Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain your `.emacs.d' directory

Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain your `.emacs.d' directory

[Paul Harper]

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I am an emacs and org-mode newbie. I am mainly coming to Emacs for
Org-Mode. So am using Eric Schulte's Emacs Starter Kit 24. I put this in
.emacs.d. It is suggested in the kit "Move the resulting directory to
~/.emacs.d " <http://eschulte.github.io/emacs24-starter-kit/#fn.1>

http://eschulte.github.io/emacs24-starter-kit/

When I start Emacs I get the following error.

"Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain
your `.emacs.d' directory: /home/username/.emacs.d/
This is likely to cause problems...
Consider using a subdirectory instead, e.g.: /home/username/.emacs.d/lisp"

I am uncertain how I should proceed now. I suspect this will be a common
problem for new people. How should I setup the Emacs Starter Kit? Move the
whole kit to /home/username/.emacs.d/lisp ? Put the init.el in .emacs.d?

Regards,

Paul Harper

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Re: Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain your `.emacs.d' directory

[Jambunathan K]

Paul Harper <harper.paul.j@gmail.com> writes:

> "Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain
> your `.emacs.d' directory: /home/username/.emacs.d/
> This is likely to cause problems...
> Consider using a subdirectory instead, e.g.:
> /home/username/.emacs.d/lisp"

(I know nothing about starter kit)

On a related note, this warning occurs with Emacs from bzr trunk.  The
problem surfaced in the help list.  See

    http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/94823

Re: Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain your `.emacs.d' directory

[Paul Harper]

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Thanks. I had seen that thread but it is still unclear to me what that
means.

I just found this which has some discussion from Eric Schulte himself.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-04/msg01777.html

I'll have to go and read this. If I get a solution I'll make sure I post it.

Regards,

Paul


On 19 December 2013 02:31, Jambunathan K <kjambunathan@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> Paul Harper <harper.paul.j@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > "Warning (initialization): Your `load-path' seems to contain
> > your `.emacs.d' directory: /home/username/.emacs.d/
> > This is likely to cause problems...
> > Consider using a subdirectory instead, e.g.:
> > /home/username/.emacs.d/lisp"
>
> (I know nothing about starter kit)
>
> On a related note, this warning occurs with Emacs from bzr trunk.  The
> problem surfaced in the help list.  See
>
>     http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help/94823
>
>
>


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