Re: Emacs load-path after update

[Ole Andre Birkedal <oandre-b@online.no>]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Ole Andre Birkedal <oandre-b@online.no> writes:
> 
> > kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:
> >
> >> It's difficult to say what has happened from this description.  Can
> >> you given an example of a "program" that you took from the old
> >> load-path and put it into the new site-lisp directory?
> >
> > Yes, there was very little detail about that, let me try to fill
> > in on that, sorry.
> > I am running gnus with mailcrypt just fine in the cvs compiled version
> > of Emacs, probably because it came with it. When I installed it, it
> > put gnus and mailcrypt in /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/lisp, as you said.
> > The program I am trying to move is ERC, the IRC client for Emacs.
> > I have tried moving it into /usr/local/share/emacs/21.3.50/lisp, as well
> > as /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/ with no luck.
> 
> You should put the *.el and *.elc files into the site-lisp directory.
> Do C-h v load-path RET and look if the directory
> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp is mentioned there.  (In the
> following, I'll assume that it is.  If it isn't, there should be
> another site-lisp directory mentioned there -- use that instead.)
> 
> ERC should come with installation instructions to say what you need
> to put in your init file.  If you want to install things for the
> whole site, then frob
> /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el.  (Create the file if
> it doesn't exist.)  If you want to install it for yourself only, edit
> ~/.emacs.
> 
> It is not enough to put *.el files in directories, you also have to
> configure Emacs to actually use them.  Usually, one would use
> (require 'mumblefoo) for this or perhaps autoload statements.
> -- 
> file-error; Data: (Opening input file no such file or directory ~/.signature)

Wow, now it worked just fine! Thanks.
I really think I did this myself, but then it didn't work. I probably didn't
use (require 'erc), not sure.
Anyway, thanks again. :-)

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