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Jan 9, 2022, 22:10 by tomas@tuxteam.de:

> On Sun, Jan 09, 2022 at 10:49:58PM +0100, fatiparty@tutanota.com wrote:
>
>>
>> Jan 9, 2022, 16:50 by tomas@tuxteam.de:
>>
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> [...]
>
>> >> test.el
>> >> ******* 
>> >>   (add-to-list
>> >>       'load-path "~/Admin/bin/gadi-1.0/typex/ziggurat-protowrit/daph-ideograms")
>> >>    ;; Load the Daph Package if it has not already been loaded.
>> >>    (require 'daph "daph-ideograms")
>> >>
>> >> --------
>> >>
>> >> My load path is quite long, and wonder how this can be shortened by storing in some other variable
>> >> before passing to 'add-to-list'.
>> >>
>> >
>> > I don't quite understand your last sentence. What is it you are trying
>> > to shorten -- and how?
>> >
>> I want to keep within 72 characters on the line.  I could store the first part  
>>  '~/Admin/bin/gadi-1.0/typex/ziggurat-protowrit/' in some variable, and find some
>> way to add the complete path for 'add-to-list'.
>>
>
> Ah -- it's about the (string) length of that path element, not about the
> (list) length of the whole load-path.
>
> Well, typically some prefix of the path element has a significance. Say,
> for example "~/Admin/bin/gadi-1.0" be gadi-files or so. That's the way I
> usually do it.
>
> Bonus points: you only get to change one when that changes :-)
>
That is correct.  Would one use setq or something buffer local.  How would.  
for instance, gadi-files be constructed?


> Cheers
> -- 
> t
>