Re: using string variable with file name

[Joost Kremers]

saneman wrote:
> In my .emacs file I have made:
>
> ;; Directories
> (setq mylisp "~/work/mylisp/")
>
> ;; Line numbers
> (load-file mylisp cons "setnu.el")
> (global-set-key "\C-cl" 'setnu-mode)
>
> But this gives an error. How do I "cons" the variable mylisp with a 
> filename?

(cons mylisp "setnu.el")

however, that gives you a cons, which (i think) is not what you want. in
order to concatenate strings, you need concat:

(concat mylisp "setnu.el")

but even that is probably not the best way to do what you want. it's
probably better to add "~/work/mylisp" to your load path:

(setq load-path (cons "~/work/mylisp" load-path))

then you can load the file without explicitly naming its path:

(load-file "setnu.el")


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