annotate lisp/paths.el @ 7634:6839ecdf2a1c

(rmail-spool-directory): Maybe use /var/mail.

;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.

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;;; Commentary:

;; These are default settings for names of certain files and directories
;; that Emacs needs to refer to from time to time.

;; If these settings are not right, override them with `setq'
;; in site-init.el.  Do not change this file.

;;; Code:

(defvar Info-default-directory-list
  (let ((start (list "/usr/local/info/"
		     "/usr/local/lib/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)))))
    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/"
  "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")

(defvar news-inews-program
  (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
	((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
	((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
	((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
	(t "inews"))
  "Program to post news.")

(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.")

(defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
  "NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
should be set to `(system-name)'.")

(defvar gnus-local-domain nil
  "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
there is no need to set this variable.")

(defvar gnus-local-organization nil
  "*The name of your organization, as a string.
The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")

(defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc"
  "The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")

(defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
  "Name of user's primary mail file.")

(defconst rmail-spool-directory
  (cond ((string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sco3.2v4" system-configuration)
	 "/usr/spool/mail/")
	;; SVR4 is said to use /var/mail, and make /usr/mail a link to that;
	;; but since I'm not sure it's generally true, calling file-exists-p
	;; prevents lossage if it isn't true. -- rms.
	((and (string-match "^[^-]+-[^-]+-sysv4" system-configuration)
	      (file-exists-p "/var/mail"))
	 "/var/mail/")
	((memq system-type '(dgux hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu irix))
	 "/usr/mail/")
	((eq system-type 'netbsd)
	 "/var/mail/")
	(t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
  "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
Its name should end with a slash.")

(defconst sendmail-program
  (cond
    ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
    ((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
    ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
    (t "fakemail"))			;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
  "Program used to send messages.")

(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
the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")

(defconst abbrev-file-name 
  (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
      "~/abbrev.def"
    "~/.abbrev_defs")
  "*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")

;;; paths.el ends here