How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

[Joe Fineman]

I run Emacs 22.3.1 under Windows XP.

I have been trying to put something in my .emacs file that will cause
eshell & calc to be loaded.  Do those whole directories /lisp have be
loaded file by file?  The eponymous files within those directories do
not do the job.  I keep being told that some other .el file or other
can't be loaded.  apropos -> load does not reveal anything
suggestive.  What am I missing?
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Re: How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net>
> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:43:38 -0500
> 
> I run Emacs 22.3.1 under Windows XP.
> 
> I have been trying to put something in my .emacs file that will cause
> eshell & calc to be loaded.  Do those whole directories /lisp have be
> loaded file by file?

M-x eshell RET should DTRT for eshell.
M-x calc RET should DTRT for calc.

Is that what you want?  If not, please give more details about what
you are looking for.

Re: How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

[Joe Fineman]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:43:38 -0500
>> 
>> I run Emacs 22.3.1 under Windows XP.
>> 
>> I have been trying to put something in my .emacs file that will
>> cause eshell & calc to be loaded.  Do those whole directories /lisp
>> have be loaded file by file?
>
> M-x eshell RET should DTRT for eshell.

I take it DTRT stands for "do the right thing"?

It doesn't.  It gets the message "Cannot open load file: eshell" in
the minibuffer.

> M-x calc RET should DTRT for calc.

That brings up a couple of windows & then says "Selecting deleted
buffer".

> Is that what you want?  If not, please give more details about what
> you are looking for.

I would like to load all the files in those directories so that
(presumably) the commands will work in my Emacs.  I am obviously
missing something obvious.
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Re: How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

[Dan Espen]

Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net>
>>> Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:43:38 -0500
>>> 
>>> I run Emacs 22.3.1 under Windows XP.
>>> 
>>> I have been trying to put something in my .emacs file that will
>>> cause eshell & calc to be loaded.  Do those whole directories /lisp
>>> have be loaded file by file?
>>
>> M-x eshell RET should DTRT for eshell.
>
> I take it DTRT stands for "do the right thing"?
>
> It doesn't.  It gets the message "Cannot open load file: eshell" in
> the minibuffer.
>
>> M-x calc RET should DTRT for calc.
>
> That brings up a couple of windows & then says "Selecting deleted
> buffer".
>
>> Is that what you want?  If not, please give more details about what
>> you are looking for.
>
> I would like to load all the files in those directories so that
> (presumably) the commands will work in my Emacs.  I am obviously
> missing something obvious.

You don't load whole directories, but you might need to add directories
to the variable load-path.  That's normally done for you.

Have you altered load-path?

Re: How does one load a whole Elisp directory?

[Joe Fineman]

Dan Espen <daneNO@MORE.mk.SPAMtelcordia.com> writes:

> Joe Fineman <joe_f@verizon.net> writes:

>> I would like to load all the files in those directories so that
>> (presumably) the commands will work in my Emacs.  I am obviously
>> missing something obvious.
>
> You don't load whole directories, but you might need to add
> directories to the variable load-path.  That's normally done for
> you.
>
> Have you altered load-path?

Thank you!  That did the job.  I used to know about load-path, but
forgot about it over the years.  None of us is getting any younger.

%^)
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---  Joe Fineman    joe_f@verizon.net

||:  Imprudent sexual activity completes the life cycles of many  :||
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