Function: load-library

load-library is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in files.el.gz.

Signature

(load-library LIBRARY)

Documentation

Load the Emacs Lisp library named LIBRARY.

LIBRARY should be a string. This is an interface to the function load. LIBRARY is searched for in load-path, both with and without load-suffixes (as well as load-file-rep-suffixes).

See Info node (emacs)Lisp Libraries for more details. See load-file for a different interface to load.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 18.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/files.el.gz
(defun load-library (library)
  "Load the Emacs Lisp library named LIBRARY.
LIBRARY should be a string.
This is an interface to the function `load'.  LIBRARY is searched
for in `load-path', both with and without `load-suffixes' (as
well as `load-file-rep-suffixes').

See Info node `(emacs)Lisp Libraries' for more details.
See `load-file' for a different interface to `load'."
  (interactive (list (read-library-name)))
  (load library))