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1 ;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988 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
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14
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19
20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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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/info/"
36 "/usr/local/lib/info/"))
37 (configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
38 (or (member configdir start)
39 (setq start (nconc start (list configdir))))
40 (or (member (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory) start)
41 (setq start
42 (nconc start
43 (list (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory)))))
44 start)
45 "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.
46 They are searched in the order they are given in this list.
47 Therefore, the directory of Info files that come with Emacs
48 normally should come last (so that local files override standard ones).")
49
50 (defvar news-path "/usr/spool/news/"
51 "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
52
53 (defvar news-inews-program
54 (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
55 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
56 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
57 ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
58 (t "inews"))
59 "Program to post news.")
60
61 (defvar gnus-default-nntp-server ""
62 ;; set this to your local server
63 "The name of the host running an NNTP server.
64 If it is a string such as \":DIRECTORY\", then ~/DIRECTORY
65 is used as a news spool. `gnus-nntp-server' is initialised from NNTPSERVER
66 environment variable or, if none, this value.")
67
68 (defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
69 "NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
70 Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
71 should be set to `(system-name)'.")
72
73 (defvar gnus-local-domain nil
74 "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
75 The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
76 If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
77 there is no need to set this variable.")
78
79 (defvar gnus-local-organization nil
80 "*The name of your organization, as a string.
81 The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
82
83 (defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc"
84 "The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
85 Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
86
87 (defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
88 "Name of user's primary mail file.")
89
90 (defconst rmail-spool-directory
91 (cond ((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
92 "/usr/mail/")
93 ((eq system-type 'netbsd)
94 "/var/mail/")
95 (t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
96 "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
97 Its name should end with a slash.")
98
99 (defconst sendmail-program
100 (cond
101 ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
102 ((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
103 ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
104 (t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
105 "Program used to send messages.")
106
107 (defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/")
108 "If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
109 You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
110 the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")
111
112 (defconst abbrev-file-name
113 (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
114 "~/abbrev.def"
115 "~/.abbrev_defs")
116 "*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
117
118 ;;; paths.el ends here