lisp/paths.el

   1 ;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   6 ;; Keywords: internal
   7
   8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
   9
  10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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  13 ;; any later version.
  14
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  19
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  22 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  23
  24 ;;; Commentary:
  25
  26 ;; These are default settings for names of certain files and directories
  27 ;; that Emacs needs to refer to from time to time.
  28
  29 ;; If these settings are not right, override them with `setq'
  30 ;; in site-init.el.  Do not change this file.
  31
  32 ;;; Code:
  33
  34 (defvar Info-default-directory-list
  35   (let ((start (list "/usr/local/lib/info/"
  36                      ;; This comes second so that, if it is the same
  37                      ;; as configure-info-directory (which is usually true)
  38                      ;; and Emacs has been installed (also usually true)
  39                      ;; then the list will end with two copies of this;
  40                      ;; which means that the last dir file Info-insert-dir
  41                      ;; finds will be the one in this directory.
  42                      "/usr/local/info/"))
  43         (configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
  44     (setq start (nconc start (list configdir)))
  45     start)
  46   "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.
  47 They are searched in the order they are given in this list.
  48 Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
  49 normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
  50
  51 (defvar news-path
  52   (if (file-exists-p "/usr/spool/news/")
  53       "/usr/spool/news/"
  54     "/var/spool/news/")
  55   "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
  56
  57 (defvar news-inews-program
  58   (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
  59         ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
  60         ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
  61         ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
  62         (t "inews"))
  63   "Program to post news.")
  64
  65 (defvar gnus-default-nntp-server ""
  66   ;; set this to your local server
  67   "The name of the host running an NNTP server.
  68 The null string means use the local host as the server site.")
  69
  70 (defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
  71   "NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
  72 Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
  73 should be set to `(system-name)'.")
  74
  75 (defvar gnus-local-domain nil
  76   "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
  77 The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
  78 If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
  79 there is no need to set this variable.")
  80
  81 (defvar gnus-local-organization nil
  82   "*The name of your organization, as a string.
  83 The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
  84
  85 (defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc"
  86   "The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
  87 Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
  88
  89 (defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
  90   "Name of user's primary mail file.")
  91
  92 (defconst rmail-spool-directory
  93   (cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
  94          "/usr/spool/mail/")
  95         ;; On The Bull DPX/2 /usr/spool/mail is used although
  96         ;; it is usg-unix-v.
  97         ((string-match "^m68k-bull-sysv3" system-configuration)
  98          "/usr/spool/mail/")
  99         ;; SVR4 and recent BSD are said to use this.
 100         ;; Rather than trying to know precisely which systems use it,
 101         ;; let's assume this dir is never used for anything else.
 102         ((file-exists-p "/var/mail")
 103          "/var/mail/")
 104         ;; Many GNU/Linux systems use this name.
 105         ((file-exists-p "/var/spool/mail")
 106          "/var/spool/mail/")
 107         ((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
 108          "/usr/mail/")
 109         (t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
 110   "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
 111 Its name should end with a slash.")
 112
 113 (defconst sendmail-program
 114   (cond
 115     ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
 116     ((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
 117     ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
 118     (t "fakemail"))                     ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
 119   "Program used to send messages.")
 120
 121 (defconst remote-shell-program
 122   (cond
 123    ;; Some systems use rsh for the remote shell; others use that name for the
 124    ;; restricted shell and use remsh for the remote shell.  Let's try to guess
 125    ;; based on what we actually find out there.  The restricted shell is
 126    ;; almost certainly in /bin or /usr/bin, so it's probably safe to assume
 127    ;; that an rsh found elsewhere is the remote shell program.  The converse
 128    ;; is not true: /usr/bin/rsh could be either one, so check that last.
 129    ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/remsh") "/usr/ucb/remsh")
 130    ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/remsh") "/usr/bsd/remsh")
 131    ((file-exists-p "/bin/remsh") "/bin/remsh")
 132    ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/remsh") "/usr/bin/remsh")
 133    ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/remsh") "/usr/local/bin/remsh")
 134    ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/rsh") "/usr/ucb/rsh")
 135    ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/rsh") "/usr/bsd/rsh")
 136    ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/rsh") "/usr/local/bin/rsh")
 137    ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rcmd") "/usr/bin/rcmd")
 138    ((file-exists-p "/bin/rcmd") "/bin/rcmd")
 139    ((file-exists-p "/bin/rsh") "/bin/rsh")
 140    ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rsh") "/usr/bin/rsh")
 141    (t "rsh")))
 142
 143 (defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/")
 144   "If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
 145 You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
 146 the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")
 147
 148 (defconst abbrev-file-name
 149   (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
 150       "~/abbrev.def"
 151     (convert-standard-filename "~/.abbrev_defs"))
 152   "*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
 153
 154 ;;; paths.el ends here