Brian C. White writes (Re: Emacs per-package startup files):
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[someone:]
So, do these files go in /var/lib/emacs, /etc/emacs, or
/usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp, and why? I can set it up and send changes
to the emacs package maintainers this weekend if that gets worked
out...
I'd vote
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (Re: Emacs per-package startup files):
Umm, /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp/ is already there, and already the right
place for this sort of thing. Next question?
Err, I don't think so. Files in /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp aren't
loaded automatically (and shouldn't
Mark Eichin writes (Re: Emacs per-package startup files):
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[it would make it easier to fix the
/etc/passwd problem that mhpower mentioned], but in those cases we
can't really change the database because of existing use, whereas
with emacs we are free to do that.)
Right, that was my line
Hmm. As for dpkg needing install-elisp, I'm not quite sure I buy that,
because it would seem to argue that *any* install-* should be included
in dpkg. Then again, there is only install-info which *is* in dpkg,
and install-mime which is in mime-support which has it's own
justification. There
Erick Branderhorst writes:
If the files there really depend on each other, then it may be nice
to require that each .el file contains
(provide 'site-start-xxx)
(as the *last* line so nothing is provided in case of error), and other
files will just use
IJ == Ian Jackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
IJ /etc/emacs/site-start.d ?
There would be something else inside /etc/emacs or just site-start.d?
If not, it seems we need a better name.
/etc/site-start.d?
/etc/emacs.d?
/etc/emacs-start.d?
/etc/emacs-lisp.d?
Yes, I know would nice to have
EB == Erick Branderhorst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
EB How will these files be read. In alphabetical or fileposition order?
EB Some scripts written in these might work only properly if some other
EB script is executed first. I can't come up with some proper example
EB but I can imagine that
Erick Branderhorst writes:
OK, so we've decided to have packages put their Emacs startup stuff in
a directory, with one file per package.
The directory obviously ought to go in /etc, and the files made
conffiles, so that the sysadmin can reconfigure things.
If the files there really depend on each other, then it may be nice
to require that each .el file contains
(provide 'site-start-xxx)
(as the *last* line so nothing is provided in case of error), and other
files will just use
(require 'site-start-xxx)
as needed.
OK, so we've decided to have packages put their Emacs startup stuff in
a directory, with one file per package.
The directory obviously ought to go in /etc, and the files made
conffiles, so that the sysadmin can reconfigure things.
/etc/emacs/site-start.d ?
Please wait a minute.
How
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