Ludovic Courtès (2015-12-30 19:29 +0300) wrote:

> Federico Beffa <beffa@ieee.org> skribis:
>
>> If you install guix in the default prefix (/usr/local) you should find a
>> file called 'guix.el' in /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/.  With that
>> you can include the following commands in your .emacs file and you
>> should be all set:
>>
>> 1. (setq load-path (append '("/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/") load-path))
>> 2. (require 'guix-init nil t)
>>
>> On some host distros step 1. may not even be needed.
>
> I don’t see how to make that happen automatically on foreign distros.
> Any ideas?

No ideas.

> We still have the option of making it more prominent in the
> documentation, for example by mentioning specifically Emacs under
> <https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/html_node/Application-Setup.html>.

I also think we should mention Emacs packages in the manual.  What about
the attached patch?