Re: find-function-source-directory

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:53:19 -0800 (PST)
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> 
> > Anything that is called "path" should be a list of directories, nopt a
> > single file name (this is GNU, remember?).  So try something like
> > this:
> > 
> >   (setq find-function-source-path
> >     '("c:/projects/emacs/lisp/"
> >       "c:/projects/emacs/lisp/emacs-lisp/"
> >       "c:/projects/emacs/lisp/net/"
> >       ...))
> 
> FWIW, I don't think Emacs calls even such a list a "path".
> 
> I'd suggest a name such as `find-function-source-dirs'
> or `find-function-source-directories' or
> `find-function-source-dir-list'.
> 
> The value is a list of directories.

In GNU, a "path" is a list of directories.  The separator is
colon/semi-colon in a shell, but in Lisp it's a simple list.  Cf.
load-path, exec-path, image-load-path, etc.