Keywords: bookmark,bookmark-maybe-load-default-file,patch,emacs,edit-,bookmarks- References: <web-2030101(a)tuebingen.mpg.de&gt; From: Steve Youngs <youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt; X-Attribution: SY Organization: The XEmacs Development Team X-URL: <http://www.xemacs.org/> X-Face: %＠A&y\ef)A6pi|q43;M>uyhO)~NP*fpdo0XrUuutf0|nku\O5JV(7EG%odc'n6}G＠tYRl+B #[n,%B`.sHZ5&gt;3MZvrm%,rWE7)c}ZXjH\&gt;=p(a)AL\y\gyu|.lJ8B`F++86 Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 12:11:55 +1000 In-Reply-To: <web-2030101(a)tuebingen.mpg.de&gt; ("Volker Franz"'s message of "Sun, 03 Mar 2002 19:49:04 +0100") Message-ID: <microsoft-free.x4bse5dqtw.fsf(a)eicq.dnsalias.org&gt; Lines: 56 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090006 (Oort Gnus v0.06) XEmacs/21.5 (bamboo, i686-pc-linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii |--==> "VF" == Volker Franz <volker.franz(a)tuebingen.mpg.de&gt; writes: VF> The problem: The menu-entry: Edit->Bookmarks->Jump-to-Bookmark does VF> not automagically load the default bookmark file (at least in my VF> 21.1.14). To see this do: VF> - create a bookmarks-file: ~/.emacs.bmk VF> - start xemacs: $xemacs -q VF> => Edit->Bookmarks->Jump-to-Bookmark is not active VF> (only after doing: Edit->Bookmarks->Load-a-bookmark-file, it will VF> be activated) VF> I consider this a bug, since the help text of bookmark-load says: VF> Your own personal bookmark file, `~/.emacs.bmk', is maintained VF> automatically by Emacs; you shouldn't need to load it explicitly. Agreed. [Patch elided] VF> However, the patch assumes that bookmarks.el is installed. Therefore, VF> I think the VF> (require 'bookmark) VF> statement should be replaces by something more sophisticated. I see VF> two possibilities: VF> (a) VF> (if (featurep 'bookmark) VF> (progn VF> (require 'bookmark) VF> (bookmark-maybe-load-default-file))) This won't work because it would only be true _after_ loading or requiring bookmark. VF> (b) VF> (if (fboundp 'bookmark-maybe-load-default-file) VF> (bookmark-maybe-load-default-file)) VF> And giving the function bookmark-maybe-load-default-file in VF> bookmark.el an autoload cookie... This is the way to go. I look forward to seeing your revised patch on xemacs-patches.:-) -- |---<Steve Youngs>---------------<GnuPG KeyID: 10D5C9C5>---| | XEmacs - It's not just an editor. | | It's a way of life. | |------------------------------------&lt;youngs(a)xemacs.org&gt;---|