Re: genauto, autoload for GNU and Xemacs
Hrvoje Niksic writes:
"Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>>>>> "Uwe" == Uwe Brauer <oub(a)ucmail.ucm.es> writes:
>
> Uwe> I just got to know about genauto, a package which will
> Uwe> generate autoloads.
>
> What does this mean? In XEmacs, we put an "autoload cookie" on some
> code, eg
>
> ;;;###autoload
> (defun foo () "Demonstrate autoloads." nil)
>
> and it automatically gets picked up by the build process, whether in
> core or in a packaged library. Is that what you mean?
Not everyone uses "packaged libraries". For example, I have a
`site-lisp' directory full of goodies. I would like to be able to
create an "autoloads" file from all their autoload cookies. I'm sure
it's possible, but I never got it to work after trying what seemed
logical, so I gave up.
I agree completely I also have such a directory and was
unable to get
autoload working in this way.
Perhaps genauto makes the process easier or more obvious?
I guess so, I understand
the documentation in this sense. Since it
does not work for me so far, I decided to install GNU emacs 21 in some
days and then I can tell.