Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: tla commands for daily use

[Stefan Reichör]

address@hidden writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>     Also, if it _did_ work correctly, why is it installing into some random
>>     subdir my home dir instead of the usual
>>     $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp?  It's a huge pain when packages pick
>>     random idiosyncratic directory structures; please just use the usual
>>     location (in which case the user doesn't have to munge their .emacs
>>     either).  Also there should be `install' target.
>
> I completely agree.  A while back I really wanted to try out xtla, but
> after a quick (and horrified) look, I decided to wait until the
> installation nonsense got sorted out.  Please, use the standard
> default directory structure (and the standard configuration support)
> so that things _just_work_(TM) in installations that already take
> advantage of this standard structure.

Thanks for that valuable input.
We will improve the installation procedure.

A simplified installation (the one that I use) is as follows:

* Download xtla
  tla register-archive http://arch.xsteve.at/2004
  tla get -A address@hidden xtla--main--0.1 xtla
* Put the following in your .emacs
  (add-to-list 'load-path "path/to/xtla/lisp")
  (require 'xtla)

That's it,
  Stefan.