1 ;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
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26 ;; These are default settings for names of certain files and directories
27 ;; that Emacs needs to refer to from time to time.
29 ;; If these settings are not right, override them with `setq'
30 ;; in site-init.el. Do not change this file.
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
)
43 (list (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory
)))))
45 "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.")
47 (defvar news-path
"/usr/spool/news/"
48 "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
50 (defvar news-inews-program
51 (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
52 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
53 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
54 ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
56 "Program to post news.")
58 (defvar gnus-default-nntp-server
""
59 ;; set this to your local server
60 "The name of the host running an NNTP server.
61 If it is a string such as \":DIRECTORY\", then ~/DIRECTORY
62 is used as a news spool. `gnus-nntp-server' is initialised from NNTPSERVER
63 environment variable or, if none, this value.")
65 (defvar gnus-nntp-service
"nntp"
66 "NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
67 Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
68 should be set to `(system-name)'.")
70 (defvar gnus-local-domain nil
71 "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
72 The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
73 If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
74 there is no need to set this variable.")
76 (defvar gnus-local-organization nil
77 "*The name of your organization, as a string.
78 The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
81 (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/bin/mh/") "/usr/bin/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
82 ((file-directory-p "/usr/new/mh/") "/usr/new/mh/") ;Ultrix <4.2
83 ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/bin/mh/") "/usr/local/bin/mh/")
84 ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/mh/") "/usr/local/mh/")
85 (t "/usr/local/bin/"))
86 "Directory containing MH commands.")
89 (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/lib/mh/") "/usr/lib/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
90 ((file-directory-p "/usr/new/lib/mh/") "/usr/new/lib/mh/") ;Ultrix <4.2
91 ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/lib/mh/") "/usr/local/lib/mh/")
92 (t "/usr/local/bin/mh/"))
93 "Directory of MH library.")
95 (defvar rmail-file-name
"~/RMAIL"
96 "Name of user's primary mail file.")
98 (defvar gnus-startup-file
"~/.newsrc"
99 "The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
100 Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
102 (defconst rmail-spool-directory
103 (if (memq system-type
'(dgux-unix hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu
104 irix silicon-graphics-unix
))
107 "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
108 Its name should end with a slash.")
110 (defconst sendmail-program
111 (if (file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail")
113 (if (file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
114 "/usr/ucblib/sendmail"
115 "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
116 "Program used to send messages.")
118 (defconst term-file-prefix
(if (eq system-type
'vax-vms
) "[.term]" "term/")
119 "If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
120 You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
121 the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")
123 ;; Solaris 2 has both of these files; prefer /usr/ucb/man
124 ;; because the other has nonstandard argument conventions.
125 (defconst manual-program
(if (file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/man")
126 "/usr/ucb/man" "/usr/bin/man")
127 "Program to run to print man pages.")
129 (defconst abbrev-file-name
130 (if (eq system-type
'vax-vms
)
133 "*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
135 ;;; paths.el ends here