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Re: help


From: Artur Malabarba
Subject: Re: help
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 19:28:43 +0100

Some packages create files in that folder with the .el extension. If
you add it to your load-path they might shadow actual source files.
Emacs will warn you if it detects you're doing that.

2015-09-27 18:49 GMT+01:00 Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>:
>
> On 2015-09-27, at 19:21, Artur Malabarba <bruce.connor.am@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Try just adding the directory to your load path, i.e.:
>>>
>>>   (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d")
>>
>> Never do this, it's just going to cause you headaches. (And it's not
>> going to solve the problem)
>
> Out of curiosity: what kind of headaches?  I don't have such setting in
> my Emacs, and I don't plan to, but it looks rather benign.
>
> Best,
>
> --
> Marcin Borkowski
> http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
> Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
> Adam Mickiewicz University



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