From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 17841@debbugs.gnu.org, Alan.Wehmann@gmail.com
Subject: bug#17841: 24.3; Info description of Emacs startup could better describe package initialization
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:46:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmn3B5qGzyx5c1PG=tOSnRuxbtgXAn8=yYih2pNvTVCDCw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21416.59077.521255.155563@171-134-121-173.kscymo.spcsdns.net>
tags 17841 + wontfix
close 17841
quit
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Info node "(emacs) Initial Options" says:
>>
>> " Some initial options affect the loading of the initialization file.
>> Normally, Emacs first loads `site-start.el' if it exists, then your own
>> initialization file if it exists, and finally the default
>> initialization file `default.el' if it exists (*note Init File::)."
>>
>> It fails to mention package initialization in this paragraph & I think
>> that it should. It is one of the first places where I looked to find
>> out when in the startup sequence packages are initialized. I found
>> other locations which described when packages are initializaed, but was
>> confused for a while after reading this paragraph and no mention was
>> made of package initialization.
>
> In the Emacs manual, I typed "i package TAB TAB" and was presented
> with a list that included "package-install" and "package-initialize".
> They both land me in the "Package Installation" section which seems to
> describe what you wanted.
I agree with Eli, and there's been no other opinions expressed in 5
years. I'm therefore closing this as wontfix.
If anyone disagrees, feel free to reopen.
Thanks,
Stefan Kangas
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-28 13:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-24 2:47 bug#17841: 24.3; Info description of Emacs startup could better describe package initialization alan.wehmann
2014-06-24 15:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-08-28 13:46 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
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