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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 92ca881: Minor change in the Emacs manual
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Eli Zaretskii |
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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 92ca881: Minor change in the Emacs manual |
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Tue, 13 Feb 2018 01:00:15 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-26
commit 92ca881dc83617a53fb057bcb9e91877cc848f9a
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Minor change in the Emacs manual
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Lisp Libraries): Explain why nil in
load-path is not a good idea. Suggested by James Yoo
<address@hidden> in address@hidden
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doc/emacs/building.texi | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi
index f2819c6..878d2f5 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/building.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi
@@ -1410,12 +1410,13 @@ Loading,,, elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
@code{load-path}. Its value should be a list of directories
(strings). These directories are searched, in the specified order, by
the @kbd{M-x load-library} command, the lower-level @code{load}
-function, and other Emacs functions that find Emacs Lisp libraries. A
-list entry in @code{load-path} can also have the special value
+function, and other Emacs functions that find Emacs Lisp libraries.
+An entry in @code{load-path} can also have the special value
@code{nil}, which stands for the current default directory, but it is
-almost always a bad idea to use this. (If you find yourself wishing
-that @code{nil} were in the list, most likely what you really want is
-to use @kbd{M-x load-file}.)
+almost always a bad idea to use this, because its meaning will depend
+on the buffer that is current when @code{load-path} is used by Emacs.
+(If you find yourself wishing that @code{nil} were in the list, most
+likely what you really want is to use @kbd{M-x load-file}.)
The default value of @code{load-path} is a list of directories where
the Lisp code for Emacs itself is stored. If you have libraries of
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