Re: Manual does not mention dictionary.el

[Michael Heerdegen]

chad <yandros@gmail.com> writes:

> > Also, list-packages doesn't show 'dictionary', neither on MS-Windows
> > nor on GNU/Linux, at least in "emacs -Q".  If it does for you, I'm
> > guessing you have stuff under ~/.emacs.d/elpa/.
>
> We are seeing different behavior.

I see that lisp/finder-inf.el defines 'dictionary' as a built-in package
in my Emacs installation.  This file is loaded when doing C-h P.  It
directly sets `package--builtins'.

Maybe that file's contents differ for you and Eli?


Michael.