Re: loading gnus creates *Group* buffer

[Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au>]

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|--==> "SEH" == Steven E Harris <seh@panix.com> writes:

  SEH> Steve Youngs <sryoungs@bigpond.net.au> writes:
  >>Why isn't your Gnus autoloading?  Back in October last year I tweaked
  >>the build so `auto-autoloads.el' & `custom-load.el' are created when
  >>building with XEmacs.  Isn't it working for you?

  SEH> I use a Gnus built from CVS and stored under ~/usr/local, so I
  SEH> don't have the Gnus package installed. If I start up XEmacs
  SEH> without loading Gnus explicitly, it doesn't know the functions
  SEH> `gnus' or `gnus-no-server.'

This is because the directory is getting added to the load-path
_after_ XEmacs processes the autoloads.

  SEH> Does auto-autoloads.el provide these functions?

Yes.

  SEH> I do add ~/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages/lisp/gnus to my
  SEH> load-path in one of my init files, and that directory does
  SEH> contain auto-autoloads.el as you intended. Maybe I'm adding
  SEH> this directory to my load-path too late to work in concert with
  SEH> the autoload mechanism.

Yes.  And you wouldn't be able to add that directory to your load-path
soon enough because XEmacs processes the autoloads _before_ it loads
your `user-init-file'.  But don't worry, there are a few things that
you could do to work around it...

Solution #1:
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Solution #2:
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When building Gnus...

./configure \
  --infodir=/home/you/.xemacs/site-packages/info \
  --with-lispdir=/home/you/.xemacs/site-packages/lisp/gnus \
  --with-etcdir=/home/you/.xemacs/site-packages/etc/gnus

This will install Gnus under ~/.xemacs/site-packages/ and you won't
have to add anything to your load-path because that directory is one
of the ones that XEmacs searches automatically.
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Solution #3:
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When building XEmacs...

./configure \
  --package-path=/home/you/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages
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Solution #4:
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Install Gnus to the default location
(/usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-packages) by _not_ specifying any
directory related configure options.  You won't have to add any
directories to your load-path with this solution either.

Obviously, this solution requires write access to that directory.
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HTH.

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