Re: Issue with .emacs, files not loading

[Colin S. Miller]

Chris Poole wrote:
> I used to have everything in one .emacs file.
>
> Now I've split it up into various files for different systems (I use
> Mac OS X and GNU/Linux).
>
> This is my .emacs file:
>
> ;; Check to see if running on Mac OS X or some GNU/Linux distro
> (defvar macosx-p (string-match "darwin" (symbol-name system-type)))
> (defvar linux-p (string-match "gnu/linux" (symbol-name system-type)))
>
> ;; Load stuff for GNU/Linux systems only
> (when linux-p
>   (setq load-path (append load-path (list "~/emacs/lisp/linux"))))
>
> ;; Load stuff for Mac OS X only
> (when macosx-p
>   (setq load-path (append load-path (list "~/emacs/lisp/macosx"))))
>
> ;; Load OS-independant stuff
> (setq load-path (append load-path (list "~/emacs/lisp/generic")))
>
> ;; Load extra major modes (to top of load-path so loads first)
> (setq load-path (cons "~/emacs/lisp/generic/org" load-path))
>
> Inside ~/emacs/lisp/generic, I have all my settings in my-custom-
> generic.el. (Not byte-compiled yet.) I also have several other files.
> None of them load. Similar situation with the macosx directory, etc.
>
> The final loading of org-mode does load though, replacing the version
> that came with Emacs.
>
> I can't see what I'm doing wrong -- can anyone tell me my stupid
> mistake?
>
> Thanks.

Chris,
From the variable's documentation

  *List of directories to search for files to load.
  Each element is a string (directory name) or nil (try default directory).

  Note that the elements of this list *may not* begin with "~", so you must
  call `expand-file-name' on them before adding them to this list.


You need to expand your paths before adding them to load-path.
I can't see where you are calling (load-library) to load
my-custom-generic.el.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller