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From: aks@HUB.UCSB.EDU (Alan Stebbens)
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Subject: src directory is getting too large
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Date: 14 Jan 91 23:13:50 GMT
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It would be a nice idea if the emacs distribution had a "conf"
subdirectory, to contain the config files.  within the "src" directory,
so that the multitudinous "[ms]-*.h" files wouldn't clutter up the
working source directory.  Even on my 28MIPS system, an "ls" in the src
directory takes a long time.

You would only have to modify the #includes in config.h:

  #include "conf/s-WHATEVER"
  #include "conf/m-WHATEVER"

Alan Stebbens <aks@hub.ucsb.edu>