Karl M. Hegbloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The .el are installed someplace, then byte compiled for each version of > emacs or xemacs you have installed. The .elc files are in the > load-path. You should not also add the directory where the .el files > are to the load-path. That is wrong. What should happen is that the > .el files should be symlinked to from the directory where the .elc files > are, so that they are accessible from right next to the .elc files. > > If the .el files are gzipped, the find-function / find-library, etc. > functions may need to be patched (until fixed upstream) to find them by > the .gz extended name. (and of course auto-decompression needs to be > on).
This is a good idea. I have decided to do this for the emacs-goodies-el packages. But if this solution is taken, then it is up to each package to implement it, and should be recommended in the Debian Emacs policy. How does anything get added to Emacs policy? -- Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
