GNU bug report logs - #12100
Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 12100 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 12100 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: bug-emacs <bug-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:01:47 +0100

Sometimes, it is useful to start emacs with -q --no-splash, for
example for quick startup, or in order to avoid problems with
facilities like the server, or desktop.el, which only really work in
one instantiation per user.

However, my .emacs modifies load-path to point to my per-user elisp
files, and it would be nice if emacs -q could get these too.

The obvious way is to use EMACSLOADPATH, but this can only be used to
override the default load-path, not extend it. It would be nice if
something like

EMACSLOADPATH=":$HOME/site-lisp"

i.e. a value containing an empty path segment, could be used to extend the path.

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org

Message #8 received at 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
Cc: 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12100: Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:39:24 +0200

Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:

> However, my .emacs modifies load-path to point to my per-user elisp
> files, and it would be nice if emacs -q could get these too.

$ emacs -q -L $HOME/site-lisp

Andreas.

-- 
Andreas Schwab, schwab <at> linux-m68k.org
GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."

Message #11 received at 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12100: Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:41:35 +0100

On 31 July 2012 14:39, Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote:
> Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org> writes:
>
>> However, my .emacs modifies load-path to point to my per-user elisp
>> files, and it would be nice if emacs -q could get these too.
>
> $ emacs -q -L $HOME/site-lisp

Sorry, I wasn't altogether clear: I want this to work in a script that
could be installed system-wide, hence the requirement for Emacs to get
the setting from the environment or some other implicit method.

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12100: Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:09:34 -0600

On 7/31/12 7:41 AM, Reuben Thomas wrote:
> On 31 July 2012 14:39, Andreas Schwab<schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>  wrote:
>> Reuben Thomas<rrt <at> sc3d.org>  writes:
>>
>>> However, my .emacs modifies load-path to point to my per-user elisp
>>> files, and it would be nice if emacs -q could get these too.
>>
>> $ emacs -q -L $HOME/site-lisp
>
> Sorry, I wasn't altogether clear: I want this to work in a script that
> could be installed system-wide, hence the requirement for Emacs to get
> the setting from the environment or some other implicit method.

eval emacs -q -L $(print $EMACSLOADPATH | sed 's/:/ -L /g')

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Message #19 received at 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Reuben Thomas <rrt <at> sc3d.org>
To: 12100 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Please reopen
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:59:36 +0100

This bug should not be closed: a workaround for the bug has been
given, but no fix.

All I'm asking is to be able to use Emacs Lisp like other scripting
languages, where you can extend the library path in the environment.

-- 
http://rrt.sc3d.org

Message #26 received at 12100-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 12100-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12100: Can't extend load-path with EMACSLOADPATH
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 20:57:31 -0500

Version: 24.4

Implemented.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.