[slime-devel] Re: why not automatically add the contribs directory to load-path?

[Helmut Eller]

* Marco Baringer [2008-02-04 17:18+0100] writes:

> Helmut Eller <heller at common-lisp.net> writes:
>
>> Modifying the load-path seems a bit rude, but if you can't resist,
>> please also update slime-setup in slime-autoloads.el (and there it has
>> to work without requiring 'cl).
>
> i'd tend to agree, but can you think of any reason a user who wants to
> load contribs wouldn't also have to add that directory to their
> load-path?
>
> i guess one could want to keep slime in one directory and the contribs
> in some other tree, but that doesn't like a very normal thing to do...

I actually have this in my .emacs: (slime-setup '(slime-local))
and slime-local.el is in a completely unrelated directory.

Helmut.