From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
Subject: Re: How to install packages
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:05:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <12EECB53-0646-4F8C-9536-97BB3FF6D0D2@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ud2dnSm1qKHTozfZRVny2A@pipex.net>
Am 04.07.2006 um 12:09 schrieb news:
> (autoload 'help+ "help+"
> "Command to give better help" t)
>
> but it isn't working.
What is your proof? Autoload does not "compile-in" that package, it
just allows you to use a few more functions and variables, those from
this package. Once you use such a function or variable or access the
package's customisation interface, it really gets "loaded." This is a
feature of Emacs Lisp, at least.
>
> Again I'm probably doing something silly here - but I'm not sure
> what. I also can't seem to find a simple guide to installing
> packages on the internet anywhere, and not all packages seem to
> have instructions at the top of their .el file.
Some packages offer a provide, then you simply require them. To
install any Elisp code put these files into a directory mentioned in
the variable load-path. Best is to choose something site specific.
Putting lines like these into a file that is loaded early you can see
in *Messages* what gets loaded:
(defadvice load (before debug-log activate)
(message "(Hinted by Kai G) Loading now: %s" (ad-get-arg 0)))
--
Greetings
Pete
War springs from unseen and generally insignificant causes.
-- Anonymous
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-07-04 11:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-07-04 10:09 How to install packages news
2006-07-04 11:05 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2006-07-04 12:03 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-07-04 20:38 ` Drew Adams
[not found] <mailman.3746.1152045523.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-04 20:45 ` Robin Wilson
2006-07-04 21:04 ` Colin S. Miller
2006-07-04 22:09 ` Drew Adams
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