Bug#157123: project: modify emacs policy

2002-08-18 Thread D . Goel
> You wouldn't be confusing the directories > /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/*, which contain the .elc files, > and the directories /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/*, which contain the > .el files, would you? Julian i do see now what you are saying. This takes care of most of my complaints. However, an

Bug#157123: project: modify emacs policy

2002-08-19 Thread D. Goel
Julian > > [1] It seems that, by default, /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/foo/ don't > No, this package *does* have a /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/erc/ > directory in it. We miscommunicated. Yes, the packages *does* have it, but it does not get added to the load-path. This neglect is true of most p

Bug#157123: project: modify emacs policy

2002-08-19 Thread D. Goel
Julian > Why should it be added to the load-path? Because many emacs functions depend on emacs having access to the .el files. M-x find-function and M-x find-variable come to mind. If .el is not in the load-path, emacs will take you the the nearly-unreadable .elc file when you M-x find-functio