From: Omar Polo <op@omarpolo.com>
To: Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Combine multiple (straight-)use-package commands into one.
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 18:08:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sg1nrrpz.fsf@omarpolo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAGP6POKYPjS=Hw-uG5hPb6qyZQrEdw+bv7Tcws+WFdNObgXpoA@mail.gmail.com>
Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 5:57 PM Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Ubuntu 20.04, according to the instruction
>> [here](https://github.com/raxod502/straight.el/issues/786#issuecomment-859155336),
>> I use the following settings in my Emacs init file:
>>
>> ```
>> ;;Bootstrap straight
>> (defvar bootstrap-version)
>> (let ((bootstrap-file
>> (expand-file-name "straight/repos/straight.el/bootstrap.el"
>> user-emacs-directory))
>> (bootstrap-version 5))
>> (unless (file-exists-p bootstrap-file)
>> (with-current-buffer
>> (url-retrieve-synchronously
>> "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/raxod502/straight.el/develop/install.el"
>> 'silent 'inhibit-cookies)
>> (goto-char (point-max))
>> (eval-print-last-sexp)))
>> (load bootstrap-file nil 'nomessage))
>>
>> ;; Install use-package via straight
>> (straight-use-package 'use-package)
>>
>> ;; Setting this to `t' makes it so that you don't need to include the :straight
>> ;; keyword in use-package declarations unless you want to add/extend the package
>> ;; installation recipe.
>>
>> (setq straight-use-package-by-default t) ; straight's equivalent of
>> `use-package-always-ensure'.
>> ```
>> Now, I want to install multiple package hosted in recipe repositories
>> (such as MELPA) as shown below with only one (straight-)use-package
>> command, is it possible?
>> ```
>> (use-package flycheck)
>> (use-package lsp-mode)
>> (use-package dash)
>> (use-package posframe)
>> (use-package s)
>> (use-package ein)
>> (use-package smartparens)
>> (use-package valign)
>> (use-package multi-term)
>> ```
>
> Based on the code snippets at
> <https://github.com/flakyhermit/emacs.d/blob/6b488895071e980433facf648f482974526d6a13/init.el#L22>,
> I figured out the following solution with `straight-use-package'
> command:
>
> (defvar package-list)
> (setq package-list '(
> flycheck lsp-mode dash posframe
> s ein smartparens valign
> multi-term
> ))
>
> (mapc (lambda(package-name)
> (straight-use-package package-name)) package-list)
>
> But I still don't know the corresponding implementation with
> `use-package' command.
C-h f use-package RET says that
> use-package is a Lisp macro in ‘use-package-core.el’.
being a macro and not a function[0], it means that it follows different
rule for the evaluation. (use-package foo ...) is something that gets
*expanded* at *compile time* in some other lisp code, it's not something
you can pass to mapc. You need to expand the loop *at compile* time to
load multiple packages, something like the following (untested)
--------8<--------
(defmacro use-multiple-packages (&rest packages)
`(progn
,@(mapcar (lambda (p) `(use-package ,p))
packages)))
(use-multiple-pacakges foo
bar
baz
...)
-------->8--------
but it becomes not useful, since the main point of use-package is IMHO
the syntax sugar for adding hooks, bindings etc. If you don't care
about that stuff, a simple loop over package-install/package-installed-p
is probably enough.
> Regards
[0]: see (info "(elisp)macros") for more information about how elisp
macros works.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-12 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-12 9:57 Combine multiple (straight-)use-package commands into one Hongyi Zhao
2021-06-12 14:57 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-06-12 16:08 ` Omar Polo [this message]
2021-06-13 1:29 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-06-13 10:22 ` Thibaut Verron
2021-06-13 12:53 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-06-13 13:29 ` Hongyi Zhao
2021-06-13 14:54 ` Thibaut Verron
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