From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: hector Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: (require 'filename) doesn't find the file Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:38:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20170310093829.GA3918@workstation> References: <20170310091737.GA3727@workstation> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1489138979 6366 195.159.176.226 (10 Mar 2017 09:42:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:42:59 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 10 10:42:54 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cmH4S-0000mS-VN for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 10:42:49 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38193 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmH4Y-0000KE-R1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 04:42:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44758) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmH3v-0000HJ-Al for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 04:42:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmH3s-0003N8-1Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 04:42:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-wm0-x241.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::241]:33346) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cmH3r-0003N2-Q5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 04:42:11 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-wm0-x241.google.com with SMTP id n11so1354720wma.0 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:42:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:date:to:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ttSsIOzAmXblviG2kHhH9/1vZNOO2WQnrlsx27IZwoA=; b=incPgVZIHqad7THDVxzMTgyr0eDcKTPSD7VCd4Axr/VVvMays4uXQFvziZ19lWkt+O GPwllc5k3XDo1D9TZsawUb/5nkzLwIRoBowBRLP9trS2CJU3fsMY0sc6z865UXXazBlI +AchtdXxYxULWHW5GIdrv23R6sCfG1sUFNBmJkYgrNajuHdCllJGo4vE9mRvj7W7YN8t TFqyZIfaBMEVxVYsgB168HI8XqfMN1BHYyzJDk/OWGGgYIqoe4RHORjGzXBY9B5EScVT zSk4sMUAUZ9cokBT/MBHVha1p/6nNxEif5tFzrWNbR6USuN1eRKbBXCHLQgmI2g+i3Z8 89EQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:date:to:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=ttSsIOzAmXblviG2kHhH9/1vZNOO2WQnrlsx27IZwoA=; b=dqcu52BiWq+K3pONQA2j7mOy1Pv+HDVRLHoyjqlqzUgYWAqsXBpoJijF9C8tPr6FWi APWMxpcHVLqZiub8WIIdiB1gPcWIdkZZw0HJobFSSrZSImgyAxLe9tyXF8jLh/hyBJQC UjlYsm0YaTtrQP1rDy4HNYvg/terV6BcmAEDESCeVzEx8PmRhp+xfR/88WbshjPYj3Lw iuZk1vM/VR4fHAMWUB7kG9+5V3NTLSD14+xQP2VeQSq5ZoIV8fyynx35j+xnaFaHy3mr cPPhtlO1QJvmm+NQPtjHwtvKNlfDEDimMFFQy8f19CQD7kIvAKBlFRWmiOlg7pbSasPO P6tA== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H15m5X1QSelZREpjB8D8qpO9/c2R2tWFF5JWZNRhUay8yoIAtQi71qJtOLUI8JRRA== X-Received: by 10.28.131.77 with SMTP id f74mr1544516wmd.109.1489138930346; Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:42:10 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from workstation ([148.3.93.202]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r8sm12018272wrb.33.2017.03.10.01.42.09 for (version=TLS1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128/128); Fri, 10 Mar 2017 01:42:09 -0800 (PST) X-Google-Original-From: hector Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170310091737.GA3727@workstation> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c09::241 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:112511 Archived-At: >From the Emacs lisp manual: If loading the file succeeds but does not provide FEATURE, `require' signals an error, `Required feature FEATURE was not provided'. This part is a bit obscure. So, it does what I want (loading the file) but signals an error? I don't get it. So is it bad practice to use the file name as a feature like "(require 'filename)"?