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From: mgkelley@bbn.com (Matthew G. Kelley)
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Subject: Re: Setting load-path
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Date: 10 Nov 88 13:37:29 GMT
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[Suggestion to use (setq inhibit-default-init t) to avoid having
load-path be reset after setting it in initialization.]

I think that a better solution is to use set-variable instead of setq:

(set-variable 'load-path <mumble>)

This works because (I think) the real problem is actually that the
symbol load-path is getting captured somewhere during the loading of
the initialization file, with something like:

(let ((load-path <mumble2>))
  (...
   (setq load-path <mumble>)))

When execution comes out of the let, the new value of load-path is
lost.  I'm sure this is what happens if a file is loaded with the -l
option, but I can't find it for the initialization file.

Matt