Re: add directories to load-path

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes:

> In article <mailman.6708.1253017158.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
> Maurizio Vitale  <maurizio.vitale@polymath-solutions.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> "henry" == henry atting <nsmp_01@online.de> writes:
>>
>>    henry> How can I add directories to the load-path *including* all
>>    henry> subdirectories?
>>
>>    henry> At present I do it this way
>>
>>    henry> (setq load-path (append '( "/some/directory"
>>    henry> "/some/directory/subdirectory") load-path))
>>
>>    henry> which is not very handy when a directory contains several
>>    henry> different subdirectories with elisp files.
>>
>>I use this:
>>
>>(defun pm/add-tree-to-load-path (dirs)
>>  (mapc (lambda (dir)
>>    (let* ((default-directory dir))
>>      (setq load-path (cons dir load-path))
>>      (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path)))
>>	dirs))
>>
>>(pm/add-tree-to-load-path '("~/.emacs.d/config" "~/.emacs.d/packages"))
>
> What's that slash after the pm?
>
> First time I've seen a slash in the name of a function...
>

Its nothing *special* - just a style choice. Last time I looked, eshell
used this style quite a bit. It has no special meaning to elisp - just
another legal character that can be used in names.

Tim

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