Adding Subdirectories to Load Path

Question

Rather than individually specifing each subdirectory in my plugins directory I want to be able to automatically load them, to that end I included the following to my .emacs file:

(let ((base  "~/.emacs.d/plugins/"))
      (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))

require 'rinari
require 'yasnippet

Unfortunately the above results in: File error: Cannot open load file, rinari

Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix it?

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '11 at 16:01

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You're so close...

(let ((default-directory "~/.emacs.d/plugins/"))
  (normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path))

normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path works off the current directory, which you can set via the variable default-directory - not base like you tried.

answered Sep 06 '11 at 16:01

Trey Jackson

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Thanks, I didn't know `default-directory` was a special variable. – sjac Sep 06 '11 at 17:00

score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 13 '14 at 00:15

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You might investigate the role of the subdirs.el files during startup. It is a good way get subdirectories into your load-path.

For example, much of the default load-path arises as a consequence of the files discovered by this command:
find /usr -name subdirs.el

edited Nov 13 '14 at 00:15

phils

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answered Nov 12 '14 at 12:55

Ben Hyde

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Ah, nice! Yes, see `C-h i g (elisp) Startup Summary` and `C-h f normal-top-level-add-subdirs-to-load-path` and and `C-h f normal-top-level-add-to-load-path`, and look at the usage of those in existing `subdirs.el` files. – phils Nov 13 '14 at 00:13

Adding Subdirectories to Load Path

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