Re: user-controlled load-path extension: load-dir

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:32:08 -0500 Chong Yidong <address@hidden> wrote: 

CY> Ted Zlatanov <address@hidden> writes:
>> That's essentially it, but we want to be able to turn it on by
>> customizing a variable to be a LIST of directories (defaulting to
>> nil), not adding code to .emacs.  All the other improvements in Ben
>> Key's package, including byte-compilation and recursion, are
>> nice-to-have but not essential to our purpose.

CY> OK, I guess there's nothing wrong with adding a function to load
CY> everything in a directory.  But what's the difference between having a
CY> variable that defaults to nil and just letting users add

CY>   (load-directory "~/.emacs.d/my-stuff")

CY> to their init file?

The former is easier to customize and requires no extra code to be
written.  For the el-get installer in particular it is easier and less
intrusive to customize a variable than to insert code in the .emacs.
But I am not strongly opposed to the latter.

Ted