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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1995-02-04 08:14:52 +0000 |
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committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1995-02-04 08:14:52 +0000 |
commit | c11b2fdf46d7c9a8aabf3a028a022f55bb9ac8a9 (patch) | |
tree | c65ac2405b79dde5ebb9d0c26acad8c8a8ce28b2 /lispref | |
parent | ebb94245246ccae2907f485d654ac8855c586544 (diff) | |
download | emacs-c11b2fdf46d7c9a8aabf3a028a022f55bb9ac8a9.tar.gz |
Explain load-path and dumping.
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diff --git a/lispref/loading.texi b/lispref/loading.texi index 1819d84eaf3..01b648d0026 100644 --- a/lispref/loading.texi +++ b/lispref/loading.texi @@ -172,6 +172,18 @@ the current directory, Emacs 18 temporarily adds the current directory to the front of @code{load-path} so the file can be found there. Newer Emacs versions also find such files in the current directory, but without altering @code{load-path}. + +Dumping Emacs uses a special value of @code{load-path}. If the value of +@code{load-path} at the end of dumping is unchanged (that is, still the +same special value), the dumped Emacs switches to the ordinary +@code{load-path} value when it starts up, as decribed above. But if +@code{load-path} has any other value at the end of dumping, that value +is used for execution of the dumped Emacs also. + +Therefore, if you want to change @code{load-path} temporarily for +loading a few libraries in @file{site-init.el} or @file{site-load.el}, +you should bind @code{load-path} locally with @code{let} around the +calls to @code{load}. @end defopt @defvar load-in-progress |