-;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
+;;; 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, 2006 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))
dirs)))
(defvar Info-default-directory-list
- (let* ((config
- (list (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
+ (let* ((config-dir
+ (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory))
+ (config
+ (list config-dir))
(unpruned-prefixes
;; Directory trees that may not exist at installation time, and
;; so shouldn't be pruned based on existance.
;; Subdirectories in each directory tree that may contain info
;; directories.
'("" "share/" "gnu/" "gnu/lib/" "gnu/lib/emacs/"
- "emacs/" "lib/" "lib/emacs/")))
- (nconc
- (apply #'nconc
- (mapcar (lambda (pfx)
- (let ((dirs
- (mapcar (lambda (sfx) (concat pfx sfx "info/"))
- suffixes)))
- (if (member pfx unpruned-prefixes)
- dirs
- (prune-directory-list dirs config))))
- prefixes))
- config))
+ "emacs/" "lib/" "lib/emacs/"))
+ (standard-info-dirs
+ (apply #'nconc
+ (mapcar (lambda (pfx)
+ (let ((dirs
+ (mapcar (lambda (sfx)
+ (concat pfx sfx "info/"))
+ suffixes)))
+ (if (member pfx unpruned-prefixes)
+ dirs
+ (prune-directory-list dirs config))))
+ prefixes))))
+ ;; If $(prefix)/info is not one of the standard info directories,
+ ;; they are probably installing an experimental version of Emacs,
+ ;; so make sure that experimental version's Info files override
+ ;; the ones in standard directories.
+ (if (member config-dir standard-info-dirs)
+ (nconc standard-info-dirs config)
+ (cons config-dir standard-info-dirs)))
"Default list of directories to search for Info documentation files.
They are searched in the order they are given in the list.
Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
-normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).
+normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones),
+unless Emacs is installed into a non-standard directory. In the latter
+case, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs should be
+first in this list.
Once Info is started, the list of directories to search
comes from the variable `Info-directory-list'.
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/rcmd") "/bin/rcmd")
((file-exists-p "/bin/rsh") "/bin/rsh")
((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rsh") "/usr/bin/rsh")
- (t "rsh")))
+ (t "rsh"))
+ "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