From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Updating Elisp files while Emacs is running
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:48:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83wpp5c8er.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAArVCkTgUv-OzQLfa+QDzABsR6ZXUNauUvHObd6xBeh=RSizZg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Philipp Stephani on Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:41:17 +0000)
> From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:41:17 +0000
>
> Could the Elisp file directories get names that don't include the
> version number (maybe hidden behind a configure option)? Is it possible to
> install system-wide ELPA packages into directories that don't contain
> version numbers? Or is there another way, e.g. using a signal to
> reinitialize the load-path and the package system? I'm aware these
> suggestions would still cause issues if e.g. Elisp files get moved around
> or the byte code format changes, but that seems to be comparatively rare.
The (unversioned) directory that Emacs provides for these purposes is
site-lisp.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-14 16:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-14 13:41 Updating Elisp files while Emacs is running Philipp Stephani
2016-03-14 14:48 ` Phillip Lord
2016-03-14 17:21 ` Philipp Stephani
2016-03-14 18:13 ` Phillip Lord
2016-03-14 18:41 ` Philipp Stephani
2016-03-14 19:58 ` Bob Proulx
2016-03-14 16:48 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-03-14 17:22 ` Philipp Stephani
2016-03-14 18:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-03-14 18:44 ` Philipp Stephani
2016-03-14 18:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
[not found] ` <mailman.7507.1457966906.843.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2016-03-15 7:39 ` Joost Kremers
2016-03-15 13:01 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-03-15 21:51 ` Bob Proulx
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