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(find-backup-file-name): Don't fatal-error on directories that are hard to read; fall back on ~/%backup%. (file-truename): Treat ~USER like just ~.
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1 ;;; paths.el --- define pathnames for use by various Emacs commands.
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3 ;; Copyright (C) 1986, 1988 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 ;; Maintainer: FSF
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6 ;; Keywords: internal
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8 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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10 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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11 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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12 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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13 ;; any later version.
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15 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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16 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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17 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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18 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
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20 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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21 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
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22 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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24 ;;; Commentary:
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26 ;; These are default settings for names of certain files and directories
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27 ;; that Emacs needs to refer to from time to time.
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29 ;; If these settings are not right, override them with `setq'
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30 ;; in site-init.el. Do not change this file.
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32 ;;; Code:
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34 (defvar Info-default-directory-list
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35 (let ((start (list "/usr/local/info/"
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36 "/usr/local/lib/info/"))
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37 (configdir (file-name-as-directory configure-info-directory)))
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38 (or (member configdir start)
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39 (setq start (nconc start (list configdir))))
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40 (or (member (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory) start)
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41 (setq start
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42 (nconc start
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43 (list (expand-file-name "../info/" data-directory)))))
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45 "List of directories to search for Info documentation files.")
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47 (defvar news-path "/usr/spool/news/"
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48 "The root directory below which all news files are stored.")
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50 (defvar news-inews-program
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51 (cond ((file-exists-p "/usr/bin/inews") "/usr/bin/inews")
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52 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/inews") "/usr/local/inews")
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53 ((file-exists-p "/usr/local/bin/inews") "/usr/local/bin/inews")
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54 ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/news/inews") "/usr/lib/news/inews")
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55 (t "inews"))
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56 "Program to post news.")
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58 (defvar gnus-default-nntp-server ""
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59 ;; set this to your local server
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60 "The name of the host running an NNTP server.
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61 If it is a string such as \":DIRECTORY\", then ~/DIRECTORY
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62 is used as a news spool. `gnus-nntp-server' is initialised from NNTPSERVER
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63 environment variable or, if none, this value.")
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65 (defvar gnus-nntp-service "nntp"
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66 "NNTP service name, usually \"nntp\" or 119).
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67 Go to a local news spool if its value is nil, in which case `gnus-nntp-server'
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68 should be set to `(system-name)'.")
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70 (defvar gnus-local-domain nil
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71 "*Your domain name without a host name: for example, \"ai.mit.edu\".
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72 The DOMAINNAME environment variable is used instead if defined.
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73 If the function `system-name' returns a fully qualified domain name,
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74 there is no need to set this variable.")
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76 (defvar gnus-local-organization nil
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77 "*The name of your organization, as a string.
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78 The `ORGANIZATION' environment variable is used instead if defined.")
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80 (defvar mh-progs
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81 (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/bin/mh/") "/usr/bin/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
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82 ((file-directory-p "/usr/new/mh/") "/usr/new/mh/") ;Ultrix <4.2
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84 ((file-directory-p "/usr/local/mh/") "/usr/local/mh/")
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85 (t "/usr/local/bin/"))
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86 "Directory containing MH commands.")
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88 (defvar mh-lib
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89 (cond ((file-directory-p "/usr/lib/mh/") "/usr/lib/mh/") ;Ultrix 4.2
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93 "Directory of MH library.")
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95 (defvar rmail-file-name "~/RMAIL"
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96 "Name of user's primary mail file.")
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98 (defvar gnus-startup-file "~/.newsrc"
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99 "The file listing groups to which user is subscribed.
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100 Will use `gnus-startup-file'-SERVER instead if exists.")
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102 (defconst rmail-spool-directory
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103 (cond ((memq system-type '(dgux-unix hpux usg-unix-v unisoft-unix rtu
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104 irix silicon-graphics-unix))
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105 "/usr/mail/")
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107 "/var/mail/")
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108 (t "/usr/spool/mail/"))
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109 "Name of directory used by system mailer for delivering new mail.
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110 Its name should end with a slash.")
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112 (defconst sendmail-program
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114 ((file-exists-p "/usr/lib/sendmail") "/usr/lib/sendmail")
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115 ((file-exists-p "/usr/sbin/sendmail") "/usr/sbin/sendmail")
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116 ((file-exists-p "/usr/ucblib/sendmail") "/usr/ucblib/sendmail")
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117 (t "fakemail")) ;In ../etc, to interface to /bin/mail.
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118 "Program used to send messages.")
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120 (defconst term-file-prefix (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms) "[.term]" "term/")
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121 "If non-nil, Emacs startup does (load (concat term-file-prefix (getenv \"TERM\")))
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122 You may set this variable to nil in your `.emacs' file if you do not wish
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123 the terminal-initialization file to be loaded.")
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125 ;; Solaris 2 has both of these files; prefer /usr/ucb/man
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126 ;; because the other has nonstandard argument conventions.
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127 (defconst manual-program (if (file-exists-p "/usr/ucb/man")
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128 "/usr/ucb/man" "/usr/bin/man")
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129 "Program to run to print man pages.")
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131 (defconst abbrev-file-name
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132 (if (eq system-type 'vax-vms)
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133 "~/abbrev.def"
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134 "~/.abbrev_defs")
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135 "*Default name of file to read abbrevs from.")
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137 ;;; paths.el ends here