Re: [Question] use-package's :init or :config for enabling modes

[Ergus <spacibba@aol.com>]

On May 20, 2024 7:37:42 AM GMT+02:00, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 09:15:07PM +0200, Ergus wrote:
>> Hi:
>> 
>> I am not specialist here, but they exist because the :init is ALWAYS
>> executed while loading the init.el, but the :config is executed AFTER
>> loading the package (using eval-after-load).
>
>If I understand correctly, :init happens (possibly) before the package
>is loaded. So assuming it's already there seems risky.
>
Exactly. 

>Unless "just invoking" the mode (as OP did in the :init) manages to
>load the package, because, e.g. it is autoloaded). Then all is well,
>but the explicit load doesn't do anything, because the package was
>(auto-) loaded in the :init already.
>
>But I may be wrong :-)
>
The package may be autoloaded unless there is a defer indication (command, keymap, defer).

The :init may take place at any moment, but usually it is before loading the package. There is also a :preface keyword which happens even earlier, for example to set things like the load-path or define functions that will be used in the init.


>Cheers

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