Re: 2.13.3 docs emacs mode documentation AU 2.2.1 out of date?

[Paul Scott]

James E. Bailey wrote:
> On 23.07.2009, at 07:16, Paul Scott wrote:
>
> > James E. Bailey wrote:
> > > On 23.07.2009, at 04:20, Paul Scott wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm resurrecting a laptop whose hard drive died.  I'm trying to set 
> > > > up Emacs lilypond-mode.
> > > >
> > > > AU 2.2.1 tells me to do a 'make install' in the elisp directory.  I 
> > > > don't see a makefile and 'make install' doesn't find an install 
> > > > target rule.  Am I missing something or are the docs behind?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Paul Scott
> > >
> > >
> > > That only applies if lilypond-mode isn't installed on your platform 
> > > (first paragraph, last sentence).
> >
> > I believe that lilypond isn't installed.  This is a fresh install of 
> > everything since the hard drive died.
>
> This is a question you should be able to answer, is lilypond installed 
> or not.

That should have said lilypond-mode.
> If it is, and you've installed from a binary, i.e., not built it 
> yourself, you should have everything you need. If you've installed 
> from source, then depending on what you've installed, you may or may 
> not need to build and install lilypond-mode.
> > Even so why would the makefile be gone if I had done the 
> > lilypond-mode install.
>
> Because makefiles are often not provided when the files they create are.

See below.
> > > Usually you can just move the files to where they need to go and 
> > > ammend your ~/.emacs appropriately
> >
> > I do see where the lilypond-mode file is so I can probably install it 
> > manually but I still wonder about the documentation.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Paul
>
> The documentation is written from the point of view of a bare bones 
> install. If you have the files the documentation refers to, then 
> you're a couple of steps ahead.

What do you believe was not bare bones about my install?  I did a 
standard GUB install from the website.  It is the only version I have 
installed.

Paul