Re: ;;;###autoload declarations

[uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>]

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On Saturday, June 24th, 2023 at 2:02 PM, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> wrote:


> uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me writes:
> 
> > What is the procedure of using a loaddefs.el?
> 
> 
> It's a file containing the autoload references. It's normally build
> automatically - when building Emacs, installing packages, etc. And
> normally loaded automatically at startup.
> 
> So it's a quite low-level mechanism not really useful for the end user.
> Unless maybe, you generate a loaddefs file for a bunch of third-party
> libraries that you want to use and you did not install them with package
> manager or the OS. Then it may make sense to build a loaddefs file
> yourself.
> 
> Michael.

Would you see benefits in using a loaddefs file for those writing their own
minor modes and customisation files ?  Autoloading could be useful if things
could be made easier to set up.