[comp.emacs] load paths and compile files

c162-dm@danube.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go) (01/31/91)

Help!

I'm running Emacs version 18.54.1 and am wondering if there is any way to
put load files in a directory other than the default.  My problem is that I
do not have superuser privileges and would like to run gnus.  I have the
files in my home directory and have byte-compiled nntp.el successfully but
when i try to do the same to gnus.el, I get an error message saying 
"Cannot open load file: nntp".  What should I do?

Any help would be most appreciated.

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ewoods@hemel.bull.co.uk (Eoin Woods) (01/31/91)

c162-dm@danube.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go) writes:

>I'm running Emacs version 18.54.1 and am wondering if there is any way to
>put load files in a directory other than the default.  My problem is that I
>do not have superuser privileges and would like to run gnus.  I have the
>files in my home directory and have byte-compiled nntp.el successfully but
>when i try to do the same to gnus.el, I get an error message saying 
>"Cannot open load file: nntp".  What should I do?

If you set the environment variable EMACSLOADPATH in your environment, then
Emacs will use it to initialise the internal variable "load-path".

Eoin.
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rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) (02/01/91)

On 31 Jan 91 02:10:31 GMT, c162-dm@danube.Berkeley.EDU (byron c go) said:

byron> Help!
byron> I'm running Emacs version 18.54.1 and am wondering if there is
byron> any way to put load files in a directory other than the
byron> default. 

I have the following snippit in my .emacs:

(setq load-path (list (concat (getenv "HOME") "/Emacs") 
		      "/usr/local/lib/emacs/lisplocal" 
		      "/usr/local/lib/emacs/dist-18.55/lisp" ))

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swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson, St. Olaf College) (02/07/91)

Just set the following line in your start-up sequence.

(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "directory-name-here") load-path))

	-Chris

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