Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!tale From: tale@cs.rpi.edu (David C Lawrence) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: load-path Message-ID: <~RR$K7$@rpi.edu> Date: 10 Jul 90 00:25:36 GMT References: <9007051730.AA01785@curley.osf.org> <3829@kim> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 15 In article <3829@kim> kim@spock (Kim Letkeman) writes: > Note the addition of the append in front of load-path. > (setq load-path (append (list (expand-file-name "~kim/elisp")) > (append load-path))) A little wasteful as lisp. Try: (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~kim/elisp") load-path)) One cons is much more efficient than two appends and a list, but it is probably insignificant to you as a whole. Just picking nits for what most lispers I know would call better code. -- (setq mail '("tale@cs.rpi.edu" "tale@ai.mit.edu" "tale@rpitsmts.bitnet"))