From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:01:03 -0500 Message-ID: References: <8739pw2srx.fsf@picasso.cante.net> <878vznz5ku.fsf@picasso.cante.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292689380 23810 80.91.229.12 (18 Dec 2010 16:23:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7665@debbugs.gnu.org To: Jari Aalto Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 18 17:22:56 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTzYd-00077e-Nd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 17:22:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:32876 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTzYd-0005vd-3i for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:22:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43643 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PTzYX-0005t3-LG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:22:50 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTzYT-0002ex-Mr for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:22:49 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:55976) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PTzYT-0002et-LX for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:22:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTz7e-0007D1-Kz; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:55:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:55:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7665 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7665-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7665.129268769927700 (code B ref 7665); Sat, 18 Dec 2010 15:55:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7665) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Dec 2010 15:54:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTz7b-0007Cj-3J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:54:59 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181] helo=ironport2-out.pppoe.ca) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PTz7Y-0007CX-IX for 7665@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:54:57 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvsEAAVqDE1Ld/KP/2dsb2JhbACkNHS8OoVKBIRljhI X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.60,194,1291611600"; d="scan'208";a="85811853" Original-Received: from 75-119-242-143.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.242.143]) by ironport2-out.pppoe.ca with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 18 Dec 2010 11:01:04 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id AEC7758E99; Sat, 18 Dec 2010 11:01:03 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <878vznz5ku.fsf@picasso.cante.net> (Jari Aalto's message of "Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:49 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 10:55:02 -0500 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:42622 Archived-At: > | > An example: > | > emacs -L ~/elisp/package -L ~/.emacs.d/downloaded -l my-test.el > | > | I don't understand this example: why ~/elisp/package and > | ~/.emacs.d/downloaded? What are these directories and how are they > | related to my-test.el? > Just like Drew explained. The above would effectively do: > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/elisp/package") > (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/downloaded") > (load-library "my-test.el") I understood that part, of course. The question is: why do you need to do that? Hence "What are these directories and how are they related to my-test.el?" And "Why ~/elisp/package and ~/.emacs.d/downloaded?" Hopefully you (or Drew) understand those two questions now and can answer them, Stefan