add-to-list 'load-path doesn't seem to work
Solution 1
Perhaps the problem is that the leading tilde ('~') is not expanded when require
searches the entries in the load-path
list. Consider using the expand-file-name
function to prepare your entry for subsequent use by require
:
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "jademode" "~/.emacs.d"))
or
(add-to-list 'load-path (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/jademode"))
It would help to know which Emacs you're using on which operating system.
Solution 2
i'm not 100% sure but i would guess that the list is not instantiated and thus you can't add anything to the load-path list, i just instantiate the list with
(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/lisp")
load-path))
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rabidmachine9 almost 2 years
Whenever I see some installation instruction for an emacs package it always suggests to use
add-to-list 'load-path
it never works for me. For some reason and I have to useload-file
. For example, this will not work:(add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/jade-mode") (require 'sws-mode) (require 'jade-mode) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.styl$" . sws-mode)) (add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("\\.jade$" . sws-mode))
but this will work:
(load-file "~/.emacs.d/jade-mode/sws-mode.el") (load-file "~/.emacs.d/jade-mode/jade-mode.el") (require 'sws-mode) (require 'jade-mode)
anybody can tell me why? EDIT: I use Carbon Emacs on MAC OS X 10.5