From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jari Aalto Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:49 +0200 Organization: Private Message-ID: <878vznz5ku.fsf@picasso.cante.net> References: <8739pw2srx.fsf@picasso.cante.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292673176 23348 80.91.229.12 (18 Dec 2010 11:52:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:52:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7665@debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 18 12:52:52 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTvLH-000607-UZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:52:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59898 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTvLH-00015d-Hs for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:52:51 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45421 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTvLD-00015Y-3F for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:52:48 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTvLB-00052s-Lp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:52:46 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34825) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTvLB-00052m-K3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:52:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTuoX-0000Nc-QO; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:19:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jari Aalto Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:19:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7665 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7665-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7665.12926711151425 (code B ref 7665); Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:19:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7665) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Dec 2010 11:18:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTuo6-0000Mw-Ms for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:18:35 -0500 Original-Received: from emh03.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.109]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTuo3-0000Mj-Qf for 7665@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:18:33 -0500 Original-Received: from saunalahti-vams (vs3-12.mail.saunalahti.fi [62.142.5.96]) by emh03-2.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with SMTP id 971D9EB944; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:54 +0200 (EET) Original-Received: from emh04.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.110]) by vs3-12.mail.saunalahti.fi ([62.142.5.96]) with SMTP (gateway) id A058464D9EE; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:54 +0200 Original-Received: from picasso.cante.net (a91-155-187-216.elisa-laajakaista.fi [91.155.187.216]) by emh04.mail.saunalahti.fi (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FEC41BE2; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:50 +0200 (EET) Mail-Copies-To: poster In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:05:40 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-Antivirus: VAMS X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 06:19:01 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42621 Archived-At: 2010-12-18 00:05 Stefan Monnier : | > An example: | > emacs -L ~/elisp/package -L ~/.emacs.d/downloaded -l my-test.el | | I don't understand this example: why ~/elisp/package and | ~/.emacs.d/downloaded? What are these directories and how are they | related to my-test.el? Just like Drew explained. The above would effectively do: (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/package") (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/downloaded") (load-library "my-test.el") Paths and file names in the example were arbitrary and non-important. The -L would also be useful for setting load-path prior byte compiling files that require other files. Jari