Re: Load path and custom compiling cvs on Debian

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

John Wells wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> I've learned that anti-aliased fonts don't appear to be supported yet
> on 22, and I've also found that compiling the unicode branch out of
> CVS enables this support.
> 
> I've done the compile and it works great...fonts look wonderful.
> However, the problem is the custom compiled emacs doesn't find all my
> pre-installed Debian packaged modes and utilities, like ecb,
> ruby-mode, etc.
> 
> It appears that the dpkg's put the various installed files in:
> 
> /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
> /usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp
> 
> Then, when I start emacs, these are already there, loaded.
> 
> Can someone tell me what configurations settings I need to do to make
> these work with my custom compile? Is it a ./configure option? Is it
> some central emacs config file? Can I inspect where my custom compile
> is looking for modes easily through emacs itself?

`C-h v load-path RET' will show you the directories that Emacs searches
for files to load.  Try `C-h r' to browse the Emacs manual, then `i load
RET' to find out the details about how that works.

Here's what you should put in your .emacs file to allow the packages
from Debian to be found:

(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs22/site-lisp" t)
(add-to-list 'load-path "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" t)

> Sorry for so many questions...I'm learning quickly, but there's a lot to learn!

Enjoy!

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA