;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
-;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
;;; Code:
(defvar Info-default-directory-list
- (let ((start (list "/usr/local/info/"
- "/usr/local/lib/info/"))
+ (let ((start (list "/usr/local/lib/info/"
+ ;; This comes second so that, if it is the same
+ ;; as configure-info-directory (which is usually true)
+ ;; and Emacs has been installed (also usually true)
+ ;; then the list will end with two copies of this;
+ ;; which means that the last dir file Info-insert-dir
+ ;; finds will be the one in this directory.
+ "/usr/local/info/"))
(configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
- (or (member configdir start)
- (setq start (nconc start (list configdir))))
- (or (member (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory) start)
- (setq start
- (nconc start
- (list (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory)))))
+ (setq start (nconc start (list configdir)))
start)
- "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.")
+ "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.
+They are searched in the order they are given in this list.
+Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
+normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
(defvar news-path "/usr/spool/news/"
"The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
(defvar gnus-default-nntp-server ""
;; set this to your local server
"The name of the host running an NNTP server.
-If it is a string such as \":DIRECTORY\", then ~/DIRECTORY
-is used as a news spool. `gnus-nntp-server' is initialised from NNTPSERVER
-environment variable or, if none, this value.")
+The null string means use the local host as the server site.")
(defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
"NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
"*The name of your organization, as a string.
The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
-(defvar mh-progs
- (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/bin/mh/") "/usr/bin/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
- ((file-directory-p "/usr/new/mh/") "/usr/new/mh/") ;Ultrix <4.2
- ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/bin/mh/") "/usr/local/bin/mh/")
- ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/mh/") "/usr/local/mh/")
- (t "/usr/local/bin/"))
- "Directory containing MH commands.")
-
-(defvar mh-lib
- (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/lib/mh/") "/usr/lib/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
- ((file-directory-p "/usr/new/lib/mh/") "/usr/new/lib/mh/") ;Ultrix <4.2
- ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/lib/mh/") "/usr/local/lib/mh/")
- (t "/usr/local/bin/mh/"))
- "Directory of MH library.")
-
-(defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
- "Name of user's primary mail file.")
-
(defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc"
"The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
+(defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
+ "Name of user's primary mail file.")
+
(defconst rmail-spool-directory
- (if (memq system-type '(dgux-unix hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu
- irix silicon-graphics-unix))
- "/usr/mail/"
- "/usr/spool/mail/")
+ (cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
+ "/usr/spool/mail/")
+ ;; 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/")
+ ;; SVR4 and recent BSD are said to use this.
+ ;; Rather than trying to know precisely which systems use it,
+ ;; let's assume this dir is never used for anything else.
+ ((file-exists-p "/var/mail")
+ "/var/mail/")
+ ((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
+ "/usr/mail/")
+ (t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
"Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
Its name should end with a slash.")
(t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
"Program used to send messages.")
+(defconst 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
+ ;; based on what we actually find out there. The restricted shell is
+ ;; almost certainly in /bin or /usr/bin, so it's probably safe to assume
+ ;; that an rsh found elsewhere is the remote shell program. The converse
+ ;; is not true: /usr/bin/rsh could be either one, so check that last.
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/remsh") "/usr/ucb/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/remsh") "/usr/bsd/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/bin/remsh") "/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/remsh") "/usr/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/remsh") "/usr/local/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/rsh") "/usr/ucb/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/rsh") "/usr/bsd/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/rsh") "/usr/local/bin/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rcmd") "/usr/bin/rcmd")
+ ((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")))
+
(defconst 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.")
-;; Solaris 2 has both of these files; prefer /usr/ucb/man
-;; because the other has nonstandard argument conventions.
-(defconst manual-program (if (file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/man")
- "/usr/ucb/man" "/usr/bin/man")
- "Program to run to print man pages.")
-
(defconst abbrev-file-name
(if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
"~/abbrev.def"