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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: 21704@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org
Subject: bug#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path'
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 18:37:41 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83r3biy75m.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-9o0zojGOVjsSJcW14dzyGM2EXxheuL3gGwwXDbgU7bJQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Noam Postavsky on Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:45:07 -0400)

> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 00:45:07 -0400
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> 
> > Do you have a suggestion as to where in the manual we should mention the
> > load-path impact?
> 
> How about in Package Installation? (see attached patch)

Thanks.  One comment:

> +loading a Lisp library (@pxref{Lisp Libraries}); loading a package
> +adds its directory to @var{load-path} and loads its autoloads.  The

Please use @code{load-path}, not @var.  The latter is for things like
function arguments, which stand for some particular value, whereas
load-path is a literal symbol.





  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-06-27 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-18 14:24 bug#21704: 25.0.50; Package (package.el) doc should mention effects on `load-path' Drew Adams
2016-04-30 22:24 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-05-01  1:18   ` Drew Adams
2016-06-27  4:45 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-27  5:40   ` Drew Adams
2016-06-27 12:30     ` Noam Postavsky
2016-06-27 13:56       ` Drew Adams
2016-06-27 15:37   ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-06-28  3:18     ` Noam Postavsky

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