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From: Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com>
To: Michael Heerdegen via "Emacs development discussions."
	<emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Subject: Re: Question regarding load-path handling for ELPA packages
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 14:32:19 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a5ko6s64.fsf@debian-hx90.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87o794z6l8.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen via's message of "Fri,  17 May 2024 19:33:23 +0200")

Michael Heerdegen via "Emacs development discussions."
<emacs-devel@gnu.org> writes:

> Xiyue Deng <manphiz@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> > * Would someone kindly provide some pointer to how `load-path' is being
>> > handled as my rusty Elisp is preventing me to fully understand this.
>
> Can only answer this one: AFAIU this is done using the autoload
> mechanism - see `package-generate-autoloads'.
>
> In effect, the parent directory of the autoloads file is added to
> `load-path' when this file is loaded - typically when activating
> packages.
>

Thanks a lot for the pointer, Michael!  Will take a look.

> An analog trick should allow to add subdirectories.
>

Not sure about this as it may potentially break things (e.g. auctex).
Would still like to hear what the developers think.

>
> Michael.
>
>

-- 
Xiyue Deng



  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-17 21:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-10  3:09 Question regarding load-path handling for ELPA packages Xiyue Deng
2024-05-17 16:30 ` Xiyue Deng
2024-05-17 17:33   ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-17 21:32     ` Xiyue Deng [this message]
2024-05-18 15:18       ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-18 21:04         ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-19  7:29         ` Xiyue Deng
2024-05-19 20:11           ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-05-20  6:06             ` Xiyue Deng
2024-05-22 15:53               ` Michael Heerdegen
2024-05-23  1:42                 ` Xiyue Deng
2024-05-26 13:55                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2024-05-27  5:30                     ` Xiyue Deng
2024-05-17 21:33   ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.

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