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Article #189593Re: How do I load *.el files into Emacs?
From: Brendan Kehoe
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 03:15
Date: Thu, 03 Jan 1991 03:15
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In <JEFF.91Jan2144743@anise.jpl.nasa.gov>, jeff@ANISE.JPL.NASA.GOV writes:
>In article <1990Dec31.101724.6378@news.cs.indiana.edu> anlhille@rose.ucs.indiana.edu (Joseph Hillenburg) writes:
>
> I have an irc.el file I want to read into Emacs. I'm new to Emacs itself, so
> how would I go about this?
>
> Well, in your .emacsrc file just add the line:
.emacs
>(load "irc.el") if irc.el is in your load path; otherwise,
> you could always use (if you're already running emacs):
>M-x load-file
> and then respond with the full path name of the e-lisp file.
Perhaps
(autoload 'irc "irc" "Internet Relay Chat" t)
would be better .. odds are you're not going to want to sit whilst
Emacs loads irc *every* time you go into it. (Surely you'll use Emacs
for more than an IRC interface. Use IRC II for that.)
--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103b8b,1f4c2825bb5cef79 X-Google-Attributes: gid103b8b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-01-02 20:53:41 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!spool2.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!cs.widener.edu!brendan From: brendan@cs.widener.edu (Brendan Kehoe) Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Subject: Re: How do I load *.el files into Emacs? Message-ID: <1991Jan03.031541.4269@cs.widener.edu> Date: 3 Jan 91 03:15:41 GMT References: <1990Dec31.101724.6378@news.cs.indiana.edu> <JEFF.91Jan2144743@anise.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Widener CS Dept Lines: 26 Posted: Wed Jan 2 21:15:41 1991