From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>
Cc: 7665@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:01:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvlj3nt6mc.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878vznz5ku.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:49 +0200")
> | > An example:
> | > emacs -L ~/elisp/package -L ~/.emacs.d/downloaded -l my-test.el
> |
> | I don't understand this example: why ~/elisp/package and
> | ~/.emacs.d/downloaded? What are these directories and how are they
> | related to my-test.el?
> Just like Drew explained. The above would effectively do:
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/package")
> (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/downloaded")
> (load-library "my-test.el")
I understood that part, of course. The question is: why do you need to
do that?
Hence "What are these directories and how are they related to my-test.el?"
And "Why ~/elisp/package and ~/.emacs.d/downloaded?"
Hopefully you (or Drew) understand those two questions now and can
answer them,
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-18 16:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-17 17:50 bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Jari Aalto
2010-12-17 18:49 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths toload-path Drew Adams
2010-12-17 22:05 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Stefan Monnier
2010-12-18 0:46 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths toload-path Drew Adams
2010-12-18 11:24 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Jari Aalto
2010-12-18 16:01 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2010-12-18 19:10 ` jari
2010-12-18 20:12 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths toload-path Drew Adams
2010-12-19 11:05 ` jari
2011-01-21 18:52 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Stefan Monnier
2011-04-30 16:39 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path - GNU bug report logs Jari Aalto
2011-05-02 16:09 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-05-05 6:49 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to Jari Aalto
2013-02-24 0:59 ` bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Glenn Morris
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