Re: subdirs works for emacs but fails for me -- why?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Glenn Morris wrote:
> rustom wrote:
>
> > When emacs finds such a file it adds the subdirs to the load-path
> > If I put a similar file in my load-path it does not do any good.
>
> subdirs.el is an internal mechanism that by design only works for
> "standard" Emacs directories, not any that you might happen to add to
> load-path (eg in .emacs).

But if one initializes load-path via the EMACSLOADPATH environment variable,
it looks like the subdirs.el trick will work.

> > Also why the fboundp stuff?
>
> Perhaps for compatibility for Emacs versions without this function, eg
> if they happen to share site-lisp directories.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA