Re: Compiling Emacs from source for hacking on it

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Akib Azmain Turja <akib@disroot.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 17:26:17 +0600
> 
> >> "Can't open load file: No such file or directory, disp-table"
> >
> > disp-table.el is a package that comes with Emacs, so how come Emacs is
> > unable to find it?
> 
> I have no idea.

Is the file there?

> > Is this with an installed Emacs or with Emacs that
> > you run uninstalled from its source tree?
> 
> I'm not sure what you're tell about, but assuming you asking me whether
> I have installed it.  No, I didn't install.  I'm trying to run
> ./src/emacs -Q from the build directory.  Do I need to install it?

No, you shouldn't need to install.  Emacs should run fine uninstalled.

Does this help:

  ./src/emacs -Q -l ./lisp/disp-table.el