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From: mdb@amadeus.UUCP (Mark D. Baushke)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: autoloading [+ Proposal for new load function]
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Date: Thu, 29-Oct-87 14:20:17 EST
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>    From: grover%potomac.UUCP@YALE.ARPA (Mark D. Grover)
>    Date: 27 Oct 87 14:51:24 GMT
> 
>    I have extra stuff (modified definitions) that I want to load after
>    the normal autoloading of the rmail system.  How do I do this?

When I make customizations to packages like rmail.el, I use the hook
provided (c.f., rmail-mode-hook). For example, in ~/.emacs I put
something like this:

(defun rmail-mode-hook-extras ()
  "load personal rmail extras"
  (load-library "rmail-extra")
  (load-library "misc-tools"))

(setq rmail-mode-hook 'rmail-mode-hook-extras)

everytime I do a "rmail" command, these libraries get loaded (as that
is when the hook is run).

Of course, some things don't have hooks. Then I usually force loading
the standard (if it is not already loaded) and redefine what I want
redefined.

Mark Baushke
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