Organize directory

[tkf]

Putting many files in top level directory is a bit ugly. But how to do it properly?

relevant: #5

Directory organization in other projects

Just a quick lookup.

Lisp code lies under lisp/ (no subdirectories under it):

• org-mode: http://orgmode.org/w/?p=org-mode.git;a=tree
• GNUS: http://git.gnus.org/cgit/gnus.git/tree/
• ESS: https://svn.r-project.org/ESS/trunk/
• reftex: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/reftex/?root=auctex

% cd ~/.emacs.d/el-get/el-get/recipes
% grep '"lisp"' *.rcp                          
ess.rcp:       :load-path ("lisp")
jdee.rcp:  :load-path ("lisp" "elib"))
nognus.rcp:       :load-path ("lisp")
org-mode.rcp:       :load-path ("." "lisp" "contrib/lisp")
reftex.rcp:       :load-path ("lisp")
session.rcp:       :load-path ("lisp")

Flat (like current EIN):

• helm: https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm
• el-get: https://github.com/dimitri/el-get there is method/ directory for submodules. load-path is automatically modified.
• magit: https://github.com/magit/magit (there are not much submodules.)
• gh.el: https://github.com/sigma/gh.el

[yyr]

I dont find official link to back up.. But I think The directory structure of org-mode is the standard way.

For eg: in org mode case, only the files under

doc/ lisp/ etc/

be synced to Emacs. All other directories and top level files will not go into official Emacs. Cedet is restructured recently similar to other official packages.

In any way, refactoring to sub directories is a good idea.

Just my 2c

[tkf]

@yyr Thanks for the info. It helps me to decide what to do. I think having a lisp/ directory is way to go.

I found Emacs's README helpful for directory organization https://github.com/emacsmirror/emacs