> * In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * On the subject of "Re: emacs lisp"
> * Sent on Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:45:36 -0500
> * Honorable "Brenda J. Butler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 03:47:11PM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
>
> > > My question is: what is the recommended order to make emacs
> > > look in its load directories (what order to put directories
> > > in EMACSLOADPATH), and what is the purpose of site-lisp vs
> >
> > /usr/share/emacs/20.7/lisp is the directory for the lisp files that come
> > with your Emacs 20.7 distribution.
> > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp is the directory for the site-specific
> > (locally installed, varying from site to site) lisp files
> > used with all emacs distributions.
> > /usr/share/emacs/20.7/site-lisp is the directory for the site-specific
> > lisp files used only with Emacs 20.7.
>
> Ok. It's a little confusing when Debian ships with some .el
> and .elc already in site-specific but I'll get used to it.
this is okay. if they ship an emacs add-on package, such as gnuserv, it
is natural that it is installed into site-lisp.
please make sure that these add-on packages are compiled with the same
Emacs version you use. E.g., if you use Emacs 20.7 and you install BBDB
compiled with XEmacs 21.1, you will be in trouble.
> Is there any advice on which directory among the above should go first
> in the search path? My guess is that /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
> should go first, followed by the more-version-specific ones, in order
> of less-specific to more-specific.
Right. I never use /usr/share/emacs/20.7/site-lisp since I never have
more than one Emacs to support.
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