Re: Replace Ubuntu-supplied matlab.el

[Kevin Rodgers]

Thomas Arildsen wrote:
> On Thu, 06 May 2010 10:31:55 +0200, Andreas Politz wrote:
>
> > Thomas Arildsen <tha.es-aau-dk@spamgourmet.com> writes:
> >
> > > I would like to download and install the newest Matlab mode for Emacs
> > > from here: http://matlab-emacs.sourceforge.net/. My Emacs already has
> > > Matlab mode, apparently provided på the Ubuntu package
> > > emacs-goodies-el. What would be the "correct" way of disabling
> > > matlab.el from emacs-goodies-el and installing the newer version in
> > > stead?
> > >
> > > Thomas Arildsen
> > I think adding the new package earlier in your `load-path' would
> > suffice.
> >
> > -ap
>
> Will that cause emacs-goodies-el not to load matlab.el when it sees that 
> it has already been loaded?

Assuming emacs-goodies-el uses `require', yes.

But you don't even need to actually load the newer matlab.el, you just
need to install it in a directory that's in your `load-path' ahead of
the ubuntu version.

P.S. Don't forget to byte-compile matlab.el to matlab.elc

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA