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From: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
To: Rodrigo Morales <me@rodrigomorales.site>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Question] use-package's :init or :config for enabling modes
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 20:11:37 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZkpA2XpcRCnVvdOS@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zfslya6d.fsf@rodrigomorales.site>

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On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 12:38:02PM -0500, Rodrigo Morales wrote:
> 
> I emptied =~/.config/emacs/init.el= file and I inserted the following sexp and launched Emacs. =vertico-mode= was enabled.
> 
> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
> (use-package vertico
> 
>   :config (vertico-mode))
> #+END_SRC
> 
> I emptied =~/.config/emacs/init.el= again and I inserted the following sexp and launched Emacs. =vertico-mode= was enabled.
> 
> #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
> (use-package vertico
> 
>   :init (vertico-mode))
> #+END_SRC
> 
> As shown above, whether we use =:init= or =:config= both can be used for enabling a mode. So my question is: What's the difference between using =:config= and =:init= for enabling a mode that is defined by a package.

The doc says :init is run before the package is loaded, and :config
after. So the right thing would seem to be :config.

Why :init works for you is anybody's guess -- perhaps vertico is
autoloaded?

Cheers
-- 
t

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  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-19 18:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-19 17:38 [Question] use-package's :init or :config for enabling modes Rodrigo Morales
2024-05-19 18:11 ` tomas [this message]
2024-05-20  3:56   ` Rodrigo Morales
2024-05-20  5:34     ` tomas
2024-05-19 19:15 ` Ergus
2024-05-20  4:03   ` Rodrigo Morales
2024-05-20  5:37   ` tomas
2024-05-22 21:15     ` Ergus
2024-05-23  4:32       ` tomas

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