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Emacs Lisp Compatibility Library

COMPATibility Library for Emacs

This is the source of compat.el, the forwards-compatibility library for (GNU) Emacs Lisp, versions 24.4 and newer. The intended audience are package developers that are interested in using newer developments, without having to break compatibility.

For information on how to use Compat, please consult the manual. The latest state of development can be found in the snapshot version of the manual.

Source code

Compat is developed on GitHub. The code is mirrored to the GNU ELPA repository, which is the canonical repository for the GNU ELPA package builds.

Bug and patches

Patches, bug reports and comments can be sent via GitHub. These may include issues in the compatibility code, missing definitions or performance issues. We also provide a development mailing list.

Contribute

As compat.el is distributed as part of GNU ELPA, and therefore requires a copyright assignment to the FSF, for all non-trivial code contributions.

Distribution

compat.el and all other source files in this directory are distributed under the GNU Public License 3 like Emacs itself. The manual is distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.3.