RCIRC loading problem with Solaris 10!

RCIRC loading problem with Solaris 10!

[rthoreau]

Hello: Fellow Emacs users;

I am in need of some assistance, I am using Emacs 21.3.1 off of the
Solaris 10 Companion cd and cannot get rcirc to load under emacs. I
have the .el file installed in the lisp directory and have followed
the instructions for rcirc.el file which is to put this into
my .emacs.

 (eval-after-load "rcirc"                ; for emacs 21
      '(if (not (functionp 'irc))
           (defun irc (x)
             (interactive "P")
             (if x
                 (call-interactively 'rcirc)
               (rcirc rcirc-server rcirc-port rcirc-nick
                      (rcirc-startup-channels rcirc-server))))))

But when I go to M-x irc, emacs is unable to load the rcirc package.

load-path's value is listed below.
("/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/site-lisp" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-
lisp" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/leim" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/
lisp" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/toolbar" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/
21.3/lisp/textmodes" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/progmodes" "/opt/
sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/play" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/
obsolete" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/net" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/
21.3/lisp/mail" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/language" "/opt/sfw/
share/emacs/21.3/lisp/international" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/
gnus" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/eshell" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/
21.3/lisp/emulation" "/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/emacs-lisp" "/opt/
sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp/calendar")

According to the load-path documentation it says the above are the
directories that emacs uses to search for .el files.

/opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp

Is the file I have placed the rcirc.el file in, I can use load-file to
load the rcirc.el package. But for some reason it won't do it by it's
self. I would like the ability to load the file on emacs startup so
all I have to do is use the M-x irc without calling load-file.

Thanks;

rthoreau

Re: RCIRC loading problem with Solaris 10!

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 29.01.2008 um 16:35 schrieb rthoreau

> /opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp


This directory belongs to the GNU Emacs installation. It's not the  
proper place for some "third-party software" add-on. /opt/sfw/share/ 
emacs/21.3/site-lisp and /opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-lisp are more  
appropriate. (load-library "rcirc") typed into *scratch* buffer and  
then a C-j should load it, just to proof.

BTW, GNU Emacs 22.1 comes with rcirc: 22.1.50/lisp/net/rcirc.el.gz  
(OK, I'm using a version from CVS! So it must not be true what I claim).

--
Greetings
   Pete

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to  
build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying  
to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
				– Rich Cook

Re: RCIRC loading problem with Solaris 10!

[rthoreau]

On Jan 29, 2:09 pm, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 29.01.2008 um 16:35 schrieb rthoreau
>
> > /opt/sfw/share/emacs/21.3/lisp
>
> This directory belongs to the GNU Emacs installation. It's not the
> proper place for some "third-party software" add-on. /opt/sfw/share/
> emacs/21.3/site-lisp and /opt/sfw/share/emacs/site-lisp are more
> appropriate. (load-library "rcirc") typed into *scratch* buffer and
> then a C-j should load it, just to proof.
>
> BTW, GNU Emacs 22.1 comes with rcirc: 22.1.50/lisp/net/rcirc.el.gz
> (OK, I'm using a version from CVS! So it must not be true what I claim).
>
> --
> Greetings
>    Pete
>


Solved!

After harassing the guys on IRC and looking at what was in my ~.emacs
file I did not load the package. All I had to do was add the load
rcirc.el at the top of the rcirc blurp and it works.

But I must say that I still need to do more research on key mapping,
and getting my keyboard setup, like having the right alt key as a meta
key as well, as well as the right ctrl key. This is more of a xorg
xwindow and setting the correct settings.