From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: 14876@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14876: 24.3; load-path and environment variable EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 18:48:44 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52vc4b7837.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d2qjphto.fsf@gnu.org> (Roland Winkler's message of "Mon, 15 Jul 2013 17:41:07 -0500")
"Roland Winkler" wrote:
> The node "Library Search" suggests to to set EMACSLOADPATH to some
> user directory such as /home/foo/.emacs.d/lisp.
I don't quite see that it literally says that; but the info node should
be tidied up a little bit.
> The proper meaning of EMACSLOADPATH seems to be the one given in the
> docstring of load-path saying that EMACSLOADPATH overrides the
> default value of load-path specified by file `epaths.h' when Emacs
> was built.
Yes.
> The docstring of load-path also says that an element `nil' means
> "try default directory". Yet what is the "default directory" in this
> context?
Whatever the value is where you call `load' from.
> default-directory is a buffer-local variable with default nil.
Seems like a red-herring. Normally every buffer has a non-nil value.
> I looked into this because I was looking for a way to _extend_ the
> emacs load path in a Makefile generated via autoconf.
Use "emacs -L /path/to/add".
(cf http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=12100 )
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-15 22:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-15 22:41 bug#14876: 24.3; load-path and environment variable EMACSLOADPATH Roland Winkler
2013-07-15 22:48 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2013-07-15 23:11 ` Roland Winkler
2013-07-15 23:23 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-15 23:29 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-16 0:34 ` Roland Winkler
2013-07-16 0:55 ` Roland Winkler
2013-07-16 0:55 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-16 1:16 ` Roland Winkler
2013-07-16 1:39 ` Glenn Morris
2013-07-16 3:14 ` Roland Winkler
2013-11-14 8:39 ` Glenn Morris
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