GNU bug report logs - #7665
Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:44:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 23.2+1-5.1

Fixed in version 19.29

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7665 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto <at> cante.net>
Subject: bug#7665: Emacs: add command line option -L to set more paths to load-path
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:24:49 +0200

2010-12-18 00:05 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:
| > 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")

Paths and file names in the example were arbitrary and non-important.

The -L would also be useful for setting load-path prior byte
compiling files that require other files.

Jari
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