Re: Cut and open commands?

[saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com>]

Thierry Volpiatto wrote:
> saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com> writes:
> 
>> Joel J. Adamson wrote:
>>> saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Joel J. Adamson wrote:
>>>>> saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have installed: emacs-goodies-el where I can see that cua is listed,
>>>>>> but I still get the error.
>>>>> You have to load it; make sure the .el file is in your load-path (M-x
>>>>> describe-variable RET load-path) and then use (require 'emacs-goodies).
>>>>> I'm guessing you're using a Debian system, so it probably installed into
>>>>> your load-path and all you need is the require statement in your .emacs.
>>>>>
>>>>> Joel
>>>>>
>>>> I have added this to my .emacs file:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (setq load-path (cons "~/work/mylisp" load-path))
>>>> (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"
>>>> load-path))
>>> Sorry I forgot to mention: use add-to-list as in
>>>
>>> (add-to-list 'load-path
>>> 	     (expand-file-name "~/lisp/el/"))
>>>
>>> Joel             
>>>
>> I still get the same error. This is how my .emacs file looks:
>>
>>
>> ;;; Emacs Load Path
>> (setq load-path (cons "~/work/mylisp" load-path))
>>
>> (add-to-list 'load-path
>> 	     (expand-file-name "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"))
>>
>>
>> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>> ;; Load .el files
>> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>>
>> (require 'emacs-goodies)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> I have tried to comment out:
>>
>> (add-to-list 'load-path
>> 	     (expand-file-name "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"))
>>
>> and then print the content of my load-path with:
>>
>> M-x describe-variable RET load-path
>>
>> and the result is:
>>
>> load-path's value is
>> ("~/work/mylisp" "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"
>> "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common" "/etc/emacs21"
>> "/etc/emacs" "/usr/local/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp"
>> "/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/dictionaries-common"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/leim"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/toolbar"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/textmodes"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/progmodes"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/play"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/obsolete" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/net"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/mail"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/language"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/international"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/gnus" "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/eshell"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/emulation"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/emacs-lisp"
>> "/usr/share/emacs/21.4/lisp/calendar")
>>
>> As can be seen the /usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el path
>> is already in my load-path without adding it in my .emacs file. So the
>> error must have something to do with the:
>>
>> (require 'emacs-goodies)
>>
>> command...
>>
> This code:
> 
> (add-to-list 'load-path
> 	     (expand-file-name "/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el"))
> is wrong
> 
> And this one as Peter told you is wrong also:
> 
> (require 'emacs-goodies)
> 
> You have to add to load-path a directory and not a file


/usr/share/emacs21/site-lisp/emacs-goodies-el

is a directory containing the file (symlink):

emacs-goodies-el.el

> You have to require a name of file without the extension (what is in
> provide at the end of this file) and not a directory.

this made it work:
(require 'emacs-goodies-el)

instead of:
(require 'emacs-goodies)