Re: missing src/ directory for eval.c

[Robert Thorpe]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> Unlike the Lisp files, the C files are not targeted and placed outside of
>> the source distribution by `make install`.  It seems.
>
> Indeed, the C source files are not expected to be present in an
> Emacs installation.  They're only expected to be present on the machine
> where Emacs was compiled.
>
> Part of the idea is that, if you're not compiling Emacs yourself,
> accessing the C source code is much less useful.

I think it would be useful if the help buffer explained this.

E.g.

"forward-char is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
C-source codes isn't usually available unless Emacs was installed from
source."

BR,
Robert Thorpe