* Newbie: adding a library
@ 2003-09-29 19:21 David Sumbler
2003-09-29 22:33 ` Kevin Rodgers
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From: David Sumbler @ 2003-09-29 19:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
I run GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on a RedHat 8.0 machine.
I have recently read through "Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours".
My very first attempt at customising Emacs hasn't worked, though.
I want to be able to read compressed files, so I added the line
(require 'jka-compr)
to my .emacs file. But Emacs seems to just ignore it (I looked at the
*Messages* buffer, which did not even mention it).
I tried also adding the line
(setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp" load-path))
before the "require" line, to tell Emacs where jka-compr.elc is, but
this did not help.
What am I doing wrong?
David
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* Re: Newbie: adding a library
2003-09-29 19:21 Newbie: adding a library David Sumbler
@ 2003-09-29 22:33 ` Kevin Rodgers
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-09-29 22:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
David Sumbler wrote:
> I run GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on a RedHat 8.0 machine.
>
> I have recently read through "Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours".
>
> My very first attempt at customising Emacs hasn't worked, though.
>
> I want to be able to read compressed files, so I added the line
>
> (require 'jka-compr)
>
> to my .emacs file. But Emacs seems to just ignore it (I looked at the
> *Messages* buffer, which did not even mention it).
>
> I tried also adding the line
>
> (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp" load-path))
>
> before the "require" line, to tell Emacs where jka-compr.elc is, but
> this did not help.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
"Emacs is the extensible, customizable, self-documenting real-time
display editor." But you read an outdated document instead of the
fine manual. Typing:
C-h i m emacs RET
i compress RET
yields:
| Accessing Compressed Files
| ==========================
|
| Emacs comes with a library that can automatically uncompress
| compressed files when you visit them, and automatically recompress them
| if you alter them and save them. To enable this feature, type the
| command `M-x auto-compression-mode'. You can enable it permanently by
| customizing the option `auto-compression-mode'.
Then typing `C-h f auto-compression-mode' and `C-h v auto-compression-mode' lead
you to: (auto-compression-mode 1).
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Kevin Rodgers
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