From: Phil Hagelberg <phil@hagelb.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Emacs discussions <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Autoloading M-x package-refresh-contents
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:36:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK4J7B8ZArMRL3rtOpN7NJJQM2hqGCVn99LgFivnCwFoXyJgpw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvzkgls2mj.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:50 AM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> If you haven't already required package.el then M-x
>> package-refresh-contents will not be visible.
>
> I think the intention is to use it via `r' in after M-x list-packages.
That's one way to do it, but I personally find it more convenient to
use M-x package-install if I already know the name of the package. I
only use M-x list-packages when I'm browsing or I've forgotten what a
certain package is called. In this case it's pretty common to want to
refresh first.
-Phil
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-28 16:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-10-28 3:42 Autoloading M-x package-refresh-contents Phil Hagelberg
2011-10-28 12:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-10-28 16:36 ` Phil Hagelberg [this message]
2011-10-29 3:42 ` Chong Yidong
2011-10-29 20:19 ` Phil Hagelberg
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