibly as an option off by default, if people would prefer that)
> 
>   This would be a great improvement for users who keep source-directory
>   around (since now Emacs jumps straight to your source repo, allowing
>   easy modifications, and also you can skip installing Lisp source files
>   with Emacs) and status quo for users that don't keep source-directory
>   around.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> I'm interested in implementing one of these two options, since I want to
> be able to reliably jump to function definitions from an installed
> Emacs.  I don't care which of the two we go with.

Why would the Lisp sources not be available where Emacs installs them,
i.e. in the /usr/share tree?