How to load a lisp file automatically

How to load a lisp file automatically

[Chunyan Wang]

hi, all,

I am sorry for the mass mailing.  I can use commands "M-x load-file
~/setnu.elc" that loads the lisp file into emacs.  My question is how to
load a lisp file automatically every time emacs is used.  I have compiled
the setnu.el lisp file into .elc file and have both of the files under my
home directory.

Here are the code that I added to .emacs file:

(setq load-path (cons "~/" load-path))
(require 'setnu)
(add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-setnu-mode)

Thanks in advance for your time.


Erica Wang
331789 GaTech Station, Atlanta, GA 30332
Email: gte274s@prism.gatech.edu

Re: How to load a lisp file automatically

[Kin Cho]

> (setq load-path (cons "~/" load-path))
> (require 'setnu)
> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-setnu-mode)

Try adding to the bottom of setnu.el (and byte-compile it again):

(provide 'setnu)

-kin

Re: How to load a lisp file automatically

[Joakim Hove]

Kin Cho <kin@techie.com> writes:

>> (setq load-path (cons "~/" load-path))
>> (require 'setnu)
>> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'turn-on-setnu-mode)
>
> Try adding to the bottom of setnu.el (and byte-compile it again):
>
> (provide 'setnu)

An another solution (it is always a good idea to (provide
'your-lisp)), but instead of (require 'setnu) you could use:

  (autoload 'turn-on-setnu-mode "setnu" "Automatically load file setnu" 't)

The purpose of this is to setup a connection between a function
(turn-on-setnu-mode), and a file ("setnu.el(c)") which contains an
implementation of that function.

HTH - Joakim

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