From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jari Aalto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:50:10 +0200 Message-ID: <8739pw2srx.fsf@picasso.cante.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292612142 24976 80.91.229.12 (17 Dec 2010 18:55:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 18:55:42 +0000 (UTC) To: 7665@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 17 19:55:38 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTfSs-0004uK-1n for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:55:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46846 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTfAe-0007Es-ED for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:36:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52467 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTeU4-0006kb-7A for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:52:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTeU1-00059T-K1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:48177) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTeU1-00059O-Ie for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:52:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTeLZ-0002OV-TD; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:44:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jari Aalto Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:44:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 7665 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: submit@debbugs.gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.12926078359182 (code B ref -1); Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:44:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Dec 2010 17:43:55 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTeLS-0002O3-LD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:43:54 -0500 Original-Received: from emh05.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.111]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTeLP-0002Nq-Ls for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:43:53 -0500 Original-Received: from saunalahti-vams (vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.95]) by emh05-2.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with SMTP id 9A4738BED6 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:50:12 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from emh05.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.111]) by vs3-11.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.95]) with SMTP (gateway) id A027F897D14; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:50:12 +0200 Original-Received: from picasso.cante.net (a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.187.216]) by emh05.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77EC227D83 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:50:10 +0200 (EET) Mail-Copies-To: poster X-Antivirus: VAMS X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:44:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42601 Archived-At: Package: emacs Version: 23.2+1-5.1 Severity: wishlist To use and test packages outside of standard Emacs installation directories, it would be nice to have option -L (like in linkers) to prepend paths easily to load-path. An example: emacs -L ~/elisp/package -L ~/.emacs.d/downloaded -l my-test.el The long version of the option could be names: --load-path -- System Information Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT Prefers testing APT policy: (990, testing) (500, unstable) (1, experimental) Architecture: amd64 Kernel: Linux picasso 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Fri Sep 17 21:50:19 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8 -- Versions of packages `emacs depends on'. Depends: emacs23 23.2+1-5.1 GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting emacs23-lucid 23.2+1-5.1 GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting emacs23-nox 23.2+1-5.1 GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting