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From: avi@bu-pub.bu.edu (Avram Weiss)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help,comp.emacs
Subject: appending to load-path
Keywords: append load-path
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Date: 16 Feb 91 22:25:46 GMT
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I want to add a directory onto the existing load-path. so I have the
following entry in my .emacs file:

(append load-path (list "/usr2/guest/avi/elisp"))

I then "eval" the variable "load-path" and the load-path has not changed.

I then switch to buffer *scratch* and enter the same command and presto,
the load-path is now changed.

Does anybody know why the "append" is not working in the .emacs file?

responses can be e-mailed to avi@bass.bu.edu

-avi avi@bass.bu.edu