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

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Robert Thorpe wrote:
> Ken Goldman wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> This mostly works, there are some gotchas though.  Defvar does not
> change the value of variables that are already defined.   So if an old
> version of Foo.el sets up variables in a particular way, then when you
> load the new version those variables will be set the same way they were
> in the old version.  Using "unload" too is safer.

That problem only occurs when the library in question is dumped in to
the emacs executable (see loadup.el).

P.S.  Don't forget to byte-compile your local .el files.

-- 
Kevin