Re: BBDB v3 approaching release

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <address@hidden> writes:

Stephen> Failing that (ie, for the foreseeable future), I think what
Stephen> ELPA should do is provide a suite of functions for finding
Stephen> package resources such as elisp (installed), the source tree,
Stephen> graphics and other multimedia, helper files for external apps
Stephen> (eg, the bbdb-print TeX style files), helper executables, and
Stephen> so on.

It does already.  See (info "(elisp) Multi-file Packages"):

       If the multi-file package contains auxiliary data files (such as
    images), the package's Lisp code can refer to these files via the
    variable `load-file-name' (*note Loading::).  Here is an example:

         (defconst superfrobnicator-base (file-name-directory load-file-name))

         (defun superfrobnicator-fetch-image (file)
           (expand-file-name file superfrobnicator-base))

Tom