From: saneman <asdfsdf@asd.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: using string variable with file name
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:16:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fpp2q8$5f9$1@news.net.uni-c.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrnfs02sq.kll.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.arnhem.chello.nl>
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?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-23 12:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-23 11:53 using string variable with file name saneman
2008-02-23 12:00 ` Joost Kremers
2008-02-23 12:16 ` saneman [this message]
2008-02-23 12:44 ` Johan Bockgård
2008-02-23 13:03 ` Joost Kremers
2008-02-23 16:49 ` Thierry Volpiatto
2008-02-23 23:45 ` Daniel Pittman
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