Re: using string variable with file name

[saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com>]

Joost Kremers wrote:
> saneman wrote:
>> In my .emacs file I have made:
>>
>> ;; Directories
>> (setq mylisp "~/work/mylisp/")
>>
>> ;; Line numbers
>> (load-file mylisp cons "setnu.el")
>> (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'setnu-mode)
>>
>> But this gives an error. How do I "cons" the variable mylisp with a 
>> filename?
> 
> (cons mylisp "setnu.el")
> 
> however, that gives you a cons, which (i think) is not what you want. in
> order to concatenate strings, you need concat:
> 
> (concat mylisp "setnu.el")
> 
> but even that is probably not the best way to do what you want. it's
> probably better to add "~/work/mylisp" to your load path:
> 
> (setq load-path (cons "~/work/mylisp" load-path))
> 
> then you can load the file without explicitly naming its path:
> 
> (load-file "setnu.el")
> 
> 

When using you last advice:
(setq load-path (cons "~/work/mylisp" load-path))
(load-file "setnu.el")

I get the error:
File error: "Cannot open load file", "/home/saneman/setnu.el"


Seems that the load-path is not updated.


The fist solution:
(setq mylisp "~/work/mylisp/")
(load-file (concat mylisp "setnu.el" ))

works. Are there any rules that say that .el files will not be found in 
the load-path?