Re: How to get rid of stock (standard) speedbar if do not have root access?

[Ken Goldman <kgold@watson.ibm.com>]

christopherbalz wrote:
> I'm running the latest speedbar, as required by the Java Dev
> Environment for Emacs, so I need (per the instructions) to delete the
> stock speedbar.  But, as with many users, I am working in an
> environment where I do not have root access.  So I can't delete the old
> speedbar.
> 
> Is there a way to get rid of the stock speedbar without having to copy
> over the entire install dir on the system to my local account and
> redirect Emacs on startup completely to that?  For example, is there a
> way to manipulate the load path to avoid just the old speedbar, and
> leave the other loading unchanged?

I'm using emacs 21.3 on a managed system.

I find that if I put my local .el file directory in load-path ahead of 
the system version, it uses mine.  So I don't delete old ones.  I just 
install new ones in my local .el directory.