From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Sumbler Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Newbie: adding a library Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:21:42 +0100 Organization: Customer of PlusNet Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1064864223 19994 80.91.224.253 (29 Sep 2003 19:37:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 19:37:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 29 21:37:02 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A43pN-0004m0-01 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 21:37:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.22) id 1A43lj-0005au-AP for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:33:15 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news2.telebyte.nl!zen.net.uk!landlord!wards.force9.net.POSTED![192.168.0.10]!david Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.159.84.98 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@plus.net.uk Original-X-Trace: wards.force9.net 1064863328 212.159.84.98 (Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:22:08 BST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:22:08 BST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116946 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:12872 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:12872 I run GNU Emacs 21.2.1 on a RedHat 8.0 machine. I have recently read through "Sams Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours". My very first attempt at customising Emacs hasn't worked, though. I want to be able to read compressed files, so I added the line (require 'jka-compr) to my .emacs file. But Emacs seems to just ignore it (I looked at the *Messages* buffer, which did not even mention it). I tried also adding the line (setq load-path (cons "/usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp" load-path)) before the "require" line, to tell Emacs where jka-compr.elc is, but this did not help. What am I doing wrong? David --