RE: "Emacs Lisp Packages" chapter in the Emacs manual

[Drew Adams]

> I'm actually surprised that nothing from the pre-package area was left
> in the manual. I suppose there was something before package to indicate
> how to install external code, wasn't there ?
> 
> Actually I'm checking the 21 manual here...
> And I'm not finding much. Am I missing something ?

Yes, there was more mention of `require' in the Elisp
manual before package.el was added.  Search for "(require".

Currently, there is still `i require', which takes
you to node `Named Features', where `require' is
covered.