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