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From: karl@haddock.ISC.COM (Karl Heuer)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: setq load-path bug in GNU Emacs?
Message-ID: <2402@haddock.ISC.COM>
Date: 27 Jan 88 04:33:04 GMT
References: <2000001@gmdka.UUCP> <724@PT.CS.CMU.EDU>
Reply-To: karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer)
Organization: Interactive Systems, Boston
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In article <724@PT.CS.CMU.EDU> cef@H.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Charles Fineman) writes:
>[Since load-path doesn't like tildes], you might try the following:
>   (setq load-path (cons (format "%s/.emacs" (getenv "HOME")) load-path))

I ran into this problem, too.  I think a better solution is
    (setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "~/lib/emacs") load-path))

Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint