From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Roche Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: porting crufty old init.el to package management Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:26 -0400 Message-ID: <8738i8pjux.fsf@pobox.com> Reply-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Tom Roche NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1395617870 921 80.91.229.3 (23 Mar 2014 23:37:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 23:37:50 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 24 00:38:00 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrxo-00076W-H8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:38:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33864 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrxo-00064X-2W for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:38:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58851) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrxW-0005qt-Gr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrxQ-0006QZ-Hr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:42 -0400 Original-Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com ([208.72.237.35]:37122 helo=smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WRrxQ-0006QR-Dl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:36 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5113A72D87; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:35 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to :subject:reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; s= sasl; bh=Ur56TbZSg/dDF1/3docIO3A417c=; b=QskiRe9sYKNYluXti6N4ee4 QwydsEtDXt3JMBU6O9h2BXb7PD8zxhJ+p9qPhcySOVsjNN9iVBHM9q8BfAMTHUTB 2SaKydnSDq4YB1jUTpRI4EOh1dhc13vO5Fz9uf3XxCLrV1EuNBzkHJ3Dd6z/CL8t XRIKx4yVGZj69A9imB4g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:subject :reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s= sasl; b=md8ZK6pBNOafU2yfivAJ62yeArmNT+YHq3hJ3/0iAYvmeUT3jjAhgPQe 5aTkAiAfVSID6BRTGVX71PgOfJ6Fru1pAFvBCadTQ6ysnsi9FOfXJI9H/hldyEoJ nPqvbjr0tW1dhtUSp0iopE/1TE/WqhaWpzUExwQwgYxvNjtBXa0= Original-Received: from b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3AA4F72D86; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:35 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from tlrPanP5.pobox.com (unknown [24.225.71.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-sasl-quonix.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8A8A672D83; Sun, 23 Mar 2014 19:37:34 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 1C32DECE-B2E4-11E3-A702-8D19802839F8-07218935!b-pb-sasl-quonix.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux (Android) X-Received-From: 208.72.237.35 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:96699 Archived-At: I've been using emacs for ~20 years, during which I have 1. accumulated a functional but aesthetically- and maintenance-challenged collection of {init.el, files it calls} 2. regularly bemoaned the lack of emacs package management The latter problem has been solved (non-uniquely :-) for awhile now, and I'm setting up a new box, so I really should port my emacs configuration to the new millenium. I'm wondering, would anyone care to recommend especially worthy docs for this process (guides, howto's, tutorials)? esp how best to accommodate snippets of elisp (gists?) TIA, Tom Roche