Re: [h-e-w] Re: Emacs setup helper and msi installer

[Jason Rumney]

Brian Elmegaard <address@hidden> writes:

>> Because you are already past the point where the init-file is loaded.
>
> Is that true? I added it to c:/Program 
> Files/Emacs/Emacs-21.3/site-lisp/default.el. 
>
> I thought the loading procedure was:
> default.el
> site-start.el
> ~/_emacs

The loading procedure is
site-start.el
~/.emacs (or ~/_emacs as a fallback)
default.el


This allows users to make settings in .emacs that affect things in
default.el. If you are setting up default.el for a site, you should
enclose things in blocks as follows, to allow users to control what is
loaded through customize:

  (defcustom site-default-use-gnuserv t
    "*Non-nil will enable gnuclient/gnudoit.
  Changes will take effect next time Emacs is started.
  This allows external interaction with a running Emacs.
  Default is off, since gnuserv requires the gnuserv/gnuclient/gnudoit 
binaries."
    :type 'boolean
    :group 'local)

  (if site-default-use-gnuserv
      (if (require 'gnuserv nil t)
          (progn
            (condition-case ()
                (gnuserv-start)
              (error (message "gnuserv binary not installed")))
            (setq gnuserv-frame (selected-frame)))
        (message
         (concat
          "Cannot enable use of Emacs from external processes.
    Gnuserv is not installed.
    Download gnuserv from "
          (if (equal system-type 'windows-nt)
              "http://www.wyrdrune.com/gnuserv.html.";)
          "http://www-uk.hpl.hp.com/people/ange/gnuserv/";))))


> For some reason my emacs home is c: 
> That would not be possible to use on our system. Is there a way out? 
>
> I thought HOME could be c:/documents and settings/username

In a recent CVS Emacs, HOME defaults to your AppData directory if
C:\.emacs does not already exist.