(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Grimnir]

I'm trying to install session.el on my SuSE Linux system. I downloaded it 
from: http://emacs-session.sourceforge.net/

The INSTALL file says:


    "The cases:
        ...
      (b) You use Emacs and install Session in your home directory:
          create directory "~/.emacs.d/lisp/" and copy "lisp/session.el"
          to it.  Add the following lines at the beginning of your Emacs
          init file:

             (setq load-path
                   (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))"


I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the load-path 
variable.  I really don't want to start playing around with the load path 
in the compile if I can aviod it, and I don't want to resort to having the 
same *.el in multiple place, nor symlinking them.  The above Lisp statement 
looks like a very attractive solution. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to 
work. 

Can someone clarify what behavior I should expect from that statement?  Does 
it work for you?

-- STH

RE: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Bingham, Jay]

I just tried the statement as you have it in your message.  I don't know if this is exactly what you have in your .emacs but if it is it will not work you have an extra double quote at the end of the statement.

If you want to see how something will work paste it into the scratch buffer and type C-j at the end of the sexp.  Emacs will attempt to execute/evaluate the expression and will display the results in the scratch buffer.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Grimnir [mailto:valfather@hotmail.com] 
Sent:	Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:35 PM
To:	help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject:	(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

I'm trying to install session.el on my SuSE Linux system. I downloaded it 
from: http://emacs-session.sourceforge.net/

The INSTALL file says:


    "The cases:
        ...
      (b) You use Emacs and install Session in your home directory:
          create directory "~/.emacs.d/lisp/" and copy "lisp/session.el"
          to it.  Add the following lines at the beginning of your Emacs
          init file:

             (setq load-path
                   (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))"


I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the load-path 
variable.  I really don't want to start playing around with the load path 
in the compile if I can aviod it, and I don't want to resort to having the 
same *.el in multiple place, nor symlinking them.  The above Lisp statement 
looks like a very attractive solution. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to 
work. 

Can someone clarify what behavior I should expect from that statement?  Does 
it work for you?

-- STH
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Re: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Sep 19 2002, valfather@hotmail.com wrote:

> I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the load-path 
> variable.

".gnu-emacs"? I've seen this on SuSE Linux systems, but Emacs usually
is looking for "~/.emacs". Are you sure, that ".gnu-emacs" is used?

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Kevin Rodgers]

Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19 2002, valfather@hotmail.com wrote:
>>I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the load-path 
>>variable.
> 
> ".gnu-emacs"? I've seen this on SuSE Linux systems, but Emacs usually
> is looking for "~/.emacs". Are you sure, that ".gnu-emacs" is used?


`C-h v user-init-file RET'

-- 
Kevin Rodgers <kevinr@ihs.com>

Re: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Sep 19 2002, Kevin Rodgers wrote:

> Reiner Steib wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 19 2002, valfather@hotmail.com wrote:
>>> I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the load-path
>>> variable.
>> ".gnu-emacs"? I've seen this on SuSE Linux systems, but Emacs usually
>> is looking for "~/.emacs". Are you sure, that ".gnu-emacs" is used?
>
> `C-h v user-init-file RET'

It's clear, that there are billions of possibilities to load a file
named ".gnu-emacs". ;-) But the OP mentioned that `load-path' wasn't
modified, so it's suggesting to assume that the file was not loaded,
as the lisp code is correct.

FYI: What SuSE does (or at least did) is...

,----[ /etc/skel/.emacs ]
| (if (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version)
|     (progn
|       XEmacs-stuff-here)
|   (progn
|     (if (file-readable-p "~/.gnu-emacs")
| 	(load "~/.gnu-emacs" nil t)
|       Emacs-stuff-here)))
`----

(no, I wouldn't recommend this)

Bye, Reiner.
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Re: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))

[Grimnir]

Reiner Steib wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19 2002, Kevin Rodgers wrote:
> 
>> Reiner Steib wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Sep 19 2002, valfather@hotmail.com wrote:
>>>> I added that to my .gnu-emacs but it doesn't seem to modify the
>>>> load-path variable.
>>> ".gnu-emacs"? I've seen this on SuSE Linux systems, but Emacs usually
>>> is looking for "~/.emacs". Are you sure, that ".gnu-emacs" is used?
>>
>> `C-h v user-init-file RET'
> 
> It's clear, that there are billions of possibilities to load a file
> named ".gnu-emacs". ;-) But the OP mentioned that `load-path' wasn't
> modified, so it's suggesting to assume that the file was not loaded,
> as the lisp code is correct.
> 
> FYI: What SuSE does (or at least did) is...
> 
> ,----[ /etc/skel/.emacs ]
> | (if (string-match "XEmacs\\|Lucid" emacs-version)
> |     (progn
> |       XEmacs-stuff-here)
> |   (progn
> |     (if (file-readable-p "~/.gnu-emacs")
> | (load "~/.gnu-emacs" nil t)
> |       Emacs-stuff-here)))
> `----
> 
> (no, I wouldn't recommend this)
> 
> Bye, Reiner.

This is exactly what happened on my box.  I'm not sure why some things 
weren't working with the .gnu-emacs file, but removing it from the mix 
seems to have fixed a few problems.  

The .gnu-emacs is not the end of the saga.The also do:

,----[ /etc/skel/.emacs ]
|  ;; Custum Settings
|  ;; ===============
|  ;; To avoid any trouble with the customization system of GNU emacs
|  ;; we set the default file ~/.gnu-emacs-custom
|  (setq custom-file "~/.gnu-emacs-custom")
|  (load "~/.gnu-emacs-custom" t t)
|;;;
|)
|;;;
`----

I have yet to test the   
(setq load-path
     (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp") load-path))"
with a clean .emacs.  

I guess anybody who wants to have anything beyond the default setup in Emacs 
he will have to learn a certain amount of Lisp, whether he wants to or not. 

-- STH