Add commentary about #$ in autoload files

* lisp/emacs-lisp/autoload.el (autoload-rubric): Add commentary about
`#$' trick.
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Noam Postavsky 2019-07-05 22:26:13 -04:00
parent 99a7a188ec
commit 1f7b602f84

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@ -370,7 +370,11 @@ FILE's name."
";;\n"
";;; Code:\n\n"
(if lp
;; `load-path' should contain only directory names.
;; Use the `#$' to indicate current file, from which
;; we extract the directory name. Note that
;; `package-quickstart-refresh' specifically replaces
;; `#$', so any other tricks (e.g., `load-file-name')
;; will not work for that case.
"(add-to-list 'load-path (directory-file-name
(or (file-name-directory #$) (car load-path))))\n\n")
" \n"
@ -381,7 +385,7 @@ FILE's name."
(file-name-sans-extension basename))))
";; Local Variables:\n"
";; version-control: never\n"
";; no-byte-compile: t\n"
";; no-byte-compile: t\n" ;; #$ is byte-compiled into nil.
";; no-update-autoloads: t\n"
";; coding: utf-8\n"
";; End:\n"