Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Chong Yidong]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>> Hum, I'd like to have that defcustom (or another one) to have a
>> directory where Emacs would not stupidly load the file, but build an
>> autoload file for them and load that one.
>
> That would make more sense, indeed.  That's also closer to what
> package.el (w|sh)ould do with random .el files.

If said random .el file follows the Emacs Lisp file conventions, and has
a `;; Version: XX.XX.XX' line in its header section, it's already a
valid package.  M-x package-install-file will do the right thing.