From: kj <no.email@please.post>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Quick installation of Emacs modules?
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 21:25:11 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jouhjn$ld8$1@reader1.panix.com> (raw)
Suppose that you get wind of an intriguing extension toocool.el,
and you'd like to take it for a spin right away, in your current
Emacs session. Is there some handy extension (e.g.) that would
let you run something like
(get-me-right-now "toocool")
to locate toocool.el (through channels suitably vetted to avoid
unsavory code), download/install it it, and finally load toocool?
(As a bonus, the details of this process would be cached in a way
that would facilitate reproducing the current repertoire of additions
in a different system, for example, or restoring the current one
if necessary.)
I have not found anything this powerful yet. The best I've found
is Stefan Monnier's install.el, but it "only" installs a previously
downloaded *.el file (I write "only" because I'm sure that there
are plenty of corner-cases and subtleties that install.el must
handle correctly).
Is there a shorter distance between wish and reality here?
Thanks!
next reply other threads:[~2012-05-15 21:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-15 21:25 kj [this message]
2012-05-15 22:28 ` Quick installation of Emacs modules? Jason Earl
2012-05-16 0:11 ` kj
2012-05-16 1:20 ` Duncan Oag
2012-05-16 1:38 ` Jason Earl
2012-05-16 2:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-05-16 3:34 ` Duncan Oag
2012-05-18 20:08 ` kj
2012-05-20 15:30 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-05-22 18:57 ` kj
2012-05-22 19:11 ` Mark Skilbeck
2012-05-23 1:00 ` Stefan Monnier
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