     (format "%s:%s" timest msec)))
 
 (ska-init-message "Start of init.el")
+
+(add-to-list 'exec-path "~/local/bin")
 
 ;; Some manually maintained libraries. Most of them moved to
 ;; use-package and installation by (m)elpa in 2017.

  \n "######################################################################"
  \n "__END__\n"
  "######################################################################\n"
  "##                             Now Docs         . ..\n"
  "######################################################################\n"
  "=head1 NAME"
  "\n"



(defun ska-python-make-optparse ()
  "Instrument the current python program to use optparse. 
This relies on a certain structure of the code."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
