Re: loading emacs macros from file

[Johan Bockgård]

Daniel L Elliott <dan_elliott_at_cox_dot_net@spam_is_pathetic.com> writes:

> I am trying to load the following file (~/.emacs_files/macros.el)
> which contains two macros in my .emacs file:

There is another file called "macros.el".

> using the following:
> (setq load-path (append load-path (list "~<myUserName>/.emacs_files")))

This puts your directory last in load-path.

> (load "macros")

This finds that other file. Use `M-x locate-library RET macros RET' to
see this.

> However, when running M-x <either macro name>, I get 'no match'. Why
> is this? Am I fundamentally doing something wrong here?

Rename the file to "my-macros.el" or use (load "~/.emacs_files/macros.el").

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Johan Bockgård