;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands -*- no-byte-compile: t -*-
-;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003,
+;; 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
-;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;; DOC file rather than in memory.
(defun prune-directory-list (dirs &optional keep reject)
- "Returns a copy of DIRS with all non-existant directories removed.
+ "Returns a copy of DIRS with all non-existent directories removed.
The optional argument KEEP is a list of directories to retain even if
they don't exist, and REJECT is a list of directories to remove from
DIRS, even if they exist; REJECT takes precedence over KEEP.
Note that membership in REJECT and KEEP is checked using simple string
-comparision."
+comparison."
(apply #'nconc
(mapcar (lambda (dir)
(and (not (member dir reject))
for initializing `Info-directory-list' when Info is started, unless
the environment variable INFOPATH is set.")
-(defvar news-path
+(defvar news-directory
(if (file-exists-p "/usr/spool/news/")
"/usr/spool/news/"
"/var/spool/news/")
"The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
+(defvaralias 'news-path 'news-directory)
(defvar news-inews-program
(cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
*The name of your organization, as a string.
The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
-(defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc" "\
-The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
-Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
-
(defcustom rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
"*Name of user's primary mail file."
:type 'string
:group 'rmail
:version "21.1")
-(defconst rmail-spool-directory
+(defvar rmail-spool-directory
(cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
"/usr/spool/mail/")
- ;; On The Bull DPX/2 /usr/spool/mail is used although
+ ;; On The Bull DPX/2 /usr/spool/mail is used although
;; it is usg-unix-v.
((string-match "^m68k-bull-sysv3" system-configuration)
"/usr/spool/mail/")
"Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
Its name should end with a slash.")
-(defconst sendmail-program
+(defcustom sendmail-program
(cond
((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
(t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
- "Program used to send messages.")
+ "Program used to send messages."
+ :group 'mail
+ :type 'file)
-(defconst remote-shell-program
+(defcustom remote-shell-program
(cond
;; Some systems use rsh for the remote shell; others use that name for the
;; restricted shell and use remsh for the remote shell. Let's try to guess
((file-exists-p "/bin/rsh") "/bin/rsh")
((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rsh") "/usr/bin/rsh")
(t "rsh"))
- "File name for remote-shell program (often rsh or remsh).")
+ "File name for remote-shell program (often rsh or remsh)."
+ :group 'environment
+ :type 'file)
-(defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/") "\
+(defvar term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/") "\
If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")
-(defconst abbrev-file-name
+(defvar abbrev-file-name
(if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
"~/abbrev.def"
(convert-standard-filename "~/.abbrev_defs"))
"*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
+;;; arch-tag: bae27ffb-9944-4c87-b569-30d4635a99e1
;;; paths.el ends here