Hi Tassilo and Uwe, Tassilo Horn <t...@gnu.org> writes:
>>> this topic has been discussed couple of times and I think we should >>> add a recipe to the manual. My suggestion looks like this, any >>> comments welcome: > > LGTM. Thanks, I polished it a bit and pushed it. >> I do compile auctex regularly from git master. >> >> What's against the idea to run >> >> make install ???? >> >> I find it a bit cleaner to separate the repository from the >> installation. > > I find it a bit more convenient to run directly from the checkout in > order to be sure to run the most current version (or the version I've > explicitly checked out). With "make install", you are running the > version of the last "make install", without "make install" you are > running the version of the last "git pull". I think this is the most convenient way while developing: I can change files, load them and see if my change works. With an installation in parallel, it would be only hassle about `which file was actually loaded and which one did I change?' Best, Arash
