From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/55972 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steve Youngs Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: loading gnus creates *Group* buffer Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:25:56 +1000 Organization: Linux Users - Fanatics Dept. Sender: ding-owner@lists.math.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <8765fib1u3.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> <8365fioz2m.fsf@torus.sehlabs.com> <83r7y6lzlo.fsf@torus.sehlabs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1073946391 13514 80.91.224.253 (12 Jan 2004 22:26:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 22:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: gnus,xemacs,local,gnusdir,usr,site-packages,expand-file-name,customs Original-X-From: ding-owner+M4512@lists.math.uh.edu Mon Jan 12 23:26:24 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AgAVs-0007iK-00 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 23:26:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu) by malifon.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AgAVj-0007f2-00; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:26:15 -0600 Original-Received: from justine.libertine.org ([66.139.78.221] ident=postfix) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 1AgAVe-0007ex-00 for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:26:10 -0600 Original-Received: from gizmo01ps.bigpond.com (gizmo01ps.bigpond.com [144.140.71.11]) by justine.libertine.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CE503A0033 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 2004 16:26:08 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: (qmail 27945 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2004 21:20:12 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO psmam01.bigpond.com) (144.135.25.69) by gizmo01ps.bigpond.com with SMTP; 12 Jan 2004 21:20:12 -0000 Original-Received: from cpe-138-130-240-59.qld.bigpond.net.au ([138.130.240.59]) by psmam01.bigpond.com(MAM REL_3_4_2 71/18331609) with SMTP id 18331609; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:26:03 +1000 Original-Received: (from steve@localhost) by eicq.dnsalias.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) id i0CMQ06a032072; Tue, 13 Jan 2004 08:26:00 +1000 Mail-Copies-To: never Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-Face: #/1'_-|5_1$xjR,mVKhpfMJcRh8"k}_a{EkIO:Ox<]@zl/Yr|H,qH#3jJi6Aw(Mg@"!+Z"C N_S3!3jzW^FnPeumv4l#,E}J.+e%0q(U>#b-#`~>l^A!_j5AEgpU)>t+VYZ$:El7hLa1:%%L=3%B>n K{^jU_{& X-URL: X-Request-PGP: X-OpenPGP-Fingerprint: 1659 2093 19D5 C06E D320 3A20 1D27 DB4B A94B 3003 X-Now-Playing: Sex And Candy --- [Marcy Playground] X-Attribution: SY Mail-Followup-To: ding@gnus.org In-Reply-To: (Steven E. Harris's message of "Mon, 12 Jan 2004 09:40:25 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Reasonable Discussion, linux) Precedence: bulk Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55972 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:55972 --=-=-= * Steven E Harris writes: > Steve Youngs writes: >> Why don't you just install Gnus to the default location? > For years, I was running an XEmacs in a location that I didn't have > write permission to, so I got in the habit of keeping my local > packages (including Gnus CVS builds) under my home directory. I chose > ~/usr/local/ as the root to feed to the Gnus 'configure' script and it > came up with ~/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages as the root for > Gnus. OK, that's fair enough. >> Or configure Gnus to install under ~/.xemacs/site-packages ? > Well, now I'd consider doing that, but I jumped in on this thread > because I didn't know about these special directories under ~/.xemacs > that would enable the autoload behavior. You explained how they're > supposed to work, and I've been trying to convince myself (and you in > the process) that these directories are not inspected with my current > Cygwin XEmacs 21.4.13. It's a good idea. I just wished it worked here. I'm at a loss. It should _just work_. I'll see if I can find the answer for you, but in the meantime just use this... (let* ((gnusdir (file-name-as-directory (expand-file-name "usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/gnus" (getenv "HOME")))) (autos (expand-file-name "auto-autoloads.elc" gnusdir)) (customs (expand-file-name "custom-load.elc" gnusdir))) (setq load-path (push gnusdir load-path)) (when (file-exists-p autos) (load-file autos)) (when (file-exists-p customs) (load-file customs))) And keep installing Gnus in the way/place you are used to. -- |---------------------| | Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. | | The proof of the pudding, is under the crust. | |---------------------------------| --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Eicq - The XEmacs ICQ Client iEYEABECAAYFAkADHvcACgkQHSfbS6lLMAMwnwCg2BK9MnhOUYXgC5YFmpYrOoZ5 QgEAmwR4kGUl2iqkbi0zBCzwuVrXqX5l =gQA9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--