From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Grant Rettke Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using use-package Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 20:20:27 -0500 Message-ID: References: <878u9rxflg.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87lhdrdnaw.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> <87h9oeq5cm.fsf@skimble.plus.com> <87mvy6g326.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438738814 15277 80.91.229.3 (5 Aug 2015 01:40:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 01:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs Help , Sharon Kimble To: Phillip Lord Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 03:40:14 2015 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 1ZMngj-0002q4-Ty for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2015 03:40:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38728 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMngj-0006Sp-6Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:40:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50768) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMngY-0006Rh-9b for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:40:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMngW-0007Oh-Ov for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:40:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x235.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::235]:36019) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZMnNc-0000pB-PR for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 21:20:28 -0400 Original-Received: by wicgj17 with SMTP id gj17so172797916wic.1 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:20:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=7ui/MY4DUKLo3MFZwuPhPuXY167VWn/LjOumFYdRqrE=; b=AQ6unPikdTIAOOm7Z9cYKElz1q/bYgKHvloU/13XNJXKYJuc3dKNWSQN60iyWlY8T8 b/2hkoTMO9LVsJ568eQRKq0mh19g+qs/0YX7PrObwaF5lqjM+M6SzhKV5iUYvoO2s1I5 2Ia7JEs72W+GbghwVIDoY3aFFqCig09+on8Hvt8xxtd+J+VM4JHaNpN8p4xzLmsP3N3M 89KmqpBG4pmwbuqFksQ/oBbJojj1f0tfTl6ERZZG184TdHnOLZiHc032DNM+RJ36NhQq P3U6DECcV/S2nC032X8Ib84OIc9/aS0dneqcKgwv6b8Pdzir4A9yStFdeJDFm7henPho eZog== X-Received: by 10.180.77.40 with SMTP id p8mr4773713wiw.29.1438737627892; Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:20:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.27.49.205 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Aug 2015 18:20:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87mvy6g326.fsf@newcastle.ac.uk> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 6QSIfz-URBaw_zxtFIkkDmz8Hqg X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::235 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:106236 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 4:24 PM, Phillip Lord wrote: > Oh, use-package is great. It is not that it actually does that much > (although it does some stuff!), but that it allows (and in all honesty, > forces) you to group together all configuration. I used to do this with > multiple files that I loaded, but this works as better and is simpler. > Add in :ensure and the unison file sync tool, and you can move from > machine to machine, with identical set ups -- that's the way I use it. > Pretty much the only package that I do not use use-package for is > use-package, as it doesn't bootstrap! My system uses it for package provisioning and loading but not compartmentalization of configuration. The system wouldn't be useful with major features missing so I let it crash and burn as soon as possible. > If I can be allowed to add a plug, also worth taking a look at my own > lentic package. I know that some people are using this for their init > file. It allows you to use org without all that tangling business. Lentic is a very nice system. All of the literate systems out there are an important part of the collective mindshare.