;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
-;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: internal
;; GNU General Public License for more details.
;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
-;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+;; Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
;;; Commentary:
;;; Code:
(defvar Info-default-directory-list
- (let ((start (list "/usr/local/info/"
- "/usr/local/lib/info/"))
+ (let ((start (list "/usr/local/lib/info/"
+ ;; This comes second so that, if it is the same
+ ;; as configure-info-directory (which is usually true)
+ ;; and Emacs has been installed (also usually true)
+ ;; then the list will end with two copies of this;
+ ;; which means that the last dir file Info-insert-dir
+ ;; finds will be the one in this directory.
+ "/usr/local/info/"))
(configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
- (or (member configdir start)
- (setq start (nconc start (list configdir))))
- (or (member (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory) start)
- (setq start
- (nconc start
- (list (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory)))))
+ (setq start (nconc start (list configdir)))
start)
"List of directories to search for Info documentation files.
They are searched in the order they are given in this list.
Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
-(defvar news-path "/usr/spool/news/"
+(defvar news-path
+ (if (file-exists-p "/usr/spool/news/")
+ "/usr/spool/news/"
+ "/var/spool/news/")
"The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
(defvar news-inews-program
(defvar gnus-default-nntp-server ""
;; set this to your local server
"The name of the host running an NNTP server.
-If it is a string such as \":DIRECTORY\", then ~/DIRECTORY
-is used as a news spool. `gnus-nntp-server' is initialised from NNTPSERVER
-environment variable or, if none, this value.")
+The null string means use the local host as the server site.")
(defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
"NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
"Name of user's primary mail file.")
(defconst rmail-spool-directory
- (cond ((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
- "/usr/mail/")
- ((eq system-type 'netbsd)
+ (cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
+ "/usr/spool/mail/")
+ ;; On The Bull DPX/2 /usr/spool/mail is used although
+ ;; it is usg-unix-v.
+ ((string-match "^m68k-bull-sysv3" system-configuration)
+ "/usr/spool/mail/")
+ ;; SVR4 and recent BSD are said to use this.
+ ;; Rather than trying to know precisely which systems use it,
+ ;; let's assume this dir is never used for anything else.
+ ((file-exists-p "/var/mail")
"/var/mail/")
+ ;; Many GNU/Linux systems use this name.
+ ((file-exists-p "/var/spool/mail")
+ "/var/spool/mail/")
+ ((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
+ "/usr/mail/")
(t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
"Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
Its name should end with a slash.")
(t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
"Program used to send messages.")
+(defconst remote-shell-program
+ (cond
+ ;; Some systems use rsh for the remote shell; others use that name for the
+ ;; restricted shell and use remsh for the remote shell. Let's try to guess
+ ;; based on what we actually find out there. The restricted shell is
+ ;; almost certainly in /bin or /usr/bin, so it's probably safe to assume
+ ;; that an rsh found elsewhere is the remote shell program. The converse
+ ;; is not true: /usr/bin/rsh could be either one, so check that last.
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/remsh") "/usr/ucb/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/remsh") "/usr/bsd/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/bin/remsh") "/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/remsh") "/usr/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/remsh") "/usr/local/bin/remsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/rsh") "/usr/ucb/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bsd/rsh") "/usr/bsd/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/rsh") "/usr/local/bin/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rcmd") "/usr/bin/rcmd")
+ ((file-exists-p "/bin/rcmd") "/bin/rcmd")
+ ((file-exists-p "/bin/rsh") "/bin/rsh")
+ ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/rsh") "/usr/bin/rsh")
+ (t "rsh")))
+
(defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/")
"If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
(defconst abbrev-file-name
(if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
"~/abbrev.def"
- "~/.abbrev_defs")
+ (convert-standard-filename "~/.abbrev_defs"))
"*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
;;; paths.el ends here
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